As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2018
Registration Nos.
333-131683
811-21852
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
Form
N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 186
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 200
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(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
225 Franklin
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800)
345-6611
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Christopher O. Petersen, Esq.
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
225 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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Ryan C. Larrenaga, Esq.
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
225 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Name and Address of Agents for Service)
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed
that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
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Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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On October 1, 2018 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.
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If appropriate, check the following box:
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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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This Post-Effective Amendment relates solely to the Registrants
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund, Columbia Dividend
Opportunity Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund, Columbia High Yield Bond Fund, Columbia Large Cap Value Fund, Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund, Columbia Quality Income Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Value Fund (prior to
October
1, 2018, known as Columbia Select
Large-Cap
Value Fund), Columbia Select Small Cap Value Fund (prior to October
1, 2018, known as Columbia Select
Smaller-Cap
Value Fund), Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund, Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund and Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
series. Information contained in the Registrants
Registration Statement relating to any other series of the Registrant is neither amended nor superseded hereby.
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
Commodity Strategy Fund
Class
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A
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CCSAX
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Advisor
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(a)
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CCOMX
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C
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CCSCX
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Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
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CCSZX
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Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
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CADLX
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Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
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CCFYX
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R
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CCSRX
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T
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CCSWX
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(a)
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Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
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A-1
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Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with total return.
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 32 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
C
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Class
T
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Classes
Adv,
Inst, Inst2,
Inst3, and R
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Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
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5.75%
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None
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2.50%
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None
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Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
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1.00%
(a)
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1.00%
(b)
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None
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None
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
Adv
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Class
C
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Class
Inst
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Class
Inst2
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Class
Inst3
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Class
R
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Class
T
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Management
fees
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0.63%
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0.63%
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0.63%
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0.63%
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0.63%
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0.63%
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0.63%
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0.63%
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Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
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0.25%
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0.00%
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1.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.50%
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0.25%
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Other
expenses
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0.20%
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0.20%
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0.20%
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0.20%
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0.12%
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0.06%
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0.20%
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0.20%
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
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1.08%
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0.83%
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1.83%
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0.83%
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0.75%
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0.69%
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1.33%
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1.08%
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(a)
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This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
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This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
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Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
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Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
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1
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3
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5
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10
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Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$679
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$899
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$1,136
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$1,816
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Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
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$265
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460
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$1,025
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Class
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(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
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$286
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$576
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$
990
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$2,148
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Class
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(assuming no redemption of shares)
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$186
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$576
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$
990
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$2,148
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Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
85
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$265
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460
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$1,025
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Class
Inst2
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$
77
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$240
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417
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$
930
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Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
70
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$221
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384
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859
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Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$135
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$421
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729
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$1,601
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Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$357
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$585
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831
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$1,534
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when
it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which
are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio.
In accordance with industry practice,
derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition are excluded from the calculation of the portfolio turnover rate, which leads to the 0% portfolio turnover rate reported above. If these
instruments were included in the calculation, the Fund would have a high portfolio turnover rate (typically greater than 300% (as discussed below under
Principal Investment Strategies
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Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to maintain
substantial economic exposure to the performance of the commodities markets. The Fund invests, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of commodity-linked investments, such as commodity-linked futures, structured notes and/or swaps, that are designed
to provide exposure to the investment return of assets that trade in the commodities markets, without investing directly in physical commodities. A substantial portion of the Fund’s net assets will also be invested in a portfolio of fixed
income securities rated investment-grade or, if unrated, deemed of comparable quality, which will consist primarily of: (i) U.S. Government securities, corporate debt securities, mortgage-backed securities and/or asset-backed securities; and/or (ii)
shares of an affiliated money market fund. In addition to investing in these holdings for their income-producing potential, these holdings will be designated by the Fund, as necessary, to serve as collateral with respect to the Fund’s
commodity-linked investments.
The Fund primarily expects
to gain exposure to the commodities markets by investing up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized as a company under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the Subsidiary). The Subsidiary’s commodity-linked
investments are expected to produce leveraged exposure to the performance of the commodities markets. It is expected that the gross notional value of the Fund’s (including the
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Summary of the Fund
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Subsidiary’s) commodity-linked investments will be equivalent to at
least 90% of the Fund’s net assets. Like the Fund, the Subsidiary will not invest directly in physical commodities. The Subsidiary also invests in investment-grade fixed income securities and shares of an affiliated money market fund for
investment purposes or to serve as collateral for its commodity-linked investments. The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary permits it to gain exposure to the commodities markets in a potentially tax-efficient manner. The Subsidiary has the
same investment objective as the Fund and, like the Fund, is managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (Columbia Management or the Investment Manager) and subadvised by Threadneedle International Limited (Threadneedle).
The Fund may invest in derivatives,
including futures contracts (including commodity-linked futures), options contracts (including options on futures contracts), structured investments (including commodity-linked structured notes) and swaps (including commodity-linked swaps) to
increase, modify, or reduce commodity market exposures. Actual exposures will vary over time based on factors such as market movements and assessments of market conditions by the Fund's portfolio managers. The Fund may engage in derivative
transactions on both U.S. and foreign exchanges or in the "over-the-counter" (OTC) market. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the energy and materials sectors.
In constructing the Fund’s fixed-income
portfolio, Threadneedle seeks to identify a portfolio of investment-grade fixed income securities, generally with a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of 1 year or less.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities. Additionally, the Fund’s strategy of investing in derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition, will also contribute to frequent portfolio trading and
high portfolio turnover (typically greater than 300% per year).
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
associated with the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary, as described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
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Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV) and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency. (References in this section to “the Fund” also include the Subsidiary, which shares the same risks as the Fund.)
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Regulatory Risk.
The Fund does not qualify for an exemption from registration as a “commodity pool” under rules of the Commodity Exchange Act (the CEA). Accordingly, the Fund is a commodity pool under
the CEA and the Investment Manager is registered as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA. The Fund is subject to dual regulation by the SEC and the CFTC. Compliance with the CFTC’s regulatory requirements could increase Fund
expenses, adversely affecting the Fund's total return.
Commodity-related Investment Risk.
The value of commodities investments will generally be affected by overall market movements and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity, which may include demand for the commodity, weather, embargoes,
tariffs, and economic health, political, international, regulatory and other developments. Exposure to commodities and commodities markets may subject the value of the Fund’s investments to greater volatility than other types of investments.
Commodities investments may also subject the Fund to counterparty risk and liquidity risk. The Fund may make commodity-related investments through one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries organized outside the U.S. that are generally not subject to
U.S. laws (including securities laws) and their protections.
Commodity-related Tax Risk.
The Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund’s investments in commodities or commodity-related investments can be limited by the Fund’s
intention to qualify as a regulated investment company and can limit the Fund’s ability to so qualify.
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Summary of the Fund
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Counterparty Risk.
Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations. As
a result, the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial
obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies,
investment grade debt instruments are those rated
at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or,
if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or
equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such
instruments.
Lower quality or unrated instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments. Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater
price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the
Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives
may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying asset(s) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying
reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as
anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may
not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator
associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund. Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and
international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of
derivatives. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while exposing the Fund to correlation risk,
counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for
delivery of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures
contract markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is
prohibited from executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in
futures contract prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market
could be reduced. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is possible that the Fund may employ a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may
result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain types of futures contracts, losses are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of
the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
any) on foreign exchanges may not provide the same protection as U.S.
exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation
risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Options Risk.
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the option to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying reference from or to a counterparty at a specified price (the strike price) on or before an expiration date. By
investing in options, the Fund is exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying reference at a disadvantageous price on or before the expiration date. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater
volatility in price movement. The Fund's losses could be significant, and are potentially unlimited for certain types of options. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. At or prior to maturity of an options
contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in options prices. Options can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks
such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Structured Investments Risk.
Structured investments are over-the-counter derivatives that provide principal and/or interest payments based on the value of an underlying reference(s). Structured investments may lack a liquid secondary market and
their prices or value can be volatile which could result in significant losses for the Fund. Structured investments may create economic leverage which may increase the volatility of the value of the investment. Structured investments can increase
the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk,
leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
In a typical swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return earned on a specified underlying reference for a fixed return or the return from another underlying reference during a specified period of time.
Swaps may be difficult to value and may be illiquid. Swaps could result in Fund losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Swaps create significant investment leverage such that a relatively small price movement in
a swap may result in immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may only close out a swap with its particular counterparty, and may only transfer a position with the consent of that counterparty. Certain swaps, such as short swap
transactions and total return swaps, have the potential for unlimited losses, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Swaps can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, inflation risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Frequent
Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility
that the Fund, as relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce
the Fund's after-tax return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the
Fund’s performance.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of
debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also
affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase
prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in
increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any
interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not
advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Investing in Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Risk.
By investing in a Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Fund’s Principal Risks may also apply to a Subsidiary in which the Fund invests
(which are described in this prospectus). There can be no assurance that the investment objective of a Subsidiary will be achieved. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and any Subsidiary in which
it invests, respectively, are organized, could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and the Fund’s SAI and could adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors.
Leverage Risk.
Leverage occurs
when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. Use of leverage can produce volatility and may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the return on the
Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may experience capital losses that exceed
the net assets of the Fund. Leverage can create an interest expense that may lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund’s volatility and risk
of loss. There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be successful.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or decreases in their capacity or
willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond
dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such instruments remains unsettled.
Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the
over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a
similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise
prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may
later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price
of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of,
for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the
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less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the
greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell
investments in a down market.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could
lose money over short or long periods. In general, commodity investments tend to have greater price volatility than debt securities.
Money Market Fund Investment Risk.
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their NAV while others seek to preserve
the value of investments at a stable NAV (typically, $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable NAV per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose money by
investing in these and other types of money market funds. If the liquidity of a money market fund’s portfolio deteriorates below certain levels, the money market fund may suspend redemptions (i.e., impose a redemption gate) and thereby prevent
the Fund from selling its investment in the money market fund or impose a fee of up to 2% on amounts the Fund redeems from the money market fund (i.e., impose a liquidity fee). These measures may result in an investment loss or prohibit the Fund
from redeeming shares when the Investment Manager would otherwise redeem shares. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which it invests,
including affiliated money market funds. By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market fund in direct proportion to such investment. To the extent the Fund invests in instruments such as
derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in derivatives. Money market funds and the securities they invest in are subject
to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market funds.
Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk.
The value of any mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund may be affected by, among other things, changes or perceived changes in: interest rates; factors concerning the interests in and
structure of the issuer or the originator of the mortgages or other assets; the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements; or the market's assessment of the quality
of underlying assets. Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-backed securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of a particular U.S. Government agency, authority,
enterprise or instrumentality, and some, but not all, are also insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage
insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may entail greater risk than obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the
possibility that the underlying mortgage or other asset may be refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to have to reinvest the money received in securities that have lower yields.
Rising or high interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, making their prices more volatile and more sensitive to changes in interest rates.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of extension risk, that the
investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other investments providing as high a
level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that
an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund’s investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of time, the portfolio managers
may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
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Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the energy and materials sectors. Companies in the same sector may
be similarly affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund
invests, the more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Energy Sector.
The Fund may
be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the energy sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the energy sector are subject to certain risks, including
legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and increased competition. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, among others, fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy
conservation, the success of exploration projects, local and international politics, and events occurring in nature. For instance, natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resources areas) and political events (such
as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in the energy sector. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, depletion of
resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The energy sector may also be affected by economic cycles, rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or regulatory changes, local
and international politics, and adverse market conditions.
Materials Sector.
The Fund
may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the materials sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the materials sector are subject to certain risks,
including that many materials companies are significantly affected by the level and volatility of commodity prices, exchange rates, import controls, increased competition, environmental policies, consumer demand, and events occurring in nature. For
instance, natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resource areas) and political events (such as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in
the materials sector. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, among others, that at times worldwide production of industrial materials has exceeded demand as a result of over-building or economic downturns, leading to
poor investment returns or losses. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The materials sector may also be
affected by economic cycles, rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or regulatory changes, local and international politics, and adverse market conditions. In addition, prices of, and thus the
Fund’s investments in, precious metals are considered speculative and are affected by a variety of worldwide and economic, financial and political factors. Prices of precious metals may fluctuate sharply.
Tax Risk.
To qualify for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income. The Fund's investments can be limited by the Fund's intention to qualify as a regulated investment company and can limit the
Fund's ability to so qualify. The tax treatment of certain investments and of the income and gain therefrom under the qualifying income test applicable to regulated investment companies is uncertain, and an adverse determination or future guidance
by the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) may affect the Fund's ability to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company, including on a retroactive basis. If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company, or if it
were ineligible to or otherwise could not cure such failure, the Fund would be ineligible (including retroactively) for the favorable tax treatment afforded to regulated investment companies for one or more years, which would adversely affect the
value of your investment in the Fund. The Fund intends to invest a portion of its assets in the Subsidiary. The Fund and the Subsidiary currently take steps to, and will continue to take steps to, ensure that the Fund's income in respect of the
Subsidiary will constitute qualifying income. Failure to do so could affect the ability of the Fund to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company. If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary, such loss is not generally available to
offset the income of the Fund. Also, net losses realized by the Subsidiary cannot be carried forward to offset income of the Subsidiary in future years.
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U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (i.e., the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or be
perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments). Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class T share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods
shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class T shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class T shares will have performance that is lower than Class T shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class T shares and will vary for other share classes. Returns after taxes on distributions
and sale of Fund shares are higher than before-tax returns for certain periods shown because they reflect the tax benefit of capital losses realized on the redemption of Fund shares.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
|
2nd Quarter 2016
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13.31%
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Worst
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4th Quarter 2014
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-14.87%
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*
|
Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: -1.07%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
|
Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
Life
of Fund
|
Class
T
|
|
|
|
|
returns
before taxes
|
07/28/2011
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-1.06%
|
-10.02%
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-8.97%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
|
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-1.06%
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-10.02%
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-8.97%
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returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
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-0.60%
|
-7.22%
|
-6.38%
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Class
A
returns before taxes
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06/18/2012
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-4.43%
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-10.63%
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-9.44%
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Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
03/19/2013
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1.70%
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-9.36%
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-8.44%
|
Class
C
returns before taxes
|
06/18/2012
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-0.25%
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-10.23%
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-9.29%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
06/18/2012
|
1.71%
|
-9.37%
|
-8.44%
|
Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
01/08/2014
|
1.73%
|
-9.35%
|
-8.44%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
10/01/2014
|
1.94%
|
-9.34%
|
-8.43%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
06/18/2012
|
1.28%
|
-9.80%
|
-8.84%
|
Bloomberg
Commodity Index Total Return
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
1.70%
|
-8.45%
|
-8.99%
|
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser:
Threadneedle International Limited
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
David
Donora
|
|
Portfolio
Manager and Head of Commodities at Threadneedle International Limited
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2011
|
Nicolas
Robin
|
|
Portfolio
Manager at Threadneedle International Limited
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2011
|
Purchase and Sale of Fund
Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on
any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
|
|
Regular
Mail
|
|
Express
Mail
|
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By
Telephone
|
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
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columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
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|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
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|
800.422.3737
|
|
|
Regular Mail
|
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Express Mail
|
|
|
|
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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|
Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
|
|
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
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*
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
(a)
|
Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
|
More information about these minimums can be
found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with total return. The Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the
Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to maintain
substantial economic exposure to the performance of the commodities markets. The Fund invests, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of commodity-linked investments, such as commodity-linked futures, structured notes and/or swaps, that are designed
to provide exposure to the investment return of assets that trade in the commodities markets, without investing directly in physical commodities. A substantial portion of the Fund’s net assets will also be invested in a portfolio of fixed
income securities rated investment-grade or, if unrated, deemed of comparable quality, which will consist primarily of: (i) U.S. Government securities, corporate debt securities, mortgage-backed securities and/or asset-backed securities; and/or (ii)
shares of an affiliated money market fund. In addition to investing in these holdings for their income-producing potential, these holdings will be designated by the Fund, as necessary, to serve as collateral with respect to the Fund’s
commodity-linked investments.
The Fund primarily expects
to gain exposure to the commodities markets by investing up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized as a company under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the Subsidiary). The Subsidiary’s commodity-linked
investments are expected to produce leveraged exposure to the performance of the commodities markets. It is expected that the gross notional value of the Fund’s (including the Subsidiary’s) commodity-linked investments will be equivalent
to at least 90% of the Fund’s net assets. Like the Fund, the Subsidiary will not invest directly in physical commodities. The Subsidiary also invests in investment-grade fixed income securities and shares of an affiliated money market fund for
investment purposes or to serve as collateral for its commodity-linked investments. The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary permits it to gain exposure to the commodities markets in a potentially tax-efficient manner. The Subsidiary has the
same investment objective as the Fund and, like the Fund, is managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (Columbia Management or the Investment Manager) and subadvised by Threadneedle International Limited (Threadneedle).
The Fund (primarily through the Subsidiary) is expected to
invest significantly in commodity-linked futures contracts in furtherance of its investment objective. Futures contracts are standardized, exchange-traded contracts that provide for the sale or purchase of a specified financial instrument, asset
(e.g., commodity) or currency at a future time at a specified price. The value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures
contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. In particular, commodity futures contracts normally specify a certain date
for the delivery of the underlying physical commodity. In order to avoid the delivery process and maintain a long futures position, the Fund and the Subsidiary will typically replace futures contracts as they approach expiration by contracts that
have a later expiration. This process is known as “rolling” a futures position. As a result, the Fund and the Subsidiary do not expect to engage in physical settlement of commodities futures.
The Fund and the Subsidiary may also utilize commodity-linked
structured notes to gain exposure to commodities markets.
The Fund and the Subsidiary typically have the right to
“put” (or sell) a commodity-linked structured note to the issuer at any time, at a price that is calculated based on the price movement of the underlying variable. Commodity-linked structured notes have characteristics of both a debt
security and a commodity-linked derivative. Typically, commodity-linked structured notes are issued by a bank or other financial institution or a commodity producer at a specified face value (for example $100 or $1,000). They usually pay interest at
a fixed or floating rate until they mature, which is normally in 12 to 18 months. At maturity, the Fund or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives a payment that is calculated based on the price increase or decrease of an underlying
commodity-related variable and may be based on a multiple of the price movement of that variable. The underlying commodity-related variable may be a physical
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commodity (such as heating oil, livestock, or agricultural products), a
commodity futures or option contract, a commodity index (such as the S&P GSCI), or some other readily measurable variable that reflects changes in the value of particular commodities or the commodities markets. A typical commodity-linked
structured note also provides that the issuer will automatically repurchase the note from the Fund or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, if the value of the note decreases to a specified level based on the price of the underlying variable.
The Fund and the Subsidiary may also invest in
commodity-linked swaps. Commodity-linked swaps are two party contracts in which the parties agree to exchange the return or interest rate on one instrument for the return of a particular commodity, commodity index or commodities futures or options
contract. The payment streams are calculated by reference to an agreed upon notional amount.
Derivatives, including those described above
and options contracts (including options on futures contracts), may also be utilized to increase, modify, or reduce commodity market exposures. Actual exposures will vary over time based on factors such as market movements and assessments of market
conditions by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may engage in derivative transactions on both U.S. and foreign exchanges or in the “over-the-counter” (OTC) market. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors
in selecting its investments, including the energy and materials sectors.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities. Additionally, the Fund’s strategy of investing in derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition, will also contribute to frequent portfolio trading and
high portfolio turnover (typically greater than 300% per year).
Columbia Management serves as the investment manager to the
Fund and is responsible for oversight of the Fund’s subadviser, Threadneedle, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the parent company of the Investment Manager.
Investment Process
In constructing the Fund’s exposure to commodities
markets, Threadneedle seeks to exploit temporary market inefficiencies or other events and identify investment opportunities across a broad spectrum of the commodities markets through the use of both macroeconomic assessments of commodity sectors
(such as industrial metals sector, precious metals sector, energy sector and agriculture sector) and fundamental analyses of individual commodities (such as aluminum, zinc, silver, platinum, crude oil, natural gas, corn, cocoa, etc.). In analyzing
conditions for investment in particular sectors and applying macroeconomic analysis, the Fund’s portfolio managers will rely on economic research, investment themes and sector weighting and asset allocation considerations. The portfolio
managers’ views of individual commodities are driven by market information (i.e., relative value) and fundamental inputs (e.g., short-term shifts in supply and demand, weather conditions for particular agricultural commodities), technical
inputs (e.g., volatility, market trends), seasonal inputs (e.g., seasonal period performance), and structural and liquidity inputs (e.g., heavy shorting in market against a particular commodity). The portfolio managers will then implement their
approach by constructing a portfolio that is generally allocated among a variety of commodity sectors. The portfolio managers will consider which type of commodity-linked investment is best suited to provide the desired exposure to the commodities
markets at a given point in time and the extent to which investments should be made directly or indirectly through the Subsidiary.
In constructing the Fund’s fixed-income portfolio,
Threadneedle seeks to identify a portfolio of investment-grade fixed income securities, generally with a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of 1 year or less. Duration measures the sensitivity of bond prices to changes in interest rates. The
longer the duration of a bond, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. For example, a three-year duration means a bond is expected to decrease in value by 3% if interest rates rise 1% and increase in value by 3% if interest rates
fall 1%. In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, Threadneedle has considerable flexibility in deciding which investments it buys, holds or sells on a day-to-day basis.
Threadneedle actively manages the Fund’s and the
Subsidiary’s exposure to commodities markets and will rebalance commodity sector positions and weightings when there are perceived opportunities in other sectors or in other individual commodities.
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Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
associated with the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary, as described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the
Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV) and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency. (References in this section to “the Fund” also include the Subsidiary, which shares the same risks as the Fund.)
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Regulatory Risk.
The Fund does not qualify for an exemption from registration as a “commodity pool” under rules of the Commodity Exchange Act (the CEA). Accordingly, the Fund is a commodity pool under the CEA and the
Investment Manager is registered as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA. The Fund is subject to dual regulation by the SEC and the CFTC. Compliance with the CFTC’s regulatory requirements could increase Fund expenses,
adversely affecting the Fund's total return.
Commodity-related Investment Risk.
The value of commodities investments will generally be affected by overall market movements and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity, which may include demand for the commodity, weather, embargoes,
tariffs, and economic health, political, international, regulatory and other developments. Economic and other events (whether real or perceived) can reduce the demand for commodities, which may, in turn, reduce market prices and cause the value of
Fund shares to fall. The frequency and magnitude of such changes cannot be predicted. Exposure to commodities and commodities markets may subject the value of the Fund's investments to greater volatility than other types of investments. No, or
limited, active trading market may exist for certain commodities investments, which may impair the ability to sell or to realize the full value of such investments in the event of the need to liquidate such investments. In addition, adverse market
conditions may impair the liquidity of actively traded commodities investments. Certain types of commodities instruments are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not perform or be unable to perform in accordance with the
terms of the instrument. The Fund may make commodity-related investments through one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries organized outside the U.S. that are generally not subject to U.S. laws (including securities laws) and their protections. However,
any such subsidiary is wholly owned and controlled by the Fund, making it unlikely that the subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the Fund and its shareholders. Further, any such subsidiaries will be subject to the laws of a
foreign jurisdiction, and can be adversely affected by developments in that jurisdiction.
Commodity-related Tax Risk.
The Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund’s investments in commodities or commodity-related investments can be limited by the Fund’s
intention to qualify as a regulated investment company and can limit the Fund’s ability to so qualify.
Counterparty Risk.
The risk
exists that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle in which the Fund invests may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations due to financial
difficulties, including making payments to the Fund. The Fund may obtain no or limited recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceedings, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Transactions that the Fund enters into may involve
counterparties in the financial services sector and, as a result, events affecting the financial services sector may cause the Fund’s share value to fluctuate.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to
the Fund when due. Various factors could affect the actual or perceived willingness or ability of the issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, including changes in the financial condition of the issuer or in general economic conditions.
Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies,
investment grade debt
instruments are those rated
at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors
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Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management
team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated instruments held
by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments. Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade debt
instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more
heavily than usual.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments, traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying
asset(s) (such as a security, commodity or currency) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC
registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment
techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially
unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund.
Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, including the risk of an adverse credit event associated with the
underlying reference (credit risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value, price or rate of the underlying reference (market risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value of underlying currencies (foreign currency risk) and the risk of
an adverse movement in underlying interest rates (interest rate risk). Derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks, including the risk of loss due to a derivative position that is imperfectly correlated with the underlying reference it is
intended to hedge or replicate (correlation risk), the risk that a counterparty will fail to perform as agreed (counterparty risk), the risk that a hedging strategy may fail to mitigate losses, and may offset gains (hedging risk), the risk that
losses may be greater than the amount invested (leverage risk), the risk that the Fund may be unable to sell an investment at an advantageous time or price (liquidity risk), the risk that the investment may be difficult to value (pricing risk), and
the risk that the price or value of the investment fluctuates significantly over short periods of time (volatility risk). The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and international political and economic
developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of derivatives.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for delivery
of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures contract
markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is prohibited from
executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in futures contract
prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced.
Positions in futures contracts may be closed out only on the exchange on which they were entered into or through a linked exchange, and no secondary market exists for such contracts. Futures positions are marked to market each day and variation
margin payment must be paid to or by the Fund. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is possible that the Fund may employ a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price
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may result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the
margin paid. For certain types of futures contracts, losses are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign
exchanges may not provide the same protection as U.S. exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest
rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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commodity-linked future
is a derivative that is an agreement to buy or sell one or more commodities (such as crude oil, gasoline and natural gas), basket of commodities or indices of commodity futures at a specific
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Derivatives Risk – Options Risk.
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the option to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying reference from or to a counterparty at a specified price (the strike price) on or before an expiration date. The Fund
may purchase or write (i.e., sell) put and call options on an underlying reference it is otherwise permitted to invest in. By investing in options, the Fund is exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying reference at a
disadvantageous price on or before the expiration date. If the Fund sells a put option, the Fund may be required to buy the underlying reference at a strike price that is above market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a call option, the
Fund may be required to sell the underlying reference at a strike price that is below market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a call option that is not covered (it does not own the underlying reference), the Fund's losses are
potentially unlimited. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater volatility in price movement. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. At or prior to maturity of an options
contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in options prices. Options can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks
such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Structured Investments Risk.
Structured investments are over-the-counter derivatives that provide principal and/or interest payments based on the value of an underlying reference(s). Structured investments typically provide interest income, thereby
offering a potential yield advantage over investing directly in an underlying reference. Structured investments may lack a liquid secondary market and their prices or value can be volatile which could result in significant losses for the Fund. In
some cases, depending on its terms, a structured investment may provide that principal and/or interest payments may be adjusted below zero resulting in a potential loss of principal and/or interest payments. Additionally, the particular terms of a
structured investment may create economic leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price change of the underlying reference. Economic leverage will increase the volatility of structured investment prices,
and could result in increased losses for the Fund. The Fund’s use of structured instruments may not work as intended. If structured investments are used to reduce the duration of the Fund’s portfolio, this may limit the Fund’s
return when having a longer duration would be beneficial (for instance, when interest rates decline). Structured investments can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market
risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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commodity-linked structured note
is a derivative (structured investment) that has principal and/or interest payments based on the market price of one or more particular commodities (such as crude oil, gasoline and
natural gas), a basket of commodities, indices of commodity futures or other economic variable. If payment of interest on a commodity-linked structured note is linked to the value of a particular commodity, basket of commodities, commodity index or
other economic variable, the Fund might receive lower interest payments (or not receive any of the interest due) on its investments if there is a loss of value in the underlying reference. Further, to the extent that the amount of principal to be
repaid upon maturity is linked to the value of a particular commodity, basket of commodities, commodity index or other economic variable, the Fund might not receive a portion (or any) of the principal at maturity of the investment or upon earlier
exchange. At any time, the risk of loss associated with a particular structured note in the Fund’s portfolio may be significantly higher than the value of the note. A liquid
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exist for the commodity-linked structured notes held in the Fund’s portfolio, which may make it difficult for the notes to be sold at a price acceptable to the portfolio manager(s) or for the Fund to accurately value them.
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Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
In a typical swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return earned on a specified underlying reference for a fixed return or the return from another underlying reference during a specified period of time.
Swaps may be difficult to value and may be illiquid. Swaps could result in Fund losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Swaps create significant investment leverage such that a relatively small price movement in
a swap may result in immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may only close out a swap with its particular counterparty, and may only transfer a position with the consent of that counterparty. Certain swaps, such as short swap
transactions and total return swaps, have the potential for unlimited losses, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Swaps can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, inflation risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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Frequent
Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility
that the Fund, as relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce
the Fund's after-tax return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the
Fund’s performance.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of
debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also
affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase
prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in
increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s
investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Investing in Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Risk.
By investing in a Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Fund’s Principal Risks may also apply to a Subsidiary in which the Fund invests
(which are described in this prospectus). There can be no assurance that the investment objective of a Subsidiary will be achieved. No Subsidiary is registered under the 1940 Act and, except as otherwise noted in this prospectus, no Subsidiary is
subject to the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the Fund wholly owns and controls any Subsidiary in which it invests, and the Fund and any Subsidiary in which it invests are managed by Columbia Management, making it unlikely that a
Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund’s Board has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the Fund, including its investment in any Subsidiary, and the Fund’s
role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. In managing a Subsidiary’s investment portfolio, Columbia Management, or the Subsidiary’s subadviser (if any), will manage the Subsidiary’s portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s
investment policies and restrictions. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and any Subsidiary in which it invests, respectively, are organized, could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the
Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and the SAI
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and could adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders. For example, the
Cayman Islands currently does not impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax on any Subsidiary. If Cayman Islands law is changed and a Subsidiary is required to pay Cayman Island
taxes, the investment returns of the Fund would likely decrease.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors.
Leverage Risk.
Leverage occurs
when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. Use of leverage can produce volatility and may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the return on the
Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to
meet any required asset segregation or position coverage requirements. Futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts and other derivatives can allow the Fund to obtain large investment exposures in return for meeting relatively
small margin requirements. As a result, investments in those transactions may be highly leveraged. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may experience capital losses that exceed the
net assets of the Fund. Leverage can create an interest expense that may lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund's volatility and risk of loss.
There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be successful.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or decreases in their capacity or
willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond
dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such instruments remains unsettled.
Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the
over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a
similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise
prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may
later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price
of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of,
for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline
of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down
market.
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Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may fall or fail to rise because
of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund. Accordingly, an investment in
the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the securities the Fund holds can be affected by changes or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies and financial markets, and the liquidity of these securities, among
other factors. In general, commodity investments tend to have greater price volatility than debt securities. In addition, commodity prices may be sensitive to rising interest rates, as the cost of capital rises and borrowing costs
increase.
Money Market Fund Investment
Risk.
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their NAV while others seek to
preserve the value of investments at a stable NAV (typically $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable NAV per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose
money by investing in these and other types of money market funds. If the liquidity of a money market fund’s portfolio deteriorates below certain levels, the money market fund may suspend redemptions (i.e., impose a redemption gate) and
thereby prevent the Fund from selling its investment in the money market fund or impose a fee of up to 2% on amounts the Fund redeems from the money market fund (i.e., impose a liquidity fee). These measures may result in an investment loss or
prohibit the Fund from redeeming shares when the Investment Manager would otherwise redeem shares. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which
it invests, including affiliated money market funds. To the extent these fees and expenses, along with the fees and expenses of any other funds in which the Fund may invest, are expected to equal or exceed 0.01% of the Fund’s average daily net
assets, they will be reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses set forth in the table under “Fees and Expenses of the Fund.” By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market
fund in direct proportion to such investment. The money market fund may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund, through its investment in the money market fund, may not achieve its investment objective. To the extent the Fund invests in
instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in derivatives. Money market funds and the securities they
invest in are subject to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market
funds.
Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed
Securities Risk.
The value of any mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund may be affected by, among other things, changes or perceived changes in: interest rates; factors concerning the
interests in and structure of the issuer or the originator of the mortgages or other assets; the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements; or the market's
assessment of the quality of underlying assets. Mortgage-backed securities represent interests in, or are backed by, pools of mortgages from which payments of interest and principal (net of fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities) are
distributed to the holders of the mortgage-backed securities. Other types of asset-backed securities typically represent interests in, or are backed by, pools of receivables such as credit, automobile, student and home equity loans.
Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities can have a fixed or an adjustable rate. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the possibility that the underlying mortgage or other asset may be
refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to have to reinvest the money received in securities that have lower yields. In addition, the impact of prepayments on the value of
mortgage- and other asset-backed securities may be difficult to predict and may result in greater volatility. Rising or high interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, making them more
volatile and more sensitive to changes in interest rates. Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-backed securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed (i) by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
Government (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association) or (ii) by its agencies, authorities, enterprises or instrumentalities (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage
Association (FNMA) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)), which are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S.
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Government (although FNMA and FHLMC may be able to access capital from the
U.S. Treasury to meet their obligations under such securities). Mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other
secondary market issuers) may be supported by various credit enhancements, such as pool insurance, guarantees issued by governmental entities, letters of credit from a bank or senior/subordinated structures, and may entail greater risk than
obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government, whether or not such obligations are guaranteed by the private issuer.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of extension risk, that the
investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other investments providing as high a
level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that
an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund's investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of time, the portfolio managers may be
unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the energy and materials sectors. Companies in the same sector may
be similarly affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund
invests, the more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Energy Sector.
The Fund may
be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the energy sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the energy sector are subject to certain risks, including
legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and increased competition. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, among others, fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy
conservation, the success of exploration projects, local and international politics, and events occurring in nature. For instance, natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resources areas) and political events (such
as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in the energy sector. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, depletion of
resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The energy sector may also be affected by economic cycles, rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or regulatory changes, local
and international politics, and adverse market conditions.
Materials Sector.
The Fund
may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the materials sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the materials sector are subject to certain risks,
including that many materials companies are significantly affected by the level and volatility of commodity prices, exchange rates, import controls, increased competition, environmental policies, consumer demand, and events occurring in nature. For
instance, natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resource areas) and political events (such as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in
the materials sector. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, among others, that at times worldwide production of industrial materials has exceeded demand as a result of over-building or economic downturns, leading to
poor investment returns or losses. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The materials sector may also be
affected by economic cycles, rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or
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regulatory changes, local and international politics, and adverse market
conditions. In addition, prices of, and thus the Fund’s investments in, precious metals are considered speculative and are affected by a variety of worldwide and economic, financial and political factors. Prices of precious metals may
fluctuate sharply.
Tax Risk.
To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from sources treated as “qualifying income” under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and meet certain asset diversification requirements, including that, at the end of each quarter of the Fund's taxable year, not more than 25% of the value of its total assets be invested including through corporations in which the Fund
owns a 20% or greater voting stock interest in any single issuer. The Fund's investments can be limited by the Fund's intention to qualify as a regulated investment company and can limit the Fund's ability to so qualify. The tax treatment of certain
of the Fund's investments and of the income and gain therefrom for these purposes is uncertain, and an adverse determination or future guidance by the IRS may affect the Fund's ability to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company,
including on a retroactive basis. If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company, or if it were ineligible to or otherwise could not cure such failure, the Fund would be ineligible (including retroactively) for the favorable
tax treatment afforded to it as such for one or more years, which would adversely affect the value of your investment in the Fund. The Fund intends to invest a portion of its assets in the Subsidiary. The Fund and the Subsidiary currently take steps
to, and will continue to take steps to, ensure that the Fund's income in respect of the Subsidiary will constitute qualifying income. Failure to do so could affect the ability of the Fund to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company.
If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary, such loss is not generally available to offset the income of the Fund. Also, net losses realized by the Subsidiary cannot be carried forward to offset income of the Subsidiary in future years. Please
refer to “Distributions and Taxes” in this prospectus or to “Taxation” in the SAI for additional information about the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Fund.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (
i.e.
, the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or may be perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments).
Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. For example, securities issued by the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Banks are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government. These securities may be supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S.
Treasury or only by the credit of the issuing agency, authority, instrumentality or enterprise and, as a result, are subject to greater credit risk than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
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Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to
find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin,
reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information
on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate serves as investment
adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia Funds, which may
include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These affiliated products,
individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated products and the Underlying
Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds, because the affiliated products
may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its fixed costs would be spread over
a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales of Underlying Fund shares.
Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying Funds may experience
increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of time in order to
manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption activity), for shares
of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate positions more rapidly than
would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or more liquid) positions,
leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily
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marketable or that cannot be sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business, within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying
Fund to implement its investment strategy. The Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the
various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money
Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as
collateral for certain investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) or any other government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
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Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Commodity Strategy Fund
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Class
A
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1.22%
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Class
Adv
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0.97%
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C
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1.97%
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Inst
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0.97%
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Inst2
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0.89%
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Class
Inst3
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0.83%
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R
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1.47%
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T
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1.22%
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Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
Obtaining Recent Net Asset
Value Per Share
The price you pay or receive when you
buy, sell or exchange shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the
Fund's shares based on the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time. For additional information on how the Fund calculates its NAV, see
Buying, Selling and Exchanging
Shares
—
Share Price Determination
below.
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You may obtain the current NAV of Fund shares at no cost by
calling 800.345.6611 or by sending an e-mail to serviceinquiries@columbiathreadneedle.com.
Primary Service Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements (Service
Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the parties
thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement, duty,
special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary or
other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal or
state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund. The Investment Manager is responsible for the investment management of the Fund, but has delegated certain of its duties, including day-to-day portfolio management of all or a portion of the
Fund’s assets to one or more investment subadvisers that determine what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund,
including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.63% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
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The Investment Manager has, with the
approval of the Board, engaged an investment subadviser(s) to make the day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund. The Investment Manager pays the subadviser(s) for investment advisory services and retains ultimate responsibility (subject to Board
oversight) for overseeing any subadviser it engages and for evaluating the Fund’s needs and the subadvisers’ skills and abilities on an ongoing basis. Based on its evaluations, the Investment Manager may at times recommend to the Board
that the Fund change, add or terminate one or more subadvisers; continue to retain a subadviser even though the subadviser’s ownership or corporate structure has changed; or materially change a subadvisory agreement with a subadviser. A
discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the renewal of the investment subadvisory agreement with Threadneedle is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30,
2017.
Subadviser
Threadneedle, which has served as Subadviser to the Fund and
the Subsidiary since July 2011, is located at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AG, United Kingdom. Threadneedle is an affiliate of the Investment Manager, and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. Threadneedle was
founded in 1994 and has experience managing investment strategies covering equities, fixed income, real estate, asset allocation and alternatives.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s and the Subsidiary's investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers,
and ownership by the portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Subadviser:
Threadneedle
International Limited
Portfolio
Manager
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Fund Since
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David
Donora
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Portfolio
Manager and Head of Commodities at Threadneedle International Limited
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2011
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Nicolas
Robin
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Portfolio
Manager at Threadneedle International Limited
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2011
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Mr. Donora
joined Threadneedle in 2008 as a fund manager specializing in commodities. Prior to joining Threadneedle, Mr. Donora worked at Marine Midland Bank, UBS AG, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Refco Overseas Ltd. Mr.
Donora began his investment career in 1982 and earned a B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.
Mr. Robin
joined Threadneedle
in 2010 as a fund manager specializing in commodities. Prior to joining Threadneedle, Mr. Robin worked at Barep Asset Management (Société Générale Group) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mr. Robin began his investment career in 2001
and earned a BSc in Government and Economics and MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In
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addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial
intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per
account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending
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legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
About the Fund’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
The Subsidiary is an exempted company organized under the laws
of the Cayman Islands. The Fund will invest in the Subsidiary in order to gain exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of Subchapter M of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to “regulated
investment companies.” The Fund must invest no more than 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary as of the end of each quarter of its taxable year.
The Subsidiary is overseen by its own board of directors.
However, the Fund’s Board oversees investment activities of the Subsidiary generally as if the Subsidiary’s investments were held directly by the Fund. The Investment Manager is responsible for the Subsidiary’s day-to-day business
pursuant to a separate management agreement, which includes investment advisory services and administrative services, between the Subsidiary and the Investment Manager. Threadneedle selects the Subsidiary’s investments pursuant to an addendum
to the Subadvisory Agreement with the Investment Manager. Under these agreements, the Investment Manager and Threadneedle provide the Subsidiary with the same type of management and subadvisory services, under the same terms, as are
provided to the Fund. The Subsidiary has entered into a separate contract for the provision of custody services with the same service provider who provides these services to the Fund. The Subsidiary will bear the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the management and custody services that it receives. The Fund expects that the expenses borne by the Subsidiary will not be material in relation to the value of the Fund’s assets.
In determining which investments should be bought and sold for
the Subsidiary, and in adhering to the Fund’s compliance policies and procedures, the Investment Manager will treat the assets of the Subsidiary as if the assets were held directly by the Fund. The Investment Manager will, to the extent
applicable, also treat the assets of the Subsidiary as if the assets were held directly by the Fund with respect to its adherence to the Fund’s investment policies and restrictions.
Please refer to the SAI for additional information about the
organization and management of the Subsidiary.
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The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
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Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
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The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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(continued)
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share
Class
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Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
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Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
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Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
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Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
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Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
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Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
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Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
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Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
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Class
Adv
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Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
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None
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None
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N/A
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None
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Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
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Class
C
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Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
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Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
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Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
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|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
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Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that
have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst
accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such
date, may generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may
not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
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|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
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|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
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|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
Taxable Funds
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|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
|
Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
**
|
The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
|
**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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|
Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
|
■
|
For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
|
■
|
Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
|
■
|
You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
|
■
|
No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
|
Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
|
(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
|
Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
■
|
If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
|
■
|
Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
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reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
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In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
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of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
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all classes and account types except those listed below
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$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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None
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Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
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None
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For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
—
$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
—
$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
.
Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
—
which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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Declarations
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Annually
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Distributions
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Annually
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
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Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
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corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(continued)
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Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.24
|
0.01
|
0.51
|
0.52
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.39
|
(0.03)
|
(0.12)
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.32
|
(0.06)
|
(0.87)
|
(0.93)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$8.57
|
(0.08)
|
(2.17)
|
(2.25)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.52
|
(0.09)
|
0.14
(d)
|
0.05
|
—
|
—
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.33
|
0.03
|
0.52
|
0.55
|
(0.01)
|
(0.01)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
(0.02)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.40
|
(0.04)
|
(0.88)
|
(0.92)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$8.65
|
(0.07)
|
(2.18)
|
(2.25)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.59
|
(0.07)
|
0.13
(d)
|
0.06
|
—
|
—
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.04
|
(0.03)
|
0.50
|
0.47
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.23
|
(0.07)
|
(0.12)
|
(0.19)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.18
|
(0.10)
|
(0.85)
|
(0.95)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$8.45
|
(0.13)
|
(2.14)
|
(2.27)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.46
|
(0.15)
|
0.14
(d)
|
(0.01)
|
—
|
—
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.29
|
0.03
|
0.52
|
0.55
|
(0.01)
|
(0.01)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.44
|
(0.02)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.37
|
(0.05)
|
(0.88)
|
(0.93)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$8.62
|
(0.07)
|
(2.18)
|
(2.25)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.54
|
(0.07)
|
0.15
(d)
|
0.08
|
—
|
—
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.35
|
0.03
|
0.53
|
0.56
|
(0.01)
|
(0.01)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.49
|
(0.01)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.14)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.42
|
(0.04)
|
(0.89)
|
(0.93)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$8.68
|
(0.06)
|
(2.20)
|
(2.26)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(e)
|
$8.16
|
(0.03)
|
0.55
(d)
|
0.52
|
—
|
—
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.36
|
0.04
|
0.52
|
0.56
|
(0.01)
|
(0.01)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.50
|
0.00
(g)
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.43
|
(0.04)
|
(0.89)
|
(0.93)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(h)
|
$7.70
|
(0.04)
|
(1.23)
|
(1.27)
|
—
|
—
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.76
|
9.92%
|
1.08%
|
1.08%
(c)
|
0.22%
|
0%
|
$2,148
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.24
|
(2.78%)
|
1.13%
|
1.13%
|
(0.63%)
|
0%
|
$2,035
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.39
|
(14.72%)
|
1.50%
|
1.43%
|
(1.20%)
|
0%
|
$2,651
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$6.32
|
(26.25%)
|
1.51%
|
1.27%
|
(1.17%)
|
0%
|
$3,193
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.57
|
0.59%
|
1.34%
|
1.16%
|
(1.07%)
|
0%
|
$3,376
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.87
|
10.24%
|
0.83%
|
0.83%
(c)
|
0.48%
|
0%
|
$21,601
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.33
|
(2.74%)
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
(0.35%)
|
0%
|
$15,213
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.48
|
(14.38%)
|
1.23%
|
1.19%
|
(0.83%)
|
0%
|
$10,826
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$6.40
|
(26.01%)
|
1.26%
|
1.02%
|
(1.00%)
|
0%
|
$381
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.65
|
0.70%
|
1.10%
|
0.95%
|
(0.86%)
|
0%
|
$3
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.51
|
9.33%
|
1.82%
|
1.82%
(c)
|
(0.57%)
|
0%
|
$224
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.04
|
(3.63%)
|
1.87%
|
1.87%
|
(1.36%)
|
0%
|
$335
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.23
|
(15.37%)
|
2.25%
|
2.18%
|
(1.92%)
|
0%
|
$305
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$6.18
|
(26.86%)
|
2.26%
|
2.02%
|
(1.93%)
|
0%
|
$275
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.45
|
(0.12%)
|
2.10%
|
1.91%
|
(1.82%)
|
0%
|
$226
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.83
|
10.32%
|
0.83%
|
0.83%
(c)
|
0.52%
|
0%
|
$4,485
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.29
|
(2.76%)
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
(0.31%)
|
0%
|
$1,166
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.44
|
(14.60%)
|
1.24%
|
1.18%
|
(0.92%)
|
0%
|
$842
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$6.37
|
(26.10%)
|
1.26%
|
1.02%
|
(0.92%)
|
0%
|
$693
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.62
|
0.94%
|
1.12%
|
0.92%
|
(0.83%)
|
0%
|
$742
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.90
|
10.43%
|
0.75%
|
0.75%
|
0.56%
|
0%
|
$1,331
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.35
|
(2.55%)
|
0.78%
|
0.78%
|
(0.25%)
|
0%
|
$756
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.49
|
(14.49%)
|
1.10%
|
1.10%
|
(0.74%)
|
0%
|
$654
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$6.42
|
(26.04%)
|
1.18%
|
0.96%
|
(0.78%)
|
0%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(e)
|
$8.68
|
6.37%
|
1.16%
(f)
|
0.87%
(f)
|
(0.77%)
(f)
|
0%
|
$608
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.91
|
10.44%
|
0.69%
|
0.69%
|
0.64%
|
0%
|
$581,920
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.36
|
(2.55%)
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
0.03%
|
0%
|
$220,847
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.50
|
(14.46%)
|
1.01%
|
1.01%
|
(0.73%)
|
0%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(h)
|
$6.43
|
(16.49%)
|
1.33%
(f)
|
0.97%
(f)
|
(0.80%)
(f)
|
0%
|
$2
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.17
|
0.00
(g)
|
0.51
|
0.51
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.34
|
(0.05)
|
(0.12)
|
(0.17)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.28
|
(0.08)
|
(0.86)
|
(0.94)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$8.53
|
(0.10)
|
(2.15)
|
(2.25)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.50
|
(0.11)
|
0.14
(d)
|
0.03
|
—
|
—
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.24
|
0.02
|
0.50
|
0.52
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.38
|
(0.02)
|
(0.12)
|
(0.14)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$6.32
|
(0.06)
|
(0.88)
|
(0.94)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$8.57
|
(0.08)
|
(2.17)
|
(2.25)
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.53
|
(0.09)
|
0.13
(d)
|
0.04
|
—
|
—
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(d)
|
Calculation
of the net gain (loss) per share (both realized and unrealized) does not correlate to the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) presented in the Consolidated Statement of Operations due to the timing of subscriptions and redemptions of Fund
shares in relation to fluctuations in the market value of the portfolio.
|
(e)
|
Institutional
2 Class shares commenced operations on January 8, 2014. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(f)
|
Annualized.
|
(g)
|
Rounds to
zero.
|
(h)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on October 1, 2014. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.68
|
9.86%
|
1.34%
|
1.34%
(c)
|
0.07%
|
0%
|
$391
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.17
|
(3.18%)
|
1.37%
|
1.37%
|
(0.89%)
|
0%
|
$77
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.34
|
(14.97%)
|
1.74%
|
1.68%
|
(1.44%)
|
0%
|
$104
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$6.28
|
(26.38%)
|
1.76%
|
1.52%
|
(1.42%)
|
0%
|
$117
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.53
|
0.35%
|
1.60%
|
1.42%
|
(1.33%)
|
0%
|
$136
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.76
|
9.92%
|
1.08%
|
1.08%
(c)
|
0.18%
|
0%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.24
|
(2.60%)
|
1.11%
|
1.11%
|
(0.56%)
|
0%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.38
|
(14.87%)
|
1.49%
|
1.43%
|
(1.16%)
|
0%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$6.32
|
(26.25%)
|
1.51%
|
1.27%
|
(1.14%)
|
0%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$8.57
|
0.47%
|
1.32%
|
1.16%
|
(1.10%)
|
0%
|
$3
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
|
Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
|
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
■
|
Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
|
■
|
Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
|
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
|
■
|
Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
|
■
|
Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
|
■
|
Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
|
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
|
■
|
Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
|
■
|
Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
|
■
|
There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
|
■
|
The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
|
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
|
■
|
Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
|
■
|
Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
|
Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
|
■
|
Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
■
|
For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
|
Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
|
Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
Dividend Opportunity Fund
Class
|
|
Ticker
Symbol
|
A
|
|
INUTX
|
Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
|
|
CDORX
|
C
|
|
ACUIX
|
Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
|
|
CDOZX
|
Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
|
|
RSDFX
|
Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
|
|
CDOYX
|
R
|
|
RSOOX
|
T
|
|
CDOWX
|
(a)
|
Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
|
As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
4
|
|
4
|
|
6
|
|
8
|
|
8
|
|
9
|
|
9
|
|
10
|
|
10
|
|
10
|
|
10
|
|
14
|
|
18
|
|
20
|
|
21
|
|
22
|
|
22
|
|
23
|
|
30
|
|
37
|
|
41
|
|
43
|
|
45
|
|
45
|
|
46
|
|
50
|
|
53
|
|
57
|
|
60
|
|
62
|
|
62
|
|
63
|
|
65
|
|
A-1
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with a high level of current income. The Fund’s secondary objective is growth of income and capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 22 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
T
|
Classes
Adv, Inst,
Inst2, Inst3 and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
|
5.75%
|
None
|
2.50%
|
None
|
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
|
1.00%
(a)
|
1.00%
(b)
|
None
|
None
|
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
Adv
|
Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Management
fees
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
|
0.25%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.50%
|
0.25%
|
Other
expenses
|
0.12%
|
0.12%
|
0.12%
|
0.12%
|
0.08%
|
0.03%
|
0.12%
|
0.12%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses
|
0.98%
|
0.73%
|
1.73%
|
0.73%
|
0.69%
|
0.64%
|
1.23%
|
0.98%
|
Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
(c)
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
(0.01%)
|
(0.01%)
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
|
0.98%
|
0.73%
|
1.73%
|
0.73%
|
0.68%
|
0.63%
|
1.23%
|
0.98%
|
(a)
|
This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
|
(b)
|
This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
|
(c)
|
The Fund’s transfer
agent has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board), so that the fees payable under the Fund’s transfer agency
agreement do not exceed the annual rates of 0.05% for Class Inst2 and 0.00% for Class Inst3.
|
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
■
|
you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
|
■
|
your
investment has a 5% return each year, and
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
■
|
the Fund’s total
annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
|
Since the waivers and/or reimbursements
shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above expire as indicated in the preceding table, they are only reflected in the 1 year example and the first year of the other examples. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
|
1
year
|
3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$669
|
$869
|
$1,086
|
$1,707
|
Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
75
|
$233
|
$
406
|
$
906
|
Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
|
$276
|
$545
|
$
939
|
$2,041
|
Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
|
$176
|
$545
|
$
939
|
$2,041
|
Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
75
|
$233
|
$
406
|
$
906
|
Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
69
|
$220
|
$
383
|
$
858
|
Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
64
|
$204
|
$
356
|
$
797
|
Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$125
|
$390
|
$
676
|
$1,489
|
Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$347
|
$554
|
$
778
|
$1,421
|
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when
it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which
are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 65% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s assets primarily are invested in equity
securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in dividend-paying common and preferred stocks. The selection of dividend-paying stocks
is the primary decision in building the investment portfolio. The Fund invests principally in securities of companies believed to be attractively valued and to have the potential for long-term growth. The Fund may invest in companies that have
market capitalizations of any size.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net
assets in foreign investments. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the energy sector.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as structured
investments (including equity-linked notes), for investment purposes, for risk management (hedging) purposes and to increase investment flexibility.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
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Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Counterparty Risk.
Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations. As
a result, the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives
may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying asset(s) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying
reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as
anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may
not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator
associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund. Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and
international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of
derivatives. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while exposing the Fund to correlation risk,
counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Structured Investments Risk.
Structured investments are over-the-counter derivatives that provide principal and/or interest payments based on the value of an underlying reference(s). Structured investments may lack a liquid secondary market and
their prices or value can be volatile which could result in significant losses for the Fund. Structured investments may create economic leverage which may increase the volatility of the value of the investment. Structured investments can increase
the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk,
leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism), occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated
with less developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of
foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar,
particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors. The market capitalization of an
issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger,
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Summary of the Fund
(continued)
more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their
larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less
able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not
ordinarily carry voting rights. The price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the
stock trades. The most significant risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk
(
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates).
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the energy sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Energy Sector.
The Fund may
be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the energy sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the energy sector are subject to certain risks, including
legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and increased competition. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, among others, fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy
conservation, the success of exploration projects, local and international politics, and events occurring in nature. For instance, natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resources areas) and political events (such
as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in the energy sector. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, depletion of
resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The energy sector may also be affected by economic cycles, rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or regulatory changes, local
and international politics, and adverse market conditions.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) often involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies (larger companies) because small- and mid-cap
companies tend to have less predictable earnings and may lack the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies. Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may be less liquid and
more volatile than the securities of larger companies.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be
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Summary of the Fund
(continued)
lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after
applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods shown with a broad measure of market performance, as well as another measure of performance for markets in which
the Fund may invest.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
|
Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
|
|
Best
|
3rd Quarter 2009
|
17.62%
|
Worst
|
4th Quarter 2008
|
-19.73%
|
*
|
Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: -0.62%
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
|
Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
Class
A
|
08/01/1988
|
|
|
|
returns
before taxes
|
|
7.72%
|
10.42%
|
6.67%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions
|
|
4.90%
|
7.59%
|
4.76%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
|
6.61%
|
7.37%
|
4.69%
|
Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
11/08/2012
|
14.55%
|
12.01%
|
7.43%
|
Class
C
returns before taxes
|
06/26/2000
|
12.51%
|
10.92%
|
6.50%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
|
14.51%
|
12.02%
|
7.50%
|
Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
08/01/2008
|
14.55%
|
12.11%
|
7.67%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
11/08/2012
|
14.76%
|
12.18%
|
7.52%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
08/01/2008
|
14.02%
|
11.46%
|
7.02%
|
Class
T
returns before taxes
|
12/01/2006
|
11.46%
|
11.17%
|
7.01%
|
MSCI
USA High Dividend Yield Index (Net)
(reflects reinvested dividends net of
withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or other taxes)
|
|
18.45%
|
14.58%
|
8.88%
|
Russell
1000 Value Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
13.66%
|
14.04%
|
7.10%
|
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
David
King, CFA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Lead
Portfolio Manager
|
|
May 2018
|
Yan
Jin
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
May 2018
|
Harrison
Chan, CFA
|
|
Associate
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
May
2018
|
Purchase and Sale of
Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the
Fund on any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
|
|
Regular
Mail
|
|
Express
Mail
|
|
By
Telephone
|
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
|
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
|
|
800.422.3737
|
|
|
Regular Mail
|
|
Express Mail
|
|
|
|
|
Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
|
|
|
*
|
Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
(a)
|
Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
|
More information about these minimums can be found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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More Information About the Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with a high level of current income. The Fund’s secondary objective is growth of income and capital. Only shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance
the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s assets primarily are invested in equity
securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in dividend-paying common and preferred stocks. The selection of dividend-paying stocks
is the primary decision in building the investment portfolio. The Fund invests principally in securities of companies believed to be attractively valued and to have the potential for long-term growth. The Fund may invest in companies that have
market capitalizations of any size.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net
assets in foreign investments. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the energy sector.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as structured
investments (including equity-linked notes), for investment purposes, for risk management (hedging) purposes and to increase investment flexibility.
In pursuit of the Fund’s objectives, Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) chooses investments by applying quantitative screens to determine yield potential. The Investment Manager conducts fundamental research on securities and seeks to purchase potentially attractive
securities based on its analysis of various factors, which may include one or more of the following, as well as other, statistical measures:
■
|
Dividend growth capability
(considering a company’s financial statements and management’s ability to increase the dividend if it chooses to do so) and dividend history;
|
■
|
Balance sheet strength;
|
■
|
Earnings per share and free
cash flow sustainability; and/or
|
Preference is generally given to
higher dividend-paying companies. The Investment Manager also considers top-down or macroeconomic factors. The Fund typically uses the S&P 500 Index for dividend yield comparison purposes.
The Investment Manager may sell a security
when it deems the security has become expensive relative to various valuation measures; if the Investment Manager believes that there is deterioration in the issuer’s financial circumstances or fundamental prospects; if other investments are
more attractive; or for other reasons.
The
Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
More Information About the Fund
(continued)
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Counterparty Risk.
The risk
exists that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle in which the Fund invests may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations due to financial
difficulties, including making payments to the Fund. The Fund may obtain no or limited recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceedings, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Transactions that the Fund enters into may involve
counterparties in the financial services sector and, as a result, events affecting the financial services sector may cause the Fund’s share value to fluctuate.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments, traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying
asset(s) (such as a security, commodity or currency) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC
registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment
techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially
unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund.
Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, including the risk of an adverse credit event associated with the
underlying reference (credit risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value, price or rate of the underlying reference (market risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value of underlying currencies (foreign currency risk) and the risk of
an adverse movement in underlying interest rates (interest rate risk). Derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks, including the risk of loss due to a derivative position that is imperfectly correlated with the underlying reference it is
intended to hedge or replicate (correlation risk), the risk that a counterparty will fail to perform as agreed (counterparty risk), the risk that a hedging strategy may fail to mitigate losses, and may offset gains (hedging risk), the risk that
losses may be greater than the amount invested (leverage risk), the risk that the Fund may be unable to sell an investment at an advantageous time or price (liquidity risk), the risk that the investment may be difficult to value (pricing risk), and
the risk that the price or value of the investment fluctuates significantly over short periods of time (volatility risk). The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and international political and economic
developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of derivatives.
Derivatives Risk – Structured Investments Risk.
Structured investments are over-the-counter derivatives that provide principal and/or interest payments based on the value of an underlying reference(s). Structured investments typically provide interest income, thereby
offering a potential yield advantage over investing directly in an underlying reference. Structured investments may lack a liquid secondary market and their prices or value can be volatile which could result in significant losses for the Fund. In
some cases, depending on its terms, a structured investment may provide that principal and/or interest payments may be adjusted below zero resulting in a potential loss of principal and/or interest payments. Additionally, the particular terms of a
structured investment may create economic leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price change of the underlying reference. Economic leverage will increase the volatility of structured investment prices,
and could result in increased losses for the Fund. The Fund’s use of structured instruments may not work as intended. If structured investments are used to reduce the duration of the Fund’s portfolio, this may limit the Fund’s
return when having a longer duration would be beneficial (for instance, when interest rates decline). Structured investments can increase the Fund’s risk exposure
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
More Information About the Fund
(continued)
to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk,
market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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An
equity-linked note (ELN)
is a derivative (structured investment) that has principal and/or interest payments based on the value of a single equity security, a basket of equity securities or an index of equity
securities, and generally has risks similar to these underlying equity securities. An ELN typically provides interest income, thereby offering a yield advantage over investing directly in an underlying equity. The Fund may purchase ELNs that trade
on a securities exchange or those that trade on the over-the-counter markets, as well as in privately negotiated transactions with the issuer of the ELN. Investments in ELNs are also subject to liquidity risk, which may make ELNs difficult to sell
and value. The liquidity of unlisted ELNs is normally determined by the willingness of the issuer to make a market in the ELN. While the Fund will seek to purchase ELNs only from issuers that it believes to be willing and able to repurchase the ELN
at a reasonable price, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to sell at such a price. Furthermore, such inability to sell may impair the Fund’s ability to enter into other transactions at a time when doing so might be
advantageous. The Fund’s investments in ELNs have the potential to lead to significant losses, including the amount the Fund invested in the ELN, because ELNs are subject to the market and volatility risks associated with their underlying
equity. In addition, because ELNs often take the form of unsecured notes of the issuer, the Fund would be subject to the risk that the issuer may default on its obligations under the ELN, thereby subjecting the Fund to the further risk of being too
concentrated in the securities (including ELNs) of that issuer. However, the Fund typically considers ELNs alongside other securities of the issuer in its assessment of issuer concentration risk. In addition, ELNs may exhibit price behavior that
does not correlate with the underlying securities. The Fund may or may not hold an ELN until its maturity.
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Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign securities may also be less liquid
than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher for foreign securities. The Fund may
have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income,
capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be confiscatory. Other risks include: possible
delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other conditions or events (including, for example,
military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards that
may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country; and the generally
less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade
groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in issuers from the affected country that depend
on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the
future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of
companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to
the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may
fluctuate significantly
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over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes
in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors. The market capitalization of an
issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond quickly to new
competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of
economic expansion.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not ordinarily carry voting rights. The
price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the stock trades. The most significant
risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk (
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable
to changes in interest rates).
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the energy sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Energy Sector.
The Fund may
be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the energy sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the energy sector are subject to certain risks, including
legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and increased competition. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, among others, fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy
conservation, the success of exploration projects, local and international politics, and events occurring in nature. For instance, natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resources areas) and political events (such
as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in the energy sector. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, depletion of
resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The energy sector may also be affected by economic cycles, rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or regulatory changes, local
and international politics, and adverse market conditions.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have a higher potential for gains than securities of larger, more established companies (larger
companies) but may also have more risk. For example, small- and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial
resources and business operations. Small- and mid-cap companies are also more likely than larger companies to have more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams.
Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may trade
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less frequently and in smaller volumes and
may be less liquid and fluctuate more sharply in value than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in small- and mid-cap companies with limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those positions, particularly in a
distressed market, could be prolonged and result in Fund investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition, some small- and mid-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment community, which can
lower the demand for their stocks.
Value
Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the
securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio
management believes the securities are already undervalued. There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at
times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The
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Fund also may not be able to find a suitable derivative transaction
counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for
participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information on the risks of derivative investments and
strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate
serves as investment adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia
Funds, which may include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These
affiliated products, individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated
products and the Underlying Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds,
because the affiliated products may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its
fixed costs would be spread over a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales
of Underlying Fund shares. Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying
Funds may experience increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of
time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption
activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate
positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or
more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The
Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
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The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your
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intermediary directly. Additionally, you may
elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
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Columbia
Dividend Opportunity Fund
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Class
A
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1.16%
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Class
Adv
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0.91%
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Class
C
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1.91%
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Class
Inst
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0.91%
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Class
Inst2
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0.86%
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Class
Inst3
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0.81%
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Class
R
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1.41%
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Class
T
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1.16%
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Under the agreement, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the
Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investment in affiliated and
non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short,
inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Fund’s Board. This
agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Reflected in the cap commitments with
respect to Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 is a contractual agreement by the Transfer Agent to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board, so
that the fees payable under the Fund’s transfer agency agreement do not exceed the annual rates of 0.05% for Class Inst2 and 0.00% for Class Inst3.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
Primary Service
Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements
(Service Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the
parties thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement,
duty, special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary
or other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal
or state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In
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addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds,
exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.61% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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David
King, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Lead
Portfolio Manager
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May 2018
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Yan
Jin
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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May 2018
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Harrison
Chan, CFA
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Associate
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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May
2018
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Mr. King
joined the Investment Manager in 2010. Mr.
King began his investment career in 1983 and earned a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School.
Mr. Jin
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2002. Mr.
Jin began his investment career in 1998 and earned a M.A. in economics from North Carolina State
University.
Mr. Chan
joined the Investment Manager in 2014. Mr.
Chan began his investment career in 2014 and earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in economics from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
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The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
More Information About the Fund
(continued)
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
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The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
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Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
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Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
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Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
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Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
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Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
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Class
A
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Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
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Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
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Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
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Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
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Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
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Class
Adv
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Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
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None
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None
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N/A
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None
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
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Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
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Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
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acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
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Class
C
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Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
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1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
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Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
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Class
Inst
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Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
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None
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None
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N/A
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None
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
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Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
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None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
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None
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None
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N/A
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None
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
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Class
R
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Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
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None
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None
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N/A
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Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
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Class
T
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Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
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Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
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Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
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Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
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5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
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CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
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Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
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(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
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(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
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(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
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(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
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(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
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(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that
have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst
accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such
date, may generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may
not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
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|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
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|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
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|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
Taxable Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
|
Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
**
|
The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
|
**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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|
Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
|
■
|
For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
|
■
|
Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
|
■
|
You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
|
■
|
No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
|
Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
|
(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
|
Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
■
|
If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
|
■
|
Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
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In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
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Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
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of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
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Minimum
Account
Balance
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all classes and account types except those listed below
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$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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None
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Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
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None
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For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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negative impact on the
Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
—
$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
—
$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
.
Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
—
which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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Declarations
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Quarterly
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Distributions
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Quarterly
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
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corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
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Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
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Net
investment
income
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Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
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Increase
from payment
by affiliate
|
Total
from
investment
operations
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Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$9.92
|
0.35
|
0.43
|
—
|
0.78
|
(0.36)
|
(0.78)
|
(1.14)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.23
|
0.32
|
0.74
|
0.00
(e)
|
1.06
|
(0.37)
|
—
|
(0.37)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.58
|
0.32
|
(0.16)
|
—
|
0.16
|
(0.32)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.51)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.67
|
0.31
|
0.23
|
—
|
0.54
|
(0.29)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.63)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.83
|
0.28
|
1.34
|
—
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1.62
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(0.28)
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(0.50)
|
(0.78)
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Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$10.08
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0.38
|
0.43
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—
|
0.81
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(0.38)
|
(0.78)
|
(1.16)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
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$9.38
|
0.35
|
0.74
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0.00
(e)
|
1.09
|
(0.39)
|
—
|
(0.39)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.73
|
0.35
|
(0.17)
|
—
|
0.18
|
(0.34)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.81
|
0.35
|
0.23
|
—
|
0.58
|
(0.32)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.66)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2014
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$9.95
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0.33
|
1.33
|
—
|
1.66
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(0.30)
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(0.50)
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(0.80)
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Class
C
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Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$9.72
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0.27
|
0.41
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—
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0.68
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(0.28)
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(0.78)
|
(1.06)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
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$9.05
|
0.25
|
0.72
|
0.00
(e)
|
0.97
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(0.30)
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—
|
(0.30)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.40
|
0.25
|
(0.16)
|
—
|
0.09
|
(0.25)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.44)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2015
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$10.50
|
0.23
|
0.22
|
—
|
0.45
|
(0.21)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.55)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.68
|
0.20
|
1.32
|
—
|
1.52
|
(0.20)
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(0.50)
|
(0.70)
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Institutional
Class
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Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$9.96
|
0.38
|
0.42
|
—
|
0.80
|
(0.38)
|
(0.78)
|
(1.16)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.27
|
0.36
|
0.72
|
0.00
(e)
|
1.08
|
(0.39)
|
—
|
(0.39)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.62
|
0.34
|
(0.16)
|
—
|
0.18
|
(0.34)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.71
|
0.34
|
0.23
|
—
|
0.57
|
(0.32)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.66)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.86
|
0.30
|
1.35
|
—
|
1.65
|
(0.30)
|
(0.50)
|
(0.80)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.98
|
0.38
|
0.43
|
—
|
0.81
|
(0.39)
|
(0.78)
|
(1.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.29
|
0.36
|
0.73
|
0.00
(e)
|
1.09
|
(0.40)
|
—
|
(0.40)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.64
|
0.35
|
(0.16)
|
—
|
0.19
|
(0.35)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.54)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.72
|
0.35
|
0.24
|
—
|
0.59
|
(0.33)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.67)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.88
|
0.32
|
1.34
|
—
|
1.66
|
(0.32)
|
(0.50)
|
(0.82)
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
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Net
asset
value,
end of
period
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Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
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Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
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Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
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Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$9.56
|
7.96%
|
0.98%
(c)
|
0.98%
(c), (d)
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3.54%
|
65%
|
$1,612,108
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.92
|
11.71%
(f)
|
0.99%
(c)
|
0.99%
(c), (d)
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3.40%
|
65%
|
$1,942,546
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.23
|
2.08%
|
1.01%
(c)
|
1.01%
(c), (d)
|
3.53%
|
85%
|
$2,805,177
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.58
|
5.82%
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
3.08%
|
78%
|
$3,754,040
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.67
|
17.30%
|
1.01%
|
1.01%
(d)
|
2.75%
|
73%
|
$4,011,117
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Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.73
|
8.20%
|
0.73%
(c)
|
0.73%
(c), (d)
|
3.76%
|
65%
|
$114,441
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.08
|
11.90%
(f)
|
0.74%
(c)
|
0.74%
(c), (d)
|
3.66%
|
65%
|
$101,179
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.38
|
2.31%
|
0.76%
(c)
|
0.76%
(c), (d)
|
3.78%
|
85%
|
$106,063
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.73
|
6.11%
|
0.75%
|
0.75%
(d)
|
3.39%
|
78%
|
$116,211
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.81
|
17.57%
|
0.77%
|
0.77%
(d)
|
3.23%
|
73%
|
$79,510
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.34
|
7.08%
|
1.73%
(c)
|
1.73%
(c), (d)
|
2.80%
|
65%
|
$312,766
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.72
|
10.88%
(f)
|
1.74%
(c)
|
1.74%
(c), (d)
|
2.67%
|
65%
|
$392,361
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.05
|
1.33%
|
1.76%
(c)
|
1.76%
(c), (d)
|
2.79%
|
85%
|
$411,269
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.40
|
5.00%
|
1.75%
|
1.75%
(d)
|
2.35%
|
78%
|
$468,629
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.50
|
16.46%
|
1.76%
|
1.76%
(d)
|
2.06%
|
73%
|
$445,402
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.60
|
8.19%
|
0.73%
(c)
|
0.73%
(c), (d)
|
3.83%
|
65%
|
$815,788
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.96
|
11.93%
(f)
|
0.75%
(c)
|
0.75%
(c), (d)
|
3.72%
|
65%
|
$1,149,455
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.27
|
2.34%
|
0.76%
(c)
|
0.76%
(c), (d)
|
3.76%
|
85%
|
$602,822
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.62
|
6.07%
|
0.75%
|
0.75%
(d)
|
3.33%
|
78%
|
$927,865
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.71
|
17.65%
|
0.76%
|
0.76%
(d)
|
3.00%
|
73%
|
$1,022,666
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.62
|
8.24%
|
0.69%
(c)
|
0.68%
(c)
|
3.86%
|
65%
|
$160,493
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.98
|
11.99%
(f)
|
0.68%
(c)
|
0.68%
(c)
|
3.75%
|
65%
|
$238,847
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.29
|
2.44%
|
0.67%
(c)
|
0.67%
(c)
|
3.89%
|
85%
|
$237,565
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.64
|
6.29%
|
0.65%
|
0.65%
|
3.41%
|
78%
|
$256,079
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.72
|
17.65%
|
0.65%
|
0.65%
|
3.19%
|
73%
|
$310,352
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Increase
from payment
by affiliate
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.10
|
0.39
|
0.44
|
—
|
0.83
|
(0.39)
|
(0.78)
|
(1.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.40
|
0.37
|
0.74
|
0.00
(e)
|
1.11
|
(0.41)
|
—
|
(0.41)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.74
|
0.36
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
0.21
|
(0.36)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.55)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.83
|
0.36
|
0.22
|
—
|
0.58
|
(0.33)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.67)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.96
|
0.34
|
1.35
|
—
|
1.69
|
(0.32)
|
(0.50)
|
(0.82)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.91
|
0.32
|
0.43
|
—
|
0.75
|
(0.33)
|
(0.78)
|
(1.11)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.23
|
0.30
|
0.73
|
0.00
(e)
|
1.03
|
(0.35)
|
—
|
(0.35)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.58
|
0.30
|
(0.16)
|
—
|
0.14
|
(0.30)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.49)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.66
|
0.29
|
0.23
|
—
|
0.52
|
(0.26)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.60)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.83
|
0.26
|
1.32
|
—
|
1.58
|
(0.25)
|
(0.50)
|
(0.75)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.94
|
0.35
|
0.43
|
—
|
0.78
|
(0.36)
|
(0.78)
|
(1.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.25
|
0.33
|
0.73
|
0.00
(e)
|
1.06
|
(0.37)
|
—
|
(0.37)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.60
|
0.32
|
(0.16)
|
—
|
0.16
|
(0.32)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.51)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.69
|
0.31
|
0.23
|
—
|
0.54
|
(0.29)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.63)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.85
|
0.24
|
1.38
|
—
|
1.62
|
(0.28)
|
(0.50)
|
(0.78)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
Ratios
include line of credit interest expense which is less than 0.01%.
|
(d)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(e)
|
Rounds to
zero.
|
(f)
|
The Fund
received a payment from an affiliate. Had the Fund not received this payment, the total return would have been lower by 0.01%.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.76
|
8.40%
|
0.64%
(c)
|
0.63%
(c)
|
3.86%
|
65%
|
$132,205
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.10
|
12.01%
(f)
|
0.63%
(c)
|
0.63%
(c)
|
3.82%
|
65%
|
$159,887
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.40
|
2.56%
|
0.62%
(c)
|
0.62%
(c)
|
3.97%
|
85%
|
$65,791
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.74
|
6.17%
|
0.60%
|
0.60%
|
3.54%
|
78%
|
$60,275
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.83
|
17.84%
|
0.61%
|
0.61%
|
3.29%
|
73%
|
$38,342
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.55
|
7.69%
|
1.23%
(c)
|
1.23%
(c), (d)
|
3.28%
|
65%
|
$43,418
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.91
|
11.32%
(f)
|
1.24%
(c)
|
1.24%
(c), (d)
|
3.17%
|
65%
|
$45,454
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.23
|
1.83%
|
1.26%
(c)
|
1.26%
(c), (d)
|
3.31%
|
85%
|
$38,578
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.58
|
5.65%
|
1.25%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
2.87%
|
78%
|
$36,480
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.66
|
16.89%
|
1.26%
|
1.26%
(d)
|
2.61%
|
73%
|
$31,544
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.58
|
7.95%
|
0.98%
(c)
|
0.98%
(c), (d)
|
3.57%
|
65%
|
$45
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.94
|
11.69%
(f)
|
0.99%
(c)
|
0.99%
(c), (d)
|
3.41%
|
65%
|
$61
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.25
|
2.08%
|
1.01%
(c)
|
1.01%
(c), (d)
|
3.51%
|
85%
|
$76
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.60
|
5.82%
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
2.99%
|
78%
|
$113
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.69
|
17.28%
|
1.01%
|
1.01%
(d)
|
2.32%
|
73%
|
$201
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
|
Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
|
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
■
|
Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
|
■
|
Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
|
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
|
■
|
Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
|
■
|
Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
|
■
|
Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
|
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
|
■
|
Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
|
■
|
Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
|
■
|
There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
|
■
|
The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
|
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
|
■
|
Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
|
■
|
Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
|
Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
|
■
|
Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
|
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
■
|
For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
|
Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
|
Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
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Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
Flexible Capital Income Fund
Class
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Ticker
Symbol
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A
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CFIAX
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Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
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CFCRX
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C
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CFIGX
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Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
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CFIZX
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Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
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CFXRX
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Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
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CFCYX
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R
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CFIRX
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T
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CFIWX
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(a)
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Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
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As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
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9
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A-1
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Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders current income, with long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 25 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
C
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Class
T
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Classes
Adv
Inst, Inst2, Inst3,
and R
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Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
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5.75%
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None
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2.50%
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None
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Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
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1.00%
(a)
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1.00%
(b)
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None
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None
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
Adv
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Class
C
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Class
Inst
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Class
Inst2
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Class
Inst3
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Class
R
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Class
T
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Management
fees
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
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0.25%
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0.00%
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1.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.50%
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0.25%
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Other
expenses
(c)
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0.14%
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0.14%
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0.14%
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0.14%
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0.12%
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0.07%
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0.14%
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0.14%
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Acquired
fund fees and expenses
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0.13%
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0.13%
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0.13%
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0.13%
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0.13%
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0.13%
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0.13%
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0.13%
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses
(d)
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1.17%
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0.92%
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1.92%
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0.92%
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0.90%
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0.85%
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1.42%
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1.17%
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Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
(e)
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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(0.01%)
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(0.01%)
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0.00%
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0.00%
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
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1.17%
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0.92%
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1.92%
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0.92%
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0.89%
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0.84%
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1.42%
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1.17%
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(a)
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This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
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(b)
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This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
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(c)
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Other expenses have been
restated to reflect current transfer agency fees paid by the Fund.
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(d)
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“Total annual Fund
operating expenses” include acquired fund fees and expenses (expenses the Fund incurs indirectly through its investments in other investment companies) and may be higher than “Total Net Expenses” shown in the
Financial Highlights
section of this prospectus because “Total Net Expenses” do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
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(e)
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The Fund’s transfer
agent has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board), so that the fees payable under the Fund’s transfer agency
agreement do not exceed the annual rates of 0.05% for Class Inst2 and 0.00% for Class Inst3.
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Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
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Since the waivers and/or reimbursements
shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above expire as indicated in the preceding table, they are only reflected in the 1 year example and the first year of the other examples. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
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1
year
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3
years
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5
years
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10
years
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Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$687
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$925
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$1,182
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$1,914
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Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
94
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$293
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$
509
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$1,131
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Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
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$295
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$603
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$1,037
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$2,243
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Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
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$195
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$603
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$1,037
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$2,243
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Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
94
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$293
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$
509
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$1,131
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Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
91
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$286
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$
497
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$1,107
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Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
86
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$270
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$
470
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$1,048
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Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$145
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$449
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$
776
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$1,702
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Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$366
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$612
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$
878
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$1,635
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 50% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
In pursuing its investment objective, the Fund invests broadly
in debt, equity and/or “hybrid” (convertible) securities. The Fund allocates its investments from one asset class to another based on analysis by the portfolio managers of the opportunities for the Fund to achieve its objective in a
given market. The Fund’s investments in debt securities may include investment grade and non-investment grade bonds, bank loans and U.S. Government securities. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in debt instruments that, at the time
of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as “high-yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
The Fund seeks to invest in undervalued or out-of-favor
securities it believes offer opportunities for current income, with long-term capital appreciation.
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and
does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The Fund’s equity securities will consist primarily of
large capitalization, dividend-paying common stocks or preferred securities, but the Fund may invest in issuers of any size. The Fund may also invest in hybrid securities, including convertible bonds and convertible preferred securities.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
investments, including emerging markets.
Principal
Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks,
including those described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net
asset value (NAV) and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Allocation Risk.
Because
the Fund uses an asset allocation strategy in pursuit of its investment objective, there is a risk that the Fund's allocation among asset classes and/or investments will cause the Fund's shares to lose value or cause the Fund to underperform other
funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies, or that the investments themselves will not produce the returns expected.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Convertible Securities Risk.
Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate risk and credit risk. Convertible securities also react to changes in the value of the common stock into which they convert, and are thus
subject to market risk. The Fund may also be forced to convert a convertible security at an inopportune time, which may decrease the Fund’s return.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of loans or other debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its
financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment
Strategies,
investment grade debt instruments are those rated
at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by
S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value
of such instruments.
Lower quality or unrated instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments. Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to
greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments
held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Emerging Market Securities Risk.
Securities issued by foreign governments or companies in emerging market countries, such as China, Russia and certain countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America or Africa, are more
likely to have greater exposure to the risks of investing in foreign securities that are described in Foreign Securities Risk. In addition, emerging market countries are more likely to experience instability resulting, for example, from rapid
changes or developments in social, political, economic or other conditions. Their economies are usually less mature and their securities markets are typically less developed with more limited trading activity (i.e., lower trading volumes and less
liquidity) than more developed countries. Emerging market securities tend to be
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
more volatile than securities in more developed markets. Many emerging market
countries are heavily dependent on international trade and have fewer trading partners, which makes them more sensitive to world commodity prices and economic downturns in other countries, and some have a higher risk of currency devaluations.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism), occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated
with less developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of
foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar,
particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
High-Yield Investments Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality
expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more likely
to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall,
the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes
in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate
declines also may increase prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking
authorities can result in increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the
value of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in
losses.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may
be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or
factors. The market capitalization of an issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be
less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies,
especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
or decreases in their capacity or willingness to trade such investments may
increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond dealers) have been subject to increased
regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such instruments remains unsettled. Certain types of investments, such as
lower-rated securities or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the over-the-counter market rather than on an
exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund
could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion
of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of
overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a
larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent
pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market
liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market.
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not
ordinarily carry voting rights. The price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the
stock trades. The most significant risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk
(
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates).
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of
extension risk, that the investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other
investments providing as high a level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely,
extension risk is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund’s investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period
of time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. Issuers of Rule 144A
eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not filed
with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information (such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the Fund’s
ability to dispose of the security.
Small- and Mid-Cap
Company Securities Risk.
Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) often involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies (larger companies)
because small- and mid-cap companies tend to have less predictable earnings and may lack the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies. Securities of small- and mid-cap
companies may be less liquid and more volatile than the securities of larger companies.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (i.e., the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or be
perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments). Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you
how the Fund has performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the
sales charges were reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this
prospectus) for the periods shown with a blended benchmark that is intended to provide a measure of the Fund's performance given its investment strategy, as well as another measure of performance for markets in which the Fund may invest.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The Fund’s past performance (before and
after taxes) is no guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
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1st Quarter 2012
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8.42%
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Worst
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3rd Quarter 2015
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-7.84%
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*
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Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: 0.76%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
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Share
Class
Inception Date
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1
Year
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5
Years
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Life
of Fund
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Class
A
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07/28/2011
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returns
before taxes
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6.94%
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7.75%
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8.38%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
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5.30%
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5.87%
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6.66%
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returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
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4.20%
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5.33%
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5.97%
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Class
Adv
returns before taxes
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11/08/2012
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13.64%
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9.30%
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9.59%
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Class
C
returns before taxes
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07/28/2011
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11.60%
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8.21%
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8.56%
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Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
07/28/2011
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13.65%
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9.29%
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9.63%
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Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
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11/08/2012
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13.67%
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9.37%
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9.64%
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Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
03/01/2017
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13.75%
|
9.10%
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9.42%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
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07/28/2011
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13.10%
|
8.75%
|
9.08%
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Class
T
returns before taxes
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07/28/2011
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10.52%
|
8.47%
|
8.92%
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Blended
Benchmark (consisting of 33.3% in each of the Russell 1000 Value Index, Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade & High Yield Index and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Convertible Composite Index)
(reflects
no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
12.36%
|
9.77%
|
9.42%
|
Bloomberg
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
3.54%
|
2.10%
|
2.90%
|
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
|
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Role
with Fund
|
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Managed
Fund Since
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David
King, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2011
|
Yan
Jin
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2011
|
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Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any business
day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
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Regular
Mail
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Express
Mail
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By
Telephone
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|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
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columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
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|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
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800.422.3737
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|
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Regular Mail
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Express Mail
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
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|
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*
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
(a)
|
Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
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More information about these minimums can be
found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
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Summary of the Fund
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Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders current income, with long-term capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. Because any investment
involves risk, there is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
In pursuing its investment objective, the Fund invests broadly
in debt, equity and/or “hybrid” (convertible) securities. The Fund allocates its investments from one asset class to another based on analysis by the portfolio managers of the opportunities for the Fund to achieve its objective in a
given market. The Fund’s investments in debt securities may include investment grade and non-investment grade bonds, bank loans and U.S. Government securities. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in debt instruments that, at the time
of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as “high-yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
The Fund seeks to invest in undervalued or out-of-favor
securities it believes offer opportunities for current income, with long-term capital appreciation.
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and
does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity. A bond is issued with a specific maturity date, which is the date when the issuer must pay back the bond’s principal (face value). Bond maturities range from less than 1
year to more than 30 years. Typically, the longer a bond’s maturity, the more price risk the Fund and the Fund’s investors face as interest rates rise, but the Fund could receive a higher yield in return for that longer maturity and
higher interest rate risk.
The Fund’s equity
securities will consist primarily of large capitalization, dividend-paying common stocks or preferred securities, but the Fund may invest in issuers of any size. The Fund may also invest in hybrid securities, including convertible bonds and
convertible preferred securities.
The Fund may invest up
to 25% of its net assets in foreign investments, including emerging markets.
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment
Manager) primarily follows a “bottom-up” security selection approach that incorporates its fundamental equity and credit research capabilities. Additionally, from time to time, the Investment Manager may utilize a “top-down”
approach seeking to identify sectors and industries with attractive investment opportunities.
The “bottom-up” process used to determine whether
a particular company, security or other investment may be suitable for the Fund may focus on any of a number of different attributes, including but not limited to:
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the company’s specific
market expertise or dominance;
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the company’s
franchise durability and pricing power;
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the company’s
fundamentals (e.g., whether the company has a strong balance sheet, improving returns on equity, the ability to generate free cash flow, apparent use of conservative accounting standards, and transparent financial disclosure);
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■
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strong and ethical
management;
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the company’s
commitment to shareholder interests;
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reasonable valuations in the
context of projected growth rates;
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the dividend-paying ability
of the company;
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■
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identifying relative value
in a company’s capital structure; and/or
|
■
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other indications that a
company, security or other investment may be an attractive investment prospect.
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Further, based on the foregoing attributes, the Investment
Manager analyzes the capital structure of a company and evaluates which, if any, of its available securities or asset classes (i.e., debt, equity or convertible securities) would be suited for inclusion in the Fund’s portfolio. The Investment
Manager has considerable flexibility in deciding which type of asset class or security it buys, holds or sells on a day-to-day basis.
The Investment Manager may reduce or sell the Fund’s
investments in securities or other investments if, in its opinion, the issuer’s fundamentals have deteriorated or will deteriorate, price appreciation of the security or investment leads to substantial overvaluation in relation to the
Investment Manager’s estimates of future earnings and cash flow growth, or for other reasons, including that the Investment Manager believes there are other more attractive investment opportunities available.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Allocation Risk.
Because
the Fund uses an asset allocation strategy in pursuit of its investment objective, there is a risk that the Fund's allocation among asset classes and/or investments will cause the Fund's shares to lose value or cause the Fund to underperform other
funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies, or that the investments themselves will not produce the returns expected.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Convertible Securities Risk.
Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate risk (the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates) and credit risk (the risk that the
issuer of a debt instrument will default or otherwise become unable, or be perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor a financial obligation, such as making payments to the Fund when due). Convertible securities also react to changes in the value
of the common stock into which they convert, and are thus subject to market risk (the risk that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise). Because the
value of a convertible security can be influenced by both interest rates and the common stock's market movements, a convertible security generally is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar debt instrument, and generally will not vary in
value in response to other factors to the same extent as the underlying common stock. In the event of a liquidation of the issuing company, holders of convertible securities would typically be paid before the company's common stockholders but after
holders of any senior debt obligations of the company. The Fund may be forced to convert a convertible security before it otherwise would choose to do so, which may decrease the Fund's return.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of loans or other debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as
making payments to the Fund when due. Various factors could affect the actual or perceived willingness or ability of the issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, including changes in the financial condition of the issuer or in general
economic conditions. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies,
investment
grade debt instruments are those rated
at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management
team to be of
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comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called
“high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team
to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments.
Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases
unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Emerging Market Securities Risk.
Securities issued by foreign governments or companies in emerging market countries, such as China, Russia and certain countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America or Africa, are more
likely to have greater exposure to the risks of investing in foreign securities that are described in Foreign Securities Risk. In addition, emerging market countries are more likely to experience instability resulting, for example, from rapid
changes or developments in social, political, economic or other conditions. Their economies are usually less mature and their securities markets are typically less developed with more limited trading activity (
i.e.
, lower trading volumes and less liquidity) than more developed countries. Emerging market securities tend to be more volatile than securities in more
developed markets. Many emerging market countries are heavily dependent on international trade and have fewer trading partners, which makes them more sensitive to world commodity prices and economic downturns in other countries. Some emerging market
countries have a higher risk of currency devaluations, and some of these countries may experience periods of high inflation or rapid changes in inflation rates and may have hostile relations with other countries.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign securities may also be less liquid
than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher for foreign securities. The Fund may
have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income,
capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be confiscatory. Other risks include: possible
delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other conditions or events (including, for example,
military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards that
may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country; and the generally
less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade
groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in issuers from the affected country that depend
on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the
future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of
companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to
the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may
fluctuate significantly
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over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes
in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
High-Yield Investments Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality tend to be more sensitive to
credit risk than higher-rated debt instruments and may experience greater price fluctuations in response to perceived changes in the ability of the issuing entity or obligor to pay interest and principal when due than to changes in interest rates.
These investments are generally more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay
principal. These debt instruments typically pay a premium – a higher interest rate or yield – because of the increased risk of loss, including default. High-yield debt instruments may require a greater degree of judgment to establish a
price, may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund desires, may carry high transaction costs, and also are generally less liquid than higher-rated debt instruments. The ratings provided by third party rating agencies are based on
analyses by these ratings agencies of the credit quality of the debt instruments and may not take into account every risk related to whether interest or principal will be timely repaid. In adverse economic and other circumstances, issuers of
lower-rated debt instruments are more likely to have difficulty making principal and interest payments than issuers of higher-rated debt instruments.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall,
the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes
in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate
declines also may increase prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking
authorities can result in increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the
value of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in
losses.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may
be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or
factors. The market capitalization of an issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be
less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies,
especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or decreases in their capacity or
willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond
dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such instruments remains unsettled.
Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are
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purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to
liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on
the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for
the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment
opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest
rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price
volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the
time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV,
including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not ordinarily carry voting rights. The
price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the stock trades. The most significant
risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk (
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable
to changes in interest rates).
Prepayment and
Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and,
in the case of extension risk, that the investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in
other investments providing as high a level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases.
Conversely, extension risk is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund's investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer
period of time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. The Fund may
also have to bear the expense of registering the
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securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the
registration. Additionally, the purchase price and subsequent valuation of private placements typically reflect a discount, which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a more liquid market exists. Issuers of
Rule 144A eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is
not filed with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information (such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the
Fund’s ability to dispose of the security.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have a higher potential for gains than securities of larger, more established companies (larger
companies) but may also have more risk. For example, small- and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial
resources and business operations. Small- and mid-cap companies are also more likely than larger companies to have more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams.
Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes and may be less liquid and fluctuate more sharply in value than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in small- and
mid-cap companies with limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those positions, particularly in a distressed market, could be prolonged and result in Fund investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition,
some small- and mid-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment community, which can lower the demand for their stocks.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (
i.e.
, the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or may be perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments).
Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. For example, securities issued by the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Banks are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government. These securities may be supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S.
Treasury or only by the credit of the issuing agency, authority, instrumentality or enterprise and, as a result, are subject to greater credit risk than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
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Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to
find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin,
reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information
on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate serves as investment
adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia Funds, which may
include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These affiliated products,
individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated products and the Underlying
Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds, because the affiliated products
may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its fixed costs would be spread over
a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales of Underlying Fund shares.
Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying Funds may experience
increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of time in order to
manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase
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activity), or receive more or less (for
redemption activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to
liquidate positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its
liquid (or more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of
business, within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment
strategy. The Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the
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portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could
result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would
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otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the
current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service
fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Flexible Capital Income Fund
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Class
A
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1.25%
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Class
Adv
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1.00%
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Class
C
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2.00%
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Class
Inst
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1.00%
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Class
Inst2
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0.97%
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Class
Inst3
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0.92%
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Class
R
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1.50%
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Class
T
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1.25%
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Under the agreement, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the
Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investment in affiliated and
non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short,
inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Fund’s Board. This
agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Reflected in the cap commitments with
respect to Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 is a contractual agreement by the Transfer Agent to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board,
so that the fees payable under the Fund’s transfer agency agreement do not exceed the annual rates of 0.05% for Class Inst2 and 0.00% for Class Inst3.
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Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
Primary Service
Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements
(Service Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the
parties thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement,
duty, special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary
or other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal
or state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.65% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
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Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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David
King, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2011
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Yan
Jin
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2011
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Mr. King
joined the Investment Manager in 2010. Mr. King began his investment career in 1983 and earned a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Jin
joined one of the
Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2002. Mr. Jin began his investment career in 1998 and earned a M.A. in economics from North Carolina State University.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
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Conflicts of interest and limitations that could affect a
Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
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The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
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Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
■
|
The amount you plan to
invest.
|
■
|
How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
|
■
|
The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
|
■
|
Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
|
Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
■
|
The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
|
■
|
The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
|
The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that
have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst
accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such
date, may generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may
not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
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|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
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|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
Taxable Funds
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|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
|
Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
**
|
The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
|
**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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|
Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
|
■
|
For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
|
■
|
Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
|
■
|
You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
|
■
|
No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
|
Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
|
(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
|
Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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|
If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
|
■
|
Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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Choosing a Share Class
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immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
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Choosing a Share Class
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In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
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$250
(None for accounts with
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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None
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Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
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None
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For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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Fund's performance;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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(continued)
total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
.
Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
—
which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
|
Declarations
|
Quarterly
|
Distributions
|
Quarterly
|
The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
For taxable fixed income Funds:
The Fund expects
that distributions will consist primarily of ordinary income.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends. The Fund does not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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|
Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
|
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|
Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
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|
Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign corporations, and the Fund makes a special
election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be able to claim a
foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
|
Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.49
|
0.52
|
0.52
|
1.04
|
(0.55)
|
—
|
(0.55)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.06
|
0.51
|
1.48
|
1.99
|
(0.56)
|
—
|
(0.56)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.49
|
0.49
|
(1.20)
|
(0.71)
|
(0.57)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.72)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.59
|
0.39
|
0.02
|
0.41
|
(0.43)
|
(0.08)
|
(0.51)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$11.98
|
0.43
|
0.96
|
1.39
|
(0.44)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.78)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.59
|
0.56
|
0.51
|
1.07
|
(0.58)
|
—
|
(0.58)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.14
|
0.55
|
1.49
|
2.04
|
(0.59)
|
—
|
(0.59)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.58
|
0.52
|
(1.21)
|
(0.69)
|
(0.60)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.75)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.68
|
0.43
|
0.01
|
0.44
|
(0.46)
|
(0.08)
|
(0.54)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.05
|
0.47
|
0.97
|
1.44
|
(0.47)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.81)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.42
|
0.42
|
0.52
|
0.94
|
(0.46)
|
—
|
(0.46)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.00
|
0.42
|
1.48
|
1.90
|
(0.48)
|
—
|
(0.48)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.42
|
0.41
|
(1.19)
|
(0.78)
|
(0.49)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.64)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.52
|
0.30
|
0.01
|
0.31
|
(0.33)
|
(0.08)
|
(0.41)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$11.91
|
0.33
|
0.97
|
1.30
|
(0.35)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.69)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.49
|
0.56
|
0.51
|
1.07
|
(0.58)
|
—
|
(0.58)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.06
|
0.54
|
1.48
|
2.02
|
(0.59)
|
—
|
(0.59)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.49
|
0.52
|
(1.20)
|
(0.68)
|
(0.60)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.75)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.60
|
0.43
|
0.00
(d)
|
0.43
|
(0.46)
|
(0.08)
|
(0.54)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$11.98
|
0.46
|
0.97
|
1.43
|
(0.47)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.81)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.60
|
0.57
|
0.51
|
1.08
|
(0.59)
|
—
|
(0.59)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.15
|
0.55
|
1.50
|
2.05
|
(0.60)
|
—
|
(0.60)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.58
|
0.54
|
(1.21)
|
(0.67)
|
(0.61)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.76)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.68
|
0.42
|
0.03
|
0.45
|
(0.47)
|
(0.08)
|
(0.55)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.05
|
0.47
|
0.97
|
1.44
|
(0.47)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.81)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.44
|
0.58
|
0.50
|
1.08
|
(0.59)
|
—
|
(0.59)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(e)
|
$12.48
|
(5.60)
|
5.70
|
0.10
|
(0.14)
|
—
|
(0.14)
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.98
|
8.48%
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(c)
|
4.06%
|
50%
|
$156,011
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.49
|
18.45%
|
1.06%
|
1.06%
|
4.31%
|
71%
|
$134,698
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.06
|
(5.42%)
|
1.09%
|
1.09%
|
4.37%
|
63%
|
$238,361
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.49
|
3.37%
|
1.08%
|
1.07%
|
3.20%
|
60%
|
$372,408
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.59
|
12.17%
|
1.17%
|
1.02%
|
3.52%
|
48%
|
$168,897
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.08
|
8.68%
|
0.79%
|
0.79%
(c)
|
4.30%
|
50%
|
$21,291
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.59
|
18.79%
|
0.81%
|
0.81%
|
4.55%
|
71%
|
$18,460
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.14
|
(5.22%)
|
0.84%
|
0.84%
|
4.62%
|
63%
|
$14,839
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.58
|
3.61%
|
0.83%
|
0.82%
|
3.45%
|
60%
|
$23,755
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.68
|
12.55%
|
0.92%
|
0.77%
|
3.83%
|
48%
|
$9,087
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.90
|
7.64%
|
1.79%
|
1.79%
(c)
|
3.32%
|
50%
|
$168,061
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.42
|
17.58%
|
1.81%
|
1.81%
|
3.56%
|
71%
|
$132,227
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.00
|
(6.10%)
|
1.84%
|
1.84%
|
3.64%
|
63%
|
$118,203
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.42
|
2.61%
|
1.83%
|
1.82%
|
2.47%
|
60%
|
$162,563
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.52
|
11.38%
|
1.92%
|
1.78%
|
2.79%
|
48%
|
$49,739
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.98
|
8.75%
|
0.79%
|
0.79%
(c)
|
4.32%
|
50%
|
$306,954
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.49
|
18.74%
|
0.82%
|
0.82%
|
4.56%
|
71%
|
$223,904
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.06
|
(5.18%)
|
0.83%
|
0.83%
|
4.56%
|
63%
|
$73,885
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.49
|
3.55%
|
0.83%
|
0.82%
|
3.49%
|
60%
|
$144,617
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.60
|
12.54%
|
0.92%
|
0.75%
|
3.82%
|
48%
|
$27,600
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.09
|
8.71%
|
0.77%
|
0.76%
|
4.37%
|
50%
|
$19,095
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.60
|
18.85%
|
0.77%
|
0.77%
|
4.58%
|
71%
|
$5,280
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.15
|
(5.06%)
|
0.75%
|
0.75%
|
4.76%
|
63%
|
$4,946
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.58
|
3.66%
|
0.74%
|
0.72%
|
3.41%
|
60%
|
$4,663
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.68
|
12.55%
|
0.82%
|
0.76%
|
3.84%
|
48%
|
$5,695
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.93
|
8.82%
|
0.72%
|
0.71%
|
4.50%
|
50%
|
$5,009
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(e)
|
$12.44
|
0.84%
|
0.74%
(f)
|
0.74%
(f)
|
(184.79%)
(f)
|
71%
|
$2
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.48
|
0.49
|
0.52
|
1.01
|
(0.52)
|
—
|
(0.52)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.05
|
0.47
|
1.49
|
1.96
|
(0.53)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.48
|
0.45
|
(1.18)
|
(0.73)
|
(0.55)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.70)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.58
|
0.36
|
0.02
|
0.38
|
(0.40)
|
(0.08)
|
(0.48)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$11.97
|
0.41
|
0.95
|
1.36
|
(0.41)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.75)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.50
|
0.52
|
0.52
|
1.04
|
(0.55)
|
—
|
(0.55)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.07
|
0.51
|
1.48
|
1.99
|
(0.56)
|
—
|
(0.56)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.50
|
0.49
|
(1.19)
|
(0.70)
|
(0.58)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.73)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.60
|
0.38
|
0.02
|
0.40
|
(0.42)
|
(0.08)
|
(0.50)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$11.98
|
0.43
|
0.97
|
1.40
|
(0.44)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.78)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(d)
|
Rounds to
zero.
|
(e)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on March 1, 2017. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(f)
|
Annualized.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.97
|
8.22%
|
1.29%
|
1.29%
(c)
|
3.81%
|
50%
|
$832
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.48
|
18.18%
|
1.31%
|
1.31%
|
3.95%
|
71%
|
$626
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.05
|
(5.67%)
|
1.33%
|
1.33%
|
3.98%
|
63%
|
$299
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.48
|
3.11%
|
1.34%
|
1.33%
|
2.94%
|
60%
|
$1,368
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.58
|
11.87%
|
1.41%
|
1.29%
|
3.38%
|
48%
|
$531
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.99
|
8.49%
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(c)
|
4.05%
|
50%
|
$6
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.50
|
18.44%
|
1.05%
|
1.05%
|
4.32%
|
71%
|
$6
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.07
|
(5.41%)
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
|
4.35%
|
63%
|
$6
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.50
|
3.33%
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
|
3.08%
|
60%
|
$10
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.60
|
12.22%
|
1.17%
|
1.08%
|
3.52%
|
48%
|
$16
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
|
Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
|
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
■
|
Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
|
■
|
Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
|
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
|
■
|
Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
|
■
|
Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
|
■
|
Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
|
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
|
■
|
Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
|
■
|
Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
|
■
|
There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
|
■
|
The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
|
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
|
■
|
Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
|
■
|
Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
|
Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
|
■
|
Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
■
|
For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
|
Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
|
Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
High Yield Bond Fund
Class
|
|
Ticker
Symbol
|
A
|
|
INEAX
|
Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
|
|
CYLRX
|
C
|
|
APECX
|
Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
|
|
CHYZX
|
Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
|
|
RSHRX
|
Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
|
|
CHYYX
|
R
|
|
CHBRX
|
T
|
|
RHYWX
|
(a)
|
Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
|
As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
4
|
|
5
|
|
9
|
|
10
|
|
10
|
|
11
|
|
11
|
|
12
|
|
12
|
|
12
|
|
13
|
|
18
|
|
22
|
|
25
|
|
26
|
|
27
|
|
27
|
|
28
|
|
35
|
|
42
|
|
47
|
|
49
|
|
51
|
|
51
|
|
52
|
|
56
|
|
59
|
|
63
|
|
66
|
|
68
|
|
68
|
|
69
|
|
71
|
|
A-1
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with high current income as its primary objective and, as its secondary objective, capital growth.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 27 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
T
|
Classes
Adv, Inst, Inst2,
Inst3 and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
|
4.75%
|
None
|
2.50%
|
None
|
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
|
1.00%
(a)
|
1.00%
(b)
|
None
|
None
|
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
Adv
|
Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Management
fees
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
|
0.25%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.50%
|
0.25%
|
Other
expenses
(c)
|
0.14%
|
0.14%
|
0.14%
|
0.14%
|
0.08%
|
0.03%
|
0.14%
|
0.14%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses
|
1.02%
|
0.77%
|
1.77%
|
0.77%
|
0.71%
|
0.66%
|
1.27%
|
1.02%
|
(a)
|
This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
|
(b)
|
This charge applies to
redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
|
(c)
|
Other
expenses have been restated to reflect current transfer agency fees paid by the Fund.
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
■
|
you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
|
■
|
your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
|
■
|
the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
|
Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
|
1
year
|
3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$574
|
$784
|
$1,011
|
$1,664
|
Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
79
|
$246
|
$
428
|
$
954
|
Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
|
$280
|
$557
|
$
959
|
$2,084
|
Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
|
$180
|
$557
|
$
959
|
$2,084
|
Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
79
|
$246
|
$
428
|
$
954
|
Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
73
|
$227
|
$
395
|
$
883
|
Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
67
|
$211
|
$
368
|
$
822
|
Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$129
|
$403
|
$
697
|
$1,534
|
Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$351
|
$567
|
$
799
|
$1,467
|
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 49% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund
invests at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield debt instruments (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds or securities). These high yield debt instruments include
corporate debt securities as well as floating rate loans rated below investment grade by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in debt
instruments of foreign issuers.
Corporate debt
instruments in which the Fund invests are typically unsecured, with a fixed-rate of interest, and are usually issued by companies or similar entities to provide financing for their operations, or other activities.
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and
does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity. Because the Fund emphasizes high-yield investments, more emphasis is put on credit risk by the portfolio managers in selecting investments than either maturity or
duration.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Confidential Information Access Risk.
Portfolio managers may avoid the receipt of material, non-public information (Confidential Information) about the issuers of floating rate loans (including from the issuer itself) being considered for acquisition by the
Fund, or held in the Fund. A decision not to receive Confidential Information may disadvantage the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
Counterparty Risk.
Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations. As
a result, the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of loans or other debt instruments may decline if the borrower or the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or
unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain loans and debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s
Principal Investment Strategies,
investment grade debt instruments are those rated at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings,
or equivalently rated by Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc.,
or, if unrated,
determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly
called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management
team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments.
Lower quality or unrated loans or instruments held by the Fund may present increased
credit risk as compared to higher-rated loans or instruments. Non-investment grade loans or debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade loans or debt instruments and
therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated loans or instruments, or if the ratings of loans or instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more
heavily than usual. If the issuer of a loan declares bankruptcy or is declared bankrupt, there may be a delay before the Fund can act on the collateral securing the loan, which may adversely affect the Fund. Further, there is a risk that a court
could take action with respect to a loan that is adverse to the holders of the loan. Such actions may include invalidating the loan, the lien on the collateral, the priority status of the loan, or ordering the refund of interest previously paid by
the borrower. Any such actions by a court could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. A default or expected default of a loan could also make it difficult for the Fund to sell the loan at a price approximating the value previously placed on
it. In order to enforce its rights in the event of a default, bankruptcy or similar situation, the Fund may be required to retain legal or similar counsel. This may increase the Fund’s operating expenses and adversely affect its NAV. Loans
that have a lower priority for repayment in an issuer’s capital structure may involve a higher degree of overall risk than more senior loans of the same borrower.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism),
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occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated with less
developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions against a
particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign
securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly to the
extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
High-Yield Investments Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality
expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more likely
to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Highly Leveraged Transactions Risk.
The loans or other debt instruments in which the Fund invests may include highly leveraged transactions whereby the borrower assumes large amounts of debt in order to have the financial resources to attempt to achieve
its business objectives. Loans or other debt instruments that are part of highly leveraged transactions involve a greater risk (including default and bankruptcy) than other investments.
Impairment of Collateral Risk.
The value of collateral, if any, securing a loan can decline, and may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations or difficult or costly to liquidate. In addition, the Fund’s access to collateral may be limited by bankruptcy or
other insolvency laws. Further, certain floating rate and other loans may not be fully collateralized and may decline in value.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall,
the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes
in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate
declines also may increase prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking
authorities can result in increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Debt instruments with floating coupon rates
are typically less sensitive to interest rate changes, but these debt instruments may decline in value if their coupon rates do not rise as much as, or keep pace with, yields on such types of debt instruments. Because rates on certain floating
rate loans and other debt instruments reset only periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates (and particularly sudden and significant changes) can be expected to cause fluctuations in the Fund’s NAV. Any interest rate increases could
cause the value of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could
result in losses.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its loans or securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor
performance may be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events,
conditions or factors.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an
investment at a desirable time or price. Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult
than
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anticipated, especially during times of high market volatility. Decreases in
the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or decreases in their capacity or willingness to trade such investments may increase the
Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The
impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such instruments remains unsettled. Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities
or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore
may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the
Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s
investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic
distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in
valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such
securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other
factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market. Floating rate loans generally are subject to legal or
contractual restrictions on resale, may trade infrequently, their value may be impaired when the Fund needs to liquidate such loans, and are typically subject to extended settlement periods, each of which gives rise to liquidity risk.
Loan Interests Risk.
Loan
interests may not be considered “securities,” and purchasers, such as the Fund, therefore may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws. Loan interests generally are subject to restrictions on
transfer, and the Fund may be unable to sell its loan interests at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or may be able to sell them only at prices that are less than what the Fund regards as their fair market value. Accordingly, loan
interests may at times be illiquid. Loan interests may be difficult to value and typically have extended settlement periods (generally greater than 7 days). Extended settlement periods during significant Fund redemption activity could potentially
cause short-term liquidity demands within the Fund. In seeking to meet liquidity demands, the Fund could be forced to sell investments at unfavorable prices, or borrow money or effect short settlements when possible (at a cost to the Fund), in an
effort to generate sufficient cash to pay redeeming shareholders. The Fund’s actions in this regard may not be successful. Interests in loans made to finance highly leveraged companies or transactions, such as corporate acquisitions, may be
especially vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market conditions. Interests in secured loans have the benefit of collateral and, typically, of restrictive covenants limiting the ability of the borrower to further encumber its assets. There
is a risk that the value of any collateral securing a loan in which the Fund has an interest may decline and that the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed on the loan. In the event the borrower defaults, the Fund’s access
to the collateral may be limited or delayed by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. Further, there is a risk that a court could take action with respect to a loan that is adverse to the holders of the loan, and the Fund, to enforce its rights in the
event of a default, bankruptcy or similar situation, may need to retain legal or similar counsel. This may increase the Fund’s operating expenses and adversely affect its NAV. Loans that have a lower priority for repayment in an issuer’s
capital structure may involve a higher degree of overall risk than more senior loans of the same borrower. In the event of a default, second lien secured loans will generally be paid only if the value of the collateral exceeds the amount of the
borrower’s obligations to the first lien secured lenders, and the remaining collateral may not be sufficient to cover the full amount owed on the loan in which the Fund has an interest. The Fund may acquire a
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participation interest in a loan that is held by another party. When the
Fund’s loan interest is a participation, the Fund may have less control over the exercise of remedies than the party selling the participation interest, and it normally would not have any direct rights against the borrower.
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a loan, bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case
of extension risk, that the investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other
investments providing as high a level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely,
extension risk is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund’s investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period
of time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. Issuers of Rule
144A eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not
filed with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information (such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the
Fund’s ability to dispose of the security.
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Summary of the Fund
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Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods
shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
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2nd Quarter 2009
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24.08%
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Worst
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4th Quarter 2008
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-18.37%
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*
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Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: -1.95%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
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Share
Class
Inception Date
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1
Year
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5
Years
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10
Years
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Class
A
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12/08/1983
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|
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returns
before taxes
|
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1.04%
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3.97%
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6.59%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
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-0.99%
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1.77%
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4.06%
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returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
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0.57%
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1.99%
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3.99%
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Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
12/11/2006
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6.48%
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5.26%
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7.22%
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Class
C
returns before taxes
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06/26/2000
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4.45%
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4.26%
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6.34%
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Class
Inst
returns before taxes
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09/27/2010
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6.14%
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5.19%
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7.27%
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Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
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12/11/2006
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6.57%
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5.30%
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7.45%
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Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
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11/08/2012
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6.63%
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5.42%
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7.33%
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Class
R
returns before taxes
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12/11/2006
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5.96%
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4.74%
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6.81%
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Class
T
returns before taxes
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12/01/2006
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3.73%
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4.40%
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6.81%
|
ICE
BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
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7.48%
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5.78%
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7.88%
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Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Jennifer
Ponce de Leon*
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Senior
Portfolio Manager and Head of US High Yield and Co-Head of Global High Yield
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
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2010
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Brian
Lavin, CFA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2010
|
* Ms. Ponce de Leon is on a medical
leave of absence and, while she is expected to return, a timetable for her return is not set. Until such time, Brian Lavin will serve as lead portfolio manager of the Fund with continued support from the Investment Manager’s High Yield
research analyst team.
Purchase and Sale of Fund
Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on
any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
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Regular
Mail
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Express
Mail
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By
Telephone
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Through
October 31, 2018
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Through
October 31, 2018
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columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
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800.422.3737
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Regular Mail
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Express Mail
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
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Summary of the Fund
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*
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
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For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
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For
systematic investment
plan accounts
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Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
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$2,000
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$100
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IRAs
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$1,000
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$100
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Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
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$100
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Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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All
eligible accounts
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
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$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
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(a)
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Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
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More information about these minimums can be found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing
through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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More Information About the Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with high current income as its primary objective and, as its secondary objective, capital growth. Only shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the
Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund
invests at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield debt instruments (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds or securities). These high yield debt instruments include
corporate debt securities as well as floating rate loans rated below investment grade by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in debt
instruments of foreign issuers.
Corporate debt
instruments in which the Fund invests are typically unsecured, with a fixed-rate of interest, and are usually issued by companies or similar entities to provide financing for their operations, or other activities. Floating rate loans, which are
another form of financing, are typically secured, with interest rates that adjust or “float” periodically (normally on a daily, monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis by reference to a base lending rate, such as London Interbank Offered
Rate (commonly known as LIBOR), plus a premium). Secured debt instruments are ordinarily secured by specific collateral or assets of the issuer or borrower such that holders of these instruments will have claims senior to the claims of other parties
who hold unsecured instruments.
The Fund may invest in
debt instruments of any maturity and does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity. A bond is issued with a specific maturity date, which is the date when the issuer must pay back the bond’s principal (face value).
Bond maturities range from less than 1 year to more than 30 years. Typically, the longer a bond’s maturity, the more price risk the Fund and the Fund’s investors face as interest rates rise, but the Fund could receive a higher yield in
return for that longer maturity and higher interest rate risk. Because the Fund emphasizes high-yield investments, more emphasis is put on credit risk by the portfolio managers in selecting investments than either maturity or duration.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
In pursuit of the Fund’s objective, Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) chooses investments through:
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Rigorous, in-house credit
research using a proprietary risk and relative value rating system with the goal of generating strong risk-adjusted returns;
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A process focused on seeking
to identify issuers with improving credit quality characterized by several factors including:
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stable and strengthening
cash flows,
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the ability to de-leverage
through free cash flow,
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■
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asset valuations supporting
debt,
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■
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strong
management,
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strong and sustainable
market positioning, and/or
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■
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A top down assessment of
broad economic and market conditions to determine quality and industry weightings;
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Review of the legal
documentation supporting the loan, including an analysis of the covenants and the rights and remedies of the lender.
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In evaluating whether to sell an investment, considerations by
the Investment Manager include but are not limited to:
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Deterioration in the
issuer’s results relative to analyst expectations,
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Inability of the issuer to
de-leverage,
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Reduced asset coverage for
the issuer,
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■
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Deterioration in the
issuer’s competitive position,
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■
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Reduced access to capital
for the issuer,
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■
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Changes in the
issuer’s management,
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■
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Whether the Investment
Manager’s price target for the security has been achieved, and/or
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■
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The investment’s
potential upside/downside compared to other investments or investment opportunities.
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The Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its
net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Confidential Information Access Risk.
In many instances, issuers of floating rate loans offer to furnish material, non-public information (Confidential Information) to prospective purchasers or holders of the issuer’s floating rate loans to help
potential investors assess the value of the loan. Portfolio managers may avoid the receipt of Confidential Information about the issuers of floating rate loans being considered for acquisition by the Fund, or held in the Fund. A decision not to
receive Confidential Information from these issuers may disadvantage the Fund as compared to other floating rate loan investors, and may adversely affect the price the Fund pays for the loans it purchases, or the price at which the Fund sells the
loans. Further, in situations when holders of floating rate loans are asked, for example, to grant consents, waivers or amendments, the ability to assess the desirability of such consents, waivers or amendments may be compromised. For these and
other reasons, it is possible that the decision not to receive Confidential Information could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
Counterparty Risk.
The risk
exists that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle in which the Fund invests may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations due to financial
difficulties, including making payments to the Fund. The Fund may obtain no or limited recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceedings, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Transactions that the Fund enters into may involve
counterparties in the financial services sector and, as a result, events affecting the financial services sector may cause the Fund’s share value to fluctuate.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is
the risk that the value of loans or other debt instruments may decline if the borrower or the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as
making payments to the Fund when due. Various factors could affect the actual or perceived willingness or ability of the borrower or the issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, including
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changes in the financial condition of the
borrower or the issuer or in general economic conditions. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain loans and debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies,
investment grade debt instruments are those rated at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable
quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or
Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated loans or instruments held by the Fund may
present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated loans or instruments. Non-investment grade loans or debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade loans or
debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated loans or instruments, or if the ratings of loans or instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis
of credit risk more heavily than usual. If the issuer of a loan declares bankruptcy or is declared bankrupt, there may be a delay before the Fund can act on the collateral securing the loan, which may adversely affect the Fund. Further, there is a
risk that a court could take action with respect to a loan that is adverse to the holders of the loan. Such actions may include invalidating the loan, the lien on the collateral, the priority status of the loan, or ordering the refund of interest
previously paid by the borrower. Any such actions by a court could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. A default or expected default of a loan could also make it difficult for the Fund to sell the loan at a price approximating the value
previously placed on it. In order to enforce its rights in the event of a default, bankruptcy or similar situation, the Fund may be required to retain legal or similar counsel. This may increase the Fund’s operating expenses and adversely
affect its NAV. Loans that have a lower priority for repayment in an issuer’s capital structure may involve a higher degree of overall risk than more senior loans of the same borrower.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign securities may also be less liquid
than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher for foreign securities. The Fund may
have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income,
capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be confiscatory. Other risks include: possible
delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other conditions or events (including, for example,
military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards that
may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country; and the generally
less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade
groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in issuers from the affected country that depend
on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the
future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of
companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to
the U.S. dollar,
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particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant
percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons,
including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and
vice versa.
High-Yield Investments Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality tend
to be more sensitive to credit risk than higher-rated debt instruments and may experience greater price fluctuations in response to perceived changes in the ability of the issuing entity or obligor to pay interest and principal when due than to
changes in interest rates. These investments are generally more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity
to pay interest and repay principal. These debt instruments typically pay a premium – a higher interest rate or yield – because of the increased risk of loss, including default. High-yield debt instruments may require a greater degree of
judgment to establish a price, may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund desires, may carry high transaction costs, and also are generally less liquid than higher-rated debt instruments. The ratings provided by third party rating
agencies are based on analyses by these ratings agencies of the credit quality of the debt instruments and may not take into account every risk related to whether interest or principal will be timely repaid. In adverse economic and other
circumstances, issuers of lower-rated debt instruments are more likely to have difficulty making principal and interest payments than issuers of higher-rated debt instruments.
Highly Leveraged Transactions Risk.
The loans or other debt instruments in which the Fund invests may consist of transactions involving refinancings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions and other financings for general corporate purposes. The
Fund’s investments also may include senior obligations of a borrower issued in connection with a restructuring pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (commonly known as “debtor-in-possession” financings), provided that
such senior obligations are determined by the Fund’s portfolio managers to be a suitable investment for the Fund. In such highly leveraged transactions, the borrower assumes large amounts of debt in order to have the financial resources to
attempt to achieve its business objectives. Such business objectives may include but are not limited to: management’s taking over control of a company (leveraged buy-out); reorganizing the assets and liabilities of a company (leveraged
recapitalization); or acquiring another company. Loans or other debt instruments that are part of highly leveraged transactions involve a greater risk (including default and bankruptcy) than other investments.
Impairment of Collateral Risk.
The value of collateral, if any, securing a loan can decline, and may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations or difficult or costly to liquidate. In addition, the Fund’s access to collateral may be limited by bankruptcy or
other insolvency laws. Further, certain floating rate and other loans may not be fully collateralized and may decline in value.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall,
the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes
in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate
declines also may increase prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking
authorities can result in increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Debt instruments with floating coupon rates
are typically less sensitive to interest rate changes, but these debt instruments may decline in value if their coupon rates do not rise as much as, or keep pace with, yields on such types of debt instruments. Because rates on certain floating
rate loans and other debt instruments reset only periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates (and particularly sudden and significant changes) can be expected to
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cause fluctuations in the Fund’s NAV. Any interest rate increases could
cause the value of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could
result in losses.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its loans or securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor
performance may be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events,
conditions or factors.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an
investment at a desirable time or price. Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult
than anticipated, especially during times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or
decreases in their capacity or willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and
sold by the Fund (e.g., bond dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such
instruments remains unsettled. Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund
invests may be traded in the over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting
to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that
it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased
by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the
liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid
investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater
the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell
investments in a down market. Floating rate loans generally are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, may trade infrequently, their value may be impaired when the Fund needs to liquidate such loans, and are typically subject to
extended settlement periods, each of which gives rise to liquidity risk.
Loan Interests Risk.
Loan
interests may not be considered “securities,” and purchasers, such as the Fund, therefore may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws. Loan interests generally are subject to restrictions on
transfer, and the Fund may be unable to sell loan interests at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or may be able to sell them only at prices that are less than what the Fund regards as their fair market value. Accordingly, loan
interests may at times be illiquid. Loan interests may be difficult to value and typically have extended settlement periods (generally greater than 7 days), which expose the Fund to the risk that the receipt of principal and interest payments may be
delayed until the loan interest settles. Extended settlement periods during significant Fund redemption activity could potentially cause short-term liquidity demands within the Fund. In seeking to meet liquidity demands, the Fund could be forced to
sell investments at unfavorable prices, or borrow money or effect short settlements when possible (at a cost to the Fund), in an effort to generate sufficient cash to pay
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redeeming shareholders. The Fund’s actions in this regard may not be
successful. Interests in loans made to finance highly leveraged companies or transactions, such as corporate acquisitions, may be especially vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market conditions.
Interests in secured loans have the benefit of collateral and,
typically, of restrictive covenants limiting the ability of the borrower to further encumber its assets, although many covenants may be waived or modified with the consent of a certain percentage of the holders of the loans even if the Fund does not
consent. There is a risk that the value of any collateral securing a loan in which the Fund has an interest may decline and that the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed on the loan. In most loan agreements there is no formal
requirement to pledge additional collateral. In the event the borrower defaults, the Fund’s access to the collateral may be limited or delayed by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. Further, there is a risk that a court could take action with
respect to a loan that is adverse to the holders of the loan, including the Fund. Such actions may include invalidating the loan, the lien on the collateral, the priority status of the loan, or ordering the refund of interest previously paid by the
borrower. Any such actions by a court could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. A default or expected default of a loan could also make it difficult for the Fund to sell the loan at a price approximating the value previously placed on it.
In order to enforce its rights in the event of a default, bankruptcy or similar situation, the Fund may be required to retain legal or similar counsel. This may increase the Fund’s operating expenses and adversely affect its NAV. Loans that
have a lower priority for repayment in an issuer’s capital structure may involve a higher degree of overall risk than more senior loans of the same borrower. In the event of a default, second lien secured loans will generally be paid only if
the value of the collateral exceeds the amount of the borrower’s obligations to the first lien secured lenders. The remaining collateral may not be sufficient to cover the full amount owed on the loan in which the Fund has an interest. In
addition, if a secured loan is foreclosed, the Fund would likely bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of the collateral. The collateral may be difficult to sell and the Fund would bear the risk that the collateral may
decline in value while the Fund is holding it. From time to time, disagreements may arise amongst the holders of loans and debt in the capital structure of an issuer, which may give rise to litigation risks, including the risk that a court could
take action adverse to the holders of the loan, which could negatively impact the Fund’s performance.
The Fund may acquire a loan interest by obtaining an
assignment of all or a portion of the interests in a particular loan that are held by an original lender or a prior assignee. As an assignee, the Fund normally will succeed to all rights and obligations of its assignor with respect to the portion of
the loan that is being assigned. However, the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of a loan assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the original lenders or the assignor. Alternatively, the Fund may acquire a
participation interest in a loan that is held by another party. When the Fund’s loan interest is a participation, the Fund may have less control over the exercise of remedies than the party selling the participation interest, and the Fund
normally would not have any direct rights against the borrower. As a participant, the Fund also would be subject to the risk that the party selling the participation interest would not remit the Fund’s pro rata share of loan payments to the
Fund. It may also be difficult for the Fund to obtain an accurate picture of a lending bank’s financial condition.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a loan, bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of extension risk, that the
investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other investments providing as high a
level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that
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interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security
beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund's investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. The Fund may
also have to bear the expense of registering the securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration. Additionally, the purchase price and subsequent valuation of private placements typically reflect a discount,
which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a more liquid market exists. Issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required
disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not filed with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information
(such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the Fund’s ability to dispose of the security.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values
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of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market
conditions, and may result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a
taxable account. Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or
to sell such positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its
obligations. The use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also
may not be able to find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new
clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For
more information on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate
serves as investment adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia
Funds, which may include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These
affiliated products, individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated
products and the Underlying Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds,
because the affiliated products may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its
fixed costs would be spread over a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales
of Underlying Fund shares. Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying
Funds may experience increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of
time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption
activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate
positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or
more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The
Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
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Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
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Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
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Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
High Yield Bond Fund
|
Class
A
|
1.05%
|
Class
Adv
|
0.80%
|
Class
C
|
1.80%
|
Class
Inst
|
0.80%
|
Class
Inst2
|
0.73%
|
Class
Inst3
|
0.68%
|
Class
R
|
1.30%
|
Class
T
|
1.05%
|
Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
Primary Service
Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements
(Service Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the
parties thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement,
duty, special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of
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shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary or
other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal or
state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.63% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
|
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
|
Jennifer
Ponce de Leon*
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Senior
Portfolio Manager and Head of US High Yield and Co-Head of Global High Yield
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|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2010
|
Brian
Lavin, CFA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2010
|
Ms. Ponce de Leon
joined the Investment Manager in 1997. Ms. Ponce de Leon began her investment career in 1989 and earned a M.B.A. from DePaul University.
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Mr. Lavin
joined the
Investment Manager in 1994. Mr. Lavin began his investment career in 1986 and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
* Ms. Ponce de Leon is on a medical leave of
absence and, while she is expected to return, a timetable for her return is not set. Until such time, Brian Lavin will serve as lead portfolio manager of the Fund with continued support from the Investment Manager’s High Yield research analyst
team.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
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Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
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Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
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The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
*
|
The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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**
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Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
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Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
|
The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
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Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
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Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that
have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst
accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such
date, may generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may
not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
Taxable Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
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Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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**
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The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
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Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
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**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
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For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
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Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
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You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
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No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
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Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
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Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
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depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
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is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
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Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
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(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
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Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
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Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
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Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
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reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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(continued)
extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Choosing a Share Class
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Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
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(continued)
of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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(continued)
Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
|
|
|
Minimum
Account
Balance
|
For
all classes and account types except those listed below
|
$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
|
Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
|
None
|
Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
|
None
|
For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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(continued)
fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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negative impact on the
Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
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Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
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“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares. The Fund expects that distributions will consist primarily of ordinary income.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends. The Fund does not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign corporations, and the Fund makes a special
election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be able to claim a
foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.98
|
0.14
|
(0.14)
|
0.00
(c)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.84
|
0.14
|
0.14
|
0.28
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.99
|
0.14
|
(0.15)
|
(0.01)
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.04
|
0.14
|
(0.05)
|
0.09
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.01
|
0.16
|
0.03
|
0.19
|
(0.16)
|
(0.16)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$3.00
|
0.14
|
(0.13)
|
0.01
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.86
|
0.15
|
0.14
|
0.29
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$3.01
|
0.15
|
(0.15)
|
0.00
(c)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.06
|
0.15
|
(0.05)
|
0.10
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.03
|
0.17
|
0.03
|
0.20
|
(0.17)
|
(0.17)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.96
|
0.11
|
(0.13)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.11)
|
(0.11)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.83
|
0.12
|
0.13
|
0.25
|
(0.12)
|
(0.12)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.97
|
0.12
|
(0.14)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.12)
|
(0.12)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.02
|
0.12
|
(0.05)
|
0.07
|
(0.12)
|
(0.12)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$2.99
|
0.14
|
0.03
|
0.17
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.98
|
0.14
|
(0.13)
|
0.01
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.84
|
0.15
|
0.14
|
0.29
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.99
|
0.15
|
(0.15)
|
0.00
(c)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.04
|
0.15
|
(0.05)
|
0.10
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.01
|
0.17
|
0.03
|
0.20
|
(0.17)
|
(0.17)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.97
|
0.14
|
(0.13)
|
0.01
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.84
|
0.15
|
0.13
|
0.28
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.98
|
0.15
|
(0.14)
|
0.01
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.04
|
0.15
|
(0.06)
|
0.09
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.01
|
0.17
|
0.03
|
0.20
|
(0.17)
|
(0.17)
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.85
|
0.10%
|
1.03%
|
1.03%
(d)
|
4.60%
|
49%
|
$778,978
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.98
|
10.08%
|
1.03%
|
1.03%
(d)
|
4.77%
|
60%
|
$929,057
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.84
|
(0.21%)
|
1.06%
|
1.06%
(d)
|
4.88%
|
51%
|
$1,178,208
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$2.99
|
3.12%
|
1.08%
|
1.07%
(d)
|
4.76%
|
64%
|
$1,256,835
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.04
|
6.55%
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
(d)
|
5.36%
|
63%
|
$1,357,909
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.87
|
0.37%
|
0.78%
|
0.78%
(d)
|
4.89%
|
49%
|
$112,377
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$3.00
|
10.32%
|
0.79%
|
0.79%
(d)
|
5.04%
|
60%
|
$68,934
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.86
|
0.07%
|
0.81%
|
0.81%
(d)
|
5.11%
|
51%
|
$29,969
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.01
|
3.38%
|
0.83%
|
0.82%
(d)
|
5.01%
|
64%
|
$14,992
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.06
|
6.81%
|
0.82%
|
0.82%
(d)
|
5.60%
|
63%
|
$10,379
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.83
|
(0.68%)
|
1.78%
|
1.78%
(d)
|
3.85%
|
49%
|
$65,568
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.96
|
8.91%
|
1.78%
|
1.78%
(d)
|
4.02%
|
60%
|
$84,315
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.83
|
(0.64%)
|
1.82%
|
1.82%
(d)
|
4.12%
|
51%
|
$82,543
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$2.97
|
2.38%
|
1.83%
|
1.78%
(d)
|
4.06%
|
64%
|
$87,006
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.02
|
5.92%
|
1.82%
|
1.67%
(d)
|
4.76%
|
63%
|
$97,714
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.85
|
0.35%
|
0.78%
|
0.78%
(d)
|
4.84%
|
49%
|
$242,148
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.98
|
10.36%
|
0.79%
|
0.79%
(d)
|
5.04%
|
60%
|
$395,530
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.84
|
0.04%
|
0.81%
|
0.81%
(d)
|
5.12%
|
51%
|
$227,058
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$2.99
|
3.37%
|
0.83%
|
0.82%
(d)
|
5.01%
|
64%
|
$208,466
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.04
|
6.81%
|
0.82%
|
0.82%
(d)
|
5.58%
|
63%
|
$161,293
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.84
|
0.40%
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
4.92%
|
49%
|
$136,612
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.97
|
10.08%
|
0.70%
|
0.70%
|
5.11%
|
60%
|
$143,247
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.84
|
0.48%
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
5.18%
|
51%
|
$173,794
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$2.98
|
3.15%
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
5.12%
|
64%
|
$33,231
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.04
|
6.93%
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
5.71%
|
63%
|
$15,564
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.97
|
0.15
|
(0.13)
|
0.02
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.84
|
0.15
|
0.13
|
0.28
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.99
|
0.15
|
(0.15)
|
0.00
(c)
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.03
|
0.15
|
(0.04)
|
0.11
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.00
|
0.17
|
0.03
|
0.20
|
(0.17)
|
(0.17)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.99
|
0.13
|
(0.13)
|
0.00
(c)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.85
|
0.13
|
0.14
|
0.27
|
(0.13)
|
(0.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$3.00
|
0.13
|
(0.15)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.05
|
0.13
|
(0.05)
|
0.08
|
(0.13)
|
(0.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.02
|
0.15
|
0.03
|
0.18
|
(0.15)
|
(0.15)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.95
|
0.13
|
(0.13)
|
0.00
(c)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.82
|
0.14
|
0.13
|
0.27
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.97
|
0.14
|
(0.15)
|
(0.01)
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.02
|
0.14
|
(0.05)
|
0.09
|
(0.14)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$2.99
|
0.16
|
0.03
|
0.19
|
(0.16)
|
(0.16)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
Rounds to
zero.
|
(d)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.84
|
0.45%
|
0.66%
|
0.66%
|
4.99%
|
49%
|
$475,135
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.97
|
10.13%
|
0.65%
|
0.65%
|
5.17%
|
60%
|
$353,045
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.84
|
0.19%
|
0.66%
|
0.66%
|
5.29%
|
51%
|
$19,341
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$2.99
|
3.89%
|
0.65%
|
0.65%
|
5.18%
|
64%
|
$10,668
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.03
|
6.98%
|
0.66%
|
0.66%
|
5.71%
|
63%
|
$6,091
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.86
|
(0.14%)
|
1.28%
|
1.28%
(d)
|
4.36%
|
49%
|
$22,450
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.99
|
9.79%
|
1.28%
|
1.28%
(d)
|
4.52%
|
60%
|
$25,925
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.85
|
(0.44%)
|
1.32%
|
1.32%
(d)
|
4.63%
|
51%
|
$22,299
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$3.00
|
2.87%
|
1.33%
|
1.32%
(d)
|
4.51%
|
64%
|
$19,516
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.05
|
6.28%
|
1.32%
|
1.32%
(d)
|
5.10%
|
63%
|
$18,782
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$2.82
|
0.05%
|
1.03%
|
1.03%
(d)
|
4.60%
|
49%
|
$170
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$2.95
|
9.75%
|
1.03%
|
1.03%
(d)
|
4.77%
|
60%
|
$261
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$2.82
|
(0.10%)
|
1.08%
|
1.07%
(d)
|
4.98%
|
51%
|
$416
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$2.97
|
3.11%
|
1.08%
|
1.07%
(d)
|
4.79%
|
64%
|
$43,487
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$3.02
|
6.54%
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
(d)
|
5.32%
|
63%
|
$75,524
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
|
Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
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Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
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Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
|
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Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
|
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
|
■
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Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
|
■
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Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
|
■
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
|
■
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Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
|
■
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Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
|
■
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Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
|
■
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Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
|
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
|
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
|
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Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
|
■
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Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
|
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Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
|
■
|
There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
|
■
|
The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
|
■
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Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
|
■
|
Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
|
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Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
|
Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
|
■
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Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
|
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Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
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For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
|
Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
|
Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
Large Cap Value Fund
(formerly known as Columbia Diversified
Equity Income Fund)
Class
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Ticker
Symbol
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A
|
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INDZX
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Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
|
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RDERX
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C
|
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ADECX
|
Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
|
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CDVZX
|
Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
|
|
RSEDX
|
Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
|
|
CDEYX
|
R
|
|
RDEIX
|
T
|
|
CDEWX
|
(a)
|
Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
|
As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
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3
|
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3
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3
|
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4
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4
|
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6
|
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7
|
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7
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8
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8
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9
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9
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9
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9
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11
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16
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17
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18
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19
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19
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20
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27
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34
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38
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40
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42
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42
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43
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47
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50
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54
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57
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59
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59
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60
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63
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A-1
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Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with a high level of current income and, as a secondary objective, steady growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. An
investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting
such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other sales charge discounts and
waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 19 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to
the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
T
|
Classes
Adv,
Inst, Inst2,
Inst3 and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
|
5.75%
|
None
|
2.50%
|
None
|
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
|
1.00%
(a)
|
1.00%
(b)
|
None
|
None
|
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
Adv
|
Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Management
fees
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
0.63%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
|
0.25%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.50%
|
0.25%
|
Other
expenses
|
0.13%
|
0.13%
|
0.13%
|
0.13%
|
0.08%
|
0.05%
|
0.13%
|
0.13%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses
|
1.01%
|
0.76%
|
1.76%
|
0.76%
|
0.71%
|
0.68%
|
1.26%
|
1.01%
|
(a)
|
This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
|
(b)
|
This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
|
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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■
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based
on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
|
1
year
|
3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$672
|
$878
|
$1,101
|
$1,740
|
Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
78
|
$243
|
$
422
|
$
942
|
Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
|
$279
|
$554
|
$
954
|
$2,073
|
Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
|
$179
|
$554
|
$
954
|
$2,073
|
Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
78
|
$243
|
$
422
|
$
942
|
Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
73
|
$227
|
$
395
|
$
883
|
Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
69
|
$218
|
$
379
|
$
847
|
Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$128
|
$400
|
$
692
|
$1,523
|
Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$350
|
$564
|
$
794
|
$1,455
|
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 21% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s assets primarily are
invested in equity securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in common and preferred stocks of large capitalization companies.
These companies have market capitalizations in the range of companies in the Russell 1000
®
Value Index (the Index) at the time of purchase (between
$302 million and $832 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and composition of the companies in the Index are subject to change.
The Fund typically invests in dividend-paying common and
preferred stocks of value companies. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign investments. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector.
The investment manager employs fundamental analysis
with risk management in identifying investment opportunities and constructing the Fund’s portfolio.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social,
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military
confrontations, war and terrorism), occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated with less developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and
are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding
or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by
fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other
than the U.S. dollar.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may
be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or
factors. The market capitalization of an issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be
less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies,
especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not
ordinarily carry voting rights. The price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the
stock trades. The most significant risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk
(
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates).
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio
management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods
shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes
shown in the table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect
the higher class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares
(without sales charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of
the Fund invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in the table and do not reflect the
impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do not apply to shares held in
tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
|
Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
|
|
Best
|
3rd Quarter 2009
|
17.68%
|
Worst
|
4th Quarter 2008
|
-23.62%
|
*
|
Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: -3.14%
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Average Annual Total Returns After Applicable Sales
Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
|
Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
Class
A
|
10/15/1990
|
|
|
|
returns
before taxes
|
|
9.97%
|
12.43%
|
5.55%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions
|
|
8.28%
|
10.69%
|
4.47%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
|
7.00%
|
9.62%
|
4.19%
|
Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
12/11/2006
|
16.87%
|
14.05%
|
6.25%
|
Class
C
returns before taxes
|
06/26/2000
|
14.74%
|
12.92%
|
5.38%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
|
16.88%
|
14.04%
|
6.36%
|
Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
12/11/2006
|
17.02%
|
14.17%
|
6.57%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
11/08/2012
|
17.04%
|
14.22%
|
6.40%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
12/11/2006
|
16.39%
|
13.48%
|
5.88%
|
Class
T
returns before taxes
|
12/01/2006
|
13.62%
|
13.16%
|
5.90%
|
Russell
1000 Value Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
13.66%
|
14.04%
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7.10%
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Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Hugh
Mullin, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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2013
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Purchase and Sale of Fund
Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on
any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE: The Fund’s
mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
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Regular
Mail
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Express
Mail
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By
Telephone
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Through
October 31, 2018
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Through
October 31, 2018
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columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
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800.422.3737
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Regular Mail
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Express Mail
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
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Minimum Initial Investment
Class
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Category
of eligible account
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For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
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For
systematic investment
plan accounts
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Classes
A, C & T
(a)
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All
accounts other than IRAs
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$2,000
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$100
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IRAs
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$1,000
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$100
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Classes
Adv & Inst
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All
eligible accounts
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
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$100
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Classes
Inst2 & R
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All
eligible accounts
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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All
eligible accounts
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
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$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
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(a)
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Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
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More information about these minimums can be found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with a high level of current income and, as a secondary objective, steady growth of capital. Only shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective.
Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the Fund’s
investment objective will be achieved.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund’s assets primarily are
invested in equity securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in common and preferred stocks of large capitalization companies.
These companies have market capitalizations in the range of companies in the Russell 1000
®
Value Index (the Index) at the time of purchase (between
$302 million and $832 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and composition of the companies in the Index are subject to change. As such, the size of the companies in which the Fund invests may change. As long as an
investment continues to meet the Fund’s other investment criteria, the Fund may choose to continue to hold a security even if the company’s market capitalization grows beyond the market capitalization of the largest company within the
Index or falls below the market capitalization of the smallest company within the Index.
The Fund typically invests in dividend-paying common and
preferred stocks of value companies. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign investments. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector.
The investment manager employs fundamental analysis
with risk management in identifying investment opportunities and constructing the Fund’s portfolio.
In pursuit of the Fund’s objective, Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) chooses investments by, among other things, seeking to:
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Select companies that are
undervalued based on a variety of measures, including but not limited to price-to-earnings ratios, price-to-book ratios, price-to-free cash flow, current and projected dividends, sum-of-the parts or breakup value and historic relative price
valuations.
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Identify companies with
growth potential based on:
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effective management, as
demonstrated by overall performance;
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financial strength; and
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underappreciated
potential for improvement in industry and thematic trends.
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In evaluating whether to sell a security, the Investment
Manager considers, among other factors, whether in its view:
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The security is overvalued
relative to alternative investments;
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The security has reached the
Investment Manager’s price objective;
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The company has met the
Investment Manager’s earnings and/or growth expectations;
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The security exhibits
unacceptable correlation characteristics with other portfolio holdings; or
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The company or the security
no longer continues to meet one or more of the reasons for purchase described above.
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The Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its
net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
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Active Management Risk.
The
Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio manager to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its active management, the Fund could
underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign securities may also be less liquid
than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher for foreign securities. The Fund may
have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income,
capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be confiscatory. Other risks include: possible
delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other conditions or events (including, for example,
military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards that
may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country; and the generally
less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade
groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in issuers from the affected country that depend
on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the
future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of
companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to
the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may
fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur
currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors. The market capitalization of an
issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more
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established companies may be less able to respond quickly to new competitive
challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic
expansion.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not ordinarily carry voting rights. The
price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the stock trades. The most significant
risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk (
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable
to changes in interest rates).
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy
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or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested
in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are not part of its
principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the ability to do so.
Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to
find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin,
reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information
on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate serves as investment
adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia Funds, which may
include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These affiliated products,
individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated products and the Underlying
Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds, because the affiliated products
may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its fixed costs would be spread over
a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales of Underlying Fund shares.
Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying Funds may experience
increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash
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flow effect related to these transactions.
Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including
funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by
affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a
loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are
not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business, within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also
adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying
Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio manager may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its
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investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund
performance. During these times, the portfolio manager may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in
derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and procedures that govern the
timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy generally permits the disclosure
of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the Fund may mail
only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are held through a
financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your account at
investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses, as presented in
the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during the
Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee arrangements
as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would
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otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the
current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service
fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other expenses” consist of the
fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share classes. These fees include
certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to each share class may be
different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more information on these fees,
see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Large Cap Value Fund
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Class
A
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1.13%
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Class
Adv
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0.88%
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Class
C
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1.88%
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Class
Inst
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0.88%
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Class
Inst2
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0.82%
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Class
Inst3
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0.80%
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Class
R
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1.38%
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Class
T
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1.13%
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Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
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Primary Service Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements (Service
Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the parties
thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement, duty,
special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary or
other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal or
state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the
Distributor, and the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing
and transfer agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.63% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval
of the renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
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Portfolio Manager
Information about the portfolio manager primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio manager, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio manager, and ownership by the
portfolio manager of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Hugh
Mullin, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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2013
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Mr. Mullin
joined the Investment Manager in July 2013. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, Mr. Mullin worked for CLSA, Asia Pacific Markets as Director, U.S. Equity Sales. Mr. Mullin began his investment career in 1986 and
earned a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. is a registered
transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares, calculating
and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various shareholder or “sub-transfer
agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial intermediaries for providing
certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent for certain out-of-pocket
expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
The
Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds)
generally share the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain
features of distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or
“Muni” (the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds, including sales
charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 8081, Boston,
MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular mail address is
changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 430
W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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**
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Based on
the date noted above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for
transaction requests, which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment eligibility criteria,
cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the Fund. The share class you
select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge,
contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. Each investor’s personal
situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In all instances, it is your
responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. The Fund, the
Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share class(es) is/are appropriate for
you.
When deciding which class of shares to buy, you
should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
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The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary features of Class A,
Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered by different
financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are doing so with the
same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares under a different
pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as available), the
front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for Class T shares
(for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
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(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
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Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
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Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529
plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder
servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
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None
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None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
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(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
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|
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|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares
for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
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|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been given specific written notice
from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date, may generally continue to make
additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a grandfathered plan may also open new
Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading
platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts
but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in
such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution fees compensate
financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and service fees are
discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a front-end sales
charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
Taxable Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
|
Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
**
|
The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
|
**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to Class A
Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C shares
of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account will be
converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the shareholder
is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that hold Class
C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares,
your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
■
|
Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
|
■
|
For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
|
■
|
Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
|
■
|
You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
|
■
|
No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
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Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
|
Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
|
(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
|
Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
■
|
If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
|
■
|
Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
|
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Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
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reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for account value
aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap
Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid
the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and traditional
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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(continued)
accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor advised funds, variable annuities,
variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T
shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In
addition, certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have
entered into agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund;
(iii) purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases
through certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state
sponsored 529 Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete
description of these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem shares of certain
classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts,
redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and
Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of the redemption
proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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(continued)
extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
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Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
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The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
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The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
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The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V
Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V
shares have adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50%
of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an
aggregate annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to
an aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more
the Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall
be waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates
make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are generally based upon
one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that a financial
intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one financial
intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a payment based
on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other than those
described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make Marketing
Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
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In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain arrangements in
place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to beneficial Fund
shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping, shareholder or
participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are primarily intended
to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund pays the Transfer
Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share class-specific cap
established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not pay financial
intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you fees and
commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending on the
financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on the basis of market
quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily available, the mean of
the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative bids, fixed income
investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in excess of 60 days are
valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from outside pricing
services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
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of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares are processed on
business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day are priced at the
NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent,
the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address),
not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that applies to your
order is also called the trade date.
“Good
Form”
An order is in “good form” if
the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions
and written requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for
amounts greater than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint
owners and other legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion Signature Guarantee
for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the address of record has
changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated Clearing House (ACH) or
wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
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Minimum
Account
Balance
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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None
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Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
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None
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For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If
the value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of
market decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The Funds reserve the right to lower
the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’ Transfer Agent,
this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of
assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the
Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic
sale of Fund shares in accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial
intermediary networked accounts; wrap fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable
minimum account balance does not apply to individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy — Financial Intermediary Networked
and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically
redeem, at any time, financial intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the Fund invests significantly
in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies, floating rate loans, or
tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may charge you
additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge,
CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share classes that
have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for investments.
Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service providers)
may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions concerning
your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its obligations to its
customers.
The Fund may engage financial
intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts Established Directly with the
Fund)
You can hold Fund shares through an account
established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund, in which case you will
receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a Fund account
application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611. Make your
check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders, traveler's
checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you can communicate
written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent
to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s
express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of
the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R and
Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN or TIN available
when calling.
You can sell Fund shares via the telephone
and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of shares per day, per
Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R and
Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions and the special
sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you send through the
internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account
through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may purchase or
redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting your request in
writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent may waive the fee
for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH – Direct-at-Fund
Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may
purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject to a maximum of
$100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to
obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available for investment through retail
nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account administrator for more
information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T
Shares
Class T shares are available to the general
public. Class T shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
—
$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
—
$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
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Additional
Information about Minimum Initial Investments
The
minimum initial investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also
waive minimum initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares
for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to schedule regular
redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class T and Class
V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up on an
account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy redemption requests from
cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to sell Fund holdings,
including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s investments, the
Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio manager may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise be sold because,
among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio manager. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or abnormal market
conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money market funds,
which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As a result,
borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to honor redemption
orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for non-transferable
securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash. Also, the
portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as redemptions
paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the Fund may pay
the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap
Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund shares through
certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and
Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement accounts (i.e., tax
qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
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Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings to shareholders,
distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to pay out,
in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund generally
intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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Declarations
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Quarterly
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Distributions
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
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Distributions and Taxes
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corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
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Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
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Net
investment
income
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Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
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Total
from
investment
operations
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Distributions
from net
investment
income
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Distributions
from net
realized
gains
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Total
distributions to
shareholders
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Class
A
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Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$13.92
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0.17
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0.94
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1.11
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(0.16)
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(0.83)
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(0.99)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
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$12.35
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0.18
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1.79
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1.97
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(0.17)
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(0.23)
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(0.40)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2016
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$14.26
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0.17
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(0.44)
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(0.27)
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(0.25)
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(1.39)
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(1.64)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2015
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$14.25
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0.23
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1.05
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1.28
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(0.17)
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(1.10)
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(1.27)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2014
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$12.29
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0.15
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1.97
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2.12
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(0.16)
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(0.16)
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Advisor
Class
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Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$13.91
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0.21
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0.94
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1.15
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(0.20)
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(0.83)
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(1.03)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
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$12.35
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0.21
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1.79
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2.00
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(0.21)
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(0.23)
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(0.44)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2016
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$14.26
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0.20
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(0.43)
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(0.23)
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(0.29)
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(1.39)
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(1.68)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2015
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$14.24
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0.26
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1.06
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1.32
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(0.20)
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(1.10)
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(1.30)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2014
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$12.28
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0.18
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1.97
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2.15
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(0.19)
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(0.19)
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Class
C
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Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$13.88
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0.06
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0.93
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0.99
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(0.05)
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(0.83)
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(0.88)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
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$12.32
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0.08
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1.79
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1.87
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(0.08)
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(0.23)
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(0.31)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2016
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$14.22
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0.07
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(0.43)
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(0.36)
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(0.15)
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(1.39)
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(1.54)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2015
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$14.21
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0.12
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1.05
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1.17
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(0.06)
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(1.10)
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(1.16)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2014
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$12.26
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0.05
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1.97
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2.02
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(0.07)
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(0.07)
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Institutional
Class
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Year
Ended 5/31/2018
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$13.90
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0.20
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0.95
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1.15
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(0.20)
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(0.83)
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(1.03)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2017
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$12.34
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0.20
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1.80
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2.00
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(0.21)
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(0.23)
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(0.44)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2016
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$14.25
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0.20
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(0.43)
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(0.23)
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(0.29)
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(1.39)
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(1.68)
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Year
Ended 5/31/2015
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$14.24
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0.27
|
1.04
|
1.31
|
(0.20)
|
(1.10)
|
(1.30)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.28
|
0.18
|
1.98
|
2.16
|
(0.20)
|
—
|
(0.20)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.93
|
0.21
|
0.93
|
1.14
|
(0.20)
|
(0.83)
|
(1.03)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.36
|
0.22
|
1.80
|
2.02
|
(0.22)
|
(0.23)
|
(0.45)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$14.27
|
0.21
|
(0.43)
|
(0.22)
|
(0.30)
|
(1.39)
|
(1.69)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.26
|
0.29
|
1.04
|
1.33
|
(0.22)
|
(1.10)
|
(1.32)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.30
|
0.19
|
1.98
|
2.17
|
(0.21)
|
—
|
(0.21)
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.04
|
7.82%
|
1.01%
|
1.01%
(c)
|
1.17%
|
21%
|
$1,836,324
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.92
|
16.17%
|
1.03%
|
1.03%
(c)
|
1.40%
|
31%
|
$1,986,051
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.35
|
(1.34%)
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(c)
|
1.31%
|
43%
|
$2,159,152
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.26
|
9.34%
|
1.05%
|
1.05%
(c)
|
1.61%
|
48%
|
$2,434,631
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.25
|
17.45%
|
1.09%
|
1.08%
(c)
|
1.16%
|
74%
|
$2,454,495
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.03
|
8.10%
|
0.77%
|
0.77%
(c)
|
1.50%
|
21%
|
$42,087
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.91
|
16.37%
|
0.78%
|
0.78%
(c)
|
1.63%
|
31%
|
$9,409
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.35
|
(1.07%)
|
0.79%
|
0.79%
(c)
|
1.56%
|
43%
|
$7,052
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.26
|
9.69%
|
0.80%
|
0.80%
(c)
|
1.81%
|
48%
|
$10,520
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.24
|
17.71%
|
0.84%
|
0.83%
(c)
|
1.37%
|
74%
|
$13,093
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.99
|
6.96%
|
1.76%
|
1.76%
(c)
|
0.41%
|
21%
|
$57,445
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.88
|
15.28%
|
1.78%
|
1.78%
(c)
|
0.64%
|
31%
|
$66,229
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.32
|
(2.02%)
|
1.79%
|
1.79%
(c)
|
0.56%
|
43%
|
$64,809
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.22
|
8.55%
|
1.80%
|
1.80%
(c)
|
0.87%
|
48%
|
$72,010
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.21
|
16.54%
|
1.84%
|
1.83%
(c)
|
0.41%
|
74%
|
$69,633
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.02
|
8.10%
|
0.76%
|
0.76%
(c)
|
1.42%
|
21%
|
$193,314
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.90
|
16.38%
|
0.79%
|
0.79%
(c)
|
1.52%
|
31%
|
$210,649
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.34
|
(1.08%)
|
0.79%
|
0.79%
(c)
|
1.57%
|
43%
|
$17,788
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.25
|
9.62%
|
0.80%
|
0.80%
(c)
|
1.90%
|
48%
|
$20,150
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.24
|
17.76%
|
0.84%
|
0.83%
(c)
|
1.37%
|
74%
|
$15,733
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.04
|
8.08%
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
1.47%
|
21%
|
$39,230
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.93
|
16.53%
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
1.70%
|
31%
|
$38,168
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.36
|
(0.98%)
|
0.71%
|
0.71%
|
1.64%
|
43%
|
$31,899
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.27
|
9.73%
|
0.70%
|
0.70%
|
2.00%
|
48%
|
$29,830
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.26
|
17.89%
|
0.69%
|
0.69%
|
1.48%
|
74%
|
$26,434
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.06
|
0.23
|
0.94
|
1.17
|
(0.21)
|
(0.83)
|
(1.04)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.47
|
0.24
|
1.80
|
2.04
|
(0.22)
|
(0.23)
|
(0.45)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$14.38
|
0.22
|
(0.44)
|
(0.22)
|
(0.30)
|
(1.39)
|
(1.69)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.36
|
0.21
|
1.14
|
1.35
|
(0.23)
|
(1.10)
|
(1.33)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.38
|
0.22
|
1.98
|
2.20
|
(0.22)
|
—
|
(0.22)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.83
|
0.13
|
0.94
|
1.07
|
(0.12)
|
(0.83)
|
(0.95)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.28
|
0.15
|
1.77
|
1.92
|
(0.14)
|
(0.23)
|
(0.37)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$14.18
|
0.14
|
(0.43)
|
(0.29)
|
(0.22)
|
(1.39)
|
(1.61)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.18
|
0.19
|
1.04
|
1.23
|
(0.13)
|
(1.10)
|
(1.23)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.23
|
0.12
|
1.96
|
2.08
|
(0.13)
|
—
|
(0.13)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.94
|
0.16
|
0.94
|
1.10
|
(0.15)
|
(0.83)
|
(0.98)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$12.37
|
0.18
|
1.79
|
1.97
|
(0.17)
|
(0.23)
|
(0.40)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$14.28
|
0.17
|
(0.44)
|
(0.27)
|
(0.25)
|
(1.39)
|
(1.64)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.27
|
0.23
|
1.05
|
1.28
|
(0.17)
|
(1.10)
|
(1.27)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.31
|
0.16
|
1.97
|
2.13
|
(0.17)
|
—
|
(0.17)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.19
|
8.18%
|
0.69%
|
0.68%
|
1.56%
|
21%
|
$3,281
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$14.06
|
16.60%
|
0.67%
|
0.67%
|
1.87%
|
31%
|
$747
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.47
|
(0.93%)
|
0.66%
|
0.66%
|
1.68%
|
43%
|
$403
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.38
|
9.79%
|
0.64%
|
0.64%
|
1.42%
|
48%
|
$362
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.36
|
17.99%
|
0.64%
|
0.64%
|
1.63%
|
74%
|
$20,127
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.95
|
7.61%
|
1.26%
|
1.26%
(c)
|
0.91%
|
21%
|
$4,510
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.83
|
15.82%
|
1.28%
|
1.28%
(c)
|
1.15%
|
31%
|
$5,689
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.28
|
(1.52%)
|
1.29%
|
1.29%
(c)
|
1.07%
|
43%
|
$5,688
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.18
|
9.04%
|
1.30%
|
1.30%
(c)
|
1.36%
|
48%
|
$7,687
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.18
|
17.16%
|
1.34%
|
1.33%
(c)
|
0.90%
|
74%
|
$8,004
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.06
|
7.77%
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(c)
|
1.11%
|
21%
|
$3
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.94
|
16.13%
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(c)
|
1.36%
|
31%
|
$3
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.37
|
(1.37%)
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
(c)
|
1.28%
|
43%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$14.28
|
9.31%
|
1.10%
|
1.08%
(c)
|
1.59%
|
48%
|
$3
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$14.27
|
17.44%
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
(c)
|
1.19%
|
74%
|
$3
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a
Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix
A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial
intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a
financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge reduction/waiver described below.
The financial intermediary-specific information below may be
provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for
ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (Ameriprise
Financial Services)
The
following information has been provided by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
|
Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
|
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
■
|
Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
|
■
|
Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
|
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
|
■
|
Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
|
■
|
Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
|
■
|
Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
|
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
|
■
|
Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
|
■
|
Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
|
■
|
There will be no CDSC
charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
|
■
|
The
redemption of shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
|
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
|
■
|
Class C
(i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
|
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales charge.
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Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
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Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
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Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
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Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Waiver Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
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For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
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Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
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Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you can
review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC at
202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management Investment
Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Class
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Ticker
Symbol
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A
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CLMAX
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Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
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CLMFX
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C
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CLMCX
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Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
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CLMZX
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Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
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CLMVX
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Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
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CMOYX
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T
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CLMWX
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(a)
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Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
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As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
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3
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3
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3
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4
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5
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11
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12
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12
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13
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13
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14
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14
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14
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15
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23
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27
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29
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29
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31
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31
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32
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39
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46
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50
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52
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54
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54
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55
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59
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62
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66
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69
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71
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71
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72
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75
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A-1
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund (the Fund) seeks
total return, consisting of long-term capital appreciation and current income.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 31 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
C
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Class
T
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Classes
R4, R5,
Y and Z
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Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
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3.00%
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None
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2.50%
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None
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Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
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1.00%
(a)
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1.00%
(b)
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None
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None
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
Adv
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Class
C
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Class
Inst
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Class
Inst2
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Class
Inst3
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Class
T
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Management
fees
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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0.65%
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Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
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0.25%
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0.00%
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1.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.25%
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Other
expenses
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0.20%
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0.20%
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0.20%
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0.20%
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0.16%
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0.10%
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0.20%
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses
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1.10%
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0.85%
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1.85%
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0.85%
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0.81%
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0.75%
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1.10%
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Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
(c)
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(0.10%)
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(0.10%)
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(0.10%)
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(0.10%)
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(0.11%)
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(0.10%)
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(0.10%)
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
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1.00%
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0.75%
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1.75%
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0.75%
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0.70%
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0.65%
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1.00%
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(a)
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This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
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(b)
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This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
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(c)
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Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses (excluding transaction costs and certain other investment related expenses, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses,
and infrequent and/or unusual expenses) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Under this agreement, the Fund’s net operating expenses, subject to applicable
exclusions, will not exceed the annual rates of 1.00% for Class A, 0.75% for Class Adv, 1.75% for Class C, 0.75% for Class Inst, 0.70% for Class Inst2, 0.65% for Class Inst3 and 1.00% for Class T.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
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Since the waivers and/or reimbursements
shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above expire as indicated in the preceding table, they are only reflected in the 1 year example and the first year of the other examples. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
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1
year
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3
years
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5
years
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10
years
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Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$399
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$630
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$879
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$1,591
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Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
77
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$261
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$462
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$1,040
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Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
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$278
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$572
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$991
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$2,161
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Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
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$178
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$572
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$991
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$2,161
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Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
77
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$261
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$462
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$1,040
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Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
72
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$248
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$439
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$
991
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Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
66
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$230
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$407
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$
921
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Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$349
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$581
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$832
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$1,548
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 716% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80%
of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in mortgage-related assets. Mortgage-related assets include, but are not limited to, long and short positions in mortgage-related securities that are either issued or
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities, mortgage-related securities issued by non-U.S. governments, and residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by
non-governmental entities, all of which may be represented by derivatives such as forward contracts, options, futures or swap agreements. Mortgage-related securities that either are issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S.
Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities include Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae) mortgage-backed bonds, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government; and Federal National
Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac) mortgage-backed bonds. FNMA and FHLMC are chartered or sponsored by Acts of Congress; however, their securities are neither issued nor
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The Fund’s investments in mortgage-related securities include investments in stripped mortgage-backed securities such as interest-only (IO),
principal-only (PO) and inverse interest-only (IIO) securities. The Fund seeks to generate positive absolute total returns over complete market cycles by investing principally in mortgage-related assets as well as other types of fixed-income
securities and instruments such as asset-backed securities. A complete market cycle can be measured from market peak to peak or from market trough to trough.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and
does not seek to maintain either a particular dollar-weighted average maturity or a particular duration.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures (including
interest rate futures) to manage interest rate exposure, forward-settling transactions to produce incremental earnings, swaps (including credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and total return swaps) to manage credit and interest rate exposure,
options on swaps (commonly known as swaptions) to manage interest rate exposure, options on futures to hedge existing positions and IO securities to produce incremental earnings. The Fund’s use of derivatives may result in leverage (market
exposure in excess of the Fund’s assets). The Fund may hold a significant amount of cash, money market instruments (which may include investments in one or more affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or similar vehicles), other
high-quality, short-term investments, or other liquid assets to meet its segregation obligations as a result of its investments in derivatives. The Fund may also engage in short sales.
The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued,
delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. Such securities may include mortgage-backed securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market and those in a dollar roll transaction. The Fund may also engage in repurchase
agreements.
The Fund may invest in debt instruments
that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as “high-yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities.
The Fund is
non-diversified, which means that it can invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than can a diversified fund.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Counterparty Risk.
Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations. As
a result, the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial
obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies,
investment grade debt instruments are those rated
at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or,
if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or
equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
determined by the management team to be of
comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments.
Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases
unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives
may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying asset(s) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying
reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as
anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may
not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator
associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund. Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and
international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of
derivatives. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while exposing the Fund to correlation risk,
counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for
delivery of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures
contract markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is
prohibited from executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in
futures contract prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market
could be reduced. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is possible that the Fund may employ a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may
result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain types of futures contracts, losses are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of
the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign exchanges may not provide the same protection as U.S. exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks,
such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Options Risk.
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the option to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying reference from or to a counterparty at a specified price (the strike price) on or before an expiration date. By
investing in options, the Fund is exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying reference at a disadvantageous price on or before the expiration date. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater
volatility in price movement. The Fund's losses could be significant, and are potentially unlimited for certain types of options. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. At or prior to maturity of an options
contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in options prices. Options can increase the Fund’s risk
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
In a typical swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return earned on a specified underlying reference for a fixed return or the return from another underlying reference during a specified period of time.
Swaps may be difficult to value and may be illiquid. Swaps could result in Fund losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Swaps create significant investment leverage such that a relatively small price movement in
a swap may result in immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may only close out a swap with its particular counterparty, and may only transfer a position with the consent of that counterparty. Certain swaps, such as short swap
transactions and total return swaps, have the potential for unlimited losses, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Swaps can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, inflation risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Swaptions Risk.
A swaption is an options contract on a swap agreement. These transactions give a party the right (but not the obligation) to enter into new swap agreements or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an existing
swap agreement at some designated future time on specified terms, in return for payment of the purchase price (the “premium”) of the option. The Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions to the same extent it may make use
of standard options on securities or other instruments. The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the market value on the underlying swap agreement. Swaptions can be bundled and sold as a package.
These are commonly called interest rate caps, floors and collars.
Forward Commitments on Mortgage-Backed Securities (including
Dollar Rolls) Risk.
When purchasing mortgage-backed securities in the “to be announced” (TBA) market (MBS TBAs), the seller agrees to deliver mortgage-backed securities for an agreed upon price on an
agreed upon date, but may make no guarantee as to the specific securities to be delivered. In lieu of taking delivery of mortgage-backed securities, the Fund could enter into dollar rolls, which are transactions in which the Fund sells securities to
a counterparty and simultaneously agrees to purchase those or similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase may decline below the
repurchase price, or that the counterparty may default on its obligations. These transactions may also increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. If the Fund reinvests the proceeds of the security sold, the Fund will also be subject to the
risk that the investments purchased with such proceeds will decline in value (a form of leverage risk). MBS TBAs and dollar rolls are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not perform or be unable to perform in accordance
with the terms of the instrument.
Frequent
Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility
that the Fund, as relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce
the Fund's after-tax return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the
Fund’s performance.
High-Yield Investments
Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable
quality expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more
likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of
debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also
affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase
prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in
increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s
investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Leverage Risk.
Leverage occurs
when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, short sales, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. Use of leverage can produce volatility and may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the
return on the Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may experience capital
losses that exceed the net assets of the Fund. Because short sales involve borrowing securities and then selling them, the Fund’s short sales effectively leverage the Fund’s assets. The Fund's assets that are used as collateral to secure
the Fund's obligations to return the securities sold short may decrease in value while the short positions are outstanding, which may force the Fund to use its other assets to increase the collateral. Leverage can create an interest expense that may
lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund’s volatility and risk of loss. There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be
successful.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an
investment at a desirable time or price. Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult
than anticipated, especially during times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or
decreases in their capacity or willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and
sold by the Fund (e.g., bond dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such
instruments remains unsettled. Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund
invests may be traded in the over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting
to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that
it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased
by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the
liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid
investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater
the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell
investments in a down market.
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Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Money Market Fund Investment Risk.
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their NAV while others seek to preserve
the value of investments at a stable NAV (typically, $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable NAV per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose money by
investing in these and other types of money market funds. If the liquidity of a money market fund’s portfolio deteriorates below certain levels, the money market fund may suspend redemptions (i.e., impose a redemption gate) and thereby prevent
the Fund from selling its investment in the money market fund or impose a fee of up to 2% on amounts the Fund redeems from the money market fund (i.e., impose a liquidity fee). These measures may result in an investment loss or prohibit the Fund
from redeeming shares when the Investment Manager would otherwise redeem shares. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which it invests,
including affiliated money market funds. By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market fund in direct proportion to such investment. To the extent the Fund invests in instruments such as
derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in derivatives. Money market funds and the securities they invest in are subject
to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market funds.
Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk.
The value of any mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund may be affected by, among other things, changes or perceived changes in: interest rates; factors concerning the interests in and
structure of the issuer or the originator of the mortgages or other assets; the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements; or the market's assessment of the quality
of underlying assets. Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-backed securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of a particular U.S. Government agency, authority,
enterprise or instrumentality, and some, but not all, are also insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage
insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may entail greater risk than obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the
possibility that the underlying mortgage or other asset may be refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to have to reinvest the money received in securities that have lower yields.
Rising or high interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, making their prices more volatile and more sensitive to changes in interest rates.
Non-Diversified
Fund Risk.
The Fund is non-diversified, which generally means that it will invest a greater percentage of its total assets in the securities of fewer issuers than a “diversified” fund. This
increases the risk that a change in the value of any one investment held by the Fund could affect the overall value of the Fund more than it would affect that of a diversified fund holding a greater number of investments. Accordingly, the Fund's
value will likely be more volatile than the value of a more diversified fund.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of
extension risk, that the investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other
investments providing as high a level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely,
extension risk is the risk that an unexpected rise in
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interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security
beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund’s investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Repurchase Agreements Risk.
Repurchase agreements are agreements in which the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon price and time. Repurchase agreements carry the risk that the
counterparty may not fulfill its obligations under the agreement. This could cause the Fund's income and the value of your investment in the Fund to decline.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. Issuers of Rule
144A eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not
filed with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information (such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the
Fund’s ability to dispose of the security.
Short Positions Risk.
The Fund
may establish short positions which introduce more risk to the Fund than long positions (where the Fund owns the instrument or other asset) because the maximum sustainable loss on an instrument or other asset purchased (held long) is limited to the
amount paid for the instrument or other asset plus the transaction costs, whereas there is no maximum price of the shorted instrument or other asset when purchased in the open market. Therefore, in theory, short positions have unlimited risk. The
Fund’s use of short positions in effect “leverages” the Fund. Leverage potentially exposes the Fund to greater risks of loss due to unanticipated market movements, which may magnify losses and increase the volatility of returns. To
the extent the Fund takes a short position in a derivative instrument or other asset, this involves the risk of a potentially unlimited increase in the value of the underlying instrument or other asset.
Sovereign Debt Risk.
A
sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow situation, the extent of its reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign
exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the sovereign debtor’s policy toward international lenders, and the political constraints to which a sovereign debtor may be
subject.
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.
Stripped mortgage-backed securities are a type of mortgage-backed security that receive differing proportions of the interest and principal payments from the underlying assets. Generally, there are two classes of
stripped mortgage-backed securities: Interest Only (IO) and Principal Only (PO). IOs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the interest on the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities.
POs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the principal of the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. The cash flows and yields on IOs and POs are extremely sensitive to the rate of
principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. A rapid rate of principal payments may adversely affect the yield to maturity of IOs. A slow rate of principal payments may adversely affect
the yield to maturity of POs. If prepayments of principal are greater than anticipated, an investor in IOs may incur substantial losses. If prepayments of principal are slower than anticipated, the yield on a PO will be affected more severely than
would be the case with a traditional mortgage-backed security.
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U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (i.e., the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or be
perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments). Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you
how the Fund has performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the
sales charges were reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this
prospectus) for the periods shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
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2nd Quarter 2016
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2.50%
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Worst
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3rd Quarter 2015
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-1.04%
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Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: 5.13%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
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Share
Class
Inception Date
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1
Year
|
Life
of Fund
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Class
A
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04/30/2014
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returns
before taxes
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2.08%
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3.50%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
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-1.10%
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1.21%
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returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
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1.16%
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1.65%
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Class
Adv
returns before taxes
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04/30/2014
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5.35%
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4.60%
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Class
C
returns before taxes
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04/30/2014
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3.43%
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3.59%
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Class
Inst
returns before taxes
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04/30/2014
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5.46%
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4.63%
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Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
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04/30/2014
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5.41%
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4.69%
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Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
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03/01/2017
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5.51%
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4.45%
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Class
T
returns before taxes
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04/30/2014
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2.60%
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3.65%
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FTSE
One-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
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0.80%
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0.28%
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Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Jason
Callan
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Senior
Portfolio Manager and Head of Structured Assets
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2014
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Tom
Heuer, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2014
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Purchase and Sale of Fund
Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on
any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
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Regular
Mail
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Express
Mail
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By
Telephone
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Through
October 31, 2018
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Through
October 31, 2018
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columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
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800.422.3737
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Regular Mail
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Express Mail
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
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*
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
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The minimum initial investment amounts for the share classes
offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial
Investment
Class
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Category
of eligible account
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For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
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For
systematic investment
plan accounts
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Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
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$2,000
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$100
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IRAs
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$1,000
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$100
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Classes
Adv & Inst
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All
eligible accounts
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
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$100
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Class
Inst2
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All
eligible accounts
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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All
eligible accounts
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
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$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
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(a)
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Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
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More information about these minimums can be
found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing
through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund (the Fund) seeks
total return, consisting of long-term capital appreciation and current income. The Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. Because any
investment involves risk, there is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80%
of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in mortgage-related assets. Mortgage-related assets include, but are not limited to, long and short positions in mortgage-related securities that are either issued or
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities, mortgage-related securities issued by non-U.S. governments, and residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by
non-governmental entities, all of which may be represented by derivatives such as forward contracts, options, futures or swap agreements. Mortgage-related securities that either are issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S.
Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities include Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae) mortgage-backed bonds, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government; and Federal National
Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac) mortgage-backed bonds. FNMA and FHLMC are chartered or sponsored by Acts of Congress; however, their securities are neither issued nor
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The Fund’s investments in mortgage-related securities include investments in stripped mortgage-backed securities such as interest-only (IO),
principal-only (PO) and inverse interest-only (IIO) securities. The Fund seeks to generate positive absolute total returns over complete market cycles by investing principally in mortgage-related assets as well as other types of fixed-income
securities and instruments such as asset-backed securities. A complete market cycle can be measured from market peak to peak or from market trough to trough.
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and
does not seek to maintain either a particular dollar-weighted average maturity or a particular duration. A bond is issued with a specific maturity date, which is the date when the issuer must pay back the bond’s principal (face value). Bond
maturities range from less than 1 year to more than 30 years. Typically, the longer a bond’s maturity, the more price risk the Fund and the Fund’s investors face as interest rates rise, but the Fund could receive a higher yield in return
for that longer maturity and higher interest rate risk. Duration measures the sensitivity of bond prices to changes in interest rates. The longer the duration of a bond, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. For example, a
three-year duration means a bond is expected to decrease in value by 3% if interest rates rise 1% and increase in value by 3% if interest rates fall 1%.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures (including
interest rate futures) to manage interest rate exposure, forward-settling transactions to produce incremental earnings, swaps (including credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and total return swaps) to manage credit and interest rate exposure,
options on swaps (commonly known as swaptions) to manage interest rate exposure, options on futures to hedge existing positions and IO securities to produce incremental earnings. The Fund’s use of derivatives may result in leverage (market
exposure in excess of the Fund’s assets). The Fund may hold a significant amount of cash, money market instruments (which may include investments in one or more affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or similar vehicles), other
high-quality, short-term investments, or other liquid assets to meet its segregation obligations as a result of its investments in derivatives. The Fund may also engage in short sales.
The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued,
delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. Such securities may include mortgage-backed securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market and those in a dollar roll transaction. The Fund may also engage in repurchase
agreements.
The Fund may invest in debt instruments
that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as “high-yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
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The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
In pursuit of the Fund’s objective, Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) chooses investments by considering, among other factors:
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Relative value within the
mortgage-related sector.
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The interest rate outlook.
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The yield curve is a graphic
representation of the yields of bonds of the same quality but different maturities. A graph showing an upward trend with short-term rates lower than long-term rates is called a positive yield curve, while a downward trend is a negative or inverted
yield curve.
In evaluating whether to sell a security,
the Investment Manager considers, among other factors, whether in its view:
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The interest rate or
economic outlook changes.
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The security is overvalued
relative to alternative investments.
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■
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A more attractive opportunity
exists.
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The Fund’s investment
strategy may involve the frequent trading of portfolio securities.
The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a
greater percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than can a diversified fund.
The Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its
net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change. Additionally, shareholders will be given 60 days’ notice of any
change to the Fund’s investment objective made to comply with the SEC rule governing investment company names.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Counterparty Risk.
The risk
exists that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle in which the Fund invests may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations due to financial
difficulties, including making payments to the Fund. The Fund may obtain no or limited recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceedings, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Transactions that the Fund enters into may involve
counterparties in the financial services sector and, as a result, events affecting the financial services sector may cause the Fund’s share value to fluctuate.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is
the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when
due. Various factors could affect the actual or perceived willingness or
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ability of the issuer to make timely
interest or principal payments, including changes in the financial condition of the issuer or in general economic conditions. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided
in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies, investment grade debt instruments are those rated at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated,
determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently
rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or
unrated instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments. Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than
investment grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis
of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments, traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying
asset(s) (such as a security, commodity or currency) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC
registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment
techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially
unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund.
Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, including the risk of an adverse credit event associated with the
underlying reference (credit risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value, price or rate of the underlying reference (market risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value of underlying currencies (foreign currency risk) and the risk of
an adverse movement in underlying interest rates (interest rate risk). Derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks, including the risk of loss due to a derivative position that is imperfectly correlated with the underlying reference it is
intended to hedge or replicate (correlation risk), the risk that a counterparty will fail to perform as agreed (counterparty risk), the risk that a hedging strategy may fail to mitigate losses, and may offset gains (hedging risk), the risk that
losses may be greater than the amount invested (leverage risk), the risk that the Fund may be unable to sell an investment at an advantageous time or price (liquidity risk), the risk that the investment may be difficult to value (pricing risk), and
the risk that the price or value of the investment fluctuates significantly over short periods of time (volatility risk). The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and international political and economic
developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of derivatives.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for delivery
of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures contract
markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is prohibited from
executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in futures contract
prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced.
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exchange on which they were entered into or through a linked exchange, and no
secondary market exists for such contracts. Futures positions are marked to market each day and variation margin payment must be paid to or by the Fund. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is possible that the
Fund may employ a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain types of futures
contracts, losses are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign exchanges may not provide the same protection
as U.S. exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to
correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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interest rate future
is a derivative that is an agreement whereby the buyer and seller agree to the future delivery of an interest-bearing instrument on a specific date at a pre-determined price. Examples include
Treasury-bill futures, Treasury-bond futures and Eurodollar futures.
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Derivatives Risk – Options Risk.
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the option to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying reference from or to a counterparty at a specified price (the strike price) on or before an expiration date. The Fund
may purchase or write (i.e., sell) put and call options on an underlying reference it is otherwise permitted to invest in. By investing in options, the Fund is exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying reference at a
disadvantageous price on or before the expiration date. If the Fund sells a put option, the Fund may be required to buy the underlying reference at a strike price that is above market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a call option, the
Fund may be required to sell the underlying reference at a strike price that is below market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a call option that is not covered (it does not own the underlying reference), the Fund's losses are
potentially unlimited. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater volatility in price movement. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. At or prior to maturity of an options
contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in options prices. Options can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks
such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
In a typical swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return earned on a specified underlying reference for a fixed return or the return from another underlying reference during a specified period of time.
Swaps may be difficult to value and may be illiquid. Swaps could result in Fund losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Swaps create significant investment leverage such that a relatively small price movement in
a swap may result in immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may only close out a swap with its particular counterparty, and may only transfer a position with the consent of that counterparty. Certain swaps, such as short swap
transactions and total return swaps, have the potential for unlimited losses, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Swaps can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, inflation risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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credit default swap
(including a swap on a credit default index, sometimes referred to as a credit default swap index) is a derivative and special type of swap where one party pays, in effect, an insurance premium
through a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return upon the occurrence of a particular credit event by one or more third parties, such as bankruptcy, default or a similar event. A credit default
swap may be embedded within a structured note or other derivative instrument. Credit default swaps enable an investor to buy or sell protection against such a credit event (such as an issuer’s bankruptcy, restructuring or failure to make
timely payments of interest or principal). Credit default swap indices are indices that reflect the performance of a basket of credit default swaps and are subject to the same risks as credit default swaps. If such a default were to occur, any
contractual remedies that the Fund may have may be subject to bankruptcy and insolvency laws, which could delay or limit the Fund's recovery. Thus, if the counterparty under a credit default swap defaults on its obligation to make payments
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otherwise, the Fund may lose
such payments altogether, or collect only a portion thereof, which collection could involve costs or delays. The Fund’s return from investment in a credit default swap index may not match the return of the referenced index. Further, investment
in a credit default swap index could result in losses if the referenced index does not perform as expected. Unexpected changes in the composition of the index may also affect performance of the credit default swap index. If a referenced index has a
dramatic intraday move that causes a material decline in the Fund’s net assets, the terms of the Fund’s credit default swap index may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the transaction. In that event, the Fund may be unable
to enter into another credit default swap index or otherwise achieve desired exposure, even if the referenced index reverses all or a portion of its intraday move.
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interest rate swap
is a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange interest rate cash flows, based on a specified notional amount from a fixed rate to a floating rate (or vice versa) or from one floating rate
to another. Interest rate swaps can be based on various measures of interest rates, including LIBOR, swap rates, treasury rates and foreign interest rates.
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Total return swaps
are derivative swap transactions in which one party agrees to pay the other party an amount equal to the total return of a defined underlying reference during a specified period of time. In return, the other party would
make periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or on the total return of a different underlying reference.
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Derivatives Risk – Swaptions Risk.
A swaption is an options contract on a swap agreement. These transactions give a party the right (but not the obligation) to enter into new swap agreements or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an existing
swap agreement at some designated future time on specified terms, in return for payment of the purchase price (the “premium”) of the option. The Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions to the same extent it may make use
of standard options on securities or other instruments. The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the market value on the underlying swap agreement. Swaptions can be bundled and sold as a package.
These are commonly called interest rate caps, floors and collars.
Forward Commitments on Mortgage-Backed Securities (including
Dollar Rolls) Risk.
When purchasing mortgage-backed securities in the “to be announced” (TBA) market (MBS TBAs), the seller agrees to deliver mortgage-backed securities for an agreed upon price on an
agreed upon date, but may make no guarantee as to the specific securities to be delivered. In lieu of taking delivery of mortgage-backed securities, the Fund could enter into dollar rolls, which are transactions in which the Fund sells securities to
a counterparty and simultaneously agrees to purchase those or similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase may decline below the
repurchase price, or that the counterparty may default on its obligations. These transactions may also increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. If the Fund reinvests the proceeds of the security sold, the Fund will also be subject to the
risk that the investments purchased with such proceeds will decline in value (a form of leverage risk). MBS TBAs and dollar rolls are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not perform or be unable to perform in accordance
with the terms of the instrument.
Frequent
Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility
that the Fund, as relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce
the Fund's after-tax return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the
Fund’s performance.
High-Yield Investments
Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable
quality tend to be more sensitive to credit risk than higher-rated debt instruments and may experience greater price fluctuations in response to perceived changes in the ability of the issuing entity or obligor to pay interest and principal when
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than to changes in interest rates. These investments are generally more
likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. These debt instruments
typically pay a premium – a higher interest rate or yield – because of the increased risk of loss, including default. High-yield debt instruments may require a greater degree of judgment to establish a price, may be difficult to sell at
the time and price the Fund desires, may carry high transaction costs, and also are generally less liquid than higher-rated debt instruments. The ratings provided by third party rating agencies are based on analyses by these ratings agencies of the
credit quality of the debt instruments and may not take into account every risk related to whether interest or principal will be timely repaid. In adverse economic and other circumstances, issuers of lower-rated debt instruments are more likely to
have difficulty making principal and interest payments than issuers of higher-rated debt instruments.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of
debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also
affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase
prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in
increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s
investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Leverage Risk.
Leverage occurs
when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, short sales, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. Use of leverage can produce volatility and may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the
return on the Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its
obligations or to meet any required asset segregation or position coverage requirements. Futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts and other derivatives can allow the Fund to obtain large investment exposures in return for
meeting relatively small margin requirements. As a result, investments in those transactions may be highly leveraged. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may experience capital
losses that exceed the net assets of the Fund. Because short sales involve borrowing securities and then selling them, the Fund’s short sales effectively leverage the Fund’s assets. The Fund's assets that are used as collateral to secure
the Fund's obligations to return the securities sold short may decrease in value while the short positions are outstanding, which may force the Fund to use its other assets to increase the collateral. Leverage can create an interest expense that may
lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund's volatility and risk of loss. There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be
successful.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an
investment at a desirable time or price. Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult
than anticipated, especially during times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or
decreases in their capacity or willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and
sold by the Fund (e.g., bond dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such
instruments remains unsettled. Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are
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purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to
liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on
the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for
the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment
opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest
rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price
volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the
time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV,
including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Money Market Fund Investment Risk.
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their NAV while others seek to preserve
the value of investments at a stable NAV (typically $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable NAV per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose money by
investing in these and other types of money market funds. If the liquidity of a money market fund’s portfolio deteriorates below certain levels, the money market fund may suspend redemptions (i.e., impose a redemption gate) and thereby prevent
the Fund from selling its investment in the money market fund or impose a fee of up to 2% on amounts the Fund redeems from the money market fund (i.e., impose a liquidity fee). These measures may result in an investment loss or prohibit the Fund
from redeeming shares when the Investment Manager would otherwise redeem shares. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which it invests,
including affiliated money market funds. To the extent these fees and expenses, along with the fees and expenses of any other funds in which the Fund may invest, are expected to equal or exceed 0.01% of the Fund’s average daily net assets,
they will be reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses set forth in the table under “Fees and Expenses of the Fund.” By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market fund in
direct proportion to such investment. The money market fund may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund, through its investment in the money market fund, may not achieve its investment objective. To the extent the Fund invests in instruments
such as derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in derivatives. Money market funds and the securities they invest in are
subject to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market
funds.
Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed
Securities Risk.
The value of any mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund may be affected by, among other things, changes or perceived changes in: interest rates; factors concerning the
interests in and structure of the issuer or the originator of the mortgages or other assets; the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements; or the market's
assessment of the quality of underlying assets. Mortgage-backed securities
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represent interests in, or are backed by,
pools of mortgages from which payments of interest and principal (net of fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities) are distributed to the holders of the mortgage-backed securities. Other types of asset-backed securities typically
represent interests in, or are backed by, pools of receivables such as credit, automobile, student and home equity loans. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities can have a fixed or an adjustable rate. Mortgage- and other asset-backed
securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the possibility that the underlying mortgage or other asset may be refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to have to reinvest
the money received in securities that have lower yields. In addition, the impact of prepayments on the value of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities may be difficult to predict and may result in greater volatility. Rising or high
interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, making them more volatile and more sensitive to changes in interest rates. Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-backed securities (but not
the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed (i) by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association) or (ii) by its agencies, authorities,
enterprises or instrumentalities (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)), which are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government (although
FNMA and FHLMC may be able to access capital from the U.S. Treasury to meet their obligations under such securities). Mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private
mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may be supported by various credit enhancements, such as pool insurance, guarantees issued by governmental entities, letters of credit from a bank or
senior/subordinated structures, and may entail greater risk than obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government, whether or not such obligations are guaranteed by the private issuer.
Non-Diversified
Fund Risk.
The Fund is non-diversified, which generally means that it will invest a greater percentage of its total assets in the securities of fewer issuers than a “diversified” fund. This
increases the risk that a change in the value of any one investment held by the Fund could affect the overall value of the Fund more than it would affect that of a diversified fund holding a greater number of investments. Accordingly, the Fund's
value will likely be more volatile than the value of a more diversified fund.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of extension risk, that the
investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other investments providing as high a
level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that
an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund's investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of time, the portfolio managers may be
unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Repurchase Agreements Risk.
Repurchase agreements are agreements in which the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon price and time. Repurchase agreements carry the risk that the
counterparty may not fulfill its obligations under the agreement. This could cause the Fund's income and the value of your investment in the Fund to decline.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the
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Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund
illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. The Fund may also have to bear the expense of registering the securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration.
Additionally, the purchase price and subsequent valuation of private placements typically reflect a discount, which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a more liquid market exists. Issuers of Rule 144A
eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not filed
with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information (such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the Fund’s
ability to dispose of the security.
Short Positions Risk.
The Fund may establish short positions which introduce more risk to the Fund than long positions (where the Fund owns the instrument or other asset) because the maximum sustainable loss on an instrument or other asset
purchased (held long) is limited to the amount paid for the instrument or other asset plus the transaction costs, whereas there is no maximum price of the shorted instrument or other asset when purchased in the open market. Therefore, in theory,
short positions have unlimited risk. The Fund’s use of short positions in effect “leverages” the Fund. Leverage potentially exposes the Fund to greater risks of loss due to unanticipated market movements, which may magnify losses
and increase the volatility of returns. To the extent the Fund takes a short position in a derivative instrument or other asset, this involves the risk of a potentially unlimited increase in the value of the underlying instrument or other
asset.
Sovereign Debt Risk.
A sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow situation, the extent of its reserves, the
availability of sufficient foreign exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the sovereign debtor’s policy toward international lenders, and the political constraints to
which a sovereign debtor may be subject.
With
respect to sovereign debt of emerging market issuers, investors should be aware that certain emerging market countries are among the largest debtors to commercial banks and foreign governments. At times, certain emerging market countries have
declared moratoria on the payment of principal and interest on external debt. Certain emerging market countries have experienced difficulty in servicing their sovereign debt on a timely basis and that has led to defaults and the restructuring of
certain indebtedness to the detriment of debt-holders.
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.
Stripped mortgage-backed securities are a type of mortgage-backed security that receive differing proportions of the interest and principal payments from the underlying assets. Generally, there are two classes of
stripped mortgage-backed securities: Interest Only (IO) and Principal Only (PO). IOs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the interest on the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities.
POs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the principal of the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. The cash flows and yields on IOs and POs are extremely sensitive to the rate of
principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. A rapid rate of principal payments may adversely affect the yield to maturity of IOs. A slow rate of principal payments may adversely affect
the yield to maturity of POs. If prepayments of principal are greater than anticipated, an investor in IOs may incur substantial losses. If prepayments of principal are slower than anticipated, the yield on a PO will be affected more severely than
would be the case with a traditional mortgage-backed security.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (
i.e.
, the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or may be perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments).
Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. For example, securities issued by the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal
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Home Loan Banks are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government.
These securities may be supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury or only by the credit of the issuing agency, authority, instrumentality or enterprise and, as a result, are subject to greater credit risk than securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.
Additional Investment
Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain
investment strategies and policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
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Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to
find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin,
reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information
on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate serves as investment
adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia Funds, which may
include the Fund (collectively referred to in
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this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii)
discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These affiliated products, individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one
or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated products and the Underlying Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds
may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds, because the affiliated products may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of
Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its fixed costs would be spread over a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the
Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales of Underlying Fund shares. Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these
transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying Funds may experience increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect
related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those
affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In
addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating
potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in
illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business, within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid
securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of
affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
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The Fund may not achieve its investment objective while it is
investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and
decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and it is anticipated that the Fund's holdings will diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic
sectors represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may be
significantly more volatile than the value of the securities or assets comprising the Fund’s benchmark. The Fund may be exposed to greater risk of loss than a direct investment in the securities or assets comprising the Fund’s
benchmark.
eDelivery and Mailings to
Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
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Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Mortgage Opportunities Fund
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Class
A
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1.00%
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Class
Adv
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0.75%
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Class
C
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1.75%
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Class
Inst
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0.75%
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Mortgage Opportunities Fund
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Class
Inst2
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0.70%
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Class
Inst3
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0.65%
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Class
T
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1.00%
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Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
Primary Service
Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements
(Service Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the
parties thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement,
duty, special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary
or other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal
or state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
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The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.650% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Jason
Callan
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Senior
Portfolio Manager and Head of Structured Assets
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2014
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Tom
Heuer, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2014
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Mr. Callan
joined the Investment Manager in 2007. Mr. Callan began his investment career in 2004 and earned a B.S. from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of
Management.
Mr. Heuer
joined the Investment Manager in 1993. Mr. Heuer began his investment career in 1993 and earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
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Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally,
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Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and,
as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
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The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
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Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
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The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that
have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst
accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such
date, may generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may
not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
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The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
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(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
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(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
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(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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Taxable Funds
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
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Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
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Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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**
|
The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
|
**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
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For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
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|
Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
|
■
|
You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
|
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|
No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
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|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
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|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
|
Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
|
(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
|
Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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|
If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
|
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|
Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
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Minimum
Account
Balance
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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None
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Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
|
None
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For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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negative impact on the
Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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(continued)
Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
.
Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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Distributions
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
For taxable fixed income Funds:
The Fund expects
that distributions will consist primarily of ordinary income.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends. The Fund does not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Distributions and Taxes
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign corporations, and the Fund makes a special
election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be able to claim a
foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.12
|
0.49
|
0.04
|
0.53
|
(0.38)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.72)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.69
|
0.38
|
0.52
|
0.90
|
(0.34)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.47)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.05
|
0.38
|
(0.30)
|
0.08
|
(0.34)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.02
|
0.39
|
0.09
|
0.48
|
(0.35)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.45)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.00
|
0.02
|
0.01
|
0.03
|
(0.01)
|
—
|
(0.01)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.11
|
0.54
|
0.01
|
0.55
|
(0.40)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.74)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.69
|
0.45
|
0.46
|
0.91
|
(0.36)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.49)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.06
|
0.41
|
(0.32)
|
0.09
|
(0.36)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.46)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.02
|
0.44
|
0.07
|
0.51
|
(0.37)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.47)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.00
|
0.02
|
0.01
|
0.03
|
(0.01)
|
—
|
(0.01)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.12
|
0.44
|
0.01
|
0.45
|
(0.30)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.64)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.69
|
0.34
|
0.48
|
0.82
|
(0.26)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.39)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.05
|
0.30
|
(0.30)
|
0.00
(e)
|
(0.26)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.36)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.02
|
0.31
|
0.09
|
0.40
|
(0.27)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.37)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.00
|
0.01
|
0.01
|
0.02
|
(0.00)
(e)
|
—
|
(0.00)
(e)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.12
|
0.53
|
0.02
|
0.55
|
(0.40)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.74)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.69
|
0.48
|
0.44
|
0.92
|
(0.36)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.49)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.06
|
0.39
|
(0.30)
|
0.09
|
(0.36)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.46)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.02
|
0.39
|
0.12
|
0.51
|
(0.37)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.47)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.00
|
0.02
|
0.01
|
0.03
|
(0.01)
|
—
|
(0.01)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.11
|
0.52
|
0.03
|
0.55
|
(0.40)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.74)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.69
|
0.45
|
0.47
|
0.92
|
(0.37)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.50)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.06
|
0.40
|
(0.30)
|
0.10
|
(0.37)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.47)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.02
|
0.39
|
0.13
|
0.52
|
(0.38)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.48)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.00
|
0.02
|
0.01
|
0.03
|
(0.01)
|
—
|
(0.01)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.12
|
0.55
|
0.01
|
0.56
|
(0.41)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.75)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(f)
|
$9.87
|
0.16
|
0.18
|
0.34
|
(0.09)
|
—
|
(0.09)
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.93
|
5.53%
|
1.12%
|
1.00%
|
5.12%
|
716%
|
$70,299
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.12
|
9.50%
|
1.10%
|
1.00%
|
3.80%
|
739%
|
$4,964
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.69
|
0.83%
|
1.16%
|
1.00%
|
3.95%
|
743%
|
$7,023
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.05
|
4.88%
|
1.21%
|
1.00%
|
4.08%
|
829%
|
$1,718
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.02
|
0.29%
|
1.24%
(d)
|
1.00%
(d)
|
1.79%
(d)
|
56%
|
$10
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.92
|
5.79%
|
0.86%
|
0.75%
|
5.52%
|
716%
|
$29,201
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.11
|
9.67%
|
0.85%
|
0.75%
|
4.55%
|
739%
|
$6,157
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.69
|
0.98%
|
0.92%
|
0.75%
|
4.22%
|
743%
|
$2,848
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.06
|
5.24%
|
0.94%
|
0.75%
|
4.44%
|
829%
|
$3,071
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.02
|
0.30%
|
1.05%
(d)
|
0.75%
(d)
|
2.04%
(d)
|
56%
|
$10
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.93
|
4.74%
|
1.85%
|
1.75%
|
4.44%
|
716%
|
$5,842
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.12
|
8.69%
|
1.85%
|
1.75%
|
3.43%
|
739%
|
$1,975
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.69
|
0.07%
|
1.91%
|
1.75%
|
3.17%
|
743%
|
$1,070
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.05
|
4.09%
|
1.98%
|
1.75%
|
3.16%
|
829%
|
$50
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.02
|
0.24%
|
2.05%
(d)
|
1.75%
(d)
|
1.05%
(d)
|
56%
|
$10
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.93
|
5.80%
|
0.85%
|
0.75%
|
5.44%
|
716%
|
$64,054
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.12
|
9.78%
|
0.86%
|
0.75%
|
4.92%
|
739%
|
$17,188
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.69
|
0.98%
|
0.90%
|
0.75%
|
4.07%
|
743%
|
$3,494
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.06
|
5.24%
|
1.03%
|
0.75%
|
3.96%
|
829%
|
$41
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.02
|
0.30%
|
1.08%
(d)
|
0.75%
(d)
|
2.21%
(d)
|
56%
|
$12
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.92
|
5.84%
|
0.83%
|
0.71%
|
5.44%
|
716%
|
$47,960
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.11
|
9.76%
|
0.80%
|
0.69%
|
4.55%
|
739%
|
$49
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.69
|
1.09%
|
0.79%
|
0.65%
|
4.09%
|
743%
|
$45
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.06
|
5.34%
|
0.90%
|
0.65%
|
3.91%
|
829%
|
$10
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.02
|
0.31%
|
0.89%
(d)
|
0.65%
(d)
|
2.14%
(d)
|
56%
|
$10
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.93
|
5.90%
|
0.75%
|
0.65%
|
5.55%
|
716%
|
$189,672
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(f)
|
$10.12
|
3.50%
|
0.76%
(d)
|
0.65%
(d)
|
6.57%
(d)
|
739%
|
$260,713
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.11
|
0.51
|
0.02
|
0.53
|
(0.38)
|
(0.34)
|
(0.72)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.69
|
0.40
|
0.49
|
0.89
|
(0.34)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.47)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.05
|
0.39
|
(0.31)
|
0.08
|
(0.34)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.02
|
0.36
|
0.12
|
0.48
|
(0.35)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.45)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.00
|
0.02
|
0.01
|
0.03
|
(0.01)
|
—
|
(0.01)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The Fund
commenced operations on April 30, 2014. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(d)
|
Annualized.
|
(e)
|
Rounds to
zero.
|
(f)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on March 1, 2017. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.92
|
5.54%
|
1.09%
|
0.99%
|
5.20%
|
716%
|
$10
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.11
|
9.41%
|
1.09%
|
0.99%
|
4.01%
|
739%
|
$10
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.69
|
0.83%
|
1.16%
|
1.00%
|
3.94%
|
743%
|
$10
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.05
|
4.87%
|
1.30%
|
1.00%
|
3.56%
|
829%
|
$10
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(c)
|
$10.02
|
0.29%
|
1.30%
(d)
|
1.00%
(d)
|
1.79%
(d)
|
56%
|
$10
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
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Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
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Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
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Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
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Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
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Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
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Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
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Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
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Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
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Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
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Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
|
■
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
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Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
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Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
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Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
|
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Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
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CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
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Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
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■
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Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
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Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
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There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
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The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
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Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
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■
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Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
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Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
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Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
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Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
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Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
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Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
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For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
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Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
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Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
Quality Income Fund
(formerly known as Columbia U.S.
Government Mortgage Fund)
Class
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Ticker
Symbol
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A
|
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AUGAX
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Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
|
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CUVRX
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C
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AUGCX
|
Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
|
|
CUGZX
|
Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
|
|
CGVRX
|
Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
|
|
CUGYX
|
R
|
|
CUGUX
|
T
|
|
CGMWX
|
(a)
|
Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
|
As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
4
|
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5
|
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10
|
|
11
|
|
12
|
|
12
|
|
13
|
|
14
|
|
14
|
|
14
|
|
15
|
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21
|
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26
|
|
27
|
|
28
|
|
29
|
|
29
|
|
30
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37
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|
44
|
|
48
|
|
50
|
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52
|
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52
|
|
53
|
|
57
|
|
60
|
|
64
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|
67
|
|
69
|
|
69
|
|
70
|
|
73
|
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A-1
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Quality Income Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with current income as its primary objective and, as its secondary objective, preservation of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. An
investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting
such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other sales charge discounts and
waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 29 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to
the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
T
|
Classes
Adv, Inst, Inst2,
Inst3 and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
|
3.00%
|
None
|
2.50%
|
None
|
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
|
1.00%
(a)
|
1.00%
(b)
|
None
|
None
|
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
Adv
|
Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Management
fees
|
0.49%
|
0.49%
|
0.49%
|
0.49%
|
0.49%
|
0.49%
|
0.49%
|
0.49%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
|
0.25%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.50%
|
0.25%
|
Other
expenses
|
0.18%
|
0.18%
|
0.18%
|
0.18%
|
0.08%
|
0.03%
|
0.18%
|
0.18%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses
|
0.92%
|
0.67%
|
1.67%
|
0.67%
|
0.57%
|
0.52%
|
1.17%
|
0.92%
|
Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
(c)
|
(0.01%)
|
(0.01%)
|
(0.01%)
|
(0.01%)
|
(0.02%)
|
(0.02%)
|
(0.01%)
|
(0.01%)
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
|
0.91%
|
0.66%
|
1.66%
|
0.66%
|
0.55%
|
0.50%
|
1.16%
|
0.91%
|
(a)
|
This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
|
(b)
|
This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
|
(c)
|
Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses (excluding transaction costs and certain other investment related expenses, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses,
and infrequent and/or unusual expenses) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Under this agreement, the Fund’s net operating expenses, subject to applicable
exclusions, will not exceed the annual rates of 0.91% for Class A, 0.66% for Class Adv, 1.66% for Class C, 0.66% for Class Inst, 0.55% for Class Inst2, 0.50% for Class Inst3, 1.16% for Class R and 0.91% for Class T.
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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|
the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
|
Since the waivers and/or
reimbursements shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above expire as indicated in the preceding table, they are only reflected in the 1 year example and the first year of the other examples.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
|
1
year
|
3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$390
|
$584
|
$793
|
$1,396
|
Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
67
|
$213
|
$372
|
$
834
|
Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
|
$269
|
$526
|
$906
|
$1,975
|
Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
|
$169
|
$526
|
$906
|
$1,975
|
Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
67
|
$213
|
$372
|
$
834
|
Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
56
|
$181
|
$316
|
$
712
|
Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
51
|
$165
|
$289
|
$
651
|
Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$118
|
$371
|
$643
|
$1,420
|
Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$341
|
$535
|
$746
|
$1,352
|
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 311% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s
net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in mortgage-related securities. Mortgage-related securities include those that are either issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S.
Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities (U.S. Government Securities), those issued by non-U.S. governments, as well as residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental entities. Mortgage-related
securities that either are issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities include Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae) mortgage-backed bonds, which
are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government; and Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac) mortgage-backed bonds. FNMA and FHLMC are chartered or
sponsored by Acts of Congress; however, their securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
The Fund’s investments in
mortgage-related securities include investments in stripped mortgage-backed securities such as interest-only (IO) and principal-only (PO) securities.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 60% of
its net assets in mortgage-related securities that are U.S. Government Securities and at least 80% of its net assets in securities rated investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined to be of
comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in debt instruments that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as
“high-yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and
does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures (including
interest rate futures) to manage interest rate exposure, swaps (including interest rate swaps and total return swaps) to manage credit and interest rate exposure, and options on swaps (commonly known as swaptions) to manage interest rate
exposure. The Fund’s use of derivatives may result in leverage (market exposure in excess of the Fund’s assets). The Fund may hold a significant amount of cash, money market instruments (which may include investments in one or more
affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or similar vehicles), other high-quality, short-term investments, or other liquid assets to meet its segregation obligations as a result of its investments in derivatives.
The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued,
delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. Such securities may include mortgage-backed securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market and those in a dollar roll transaction.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Counterparty Risk.
Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations. As
a result, the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial
obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies, investment
grade debt instruments are those rated at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality.
Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc.,
or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated
instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments. Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment
grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit
risk more heavily than usual.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying asset(s) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other
economic indicator (each an underlying reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the
underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments.
The Fund’s derivatives strategy may not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the
price, rate or other economic indicator associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund. Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety
of factors, including national and international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely
affect the value or performance of derivatives. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while
exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for
delivery of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures
contract markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is
prohibited from executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in
futures contract prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market
could be reduced. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is possible that the Fund may employ a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may
result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain types of futures contracts, losses are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of
the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign exchanges may not provide the same protection as U.S. exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks,
such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Options Risk.
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the option to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying reference from or to a counterparty at a specified price (the strike price) on or before an expiration date. By
investing in options, the Fund is exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying reference at a disadvantageous price on or before the expiration date. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater
volatility in price movement. The Fund's losses could be significant, and are potentially unlimited for certain types of options. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. At or prior to maturity of an options
contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in options prices. Options can increase the Fund’s risk
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
In a typical swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return earned on a specified underlying reference for a fixed return or the return from another underlying reference during a specified period of time.
Swaps may be difficult to value and may be illiquid. Swaps could result in Fund losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Swaps create significant investment leverage such that a relatively small price movement in
a swap may result in immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may only close out a swap with its particular counterparty, and may only transfer a position with the consent of that counterparty. Certain swaps, such as short swap
transactions and total return swaps, have the potential for unlimited losses, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Swaps can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, inflation risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Swaptions Risk.
A swaption is an options contract on a swap agreement. These transactions give a party the right (but not the obligation) to enter into new swap agreements or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an existing
swap agreement at some designated future time on specified terms, in return for payment of the purchase price (the “premium”) of the option. The Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions to the same extent it may make use
of standard options on securities or other instruments. The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the market value on the underlying swap agreement. Swaptions can be bundled and sold as a package.
These are commonly called interest rate caps, floors and collars.
Forward Commitments on Mortgage-Backed Securities (including
Dollar Rolls) Risk.
When purchasing mortgage-backed securities in the “to be announced” (TBA) market (MBS TBAs), the seller agrees to deliver mortgage-backed securities for an agreed upon price on an
agreed upon date, but may make no guarantee as to the specific securities to be delivered. In lieu of taking delivery of mortgage-backed securities, the Fund could enter into dollar rolls, which are transactions in which the Fund sells securities to
a counterparty and simultaneously agrees to purchase those or similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase may decline below the
repurchase price, or that the counterparty may default on its obligations. These transactions may also increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. If the Fund reinvests the proceeds of the security sold, the Fund will also be subject to the
risk that the investments purchased with such proceeds will decline in value (a form of leverage risk). MBS TBAs and dollar rolls are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not perform or be unable to perform in accordance
with the terms of the instrument.
Frequent
Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility
that the Fund, as relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce
the Fund's after-tax return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the
Fund’s performance.
High-Yield Investments
Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable
quality expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more
likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest
rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Changes
in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase prepayments of debt obligations, which, in
turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases in interest rates. Such actions may
negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease.
Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Leverage Risk.
Leverage occurs
when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. Use of leverage can produce volatility and may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the return on the
Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may experience capital losses that exceed
the net assets of the Fund. Leverage can create an interest expense that may lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund’s volatility and risk
of loss. There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be successful.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or decreases in their capacity or
willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond
dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such instruments remains unsettled.
Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the
over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a
similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise
prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may
later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price
of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of,
for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline
of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down
market.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed
Securities Risk.
The value of any mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund may be affected by, among other things, changes or perceived changes in: interest rates; factors concerning the
interests in and structure of the issuer or the originator of the mortgages or other assets; the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements; or the market's
assessment of the quality of underlying assets. Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-backed securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of a particular U.S.
Government agency, authority, enterprise or instrumentality, and some, but not all, are also insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan
institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may entail greater risk than obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities are subject to
prepayment risk, which is the possibility that the underlying mortgage or other asset may be refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to have to reinvest the money received in
securities that have lower yields. Rising or high interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, making their prices more volatile and more sensitive to changes in interest rates.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of extension risk, that the
investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other investments providing as high a
level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that
an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund’s investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of time, the portfolio managers
may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. Issuers of Rule
144A eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not
filed with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information (such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the
Fund’s ability to dispose of the security.
Sovereign Debt Risk.
A
sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow situation, the extent of its reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign
exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the sovereign debtor’s policy toward international lenders, and the political constraints to which a sovereign debtor may be
subject.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.
Stripped mortgage-backed securities are a type of mortgage-backed security that receive differing proportions of the interest and principal payments from the underlying assets. Generally, there are two classes of
stripped mortgage-backed securities: Interest Only (IO) and Principal Only (PO). IOs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the interest on the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities.
POs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the principal of the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. The cash flows and yields on IOs and POs are extremely sensitive to the rate of
principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. A rapid rate of principal payments may adversely affect the yield to maturity of IOs. A slow rate of principal payments may adversely affect
the yield to maturity of POs. If prepayments of principal are greater than anticipated, an investor in IOs may incur substantial losses. If prepayments of principal are slower than anticipated, the yield on a PO will be affected more severely than
would be the case with a traditional mortgage-backed security.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (i.e., the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or be
perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments). Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods
shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes
shown in the table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect
the higher class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares
(without sales charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of
the Fund invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes. Returns after taxes on distributions
and sale of Fund shares are higher than before-tax returns for certain periods shown because they reflect the tax benefit of capital losses realized on the redemption of Fund shares.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
|
3rd Quarter 2009
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4.67%
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Worst
|
4th Quarter 2008
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-2.47%
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*
|
Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: -0.34%
|
Average Annual Total Returns After Applicable Sales
Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
|
Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
Class
A
|
02/14/2002
|
|
|
|
returns
before taxes
|
|
-0.17%
|
1.40%
|
4.12%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions
|
|
-1.27%
|
0.23%
|
2.71%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
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-0.10%
|
0.54%
|
2.62%
|
Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
11/08/2012
|
3.23%
|
2.26%
|
4.56%
|
Class
C
returns before taxes
|
02/14/2002
|
1.20%
|
1.21%
|
3.64%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
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3.23%
|
2.27%
|
4.64%
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Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
11/08/2012
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3.33%
|
2.35%
|
4.61%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
10/01/2014
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3.37%
|
2.27%
|
4.58%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
03/01/2016
|
2.74%
|
1.69%
|
4.10%
|
Class
T
returns before taxes
|
06/18/2012
|
0.55%
|
1.51%
|
4.17%
|
Bloomberg
Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
2.47%
|
2.04%
|
3.84%
|
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
Jason
Callan
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager and Head of Structured Assets
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2009
|
Tom
Heuer, CFA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2010
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any business
day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE: The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
|
|
Regular
Mail
|
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Express
Mail
|
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By
Telephone
|
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
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columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
|
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800.422.3737
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|
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Regular Mail
|
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Express Mail
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|
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|
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
|
|
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
|
|
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*
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
(a)
|
Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
|
More information about these minimums can be found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. If you are investing
through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
More Information About the Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Quality Income Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with current income as its primary objective and, as its secondary objective, preservation of capital. Only shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the
Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s
net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in mortgage-related securities. Mortgage-related securities include those that are either issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S.
Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities (U.S. Government Securities), those issued by non-U.S. governments, as well as residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental entities. Mortgage-related
securities that either are issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities include Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae) mortgage-backed bonds, which
are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government; and Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac) mortgage-backed bonds. FNMA and FHLMC are chartered or
sponsored by Acts of Congress; however, their securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
The Fund’s investments in
mortgage-related securities include investments in stripped mortgage-backed securities such as interest-only (IO) and principal-only (PO) securities.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 60% of
its net assets in mortgage-related securities that are U.S. Government Securities and at least 80% of its net assets in securities rated investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined to be of
comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in debt instruments that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as
“high-yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and
does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity. A bond is issued with a specific maturity date, which is the date when the issuer must pay back the bond’s principal (face value). Bond maturities range from less than 1
year to more than 30 years. Typically, the longer a bond’s maturity, the more price risk the Fund and the Fund’s investors face as interest rates rise, but the Fund could receive a higher yield in return for that longer maturity and
higher interest rate risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and
other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to liquidity determinations and certain regulatory restrictions.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures (including
interest rate futures) to manage interest rate exposure, swaps (including interest rate swaps and total return swaps) to manage credit and interest rate exposure, and options on swaps (commonly known as swaptions) to manage interest rate
exposure. The Fund’s use of derivatives may result in leverage (market exposure in excess of the Fund’s assets). The Fund may hold a significant amount of cash, money market instruments (which may include investments in one or more
affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or similar vehicles), other high-quality, short-term investments, or other liquid assets to meet its segregation obligations as a result of its investments in derivatives.
The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued,
delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. Such securities may include mortgage-backed securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market and those in a dollar roll transaction.
In pursuit of the Fund’s objective, Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) chooses investments by considering, among other factors:
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Issuer creditworthiness.
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The yield curve is a graphic
representation of the yields of bonds of the same quality but different maturities. A graph showing an upward trend with short-term rates lower than long-term rates is called a positive yield curve, while a downward trend is a negative or inverted
yield curve.
In evaluating whether to sell a security,
the Investment Manager considers, among other factors, whether in its view:
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The
Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent trading of portfolio securities.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The
Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its active management, the Fund could
underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Counterparty Risk.
The risk
exists that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle in which the Fund invests may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations due to financial
difficulties, including making payments to the Fund. The Fund may obtain no or limited recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceedings, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Transactions that the Fund enters into may involve
counterparties in the financial services sector and, as a result, events affecting the financial services sector may cause the Fund’s share value to fluctuate.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to
the Fund when due. Various factors could affect the actual or perceived willingness or ability of the issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, including changes in the financial condition of the issuer or in general economic conditions.
Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies, investment grade debt instruments are those rated at or above BBB- by
S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called
“high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team
to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated instruments held by the Fund may present
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increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments. Non-investment
grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated
instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives
may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments, traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying asset(s) (such as a security, commodity or
currency) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible
securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those
associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s
actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund. Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments.
Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, including the risk of an adverse credit event associated with the underlying reference (credit risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the
value, price or rate of the underlying reference (market risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value of underlying currencies (foreign currency risk) and the risk of an adverse movement in underlying interest rates (interest rate risk).
Derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks, including the risk of loss due to a derivative position that is imperfectly correlated with the underlying reference it is intended to hedge or replicate (correlation risk), the risk that a
counterparty will fail to perform as agreed (counterparty risk), the risk that a hedging strategy may fail to mitigate losses, and may offset gains (hedging risk), the risk that losses may be greater than the amount invested (leverage risk), the
risk that the Fund may be unable to sell an investment at an advantageous time or price (liquidity risk), the risk that the investment may be difficult to value (pricing risk), and the risk that the price or value of the investment fluctuates
significantly over short periods of time (volatility risk). The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the
derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of derivatives.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for delivery
of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures contract
markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is prohibited from
executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in futures contract
prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced.
Positions in futures contracts may be closed out only on the exchange on which they were entered into or through a linked exchange, and no secondary market exists for such contracts. Futures positions are marked to market each day and variation
margin payment must be paid to or by the Fund. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is possible that the Fund may employ a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price
movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain types of futures contracts, losses are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of
futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign exchanges may not provide the same
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protection as U.S. exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s
risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk,
liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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An
interest rate future
is a derivative that is an agreement whereby the buyer and seller agree to the future delivery of an interest-bearing instrument on a specific date at a pre-determined price. Examples include
Treasury-bill futures, Treasury-bond futures and Eurodollar futures.
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Derivatives Risk – Options Risk.
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the option to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying reference from or to a counterparty at a specified price (the strike price) on or before an expiration date. The Fund
may purchase or write (i.e., sell) put and call options on an underlying reference it is otherwise permitted to invest in. By investing in options, the Fund is exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying reference at a
disadvantageous price on or before the expiration date. If the Fund sells a put option, the Fund may be required to buy the underlying reference at a strike price that is above market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a call option, the
Fund may be required to sell the underlying reference at a strike price that is below market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a call option that is not covered (it does not own the underlying reference), the Fund's losses are
potentially unlimited. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater volatility in price movement. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. At or prior to maturity of an options
contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in options prices. Options can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks
such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
In a typical swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return earned on a specified underlying reference for a fixed return or the return from another underlying reference during a specified period of time.
Swaps may be difficult to value and may be illiquid. Swaps could result in Fund losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Swaps create significant investment leverage such that a relatively small price movement in
a swap may result in immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may only close out a swap with its particular counterparty, and may only transfer a position with the consent of that counterparty. Certain swaps, such as short swap
transactions and total return swaps, have the potential for unlimited losses, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Swaps can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, inflation risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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interest rate swap
is a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange interest rate cash flows, based on a specified notional amount from a fixed rate to a floating rate (or vice versa) or from one floating rate
to another. Interest rate swaps can be based on various measures of interest rates, including LIBOR, swap rates, treasury rates and foreign interest rates.
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Total return swaps
are derivative swap transactions in which one party agrees to pay the other party an amount equal to the total return of a defined underlying reference during a specified period of time. In return, the other party would
make periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or on the total return of a different underlying reference.
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Derivatives Risk – Swaptions Risk.
A swaption is an options contract on a swap agreement. These transactions give a party the right (but not the obligation) to enter into new swap agreements or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an existing
swap agreement at some designated future time on specified terms, in return for payment of the purchase price (the “premium”) of the option. The Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions to the same extent it may make use
of standard options on securities or other instruments. The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the market value on the underlying swap agreement. Swaptions can be bundled and sold as a package.
These are commonly called interest rate caps, floors and collars.
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Forward Commitments on Mortgage-Backed Securities (including
Dollar Rolls) Risk.
When purchasing mortgage-backed securities in the “to be announced” (TBA) market (MBS TBAs), the seller agrees to deliver mortgage-backed securities for an agreed upon price on an
agreed upon date, but may make no guarantee as to the specific securities to be delivered. In lieu of taking delivery of mortgage-backed securities, the Fund could enter into dollar rolls, which are transactions in which the Fund sells securities to
a counterparty and simultaneously agrees to purchase those or similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase may decline below the
repurchase price, or that the counterparty may default on its obligations. These transactions may also increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. If the Fund reinvests the proceeds of the security sold, the Fund will also be subject to the
risk that the investments purchased with such proceeds will decline in value (a form of leverage risk). MBS TBAs and dollar rolls are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not perform or be unable to perform in accordance
with the terms of the instrument.
Frequent
Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility
that the Fund, as relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce
the Fund's after-tax return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the
Fund’s performance.
High-Yield Investments
Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable
quality tend to be more sensitive to credit risk than higher-rated debt instruments and may experience greater price fluctuations in response to perceived changes in the ability of the issuing entity or obligor to pay interest and principal when due
than to changes in interest rates. These investments are generally more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s
capacity to pay interest and repay principal. These debt instruments typically pay a premium – a higher interest rate or yield – because of the increased risk of loss, including default. High-yield debt instruments may require a greater
degree of judgment to establish a price, may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund desires, may carry high transaction costs, and also are generally less liquid than higher-rated debt instruments. The ratings provided by third party
rating agencies are based on analyses by these ratings agencies of the credit quality of the debt instruments and may not take into account every risk related to whether interest or principal will be timely repaid. In adverse economic and other
circumstances, issuers of lower-rated debt instruments are more likely to have difficulty making principal and interest payments than issuers of higher-rated debt instruments.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest
rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Changes
in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase prepayments of debt obligations, which, in
turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases in interest rates. Such actions may
negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease.
Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Leverage Risk.
Leverage occurs
when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. Use of leverage can produce volatility and may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the return on the
Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may
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not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet any
required asset segregation or position coverage requirements. Futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts and other derivatives can allow the Fund to obtain large investment exposures in return for meeting relatively small
margin requirements. As a result, investments in those transactions may be highly leveraged. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may experience capital losses that exceed the net
assets of the Fund. Leverage can create an interest expense that may lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund's volatility and risk of loss.
There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be successful.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the Fund’s investments or decreases in their capacity or
willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond
dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a market” in such instruments remains unsettled.
Certain types of investments, such as lower-rated securities or those that are purchased and sold in over-the-counter markets, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the
over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a
similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise
prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may
later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price
of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of,
for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline
of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down
market.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk.
The value of any mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund may be affected by, among other things, changes or perceived changes in: interest rates; factors concerning the interests in and
structure of the issuer or the originator of the mortgages or other assets; the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements; or the market's assessment of the quality
of underlying assets. Mortgage-backed securities represent interests in, or are backed by, pools of mortgages from which payments of interest and principal (net of fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities) are distributed to the
holders of the mortgage-backed securities. Other types of asset-backed securities typically represent interests in, or are backed by, pools of
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receivables such as credit, automobile, student and home equity loans.
Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities can have a fixed or an adjustable rate. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the possibility that the underlying mortgage or other asset may be
refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to have to reinvest the money received in securities that have lower yields. In addition, the impact of prepayments on the value of
mortgage- and other asset-backed securities may be difficult to predict and may result in greater volatility. Rising or high interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, making them more
volatile and more sensitive to changes in interest rates. Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-backed securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed (i) by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
Government (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association) or (ii) by its agencies, authorities, enterprises or instrumentalities (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage
Association (FNMA) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)), which are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government (although FNMA and FHLMC may be able to access capital from the U.S. Treasury to meet their obligations under such
securities). Mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may be supported by
various credit enhancements, such as pool insurance, guarantees issued by governmental entities, letters of credit from a bank or senior/subordinated structures, and may entail greater risk than obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government, whether
or not such obligations are guaranteed by the private issuer.
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of extension risk, that the
investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other investments providing as high a
level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that
an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund's investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of time, the portfolio managers may be
unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. The Fund may
also have to bear the expense of registering the securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration. Additionally, the purchase price and subsequent valuation of private placements typically reflect a discount,
which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a more liquid market exists. Issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities are required to furnish information to potential investors upon request. However, the required
disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not filed with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering information
(such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the Fund’s ability to dispose of the security.
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Sovereign Debt Risk.
A
sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow situation, the extent of its reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign
exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the sovereign debtor’s policy toward international lenders, and the political constraints to which a sovereign debtor may be
subject.
With respect to sovereign debt of
emerging market issuers, investors should be aware that certain emerging market countries are among the largest debtors to commercial banks and foreign governments. At times, certain emerging market countries have declared moratoria on the payment
of principal and interest on external debt. Certain emerging market countries have experienced difficulty in servicing their sovereign debt on a timely basis and that has led to defaults and the restructuring of certain indebtedness to the detriment
of debt-holders.
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.
Stripped mortgage-backed securities are a type of mortgage-backed security that receive differing proportions of the interest and principal payments from the underlying assets. Generally, there are two classes of
stripped mortgage-backed securities: Interest Only (IO) and Principal Only (PO). IOs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the interest on the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities.
POs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the principal of the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. The cash flows and yields on IOs and POs are extremely sensitive to the rate of
principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. A rapid rate of principal payments may adversely affect the yield to maturity of IOs. A slow rate of principal payments may adversely affect
the yield to maturity of POs. If prepayments of principal are greater than anticipated, an investor in IOs may incur substantial losses. If prepayments of principal are slower than anticipated, the yield on a PO will be affected more severely than
would be the case with a traditional mortgage-backed security.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (
i.e.
, the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or may be perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments).
Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. For example, securities issued by the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Banks are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government. These securities may be supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S.
Treasury or only by the credit of the issuing agency, authority, instrumentality or enterprise and, as a result, are subject to greater credit risk than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are not part of its
principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the ability to do so.
Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
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Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to
find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin,
reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information
on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate serves as investment
adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia Funds, which may
include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These affiliated products,
individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated products and the Underlying
Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds, because the affiliated products
may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its fixed costs would be spread over
a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales of Underlying Fund shares.
Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying Funds may experience
increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of time in order to
manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption activity), for shares
of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate positions more rapidly than
would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or more liquid) positions,
leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily
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marketable or that cannot be sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business, within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying
Fund to implement its investment strategy. The Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the
various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money
Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as
collateral for certain investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) or any other government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and procedures that govern the
timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy generally permits the disclosure
of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the Fund may mail
only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are held through a
financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your account at
investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses, as presented in
the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during the
Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee arrangements
as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
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Other Expenses
“Other expenses” consist of the
fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share classes. These fees include
certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to each share class may be
different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more information on these fees,
see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Quality Income Fund
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Class
A
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0.91%
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Class
Adv
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0.66%
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Class
C
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1.66%
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Class
Inst
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0.66%
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Class
Inst2
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0.55%
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Class
Inst3
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0.50%
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Class
R
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1.16%
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Class
T
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0.91%
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Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
In addition to the contractual agreement,
the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses (other than the exclusions listed above) so that Fund level expenses (expenses directly attributable to the Fund and not to a
specific share class) are waived proportionately across all share classes, but the Fund’s net operating expenses shall not exceed the contractual annual rates listed in the table above. This arrangement may be revised or discontinued at any
time.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense
Reimbursements on Past Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this
prospectus reflect the effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements,
the Fund’s returns might have been lower.
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Primary Service Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements (Service
Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the parties
thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement, duty,
special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary or
other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal or
state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the
Distributor, and the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing
and transfer agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.49% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval
of the renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
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Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Jason
Callan
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Senior
Portfolio Manager and Head of Structured Assets
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2009
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Tom
Heuer, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2010
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Mr. Callan
joined the Investment Manager in 2007. Mr. Callan began his investment career in 2004 and earned a B.S. from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of
Management.
Mr. Heuer
joined the Investment Manager in 1993. Mr. Heuer began his investment career in 1993 and earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. is a registered
transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares, calculating
and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various shareholder or “sub-transfer
agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial intermediaries for providing
certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent for certain out-of-pocket
expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
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Conflicts of interest and limitations that could affect a
Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
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The
Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds)
generally share the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain
features of distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or
“Muni” (the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds, including sales
charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 8081, Boston,
MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular mail address is
changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 430
W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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Based on
the date noted above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for
transaction requests, which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
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Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment eligibility criteria,
cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the Fund. The share class you
select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge,
contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. Each investor’s personal
situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In all instances, it is your
responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. The Fund, the
Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share class(es) is/are appropriate for
you.
When deciding which class of shares to buy, you
should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
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The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary features of Class A,
Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered by different
financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are doing so with the
same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares under a different
pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as available), the
front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for Class T shares
(for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529
plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder
servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares
for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been given specific written notice
from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date, may generally continue to make
additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a grandfathered plan may also open new
Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading
platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts
but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in
such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution fees compensate
financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and service fees are
discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a front-end sales
charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
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Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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Taxable Funds
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
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Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
**
|
The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
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Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
|
**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to Class A
Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C shares
of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account will be
converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the shareholder
is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that hold Class
C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares,
your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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|
Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
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|
For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
|
■
|
Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
|
■
|
You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
|
■
|
No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
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Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
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|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
|
Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
|
(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
|
Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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|
If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
|
■
|
Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
|
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for account value
aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap
Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid
the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and traditional
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor advised funds, variable annuities,
variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T
shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In
addition, certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have
entered into agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund;
(iii) purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases
through certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state
sponsored 529 Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete
description of these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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Choosing a Share Class
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem shares of certain
classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts,
redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and
Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of the redemption
proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V
Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V
shares have adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50%
of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an
aggregate annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to
an aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more
the Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall
be waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates
make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are generally based upon
one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that a financial
intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one financial
intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a payment based
on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other than those
described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make Marketing
Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain arrangements in
place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to beneficial Fund
shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping, shareholder or
participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are primarily intended
to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund pays the Transfer
Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share class-specific cap
established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not pay financial
intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you fees and
commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending on the
financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on the basis of market
quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily available, the mean of
the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative bids, fixed income
investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in excess of 60 days are
valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from outside pricing
services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares are processed on
business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day are priced at the
NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent,
the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address),
not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that applies to your
order is also called the trade date.
“Good
Form”
An order is in “good form” if
the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions
and written requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for
amounts greater than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint
owners and other legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion Signature Guarantee
for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the address of record has
changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated Clearing House (ACH) or
wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
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Minimum
Account
Balance
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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None
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Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
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None
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For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If
the value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of
market decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The Funds reserve the right to lower
the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’ Transfer Agent,
this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of
assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the
Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic
sale of Fund shares in accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial
intermediary networked accounts; wrap fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable
minimum account balance does not apply to individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy — Financial Intermediary Networked
and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically
redeem, at any time, financial intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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negative impact on the
Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the Fund invests significantly
in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies, floating rate loans, or
tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may charge you
additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge,
CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share classes that
have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for investments.
Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service providers)
may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions concerning
your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its obligations to its
customers.
The Fund may engage financial
intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts Established Directly with the
Fund)
You can hold Fund shares through an account
established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund, in which case you will
receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a Fund account
application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611. Make your
check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders, traveler's
checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you can communicate
written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent
to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s
express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of
the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R and
Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN or TIN available
when calling.
You can sell Fund shares via the telephone
and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of shares per day, per
Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R and
Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions and the special
sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you send through the
internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account
through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may purchase or
redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting your request in
writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent may waive the fee
for
Columbia Quality Income Fund
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(continued)
certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH – Direct-at-Fund
Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may
purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject to a maximum of
$100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to
obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available for investment through retail
nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account administrator for more
information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T
Shares
Class T shares are available to the general
public. Class T shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
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Additional
Information about Minimum Initial Investments
The
minimum initial investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also
waive minimum initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares
for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to schedule regular
redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class T and Class
V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up on an
account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy redemption requests from
cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to sell Fund holdings,
including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s investments, the
Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise be sold because,
among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or abnormal market
conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money market funds,
which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As a result,
borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to honor redemption
orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for non-transferable
securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash. Also, the
portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as redemptions
paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the Fund may pay
the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Columbia Quality Income Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap
Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund shares through
certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and
Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement accounts (i.e., tax
qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
.
Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings to shareholders,
distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to pay out,
in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund generally
intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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Declarations
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Daily
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Distributions
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Monthly
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
For taxable fixed income Funds:
The Fund expects
that distributions will consist primarily of ordinary income.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends. The Fund does not expect a significant portion of Fund distributions to be eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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|
Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign corporations, and the Fund makes a special
election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be able to claim a
foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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Columbia Quality Income Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.48
|
0.14
|
(0.13)
|
0.01
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
0.13
|
0.01
|
0.14
|
(0.11)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.55
|
0.13
|
(0.05)
|
0.08
|
(0.13)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.48
|
0.13
|
0.08
|
0.21
|
(0.14)
|
—
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.56
|
0.12
|
(0.01)
|
0.11
|
(0.17)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.19)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.48
|
0.15
|
(0.12)
|
0.03
|
(0.17)
|
—
|
(0.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.47
|
0.14
|
0.02
|
0.16
|
(0.12)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.55
|
0.14
|
(0.06)
|
0.08
|
(0.14)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.16)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.48
|
0.15
|
0.07
|
0.22
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.56
|
0.14
|
(0.01)
|
0.13
|
(0.19)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.21)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.49
|
0.10
|
(0.13)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.11)
|
—
|
(0.11)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.49
|
0.09
|
0.01
|
0.10
|
(0.07)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.10)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.56
|
0.09
|
(0.05)
|
0.04
|
(0.09)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.11)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.49
|
0.09
|
0.08
|
0.17
|
(0.10)
|
—
|
(0.10)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.57
|
0.08
|
(0.01)
|
0.07
|
(0.13)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.15)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.48
|
0.15
|
(0.13)
|
0.02
|
(0.17)
|
—
|
(0.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.47
|
0.14
|
0.02
|
0.16
|
(0.12)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.55
|
0.14
|
(0.06)
|
0.08
|
(0.14)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.16)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.48
|
0.14
|
0.08
|
0.22
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.56
|
0.13
|
(0.00)
(e)
|
0.13
|
(0.19)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.21)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.48
|
0.16
|
(0.13)
|
0.03
|
(0.17)
|
—
|
(0.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
0.15
|
0.01
|
0.16
|
(0.13)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.16)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.55
|
0.15
|
(0.05)
|
0.10
|
(0.15)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.48
|
0.15
|
0.07
|
0.22
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.56
|
0.14
|
(0.01)
|
0.13
|
(0.19)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.21)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.46
|
0.16
|
(0.14)
|
0.02
|
(0.17)
|
—
|
(0.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.45
|
0.17
|
0.00
(e)
|
0.17
|
(0.13)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.16)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.52
|
0.15
|
(0.05)
|
0.10
|
(0.15)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.17)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(f)
|
$5.44
|
0.10
|
0.08
|
0.18
|
(0.10)
|
—
|
(0.10)
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.34
|
0.22%
|
0.93%
|
0.91%
(c)
|
2.58%
|
311%
|
$494,616
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
2.56%
|
0.91%
(d)
|
0.88%
(c), (d)
|
2.32%
|
338%
|
$559,807
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.48
|
1.45%
|
0.97%
|
0.89%
(c)
|
2.39%
|
328%
|
$670,575
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.55
|
3.80%
|
0.97%
|
0.87%
(c)
|
2.34%
|
358%
|
$575,613
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.48
|
2.13%
|
0.95%
|
0.86%
(c)
|
2.23%
|
413%
|
$560,484
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.34
|
0.48%
|
0.67%
|
0.67%
(c)
|
2.83%
|
311%
|
$85,695
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
3.01%
|
0.66%
(d)
|
0.63%
(c), (d)
|
2.64%
|
338%
|
$80,482
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.47
|
1.51%
|
0.72%
|
0.65%
(c)
|
2.64%
|
328%
|
$51,857
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.55
|
4.07%
|
0.72%
|
0.63%
(c)
|
2.67%
|
358%
|
$21,401
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.48
|
2.40%
|
0.70%
|
0.61%
(c)
|
2.54%
|
413%
|
$12,510
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.35
|
(0.53%)
|
1.67%
|
1.66%
(c)
|
1.84%
|
311%
|
$29,850
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.49
|
1.80%
|
1.66%
(d)
|
1.63%
(c), (d)
|
1.58%
|
338%
|
$45,314
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.49
|
0.68%
|
1.72%
|
1.64%
(c)
|
1.63%
|
328%
|
$47,429
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.56
|
3.04%
|
1.71%
|
1.62%
(c)
|
1.58%
|
358%
|
$36,855
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.49
|
1.37%
|
1.70%
|
1.61%
(c)
|
1.49%
|
413%
|
$38,790
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.33
|
0.29%
|
0.67%
|
0.66%
(c)
|
2.83%
|
311%
|
$534,970
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
3.01%
|
0.66%
(d)
|
0.63%
(c), (d)
|
2.60%
|
338%
|
$619,001
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.47
|
1.51%
|
0.72%
|
0.64%
(c)
|
2.63%
|
328%
|
$545,140
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.55
|
4.07%
|
0.71%
|
0.62%
(c)
|
2.58%
|
358%
|
$447,990
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.48
|
2.40%
|
0.70%
|
0.61%
(c)
|
2.46%
|
413%
|
$452,308
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.34
|
0.58%
|
0.57%
|
0.57%
|
2.91%
|
311%
|
$34,203
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
2.90%
|
0.55%
(d)
|
0.54%
(d)
|
2.70%
|
338%
|
$25,782
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.48
|
1.82%
|
0.57%
|
0.54%
|
2.74%
|
328%
|
$22,770
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.55
|
4.15%
|
0.57%
|
0.54%
|
2.71%
|
358%
|
$11,921
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.48
|
2.47%
|
0.57%
|
0.53%
|
2.62%
|
413%
|
$5,539
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.31
|
0.43%
|
0.52%
|
0.52%
|
2.98%
|
311%
|
$765,037
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.46
|
3.16%
|
0.51%
(d)
|
0.51%
(d)
|
3.13%
|
338%
|
$784,343
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.45
|
1.84%
|
0.52%
|
0.49%
|
2.75%
|
328%
|
$48,156
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(f)
|
$5.52
|
3.41%
|
0.52%
(g)
|
0.50%
(g)
|
2.81%
(g)
|
358%
|
$1,228
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.48
|
0.13
|
(0.14)
|
(0.01)
|
(0.14)
|
—
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.47
|
0.14
|
(0.01)
(h)
|
0.13
|
(0.09)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.12)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
(i)
|
$5.43
|
0.03
|
0.03
(h)
|
0.06
|
(0.02)
|
—
|
(0.02)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.49
|
0.14
|
(0.13)
|
0.01
|
(0.15)
|
—
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.49
|
0.12
|
0.02
|
0.14
|
(0.11)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.56
|
0.14
|
(0.06)
|
0.08
|
(0.13)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.15)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.49
|
0.13
|
0.08
|
0.21
|
(0.14)
|
—
|
(0.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.58
|
0.12
|
(0.02)
|
0.10
|
(0.17)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.19)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(d)
|
Expenses
have been reduced due to a reimbursement of expenses overbilled by a third party. If the reimbursement had been excluded, the expense ratios would have been higher by the percentages shown for each class in the table below. All fee waivers and
expense reimbursements by the Investment Manager and its affiliates were applied before giving effect to this third party reimbursement.
|
Year
Ended
|
Class
A
|
Advisor
Class
|
Class
C
|
Institutional
Class
|
Institutional
2
Class
|
Institutional
3
Class
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
05/31/2017
|
0.02
%
|
0.02
%
|
0.02
%
|
0.02
%
|
0.02
%
|
0.01
%
|
0.01
%
|
0.02
%
|
(e)
|
Rounds
to zero.
|
(f)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on October 1, 2014. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(g)
|
Annualized.
|
(h)
|
Calculation
of the net gain (loss) per share (both realized and unrealized) does not correlate to the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) presented in the Statement of Operations due to the timing of subscriptions and redemptions of Fund shares in
relation to fluctuations in the market value of the portfolio.
|
(i)
|
Class R
shares commenced operations on March 1, 2016. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.33
|
(0.21%)
|
1.17%
|
1.16%
(c)
|
2.34%
|
311%
|
$735
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.48
|
2.50%
|
1.17%
(d)
|
1.14%
(c), (d)
|
2.58%
|
338%
|
$984
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
(i)
|
$5.47
|
1.20%
|
1.20%
(g)
|
1.15%
(g)
|
1.95%
(g)
|
328%
|
$10
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$5.35
|
0.23%
|
0.92%
|
0.91%
(c)
|
2.62%
|
311%
|
$240
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$5.49
|
2.55%
|
0.91%
(d)
|
0.88%
(c), (d)
|
2.22%
|
338%
|
$634
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$5.49
|
1.46%
|
0.98%
|
0.88%
(c)
|
2.50%
|
328%
|
$3,581
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$5.56
|
3.80%
|
0.98%
|
0.88%
(c)
|
2.38%
|
358%
|
$34,319
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$5.49
|
1.94%
|
0.95%
|
0.86%
(c)
|
2.22%
|
413%
|
$7,393
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a
Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix
A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial
intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a
financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge reduction/waiver described below.
The financial intermediary-specific information below may be
provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for
ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (Ameriprise
Financial Services)
The
following information has been provided by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
|
Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
|
■
|
Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
|
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
■
|
Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
|
■
|
Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
|
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
|
■
|
Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
|
■
|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
|
■
|
Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
|
■
|
Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
|
■
|
Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
|
■
|
Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
|
CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
■
|
Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
|
■
|
Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
|
■
|
Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
|
■
|
Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
■
|
Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
|
■
|
There will be no CDSC
charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
|
■
|
The
redemption of shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
|
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
|
■
|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
|
■
|
Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
|
■
|
Class C
(i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
|
■
|
Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales charge.
|
Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
|
■
|
Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
|
■
|
Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
|
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Waiver Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
■
|
For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Quality Income Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
|
Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
|
Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you can
review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC at
202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management Investment
Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
(formerly known as Columbia Select
Large-Cap Value Fund)
Class
|
|
Ticker
Symbol
|
A
|
|
SLVAX
|
Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
|
|
CSERX
|
C
|
|
SVLCX
|
Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
|
|
CSVZX
|
Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
|
|
SLVIX
|
Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
|
|
CSRYX
|
R
|
|
SLVRX
|
T
|
|
CSVWX
|
(a)
|
Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
|
As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
4
|
|
5
|
|
6
|
|
7
|
|
7
|
|
8
|
|
8
|
|
9
|
|
9
|
|
9
|
|
10
|
|
11
|
|
15
|
|
17
|
|
18
|
|
19
|
|
19
|
|
20
|
|
27
|
|
34
|
|
38
|
|
40
|
|
42
|
|
42
|
|
43
|
|
47
|
|
50
|
|
54
|
|
57
|
|
59
|
|
59
|
|
60
|
|
63
|
|
A-1
|
Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Select Large Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 19 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
T
|
Classes
Adv,
Inst, Inst2,
Inst3 and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
|
5.75%
|
None
|
2.50%
|
None
|
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
|
1.00%
(a)
|
1.00%
(b)
|
None
|
None
|
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
Adv
|
Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Management
fees
|
0.74%
|
0.74%
|
0.74%
|
0.74%
|
0.74%
|
0.74%
|
0.74%
|
0.74%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
|
0.25%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.50%
|
0.25%
|
Other
expenses
|
0.16%
|
0.16%
|
0.16%
|
0.16%
|
0.10%
|
0.05%
|
0.16%
|
0.16%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses
|
1.15%
|
0.90%
|
1.90%
|
0.90%
|
0.84%
|
0.79%
|
1.40%
|
1.15%
|
Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
(c)
|
(0.35%)
|
(0.35%)
|
(0.35%)
|
(0.35%)
|
(0.33%)
|
(0.33%)
|
(0.35%)
|
(0.35%)
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
|
0.80%
|
0.55%
|
1.55%
|
0.55%
|
0.51%
|
0.46%
|
1.05%
|
0.80%
|
(a)
|
This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
|
(b)
|
This charge
applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
|
(c)
|
Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses (excluding transaction costs and certain other investment related expenses, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and
infrequent and/or unusual expenses) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Under this agreement, the Fund’s net operating expenses, subject to applicable exclusions,
will not exceed the annual rates of 0.80% for Class A, 0.55% for Class Adv, 1.55% for Class C, 0.55% for Class Inst, 0.51% for Class Inst2, 0.46% for Class Inst3, 1.05% for Class R and 0.80% for Class T.
|
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
■
|
you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
|
■
|
your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
|
■
|
the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
|
Since the waivers and/or reimbursements
shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above expire as indicated in the preceding table, they are only reflected in the 1 year example and the first year of the other examples. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
|
1
year
|
3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$652
|
$887
|
$1,140
|
$1,863
|
Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
56
|
$252
|
$
464
|
$1,076
|
Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
|
$258
|
$563
|
$
994
|
$2,194
|
Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
|
$158
|
$563
|
$
994
|
$2,194
|
Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
56
|
$252
|
$
464
|
$1,076
|
Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
52
|
$235
|
$
434
|
$1,007
|
Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
47
|
$219
|
$
406
|
$
947
|
Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$107
|
$409
|
$
732
|
$1,649
|
Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$330
|
$572
|
$
834
|
$1,582
|
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 9% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of
the Fund’s net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in equity securities of large capitalization issuers. These companies have market capitalizations in the range of companies in the Russell 1000
®
Value Index (the Index) at the time of purchase (between $302.1 million and $831.9 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and
composition of the companies in the Index are subject to change. The Fund’s Board of Trustees may change the parameters by which large market capitalization is defined if it concludes such a change is appropriate.
The Fund invests substantially in securities of U.S. issuers.
The Fund also invests substantially in “value” companies. The Fund considers “value” companies to be those companies believed by the investment manager to be undervalued, either historically, by the market, or as compared
with issuers in the same or similar industry or sector.
The Fund may
from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector. The Fund may hold a small number of securities, consistent with its value investment approach.
Generally, the Fund anticipates holding between 30 and 40 securities in
its portfolio; however, the Fund may hold, at any time, more or fewer securities than noted in this range.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities.
Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Focused Portfolio Risk.
Because the Fund may invest in a limited number of companies, the Fund as a whole is subject to greater risk of loss if any of those securities decline in price.
Frequent
Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility
that the Fund, as relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce
the Fund's after-tax return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the
Fund’s performance.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may
be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or
factors. The market capitalization of an issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be
less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies,
especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio
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Fund
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management believes the securities are already undervalued. There is also a
risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock market in
general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods
shown with a broad measure of market performance, as well as another measure of performance for markets in which the Fund may invest.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
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2nd Quarter 2009
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23.02%
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Worst
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4th Quarter 2008
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-23.78%
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*
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Year to Date return as of June
30, 2018: -2.14%
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Value Fund
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
|
Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
Class
A
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04/25/1997
|
|
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returns
before taxes
|
|
13.14%
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14.37%
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8.04%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
|
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11.90%
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13.16%
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7.30%
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returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
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8.44%
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11.37%
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6.43%
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Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
11/08/2012
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20.37%
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16.04%
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8.83%
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Class
C
returns before taxes
|
05/27/1999
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18.20%
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14.87%
|
7.89%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
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20.36%
|
16.03%
|
8.89%
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Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
11/30/2001
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20.45%
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16.13%
|
9.12%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
10/01/2014
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20.50%
|
16.04%
|
8.83%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
04/30/2003
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19.76%
|
15.44%
|
8.40%
|
Class
T
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
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17.06%
|
15.12%
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8.13%
|
Russell
1000 Value Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
13.66%
|
14.04%
|
7.10%
|
S&P
500 Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
21.83%
|
15.79%
|
8.50%
|
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
Richard
Rosen
|
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Lead
Portfolio Manager
|
|
1997
|
Richard
Taft
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2016
|
Purchase and Sale of Fund
Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on
any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
|
|
Regular
Mail
|
|
Express
Mail
|
|
By
Telephone
|
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
|
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
|
|
800.422.3737
|
|
|
Regular Mail
|
|
Express Mail
|
|
|
|
|
Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
|
|
|
*
|
Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Fund
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(continued)
You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
(a)
|
Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
|
More information about these minimums can be found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Select Large Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation.
Only
shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of
the Fund’s net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in equity securities of large capitalization issuers. These companies have market capitalizations in the range of companies in the Russell 1000
®
Value Index (the Index) at the time of purchase (between $302.1 million and $831.9 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and
composition of the companies in the Index are subject to change. As such, the size of the companies in which the Fund invests may change. As long as an investment continues to meet the Fund’s other investment criteria, the Fund may choose to
continue to hold a security even if the company’s market capitalization grows beyond the market capitalization of the largest company within the Index or falls below the market capitalization of the smallest company within the Index. The
Fund’s Board of Trustees may change the parameters by which large market capitalization is defined if it concludes such a change is appropriate.
The Fund invests substantially in securities of U.S. issuers.
The Fund also invests substantially in “value” companies. The Fund considers “value” companies to be those companies believed by the investment manager to be undervalued, either historically, by the market, or as compared
with issuers in the same or similar industry or sector.
The Fund may
from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector. The Fund may hold a small number of securities, consistent with its value investment approach.
Generally, the Fund anticipates holding between 30 and 40 securities in
its portfolio; however, the Fund may hold, at any time, more or fewer securities than noted in this range.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities.
In pursuit of the
Fund’s objective, the portfolio managers use a bottom-up stock selection approach, which means that they concentrate on individual company fundamentals, rather than on a particular industry, although at times factors that make a particular
company attractive may also make other companies within the same industry attractive, and the portfolio managers may invest in these issuers as well.
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment
Manager) considers a variety of factors in identifying investment opportunities and constructing the Fund’s portfolio which may include, among others, the following:
■
|
a low price-to-earnings
and/or low price-to-book ratio;
|
■
|
positive change in senior
management;
|
■
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positive corporate
restructuring;
|
■
|
temporary setback in price
due to factors that no longer exist or are ending;
|
■
|
a positive shift in the
company’s business cycle; and/or
|
■
|
a catalyst for increase in
the rate of the company’s earnings growth.
|
The Investment Manager generally sells a stock if it believes
the stock has become fully valued, its fundamentals have deteriorated, or ongoing evaluation reveals that there are more attractive investment opportunities available. The Investment Manager monitors the Fund’s holdings, remaining sensitive to
overvaluation and deteriorating fundamentals.
The
Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change.
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Fund
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Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Focused Portfolio Risk.
The
Fund, because it may invest in a limited number of companies, may have more volatility in its NAV and is considered to have more risk than a fund that invests in a greater number of companies because changes in the value of a single security may
have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the Fund’s NAV. To the extent the Fund invests its assets in fewer securities, the Fund is subject to greater risk of loss if any of those securities decline in
price.
Frequent Trading Risk.
The portfolio managers may actively and frequently trade investments in the Fund's portfolio to carry out its investment strategies. Frequent trading of investments increases the possibility that the Fund, as
relevant, will realize taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable to shareholders at higher rates than long-term capital gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes), which could reduce the Fund's after-tax
return. Frequent trading can also mean higher brokerage and other transaction costs, which could reduce the Fund's return. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s
performance.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may
be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or
factors. The market capitalization of an issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be
less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies,
especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Sector Risk.
At times, the
Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly affected by
economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the more it spreads
risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that
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Value Fund
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industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive
pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances, may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount
and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The
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Fund
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Fund also may not be able to find a suitable derivative transaction
counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for
participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information on the risks of derivative investments and
strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate
serves as investment adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia
Funds, which may include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These
affiliated products, individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated
products and the Underlying Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds,
because the affiliated products may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its
fixed costs would be spread over a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales
of Underlying Fund shares. Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying
Funds may experience increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of
time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption
activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate
positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or
more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The
Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
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(continued)
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your
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intermediary directly. Additionally, you may
elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
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Value Fund
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(continued)
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Select Large Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A
|
0.80%
|
Class
Adv
|
0.55%
|
Class
C
|
1.55%
|
Class
Inst
|
0.55%
|
Class
Inst2
|
0.51%
|
Class
Inst3
|
0.46%
|
Class
R
|
1.05%
|
Class
T
|
0.80%
|
Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates and any predecessor firms that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense
reimbursements, the Fund’s returns might have been lower.
Primary Service Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements (Service
Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the parties
thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement, duty,
special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary or
other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal or
state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
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The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.74% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
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Value Fund
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(continued)
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
Richard
Rosen
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Lead
Portfolio Manager
|
|
1997
|
Richard
Taft
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2016
|
Mr. Rosen
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2008. Mr. Rosen began his investment career in 1982 and earned a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from New York
University.
Mr. Taft
joined the Investment
Manager in 2011. Mr. Taft began his investment career in 1997 and earned a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University at Buffalo.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
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Fund
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Conflicts of interest and limitations that could affect a
Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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■
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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■
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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■
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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■
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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■
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
|
The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
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Value Fund
The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
*
|
The website references in this
prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
|
**
|
Based on the date noted above,
mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests, which
may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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■
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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■
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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■
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
|
Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
■
|
The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
|
■
|
The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
|
The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
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Fund
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(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
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Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
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Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales charges
and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these sales
charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are closed
to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares —
Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have
been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts,
subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date, may
generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may not
establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to the
Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
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Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
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Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies to
the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
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Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that do
not assess a front-end sales charge.
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**
|
The commission level applies to
the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
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For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
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Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
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You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
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No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
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Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
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(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
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Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
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depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
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is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
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Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
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|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
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(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
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(c)
|
For more information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
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Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
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Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
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Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies to
the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
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reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to all
Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not to
be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia Strategic New York
Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These arrangements may be
modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing fees
for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15% for
fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
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In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
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Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
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of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
|
|
|
Minimum
Account
Balance
|
For
all classes and account types except those listed below
|
$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
|
Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
|
None
|
Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
|
None
|
For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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negative impact on the
Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial investment
in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a commission for
effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or $2,000 depending upon
the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the same as the amount set
forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund(subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
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Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
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Value Fund
Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
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Fund
Distributions and Taxes
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“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
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corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
|
Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$23.93
|
0.27
|
2.71
|
2.98
|
(0.24)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.25)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$21.43
|
0.24
|
4.17
|
4.41
|
(0.26)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.91)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$23.18
|
0.27
|
(1.10)
|
(0.83)
|
(0.30)
|
(0.62)
|
(0.92)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$22.18
|
0.23
|
1.33
|
1.56
|
(0.19)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.56)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$19.05
|
0.19
|
3.61
|
3.80
|
(0.26)
|
(0.41)
|
(0.67)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$25.10
|
0.36
|
2.83
|
3.19
|
(0.30)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.31)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$22.38
|
0.32
|
4.36
|
4.68
|
(0.31)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.96)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$24.17
|
0.34
|
(1.15)
|
(0.81)
|
(0.36)
|
(0.62)
|
(0.98)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.10
|
0.35
|
1.33
|
1.68
|
(0.24)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.61)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$19.81
|
0.25
|
3.76
|
4.01
|
(0.31)
|
(0.41)
|
(0.72)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$22.00
|
0.07
|
2.48
|
2.55
|
(0.05)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.06)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$19.83
|
0.06
|
3.86
|
3.92
|
(0.10)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.75)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$21.51
|
0.10
|
(1.03)
|
(0.93)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.62)
|
(0.75)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$20.61
|
0.06
|
1.23
|
1.29
|
(0.02)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.39)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$17.75
|
0.03
|
3.35
|
3.38
|
(0.11)
|
(0.41)
|
(0.52)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$24.79
|
0.36
|
2.79
|
3.15
|
(0.30)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.31)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$22.13
|
0.32
|
4.30
|
4.62
|
(0.31)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.96)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$23.91
|
0.33
|
(1.13)
|
(0.80)
|
(0.36)
|
(0.62)
|
(0.98)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$22.86
|
0.31
|
1.35
|
1.66
|
(0.24)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.61)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$19.61
|
0.25
|
3.71
|
3.96
|
(0.30)
|
(0.41)
|
(0.71)
|
Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$25.66
|
12.39%
|
1.15%
|
1.03%
(c)
|
1.07%
|
9%
|
$225,532
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$23.93
|
20.87%
|
1.19%
|
1.16%
(c)
|
1.05%
|
8%
|
$204,824
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$21.43
|
(3.34%)
|
1.21%
(d)
|
1.19%
(c), (d)
|
1.25%
|
13%
|
$225,892
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.18
|
7.08%
|
1.20%
|
1.18%
(c)
|
1.02%
|
4%
|
$327,326
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$22.18
|
20.20%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
1.18%
(c), (d)
|
0.92%
|
8%
|
$447,665
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$26.98
|
12.67%
|
0.90%
|
0.77%
(c)
|
1.35%
|
9%
|
$154,976
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$25.10
|
21.23%
|
0.94%
|
0.91%
(c)
|
1.33%
|
8%
|
$40,794
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$22.38
|
(3.11%)
|
0.96%
(d)
|
0.94%
(c), (d)
|
1.53%
|
13%
|
$30,836
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$24.17
|
7.35%
|
0.94%
|
0.93%
(c)
|
1.46%
|
4%
|
$30,403
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$23.10
|
20.51%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.93%
(c), (d)
|
1.15%
|
8%
|
$8,237
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$23.49
|
11.53%
|
1.90%
|
1.78%
(c)
|
0.32%
|
9%
|
$70,325
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$22.00
|
20.02%
|
1.94%
|
1.91%
(c)
|
0.30%
|
8%
|
$65,295
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$19.83
|
(4.12%)
|
1.96%
(d)
|
1.94%
(c), (d)
|
0.51%
|
13%
|
$69,410
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$21.51
|
6.30%
|
1.95%
|
1.93%
(c)
|
0.30%
|
4%
|
$92,432
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$20.61
|
19.28%
|
2.00%
(d)
|
1.93%
(c), (d)
|
0.17%
|
8%
|
$79,365
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$26.63
|
12.66%
|
0.90%
|
0.77%
(c)
|
1.35%
|
9%
|
$397,901
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$24.79
|
21.19%
|
0.94%
|
0.91%
(c)
|
1.33%
|
8%
|
$294,914
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$22.13
|
(3.11%)
|
0.96%
(d)
|
0.94%
(c), (d)
|
1.50%
|
13%
|
$244,994
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.91
|
7.34%
|
0.95%
|
0.93%
(c)
|
1.33%
|
4%
|
$348,999
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$22.86
|
20.50%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.93%
(c), (d)
|
1.17%
|
8%
|
$141,264
|
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$24.81
|
0.39
|
2.77
|
3.16
|
(0.32)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.33)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$22.14
|
0.33
|
4.32
|
4.65
|
(0.33)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.98)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$23.92
|
0.36
|
(1.14)
|
(0.78)
|
(0.38)
|
(0.62)
|
(1.00)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$22.87
|
0.37
|
1.32
|
1.69
|
(0.27)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.64)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$19.62
|
0.25
|
3.74
|
3.99
|
(0.33)
|
(0.41)
|
(0.74)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$25.16
|
0.39
|
2.84
|
3.23
|
(0.33)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.34)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$22.43
|
0.50
|
4.22
|
4.72
|
(0.34)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.99)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$24.23
|
0.41
|
(1.19)
|
(0.78)
|
(0.40)
|
(0.62)
|
(1.02)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(e)
|
$23.47
|
0.26
|
1.15
|
1.41
|
(0.28)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.65)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$23.57
|
0.20
|
2.67
|
2.87
|
(0.18)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.19)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$21.13
|
0.18
|
4.12
|
4.30
|
(0.21)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.86)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$22.87
|
0.22
|
(1.09)
|
(0.87)
|
(0.25)
|
(0.62)
|
(0.87)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$21.89
|
0.18
|
1.30
|
1.48
|
(0.13)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.50)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$18.81
|
0.14
|
3.56
|
3.70
|
(0.21)
|
(0.41)
|
(0.62)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$23.79
|
0.26
|
2.70
|
2.96
|
(0.24)
|
(1.01)
|
(1.25)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$21.31
|
0.20
|
4.19
|
4.39
|
(0.26)
|
(1.65)
|
(1.91)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$23.07
|
0.26
|
(1.10)
|
(0.84)
|
(0.30)
|
(0.62)
|
(0.92)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$22.07
|
0.24
|
1.32
|
1.56
|
(0.19)
|
(0.37)
|
(0.56)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$18.96
|
0.19
|
3.59
|
3.78
|
(0.26)
|
(0.41)
|
(0.67)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(d)
|
Ratios
include line of credit interest expense which is less than 0.01%.
|
(e)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on October 1, 2014. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(f)
|
Annualized.
|
Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$26.64
|
12.69%
|
0.84%
|
0.69%
|
1.48%
|
9%
|
$54,500
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$24.81
|
21.33%
|
0.85%
|
0.83%
|
1.39%
|
8%
|
$23,215
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$22.14
|
(3.01%)
|
0.84%
(d)
|
0.84%
(d)
|
1.64%
|
13%
|
$23,155
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.92
|
7.45%
|
0.83%
|
0.83%
|
1.58%
|
4%
|
$23,731
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$22.87
|
20.61%
|
0.85%
(d)
|
0.81%
(d)
|
1.20%
|
8%
|
$2,230
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$27.05
|
12.80%
|
0.79%
|
0.66%
|
1.44%
|
9%
|
$145,244
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$25.16
|
21.36%
|
0.80%
|
0.77%
|
2.01%
|
8%
|
$121,439
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$22.43
|
(2.96%)
|
0.80%
(d)
|
0.80%
(d)
|
1.93%
|
13%
|
$735
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(e)
|
$24.23
|
6.09%
|
0.72%
(f)
|
0.72%
(f)
|
1.64%
(f)
|
4%
|
$3
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$25.25
|
12.10%
|
1.40%
|
1.28%
(c)
|
0.82%
|
9%
|
$24,222
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$23.57
|
20.61%
|
1.44%
|
1.41%
(c)
|
0.80%
|
8%
|
$23,132
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$21.13
|
(3.61%)
|
1.46%
(d)
|
1.44%
(c), (d)
|
1.05%
|
13%
|
$23,911
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$22.87
|
6.82%
|
1.45%
|
1.43%
(c)
|
0.80%
|
4%
|
$21,793
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$21.89
|
19.91%
|
1.50%
(d)
|
1.43%
(c), (d)
|
0.67%
|
8%
|
$19,835
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$25.50
|
12.38%
|
1.15%
|
1.03%
(c)
|
1.03%
|
9%
|
$200
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$23.79
|
20.89%
|
1.19%
|
1.17%
(c)
|
0.87%
|
8%
|
$262
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$21.31
|
(3.40%)
|
1.21%
(d)
|
1.19%
(c), (d)
|
1.22%
|
13%
|
$26,308
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.07
|
7.12%
|
1.20%
|
1.18%
(c)
|
1.04%
|
4%
|
$41,455
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$22.07
|
20.18%
|
1.26%
(d)
|
1.18%
(c), (d)
|
0.92%
|
8%
|
$40,475
|
Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
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Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
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Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
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Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
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Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
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Columbia Select Large Cap
Value Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
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Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
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Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
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Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
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Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
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Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
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Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
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Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
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Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
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Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
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Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
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CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
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Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
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Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
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Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
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Columbia Select Large Cap Value
Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
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There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
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The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
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Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
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Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
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Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
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Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
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Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
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Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
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Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
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Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
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For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Select Large Cap Value Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
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Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
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Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
(formerly known as Columbia Select Smaller-Cap Value
Fund)
Class
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Ticker
Symbol
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A
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SSCVX
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Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
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CSPRX
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C
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SVMCX
|
Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
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CSSZX
|
Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
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SSVIX
|
Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
|
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CSSYX
|
R
|
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SSVRX
|
(a)
|
Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
|
As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
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3
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3
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3
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4
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5
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6
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8
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8
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9
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9
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10
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10
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10
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11
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13
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17
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19
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20
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21
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21
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22
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29
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36
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40
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42
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44
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44
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45
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49
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52
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56
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59
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61
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61
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62
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65
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A-1
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Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Select Small Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to
pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you
and members of your immediate family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is
available about these and other sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 21 of the Fund’s prospectus,
in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page
S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Classes
Adv,
Inst, Inst2,
Inst3 and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
|
5.75%
|
None
|
None
|
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
|
1.00%
(a)
|
1.00%
(b)
|
None
|
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
Adv
|
Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Management
fees
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
|
0.25%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.50%
|
Other
expenses
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0.17%
|
0.17%
|
0.17%
|
0.17%
|
0.10%
|
0.05%
|
0.17%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses
|
1.28%
|
1.03%
|
2.03%
|
1.03%
|
0.96%
|
0.91%
|
1.53%
|
(a)
|
This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
|
(b)
|
This charge
applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
|
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
|
Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
|
1
year
|
3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$698
|
$958
|
$1,237
|
$2,031
|
Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$105
|
$328
|
$
569
|
$1,259
|
Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
|
$306
|
$637
|
$1,093
|
$2,358
|
Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
|
$206
|
$637
|
$1,093
|
$2,358
|
Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$105
|
$328
|
$
569
|
$1,259
|
Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
98
|
$306
|
$
531
|
$1,178
|
Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
93
|
$290
|
$
504
|
$1,120
|
Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$156
|
$483
|
$
834
|
$1,824
|
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 20% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests
at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of small capitalization issuers. These companies have market capitalizations in the range of companies in the Russell 2000
®
Value Index (the Index) at the time of purchase (between $84.6 million and $6 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and
composition of the companies in the Index are subject to change. The Fund’s Board of Trustees may change the parameters by which smaller market capitalization is defined if it concludes such a change is appropriate.
The Fund invests substantially in securities of U.S. issuers.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign investments. The Fund also invests substantially in “value” companies. The Fund considers “value” companies to be those companies believed by the investment manager
to be undervalued, either historically, by the market, or as compared with issuers in the same or similar industry or sector. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial
services sector and the information technology and technology-related sectors. The Fund also may invest in real estate investment trusts.
The Fund may hold a small number of securities, consistent with its value
investment approach. Generally, the Fund anticipates holding between 40 and 50 securities in its portfolio; however, the Fund may hold, at any time, more or fewer securities than noted in this range.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities.
Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Focused Portfolio Risk.
Because the Fund may invest in a limited number of companies, the Fund as a whole is subject to greater risk of loss if any of those securities decline in price.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism), occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated
with less developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of
foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar,
particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors.
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Real Estate-Related Investment Risk.
Investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and in securities of other companies (wherever organized) principally engaged in the real estate industry subject the Fund to, among other things, risks similar to
those of direct investments in real estate and the real estate industry in general. These include risks related to general and local economic conditions, possible lack of availability of financing and changes in interest rates or property values.
The value of interests in a REIT may be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REIT, changes in the prospect for earnings and/or cash flow growth of the REIT itself, defaults by borrowers or
tenants, market saturation, decreases in market rates for rents, and other economic, political, or regulatory matters affecting the real estate industry, including REITs. REITs may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities markets. REITs are also subject to the risk of failing to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The failure of a REIT to continue to qualify as a REIT for tax purposes can
materially and adversely affect its value. In addition, due to recent changes in tax laws, certain tax benefits of REITs may not be passed through to mutual fund shareholders. Some REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are affected by risks similar to
those associated with investments in debt securities including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit extended.
Sector Risk.
At times, the
Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector and the information technology and technology-related
sectors. Companies in the same sector may be similarly affected by economic,
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund
more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Information Technology and Technology-Related Sectors.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector, as well as other technology-related sectors (collectively, the technology sectors) than if it were
invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the technology sectors are subject to certain risks, including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will
become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services,
new market entrants, competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of
their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many technology sector companies have limited operating histories and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the
short term.
Small Company Securities Risk.
Investments in small-capitalization companies (small-cap companies) often involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies (larger companies) because small-cap companies tend to have less
predictable earnings and may lack the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies, and securities of small-cap companies may be less liquid and more volatile than the securities
of larger companies.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor
and, in turn, potentially undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities
are already undervalued. There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as
growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods
shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes
shown in the table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect
the higher class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than
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Select Small Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares
(without sales charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of
the Fund invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
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2nd Quarter 2009
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29.74%
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Worst
|
3rd Quarter 2011
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-24.90%
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Year to Date return as of June
30, 2018: 1.33%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
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Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
Class
A
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04/25/1997
|
|
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returns
before taxes
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6.13%
|
12.39%
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6.68%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
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3.10%
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9.94%
|
5.34%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
|
5.93%
|
9.62%
|
5.22%
|
Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
11/08/2012
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12.90%
|
14.02%
|
7.45%
|
Class
C
returns before taxes
|
05/27/1999
|
10.81%
|
12.89%
|
6.52%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
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12.88%
|
14.02%
|
7.51%
|
Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
11/30/2001
|
12.93%
|
14.16%
|
7.79%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
10/01/2014
|
13.00%
|
14.03%
|
7.45%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
04/30/2003
|
12.33%
|
13.46%
|
7.04%
|
Russell
2000 Value Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
7.84%
|
13.01%
|
8.17%
|
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Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
Kari
Montanus
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Lead
Portfolio Manager
|
|
2014
|
David
Hoffman
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
May 2018
|
Jonas
Patrikson, CFA
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
May
2018
|
Purchase and Sale of
Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the
Fund on any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
|
|
Regular
Mail
|
|
Express
Mail
|
|
By
Telephone
|
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
|
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
|
|
800.422.3737
|
|
|
Regular Mail
|
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Express Mail
|
|
|
|
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Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
|
|
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*
|
Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A & C
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
More information about these minimums can be
found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
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Value Fund
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Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Select Small Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation.
Only
shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests
at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of small capitalization issuers. These companies have market capitalizations in the range of companies in the Russell 2000
®
Value Index (the Index) at the time of purchase (between $84.6 million and $6 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and
composition of the companies in the Index are subject to change. As such, the size of the companies in which the Fund invests may change. As long as an investment continues to meet the Fund’s other investment criteria, the Fund may choose to
continue to hold a security even if the company’s market capitalization grows beyond the market capitalization of the largest company within the Index or falls below the market capitalization of the smallest company within the Index.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees may change the parameters by
which smaller market capitalization is defined if it concludes such a change is appropriate.
The Fund invests substantially in securities of U.S. issuers.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign investments. The Fund also invests substantially in “value” companies. The Fund considers “value” companies to be those companies believed by the investment manager
to be undervalued, either historically, by the market, or as compared with issuers in the same or similar industry or sector. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial
services sector and the information technology and technology-related sectors. The Fund also may invest in real estate investment trusts.
The Fund may hold a small number of securities, consistent with its value
investment approach. Generally, the Fund anticipates holding between 40 and 50 securities in its portfolio; however, the Fund may hold, at any time, more or fewer securities than noted in this range.
The Fund’s investment strategy may involve the frequent
trading of portfolio securities.
In pursuit of the
Fund’s objective, the portfolio managers use a bottom-up stock selection approach, which means that they concentrate on individual company fundamentals, rather than on a particular industry, although at times factors that make a particular
company attractive may also make other companies within the same industry attractive, and the portfolio managers may invest in these issuers as well.
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment
Manager) considers a variety of factors in identifying investment opportunities and constructing the Fund’s portfolio which may include, among others, the following:
■
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a low price-to-earnings
and/or low price-to-book ratio;
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■
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positive change in senior
management;
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■
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positive corporate
restructuring;
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■
|
temporary setback in price
due to factors that no longer exist or are ending;
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■
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a positive shift in the
company’s business cycle; and/or
|
■
|
a catalyst for increase in
the rate of the company’s earnings growth.
|
The Investment Manager generally sells a stock if it believes
the stock has become fully valued, its fundamentals have deteriorated, or ongoing evaluation reveals that there are more attractive investment opportunities available. The Investment Manager monitors the Fund’s holdings, remaining sensitive to
overvaluation and deteriorating fundamentals.
The
Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change.
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Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Focused Portfolio Risk.
The
Fund, because it may invest in a limited number of companies, may have more volatility in its NAV and is considered to have more risk than a fund that invests in a greater number of companies because changes in the value of a single security may
have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the Fund’s NAV. To the extent the Fund invests its assets in fewer securities, the Fund is subject to greater risk of loss if any of those securities decline in
price.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign
securities may also be less liquid than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher
for foreign securities. The Fund may have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or
other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be
confiscatory. Other risks include: possible delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other
conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards that may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or
businesses within the country; and the generally less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of
certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the
level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in
issuers from the affected country that depend on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing
tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly,
including by reducing the after-tax profits of companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a
foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S.
dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments
in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
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Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Real Estate-Related Investment Risk.
Investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and in securities of other companies (wherever organized) principally engaged in the real estate industry subject the Fund to, among other things, risks similar to
those of direct investments in real estate and the real estate industry in general. These include risks related to general and local economic conditions, possible lack of availability of financing and changes in interest rates or property values.
REITs are entities that either own properties or make construction or mortgage loans, and also may include operating or finance companies. The value of interests in a REIT may be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of the
underlying properties owned by the REIT, changes in the prospect for earnings and/or cash flow growth of the REIT itself, defaults by borrowers or tenants, market saturation, decreases in market rates for rents, and other economic, political, or
regulatory matters affecting the real estate industry, including REITs. REITs and similar non-U.S. entities depend upon specialized management skills, may have limited financial resources, may have less trading volume in their securities, and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets. REITs are also subject to the risk of failing to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The failure of a REIT to
continue to qualify as a REIT for tax purposes can materially and adversely affect its value. In addition, for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017, a new tax deduction is potentially available for non-corporate investors investing
directly in REITs. In general, such investors can deduct 20% of “qualified REIT dividends” received from a REIT. Subject to any future regulatory guidance to the contrary, any Fund distribution of income attributable to qualified REIT
dividends will not qualify for the deduction that could be available to a non-corporate shareholder were the shareholder to own such REIT stock directly. Some REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are affected by risks similar to those associated with
investments in debt securities including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit extended.
Sector Risk.
At times, the
Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector and the information technology and technology-related
sectors. Companies in the same sector may be similarly affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more
broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
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Information Technology and Technology-Related Sectors.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector, as well as other technology-related sectors (collectively, the technology sectors) than if it were
invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the technology sectors are subject to certain risks, including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will
become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services,
new market entrants, competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of
their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many technology sector companies have limited operating histories and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the
short term.
Small Company Securities Risk.
Securities of small-capitalization companies (small-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have a higher potential for gains than securities of larger-capitalization companies (larger companies) but may
also have more risk. For example, small-cap companies may be more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial resources and business operations.
Small-cap companies are also more likely than larger companies to have more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams. Securities of small-cap companies may trade less
frequently and in smaller volumes and may be less liquid and fluctuate more sharply in value than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in small-cap companies with limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those
positions, particularly in a distressed market, could be prolonged and result in Fund investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition, some small-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment
community, which can lower the demand for their stocks.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
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Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The
use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to
find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin,
reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information
on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate serves as investment
adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia Funds, which may
include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These affiliated products,
individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated products and the Underlying
Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds, because the affiliated products
may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its fixed costs would be spread over
a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales of Underlying Fund shares.
Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying Funds may experience
increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of time in order to
manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption activity), for shares
of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate positions more rapidly than
would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or more liquid) positions,
leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily
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marketable or that cannot be sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business, within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying
Fund to implement its investment strategy. The Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the
various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money
Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as
collateral for certain investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) or any other government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
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Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Select Small Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A
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1.33%
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Class
Adv
|
1.08%
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Class
C
|
2.08%
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Class
Inst
|
1.08%
|
Class
Inst2
|
1.02%
|
Class
Inst3
|
0.97%
|
Class
R
|
1.58%
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Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates and any predecessor firms that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense
reimbursements, the Fund’s returns might have been lower.
Primary Service Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements (Service
Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the parties
thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement, duty,
special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of
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shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary or
other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal or
state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.86% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
|
Kari
Montanus
|
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Lead
Portfolio Manager
|
|
2014
|
David
Hoffman
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
May 2018
|
Jonas
Patrikson, CFA
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
May
2018
|
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Ms. Montanus
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2003. Ms.
Montanus began her investment career in 1992 and earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. in finance from
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Mr.
Hoffman
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2001. Mr.
Hoffman began his investment career in 1986 and earned a B.A. from Grinnell
College and an M.A. from Columbia University.
Mr.
Patrikson
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2004. Mr.
Patrikson began his investment career in 1990 and earned a B.A. from the
University of Linkoping, Sweden.
The
Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its
affiliates may pay commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
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Value Fund
The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
*
|
The website references in this
prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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**
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Based on the date noted above,
mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests, which
may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
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Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
|
The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
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Fund
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(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales charges
and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these sales
charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are closed
to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares —
Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have
been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts,
subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date, may
generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may not
establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to the
Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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Taxable Funds
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
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Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
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Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
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$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
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$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
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0.25%
|
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The commission level applies to
the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
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Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
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Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
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0.50%
|
$50
million or more
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0.25%
|
*
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Not applicable to Funds that do
not assess a front-end sales charge.
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**
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The commission level applies to
the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
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For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
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Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
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You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
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No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
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Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
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Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
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2.56%
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2.50%
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$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
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2.00%
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$500,000–$999,999
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1.50%
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1.53%
|
1.50%
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$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
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1.00%
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(a)
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Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
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Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
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depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
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is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
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Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
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Breakpoint
Schedule For:
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Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
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5.75%
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6.10%
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5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
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3.75%
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$100,000–$249,999
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3.50%
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3.63%
|
2.75%
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$250,000–$499,999
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2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
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$500,000–$999,999
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2.00%
|
2.04%
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1.75%
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$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
(c)
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Fixed
Income Funds
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$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
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3.75%
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$100,000–$249,999
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3.50%
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3.63%
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2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
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2.50%
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2.56%
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2.00%
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$500,000–$999,999
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2.00%
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2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
(c)
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(a)
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Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
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(b)
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Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
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(c)
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For more information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
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Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
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Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
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Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
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Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies to
the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
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reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to all
Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not to
be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia Strategic New York
Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These arrangements may be
modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing fees
for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15% for
fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
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In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
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Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
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of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
|
|
|
Minimum
Account
Balance
|
For
all classes and account types except those listed below
|
$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
|
Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
|
None
|
Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
|
None
|
For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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negative impact on the
Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial investment
in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a commission for
effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or $2,000 depending upon
the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the same as the amount set
forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund(subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
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Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
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Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
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Distributions and Taxes
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“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
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corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$18.85
|
0.08
(c)
|
1.91
|
1.99
|
(2.44)
|
(2.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$17.48
|
(0.09)
|
2.59
|
2.50
|
(1.13)
|
(1.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$21.36
|
(0.05)
|
(1.70)
|
(1.75)
|
(2.13)
|
(2.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$21.52
|
(0.14)
|
2.28
|
2.14
|
(2.30)
|
(2.30)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$18.82
|
(0.03)
|
4.17
|
4.14
|
(1.44)
|
(1.44)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$21.49
|
0.17
(c)
|
2.16
|
2.33
|
(2.44)
|
(2.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$19.74
|
(0.06)
|
2.94
|
2.88
|
(1.13)
|
(1.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$23.76
|
0.01
|
(1.90)
|
(1.89)
|
(2.13)
|
(2.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.63
|
(0.10)
|
2.53
|
2.43
|
(2.30)
|
(2.30)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$20.49
|
0.02
|
4.56
|
4.58
|
(1.44)
|
(1.44)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$14.35
|
(0.05)
(c)
|
1.43
|
1.38
|
(2.44)
|
(2.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.64
|
(0.18)
|
2.02
|
1.84
|
(1.13)
|
(1.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$17.30
|
(0.15)
|
(1.38)
|
(1.53)
|
(2.13)
|
(2.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$18.00
|
(0.25)
|
1.85
|
1.60
|
(2.30)
|
(2.30)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$16.06
|
(0.16)
|
3.54
|
3.38
|
(1.44)
|
(1.44)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$21.19
|
0.15
(c)
|
2.15
|
2.30
|
(2.44)
|
(2.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$19.48
|
(0.06)
|
2.90
|
2.84
|
(1.13)
|
(1.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$23.47
|
(0.01)
|
(1.85)
|
(1.86)
|
(2.13)
|
(2.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.37
|
(0.10)
|
2.50
|
2.40
|
(2.30)
|
(2.30)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$20.28
|
0.05
|
4.48
|
4.53
|
(1.44)
|
(1.44)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$21.43
|
0.17
(c)
|
2.17
|
2.34
|
(2.44)
|
(2.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$19.66
|
(0.04)
|
2.94
|
2.90
|
(1.13)
|
(1.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$23.65
|
0.02
|
(1.88)
|
(1.86)
|
(2.13)
|
(2.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.49
|
(0.07)
|
2.53
|
2.46
|
(2.30)
|
(2.30)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$20.35
|
0.07
|
4.51
|
4.58
|
(1.44)
|
(1.44)
|
Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$18.40
|
10.88%
|
1.29%
|
1.29%
(d)
|
0.42%
|
20%
|
$459,420
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$18.85
|
14.44%
|
1.32%
|
1.32%
(d)
|
(0.52%)
|
24%
|
$493,661
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$17.48
|
(8.19%)
|
1.36%
|
1.36%
(d)
|
(0.26%)
|
27%
|
$547,110
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$21.36
|
11.21%
|
1.38%
|
1.38%
(d)
|
(0.67%)
|
26%
|
$397,847
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$21.52
|
22.30%
|
1.41%
|
1.40%
(d)
|
(0.14%)
|
22%
|
$387,317
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$21.38
|
11.14%
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(d)
|
0.78%
|
20%
|
$5,519
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$21.49
|
14.72%
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
(d)
|
(0.28%)
|
24%
|
$4,860
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$19.74
|
(7.94%)
|
1.12%
|
1.12%
(d)
|
0.03%
|
27%
|
$4,147
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.76
|
11.45%
|
1.13%
|
1.13%
(d)
|
(0.44%)
|
26%
|
$486
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$23.63
|
22.64%
|
1.16%
|
1.15%
(d)
|
0.07%
|
22%
|
$123
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.29
|
9.98%
|
2.04%
|
2.04%
(d)
|
(0.34%)
|
20%
|
$30,308
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$14.35
|
13.64%
|
2.07%
|
2.07%
(d)
|
(1.27%)
|
24%
|
$35,657
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$13.64
|
(8.89%)
|
2.11%
|
2.11%
(d)
|
(1.02%)
|
27%
|
$42,200
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$17.30
|
10.35%
|
2.13%
|
2.13%
(d)
|
(1.42%)
|
26%
|
$43,974
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$18.00
|
21.37%
|
2.16%
|
2.15%
(d)
|
(0.91%)
|
22%
|
$43,354
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$21.05
|
11.15%
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(d)
|
0.71%
|
20%
|
$127,825
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$21.19
|
14.71%
|
1.07%
|
1.07%
(d)
|
(0.30%)
|
24%
|
$103,000
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$19.48
|
(7.91%)
|
1.12%
|
1.12%
(d)
|
(0.05%)
|
27%
|
$75,905
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.47
|
11.44%
|
1.13%
|
1.13%
(d)
|
(0.44%)
|
26%
|
$18,605
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$23.37
|
22.63%
|
1.16%
|
1.15%
(d)
|
0.22%
|
22%
|
$7,019
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$21.33
|
11.22%
|
0.96%
|
0.96%
|
0.78%
|
20%
|
$11,770
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$21.43
|
14.88%
|
0.96%
|
0.96%
|
(0.19%)
|
24%
|
$17,775
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$19.66
|
(7.85%)
|
0.99%
|
0.99%
|
0.10%
|
27%
|
$10,476
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$23.65
|
11.65%
|
0.98%
|
0.98%
|
(0.29%)
|
26%
|
$2,188
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$23.49
|
22.80%
|
0.98%
|
0.98%
|
0.32%
|
22%
|
$630
|
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$22.05
|
0.18
(c)
|
2.24
|
2.42
|
(2.44)
|
(2.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$20.20
|
(0.14)
|
3.12
|
2.98
|
(1.13)
|
(1.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$24.21
|
0.04
|
(1.92)
|
(1.88)
|
(2.13)
|
(2.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(e)
|
$23.11
|
(0.02)
|
3.42
|
3.40
|
(2.30)
|
(2.30)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$17.81
|
0.04
(c)
|
1.79
|
1.83
|
(2.44)
|
(2.44)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$16.62
|
(0.13)
|
2.45
|
2.32
|
(1.13)
|
(1.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$20.46
|
(0.09)
|
(1.62)
|
(1.71)
|
(2.13)
|
(2.13)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$20.77
|
(0.19)
|
2.18
|
1.99
|
(2.30)
|
(2.30)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$18.25
|
(0.08)
|
4.04
|
3.96
|
(1.44)
|
(1.44)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
Net
investment income per share includes special dividends. The per share effect of these dividends amounted to:
|
Year
Ended
|
Class
A
|
Advisor
Class
|
Class
C
|
Institutional
Class
|
Institutional
2
Class
|
Institutional
3
Class
|
Class
R
|
05/31/2018
|
$
0.22
|
$
0.28
|
$
0.16
|
$
0.26
|
$
0.26
|
$
0.26
|
$
0.22
|
(d)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(e)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on October 1, 2014. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(f)
|
Annualized.
|
Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$22.03
|
11.27%
|
0.91%
|
0.91%
|
0.79%
|
20%
|
$15,117
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$22.05
|
14.88%
|
0.92%
|
0.92%
|
(0.66%)
|
24%
|
$14,576
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$20.20
|
(7.74%)
|
0.94%
|
0.94%
|
0.16%
|
27%
|
$5
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
(e)
|
$24.21
|
15.90%
|
0.88%
(f)
|
0.88%
(f)
|
(0.15%)
(f)
|
26%
|
$3
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$17.20
|
10.60%
|
1.54%
|
1.54%
(d)
|
0.23%
|
20%
|
$9,018
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$17.81
|
14.09%
|
1.57%
|
1.57%
(d)
|
(0.77%)
|
24%
|
$11,210
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$16.62
|
(8.36%)
|
1.61%
|
1.61%
(d)
|
(0.52%)
|
27%
|
$12,386
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$20.46
|
10.87%
|
1.63%
|
1.63%
(d)
|
(0.92%)
|
26%
|
$11,772
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$20.77
|
22.01%
|
1.66%
|
1.65%
(d)
|
(0.40%)
|
22%
|
$11,933
|
Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
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Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
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|
Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
|
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|
Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
|
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|
Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
|
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|
Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
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Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
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Columbia Select Small Cap
Value Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
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Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
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Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
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Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
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Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
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Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
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Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
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Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
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Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
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Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
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Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
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CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
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Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
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Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
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Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
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Columbia Select Small Cap Value
Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
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There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
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The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
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Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
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Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
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Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
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Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
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Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
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Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
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Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
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Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
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For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Select Small Cap Value Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
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Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
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Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
Seligman Communications and Information Fund
Class
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Ticker
Symbol
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A
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SLMCX
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Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
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SCIOX
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C
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SCICX
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Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
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CCIZX
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Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
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SCMIX
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Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
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CCOYX
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R
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SCIRX
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T
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CITTX
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(a)
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Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
|
As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
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3
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3
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3
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4
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4
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6
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7
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7
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8
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9
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10
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10
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10
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11
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13
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17
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19
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20
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21
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21
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22
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29
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36
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40
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42
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44
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44
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45
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49
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52
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56
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59
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61
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61
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62
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65
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A-1
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Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund (the
Fund) seeks to provide shareholders with capital gain.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 21 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
T
|
Classes
Adv,
Inst, Inst2,
Inst3 and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
|
5.75%
|
None
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2.50%
|
None
|
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
|
1.00%
(a)
|
1.00%
(b)
|
None
|
None
|
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
|
Class
A
|
Class
Adv
|
Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Management
fees
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
0.87%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
|
0.25%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.50%
|
0.25%
|
Other
expenses
(c)
|
0.11%
|
0.11%
|
0.11%
|
0.11%
|
0.07%
|
0.02%
|
0.11%
|
0.11%
|
Total
annual Fund operating expenses
|
1.23%
|
0.98%
|
1.98%
|
0.98%
|
0.94%
|
0.89%
|
1.48%
|
1.23%
|
(a)
|
This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
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(b)
|
This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
|
(c)
|
Other expenses have been
restated to reflect current transfer agency fees paid by the Fund.
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The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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■
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
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Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
|
1
year
|
3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$693
|
$943
|
$1,212
|
$1,978
|
Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$100
|
$312
|
$
542
|
$1,201
|
Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
|
$301
|
$621
|
$1,068
|
$2,306
|
Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
|
$201
|
$621
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$1,068
|
$2,306
|
Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$100
|
$312
|
$
542
|
$1,201
|
Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
96
|
$300
|
$
520
|
$1,155
|
Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$
91
|
$284
|
$
493
|
$1,096
|
Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$151
|
$468
|
$
808
|
$1,768
|
Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$372
|
$631
|
$
909
|
$1,701
|
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least
80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of companies operating in the communications, information and related industries. Accordingly, the Fund invests in companies operating in the
information technology and telecommunications sectors as well as those in the media industry. In addition, as noted above, the Fund may invest in related industries, which provides the Fund with broad investment flexibility to invest in any industry
and many of the issuers in which the Fund invests are technology and technology-related companies. These technology and technology-related companies may include companies operating in any industry, including but not limited to software, hardware,
health care, medical technology and technology services, such as the internet.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
investments.
The Fund may invest in securities of large
capitalization companies that are well established and can be expected to grow with the market. The Fund may also invest in small-to-medium size capitalization companies that the Fund’s portfolio managers believe provide opportunities to
benefit from the rapidly changing technologies and the expansion of the communications, information and related industries. These securities generally include common stocks.
The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a
greater percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than can a diversified fund.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism),
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated with less
developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions against a
particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign
securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly to the
extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
Growth Securities Risk.
Growth
securities typically trade at a higher multiple of earnings than other types of equity securities. Accordingly, the market values of growth securities may never reach their expected market value and may decline in price. In addition,
growth securities, at times, may not perform as well as value securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors. The market capitalization of an
issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond quickly to new
competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of
economic expansion.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an
investment at a desirable time or price. Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult
than anticipated, especially during times of high market volatility. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have
to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego
another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or
environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing
liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments).
Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may
negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market. Foreign securities can present enhanced liquidity risks, including as a result of less developed custody, settlement or
other practices of foreign markets.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose
money over short or long periods.
Non-Diversified
Fund Risk.
The Fund is non-diversified, which generally means that it will invest a greater percentage of its total assets in the securities of fewer issuers than a “diversified” fund. This
increases the risk that a change in the value of any one investment held by the Fund could affect the overall value of the Fund more than it would affect that of a diversified fund holding a greater number of investments. Accordingly, the Fund's
value will likely be more volatile than the value of a more diversified fund.
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the technology and technology-related sectors. Companies in the same sector
may be similarly affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund
invests, the more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Information Technology and Technology-Related Sectors.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector, as well as other technology-related sectors (collectively, the technology sectors) than if it were
invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the technology sectors are subject to certain risks, including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will
become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services,
new market entrants, competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of
their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many technology sector companies have limited operating histories and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the
short term.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities
Risk.
Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) often involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies (larger companies) because small- and
mid-cap companies tend to have less predictable earnings and may lack the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies. Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may be less
liquid and more volatile than the securities of larger companies.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you
how the Fund has performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the
sales charges were reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this
prospectus) for the periods shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The
after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in
the table and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do
not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
|
Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
|
|
Best
|
1st Quarter 2012
|
22.43%
|
Worst
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4th Quarter 2008
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-21.50%
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*
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Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: 5.79%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
|
Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
Class
A
|
06/23/1983
|
|
|
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returns
before taxes
|
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26.34%
|
19.86%
|
11.46%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions
|
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23.21%
|
17.39%
|
10.11%
|
returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
|
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17.27%
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15.55%
|
9.15%
|
Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
08/03/2009
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34.38%
|
21.58%
|
12.19%
|
Class
C
returns before taxes
|
05/27/1999
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32.03%
|
20.38%
|
11.29%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
|
34.39%
|
21.59%
|
12.34%
|
Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
11/30/2001
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34.43%
|
21.72%
|
12.55%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
03/01/2017
|
34.45%
|
21.35%
|
12.16%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
04/30/2003
|
33.71%
|
20.98%
|
11.83%
|
Class
T
returns before taxes
|
04/03/2017
|
30.68%
|
20.66%
|
11.84%
|
S&P
North American Technology Sector Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
37.78%
|
21.68%
|
12.25%
|
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
|
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Title
|
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Managed
Fund Since
|
Paul
Wick
|
|
Lead
Portfolio Manager
|
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1990
|
Shekhar
Pramanick
|
|
Technology
Team Member
|
|
2013
|
Sanjay
Devgan
|
|
Technology
Team Member
|
|
2013
|
Jeetil
Patel
|
|
Technology
Team Member
|
|
2015
|
Christopher
Boova
|
|
Technology
Team Member
|
|
2016
|
Vimal
Patel
|
|
Technology
Team Member
|
|
February
2018
|
Purchase and Sale of
Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the
Fund on any business day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
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NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
|
|
Regular
Mail
|
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Express
Mail
|
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By
Telephone
|
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
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columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
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800.422.3737
|
|
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Regular Mail
|
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Express Mail
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Effective
November 1, 2018
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
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|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
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*
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
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$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
(a)
|
Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
|
More information about these minimums can be found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund (the
Fund) seeks to provide shareholders with capital gain.
Only
shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least
80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of companies operating in the communications, information and related industries. Accordingly, the Fund invests in companies operating in the
information technology and telecommunications sectors as well as those in the media industry. In addition, as noted above, the Fund may invest in related industries, which provides the Fund with broad investment flexibility to invest in any industry
and many of the issuers in which the Fund invests are technology and technology-related companies. These technology and technology-related companies may include companies operating in any industry, including but not limited to software, hardware,
health care, medical technology and technology services, such as the internet.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
investments.
The Fund may invest in securities of large
capitalization companies that are well established and can be expected to grow with the market. The Fund may also invest in small-to-medium size capitalization companies that the Fund’s portfolio managers believe provide opportunities to
benefit from the rapidly changing technologies and the expansion of the communications, information and related industries. These securities generally include common stocks.
The Fund uses a bottom-up stock selection approach. This means
that Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) uses extensive in-depth research into specific companies in the communications, information and related industries to find those companies that it believes offer the greatest
prospects for future growth. In selecting individual securities, the Investment Manager looks for companies that it believes display or are expected to display:
■
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Robust growth prospects
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■
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High profit margins or
return on capital
|
■
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Attractive valuation
relative to expected earnings or cash flow
|
■
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Unique competitive
advantages
|
The Fund generally sells
a stock if the Investment Manager believes:
■
|
its target price is reached;
|
■
|
its valuation becomes
excessive;
|
■
|
its earnings or revenue
growth are disappointing;
|
■
|
its underlying fundamentals
have deteriorated; or
|
■
|
more attractive investment
opportunities are believed to be available.
|
The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a
greater percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than can a diversified fund.
The Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its
net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change.
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Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign securities may also be less liquid
than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher for foreign securities. The Fund may
have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income,
capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be confiscatory. Other risks include: possible
delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other conditions or events (including, for example,
military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards that
may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country; and the generally
less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade
groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in issuers from the affected country that depend
on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the
future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of
companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to
the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may
fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur
currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
Growth Securities Risk.
Growth
securities typically trade at a higher multiple of earnings than other types of equity securities. Accordingly, the market values of growth securities may never reach their expected market value and may decline in price. In addition,
growth securities, at times, may not perform as well as value securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers,
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labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent
disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors. The market capitalization of an issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger
size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to
attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for
the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment
opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest
rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price
volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the
time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV,
including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market. Foreign securities can present enhanced liquidity risks, including as a result of less developed custody, settlement or other practices of foreign
markets.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Non-Diversified
Fund Risk.
The Fund is non-diversified, which generally means that it will invest a greater percentage of its total assets in the securities of fewer issuers than a “diversified” fund. This
increases the risk that a change in the value of any one investment held by the Fund could affect the overall value of the Fund more than it would affect that of a diversified fund holding a greater number of investments. Accordingly, the Fund's
value will likely be more volatile than the value of a more diversified fund.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the technology and technology-related sectors. Companies in the same sector
may be similarly affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund
invests, the more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Information Technology and Technology-Related Sectors.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector, as well as other technology-related sectors (collectively, the technology sectors) than if it were
invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the technology sectors are subject to certain risks, including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will
become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services,
new market entrants,
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competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated
rate of technological developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many technology sector companies have
limited operating histories and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have a higher potential for gains than securities of larger, more established companies (larger
companies) but may also have more risk. For example, small- and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial
resources and business operations. Small- and mid-cap companies are also more likely than larger companies to have more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams.
Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes and may be less liquid and fluctuate more sharply in value than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in small- and
mid-cap companies with limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those positions, particularly in a distressed market, could be prolonged and result in Fund investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition,
some small- and mid-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment community, which can lower the demand for their stocks.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell
such
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positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an
exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper
valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be
unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for participants in the
derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions. For more information on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the
SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate
serves as investment adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia
Funds, which may include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These
affiliated products, individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated
products and the Underlying Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds,
because the affiliated products may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its
fixed costs would be spread over a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales
of Underlying Fund shares. Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying
Funds may experience increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of
time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption
activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate
positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or
more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The
Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
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Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
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eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
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Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
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Class
A
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1.49%
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Class
Adv
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1.24%
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Class
C
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2.24%
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Class
Inst
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1.24%
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Class
Inst2
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1.19%
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Class
Inst3
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1.14%
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Class
R
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1.74%
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Class
T
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1.49%
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Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates and any predecessor firms that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense
reimbursements, the Fund’s returns might have been lower.
Primary Service Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements (Service
Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the parties
thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement, duty,
special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary or
other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal or
state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
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The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
Funds managed by the Investment Manager have received an order
from the Securities and Exchange Commission that permits the Investment Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for a
fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. If the Fund was to seek to rely on the order, holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding
voting securities would need to approve operating the Fund in this manner. There is no assurance shareholder approval, if sought, would be received, and no changes will be made without shareholder approval until that time. For more information, see
the SAI.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may
have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a
subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of any such material relationships.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.869% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Managed
Fund Since
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Paul
Wick
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Lead
Portfolio Manager
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1990
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Shekhar
Pramanick
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Technology
Team Member
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2013
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Sanjay
Devgan
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Technology
Team Member
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2013
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Jeetil
Patel
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Technology
Team Member
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2015
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Christopher
Boova
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Technology
Team Member
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2016
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Vimal
Patel
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Technology
Team Member
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February
2018
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Mr. Wick
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 1987. Mr. Wick is Team Leader and Portfolio Manager for Technology. Mr. Wick began his investment career in 1987 and earned a B.A. from
Duke and an M.B.A. from Duke/Fuqua.
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Dr. Pramanick
joined the
Investment Manager in 2012. Prior to joining the Investment Manager as a Portfolio Analyst, Dr. Pramanick was a principal at Elemental Capital Partners focusing on global semiconductor devices, memory, capital equipment and disk drives. Prior to
that, he was a semiconductor analyst at Seasons Capital Management. Dr. Pramanick began his investment career in 1993 and earned a B.S. from the National Institute of Technology, an M.S. from the University of Oregon and a Ph.D. from North Carolina
State University.
Mr. Devgan
joined the Investment Manager in 2012. Prior to joining the Investment Manager as a Portfolio Analyst, Mr. Devgan was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley providing equity research on the semiconductor industry. Prior to
his work at Morgan Stanley, he was a Senior Financial Business Analyst at Cisco Systems covering operations finance, and worldwide sales finance. Mr. Devgan began his investment career in 1995 and earned a B.S. from University of California and an
M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
Mr. Patel
joined the Investment Manager in 2012. Prior to joining the Investment Manager as a Portfolio Analyst, Mr. Patel was a managing director and senior internet analyst for Deutsche Bank Securities. Mr. Patel began his
investment career in 1998 and earned a B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles.
Mr. Boova
joined one of the
Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2000. Mr. Boova began his investment career in 1995 and earned two B.S. degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an M.A. from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton
School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Patel
joined the Investment Manager in 2014. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, Mr. Patel was Vice President at Bertram Capital covering technology and business services from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Patel began his
investment career in 2001 and earned a B.S. from North Carolina State University, an M.S. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
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The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
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The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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**
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Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
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Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
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Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
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Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
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The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
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The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
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The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
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Share
Class
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Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
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Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
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Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
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Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
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Class
A
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Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
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Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
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Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
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Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
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Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
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None
|
None
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N/A
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None
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Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
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Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
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Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
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(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
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(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that
have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst
accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such
date, may generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may
not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
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(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
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Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
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Taxable Funds
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If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
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Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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**
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The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
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Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
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**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
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For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
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Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
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You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
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No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
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Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
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Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
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depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
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is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
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Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
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(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
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(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
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Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
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Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
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Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
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reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
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CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
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In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
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Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
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of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
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Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
|
|
|
Minimum
Account
Balance
|
For
all classes and account types except those listed below
|
$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
|
Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
|
None
|
Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
|
None
|
For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
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$100
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
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Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
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Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
—
which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
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“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
.
Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
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corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
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Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$72.96
|
(0.29)
|
11.98
|
11.69
|
(7.89)
|
(7.89)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$55.64
|
(0.27)
|
22.39
|
22.12
|
(4.80)
|
(4.80)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$62.95
|
(0.27)
|
(1.11)
|
(1.38)
|
(5.93)
|
(5.93)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$54.27
|
(0.33)
|
16.09
|
15.76
|
(7.08)
|
(7.08)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$45.03
|
(0.27)
|
10.29
|
10.02
|
(0.78)
|
(0.78)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$71.01
|
(0.10)
|
11.65
|
11.55
|
(8.06)
|
(8.06)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$54.25
|
(0.10)
|
21.80
|
21.70
|
(4.94)
|
(4.94)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$61.52
|
(0.13)
|
(1.07)
|
(1.20)
|
(6.07)
|
(6.07)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$53.23
|
(0.18)
|
15.75
|
15.57
|
(7.28)
|
(7.28)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$44.08
|
(0.17)
|
10.10
|
9.93
|
(0.78)
|
(0.78)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$52.49
|
(0.60)
|
8.45
|
7.85
|
(7.38)
|
(7.38)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$41.15
|
(0.54)
|
16.28
|
15.74
|
(4.40)
|
(4.40)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$48.05
|
(0.52)
|
(0.87)
|
(1.39)
|
(5.51)
|
(5.51)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$42.68
|
(0.59)
|
12.45
|
11.86
|
(6.49)
|
(6.49)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$35.83
|
(0.50)
|
8.13
|
7.63
|
(0.78)
|
(0.78)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$78.77
|
(0.11)
|
12.99
|
12.88
|
(8.06)
|
(8.06)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$59.72
|
(0.13)
|
24.12
|
23.99
|
(4.94)
|
(4.94)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$67.09
|
(0.14)
|
(1.16)
|
(1.30)
|
(6.07)
|
(6.07)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$57.47
|
(0.19)
|
17.09
|
16.90
|
(7.28)
|
(7.28)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$47.53
|
(0.15)
|
10.87
|
10.72
|
(0.78)
|
(0.78)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$79.07
|
(0.07)
|
13.04
|
12.97
|
(8.10)
|
(8.10)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$59.94
|
(0.07)
|
24.20
|
24.13
|
(5.00)
|
(5.00)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$67.31
|
(0.05)
|
(1.18)
|
(1.23)
|
(6.14)
|
(6.14)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$57.65
|
(0.11)
|
17.15
|
17.04
|
(7.38)
|
(7.38)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$47.61
|
(0.10)
|
10.92
|
10.82
|
(0.78)
|
(0.78)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$78.48
|
(0.00)
(e)
|
12.90
|
12.90
|
(8.12)
|
(8.12)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(f)
|
$71.02
|
(0.02)
|
7.48
|
7.46
|
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Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$76.76
|
16.85%
|
1.24%
|
1.24%
(c)
|
(0.39%)
|
39%
|
$3,767,260
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$72.96
|
41.72%
|
1.29%
|
1.29%
(c)
|
(0.43%)
|
54%
|
$3,465,647
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$55.64
|
(2.15%)
|
1.35%
(d)
|
1.35%
(c), (d)
|
(0.48%)
|
48%
|
$2,668,756
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$62.95
|
31.04%
|
1.35%
|
1.35%
(c)
|
(0.57%)
|
61%
|
$2,980,017
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$54.27
|
22.48%
|
1.41%
(d)
|
1.41%
(c), (d)
|
(0.55%)
|
48%
|
$2,486,060
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$74.50
|
17.15%
|
0.99%
|
0.99%
(c)
|
(0.14%)
|
39%
|
$154,144
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$71.01
|
42.07%
|
1.03%
|
1.03%
(c)
|
(0.17%)
|
54%
|
$82,405
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$54.25
|
(1.91%)
|
1.10%
(d)
|
1.10%
(c), (d)
|
(0.23%)
|
48%
|
$26,328
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$61.52
|
31.35%
|
1.11%
|
1.11%
(c)
|
(0.31%)
|
61%
|
$22,487
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$53.23
|
22.76%
|
1.16%
(d)
|
1.16%
(c), (d)
|
(0.35%)
|
48%
|
$14,254
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$52.96
|
15.98%
|
1.99%
|
1.99%
(c)
|
(1.14%)
|
39%
|
$957,190
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$52.49
|
40.64%
|
2.04%
|
2.04%
(c)
|
(1.18%)
|
54%
|
$890,068
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$41.15
|
(2.88%)
|
2.10%
(d)
|
2.10%
(c), (d)
|
(1.23%)
|
48%
|
$747,911
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$48.05
|
30.05%
|
2.10%
|
2.10%
(c)
|
(1.31%)
|
61%
|
$815,273
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$42.68
|
21.57%
|
2.16%
(d)
|
2.16%
(c), (d)
|
(1.30%)
|
48%
|
$671,468
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$83.59
|
17.14%
|
0.99%
|
0.99%
(c)
|
(0.14%)
|
39%
|
$1,205,243
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$78.77
|
42.05%
|
1.04%
|
1.04%
(c)
|
(0.19%)
|
54%
|
$882,557
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$59.72
|
(1.89%)
|
1.10%
(d)
|
1.10%
(c), (d)
|
(0.23%)
|
48%
|
$347,029
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$67.09
|
31.36%
|
1.10%
|
1.10%
(c)
|
(0.31%)
|
61%
|
$338,516
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$57.47
|
22.77%
|
1.16%
(d)
|
1.16%
(c), (d)
|
(0.30%)
|
48%
|
$189,112
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$83.94
|
17.20%
|
0.94%
|
0.94%
|
(0.09%)
|
39%
|
$173,624
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$79.07
|
42.16%
|
0.96%
|
0.96%
|
(0.10%)
|
54%
|
$125,534
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$59.94
|
(1.76%)
|
0.98%
(d)
|
0.98%
(d)
|
(0.09%)
|
48%
|
$115,399
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$67.31
|
31.54%
|
0.97%
|
0.97%
|
(0.17%)
|
61%
|
$35,422
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$57.65
|
22.94%
|
1.03%
(d)
|
1.03%
(d)
|
(0.19%)
|
48%
|
$24,681
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$83.26
|
17.25%
|
0.90%
|
0.90%
|
(0.00%)
(e)
|
39%
|
$20,050
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(f)
|
$78.48
|
10.51%
|
0.92%
(g)
|
0.92%
(g)
|
(0.04%)
(g)
|
54%
|
$222
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Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$69.79
|
(0.46)
|
11.44
|
10.98
|
(7.72)
|
(7.72)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$53.42
|
(0.41)
|
21.45
|
21.04
|
(4.67)
|
(4.67)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$60.68
|
(0.40)
|
(1.07)
|
(1.47)
|
(5.79)
|
(5.79)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$52.49
|
(0.46)
|
15.53
|
15.07
|
(6.88)
|
(6.88)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$43.69
|
(0.38)
|
9.96
|
9.58
|
(0.78)
|
(0.78)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$73.26
|
(0.34)
|
12.06
|
11.72
|
(7.88)
|
(7.88)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(h)
|
$67.37
|
(0.07)
|
5.96
|
5.89
|
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Notes
to Financial Highlights
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(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(d)
|
Ratios
include line of credit interest expense which is less than 0.01%.
|
(e)
|
Rounds to
zero.
|
(f)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on March 1, 2017. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(g)
|
Annualized.
|
(h)
|
Class T
shares commenced operations on April 3, 2017. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
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Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$73.05
|
16.57%
|
1.49%
|
1.49%
(c)
|
(0.64%)
|
39%
|
$76,007
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$69.79
|
41.36%
|
1.54%
|
1.54%
(c)
|
(0.68%)
|
54%
|
$71,811
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$53.42
|
(2.39%)
|
1.60%
(d)
|
1.60%
(c), (d)
|
(0.73%)
|
48%
|
$48,905
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$60.68
|
30.70%
|
1.60%
|
1.60%
(c)
|
(0.82%)
|
61%
|
$53,583
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$52.49
|
22.16%
|
1.66%
(d)
|
1.66%
(c), (d)
|
(0.80%)
|
48%
|
$42,742
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$77.10
|
16.81%
|
1.26%
|
1.26%
(c)
|
(0.45%)
|
39%
|
$18
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(h)
|
$73.26
|
8.74%
|
1.28%
(g)
|
1.28%
(c), (g)
|
(0.67%)
(g)
|
54%
|
$3
|
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Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
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Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
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Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
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Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
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Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
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Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
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Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
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Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
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Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
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Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
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Shares purchased by or
through a 529 Plan
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Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
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Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
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Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
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Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
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Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
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CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
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Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
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Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
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Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
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Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
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There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
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The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
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Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
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Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
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Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
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Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
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Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
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Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
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Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
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Columbia Seligman Communications and Information
Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
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For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
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Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
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Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Columbia
Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Class
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Ticker
Symbol
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A
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AMVAX
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Advisor
(Class Adv)
(a)
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RMCRX
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C
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AMVCX
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Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
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CMOZX
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Institutional
2 (Class Inst2)
(a)
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RSCMX
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Institutional
3 (Class Inst3)
(a)
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CPHPX
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R
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RMVTX
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T
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CVOWX
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(a)
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Prior to November 1, 2017,
Class Adv shares were known as Class R4 shares, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares, Class Inst2 shares were known as Class R5 shares, and Class Inst3 shares were known as Class Y shares.
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As
with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
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3
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3
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3
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4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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10
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10
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10
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10
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13
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17
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19
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20
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21
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21
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22
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29
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36
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40
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42
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44
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44
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45
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49
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52
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56
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59
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61
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61
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62
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65
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A-1
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Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Investment Objective
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with long-term growth of capital.
Fees and
Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales
charge payable. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution may be required to pay a commission to the financial
intermediary for effecting such transactions. Such commission rates are set by the financial intermediary and are not reflected in the tables or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and members of your immediate
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain classes of shares of eligible funds distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor). More information is available about these and other
sales charge discounts and waivers from your financial intermediary, and can be found in the
Choosing a Share Class
section beginning on page 21 of the Fund’s prospectus, in
Appendix A
to the prospectus beginning on page A-1 and in Appendix S to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under
Sales Charge Waivers
beginning on page S-1.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
C
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Class
T
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Classes
Adv
Inst, Inst2, Inst3,
and R
|
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
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5.75%
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None
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2.50%
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None
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Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
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1.00%
(a)
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1.00%
(b)
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None
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None
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
|
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Class
A
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Class
Adv
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Class
C
|
Class
Inst
|
Class
Inst2
|
Class
Inst3
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Management
fees
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0.80%
|
0.80%
|
0.80%
|
0.80%
|
0.80%
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0.80%
|
0.80%
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0.80%
|
Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
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0.25%
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0.00%
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1.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.50%
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0.25%
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Other
expenses
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0.18%
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0.18%
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0.18%
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0.18%
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0.11%
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0.06%
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0.18%
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0.18%
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses
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1.23%
|
0.98%
|
1.98%
|
0.98%
|
0.91%
|
0.86%
|
1.48%
|
1.23%
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Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
(c)
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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(0.02%)
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(0.01%)
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0.00%
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0.00%
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
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1.23%
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0.98%
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1.98%
|
0.98%
|
0.89%
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0.85%
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1.48%
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1.23%
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(a)
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This charge is imposed on
certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with
certain limited exceptions.
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(b)
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This
charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions.
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(c)
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The Fund’s transfer
agent has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board), so that the fees payable under the Fund’s transfer agency
agreement do not exceed the annual rates of 0.04% for Class Inst2 and 0.00% for Class Inst3.
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Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
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Since the waivers and/or reimbursements
shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above expire as indicated in the preceding table, they are only reflected in the 1 year example and the first year of the other examples. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
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1
year
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3
years
|
5
years
|
10
years
|
Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$693
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$943
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$1,212
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$1,978
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Class
Adv
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$100
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$312
|
$
542
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$1,201
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Class
C
(assuming redemption of all shares at the end of the period)
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$301
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$621
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$1,068
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$2,306
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Class
C
(assuming no redemption of shares)
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$201
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$621
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$1,068
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$2,306
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Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$100
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$312
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$
542
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$1,201
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Class
Inst2
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
91
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$288
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$
502
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$1,118
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Class
Inst3
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
87
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$273
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$
476
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$1,060
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Class
R
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$151
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$468
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$
808
|
$1,768
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Class
T
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
|
$372
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$631
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$
909
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$1,701
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests
at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of small- and medium-sized companies. These equity securities generally include common stocks and may also include real estate
investment trusts. Small- and medium-sized companies are those whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase fall within the market capitalization range of the Russell 2500
®
Value Index (the Index) (between $84.6 million and $15.3 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and composition of the
companies in the Index are subject to change.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
investments. Foreign investments include depositary receipts. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Depositary Receipts Risk.
Depositary receipts are receipts issued by a bank or trust company reflecting ownership of underlying securities issued by foreign companies. Some foreign securities are traded in the form of American Depositary Receipts
and/or Global Depositary Receipts. Depositary receipts involve risks similar to the risks associated with investments in foreign securities, including those associated with investing in the particular country of an issuer, which may be related to
the particular political, regulatory, economic, social and other conditions or events, including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism, occurring in the country and fluctuations in such country’s currency, as well as market
risk tied to the underlying foreign company. In addition, holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, may not have the same rights afforded to stockholders of a typical domestic company in the event of a corporate action, such as
an acquisition, merger or rights offering, and may experience difficulty in receiving company stockholder communications. There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor a depositary receipt, or that a depositary receipt
will continue to trade on an exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability and pricing of the depositary receipt. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of depositary receipts and, therefore,
may affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism), occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated
with less developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of
foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar,
particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors.
Market Risk.
Market risk
refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long
periods.
Real Estate-Related Investment Risk.
Investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and in securities of other companies (wherever organized) principally engaged in the real estate industry subject the Fund to, among other things, risks similar to
those of direct investments in real estate and the real estate industry in general. These include risks related to general and local economic conditions, possible lack of availability of financing and changes in interest rates or property values.
The value of interests in a REIT may be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REIT, changes in the prospect for earnings and/or cash flow growth of the REIT itself, defaults by borrowers or
tenants, market saturation, decreases in market rates for rents, and other economic, political, or regulatory matters affecting the real estate industry, including REITs. REITs may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities markets. REITs are also subject to the risk of failing to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The failure of a REIT to continue to qualify as a REIT for tax purposes can
materially and adversely affect its value. In
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
addition, due to recent changes in tax laws, certain tax benefits of REITs
may not be passed through to mutual fund shareholders. Some REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are affected by risks similar to those associated with investments in debt securities including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit
extended.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) often involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies (larger companies) because small- and mid-cap
companies tend to have less predictable earnings and may lack the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies. Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may be less liquid and
more volatile than the securities of larger companies.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has
performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance (without sales charges) has varied for each full calendar year shown. If the sales charges were
reflected, returns shown would be lower. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns (after applicable sales charges shown in the
Shareholder Fees
table in this prospectus) for the periods
shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (without applicable sales charges and adjusted to reflect the higher
class-related operating expenses of such share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares (without sales
charges). Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund
invest in the same portfolio of securities.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in the table and do not reflect the
impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do not apply to shares held in
tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no
guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
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3rd Quarter 2009
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22.02%
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Worst
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4th Quarter 2008
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-27.69%
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Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: 1.18%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
|
Share
Class
Inception Date
|
1
Year
|
5
Years
|
10
Years
|
Class
A
|
02/14/2002
|
|
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returns
before taxes
|
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6.25%
|
10.86%
|
5.64%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
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4.08%
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8.87%
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4.46%
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returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
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5.30%
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8.36%
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4.29%
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Class
Adv
returns before taxes
|
12/11/2006
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12.97%
|
12.47%
|
6.37%
|
Class
C
returns before taxes
|
02/14/2002
|
10.91%
|
11.35%
|
5.48%
|
Class
Inst
returns before taxes
|
09/27/2010
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13.09%
|
12.47%
|
6.48%
|
Class
Inst2
returns before taxes
|
12/11/2006
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13.16%
|
12.62%
|
6.70%
|
Class
Inst3
returns before taxes
|
06/13/2013
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13.17%
|
12.60%
|
6.46%
|
Class
R
returns before taxes
|
12/11/2006
|
12.52%
|
11.93%
|
6.00%
|
Class
T
returns before taxes
|
12/01/2006
|
10.08%
|
11.64%
|
6.03%
|
Russell
2500 Value Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
|
|
10.36%
|
13.27%
|
8.82%
|
Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
Jarl
Ginsberg, CFA, CAIA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2013
|
Christian
Stadlinger, Ph.D., CFA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2013
|
David
Hoffman
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2013
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any business
day by contacting the Fund in the ways described below:
NOTE:
The Fund’s mailing addresses are changing as follows*:
Online
|
|
Regular
Mail
|
|
Express
Mail
|
|
By
Telephone
|
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
Through
October 31, 2018
|
|
|
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
30 Dan Road, Suite 8081
Canton, MA 02021-2809
|
|
800.422.3737
|
|
|
Regular Mail
|
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Express Mail
|
|
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|
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Effective
November 1, 2018
|
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Effective
November 1, 2018
|
|
|
|
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Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
|
|
Columbia
Management
Investment Services Corp.
c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7
th
Street, Suite 219104
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
|
|
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*
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Based on the dates noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
You may purchase shares and receive redemption proceeds by
electronic funds transfer, by check or by wire. If you maintain your account with a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary to buy, sell or exchange shares of the Fund through your account with the
intermediary.
The minimum initial investment amounts for
the share classes offered by the Fund are shown below:
Minimum Initial Investment
Class
|
Category
of eligible account
|
For
accounts other than
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
For
systematic investment
plan accounts
|
Classes
A, C & T
(a)
|
All
accounts other than IRAs
|
$2,000
|
$100
|
IRAs
|
$1,000
|
$100
|
Classes
Adv & Inst
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
depending upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
|
Classes
Inst2 & R
|
All
eligible accounts
|
None
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
All
eligible accounts
|
$0,
$1,000, $2,000
or $1 million depending
upon the category
of eligible investor
|
$100
(for certain
eligible investors)
|
(a)
|
Class T shares must be
purchased through financial intermediaries that, by written agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares.
|
More information about these minimums can be found in the
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares - Buying Shares
section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for any share class.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide
shareholders with long-term growth of capital. Only shareholders can change the Fund’s investment objective. Because any investment involves risk, there is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests
at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of small- and medium-sized companies. These equity securities generally include common stocks and may also include real estate
investment trusts. Small- and medium-sized companies are those whose market capitalizations at the time of purchase fall within the market capitalization range of the Russell 2500
®
Value Index (the Index) (between $84.6 million and $15.3 billion as of August 31, 2018). The market capitalization range and composition of the
companies in the Index are subject to change. As such, the size of the companies in which the Fund invests may change. As long as an investment continues to meet the Fund’s other investment criteria, the Fund may choose to continue to hold a
security even if the company’s market capitalization grows beyond the market capitalization of the largest company within the Index or falls below the market capitalization of the smallest company within the Index.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
investments. Foreign investments include depositary receipts. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector.
The investment manager employs fundamental
analysis with risk management in identifying value opportunities and constructing the Fund's portfolio.
In selecting investments, Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) considers, among other factors:
■
|
businesses that are believed
to be fundamentally sound and undervalued due to investor indifference, investor misperception of company prospects, or other factors;
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■
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various measures of
valuation, including price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings, price-to-sales, and price-to-book value. The Investment Manager believes that companies with lower valuations are generally more likely to provide opportunities for capital appreciation;
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■
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a company’s current
operating margins relative to its historic range and future potential; and/or
|
■
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potential indicators of
stock price appreciation, such as anticipated earnings growth, company restructuring, changes in management, business model changes, new product opportunities or anticipated improvements in macroeconomic factors.
|
The Investment Manager may sell a security
when it deems the security has become expensive relative to various valuation measures; if the Investment Manager believes that there is deterioration in the issuer’s financial circumstances or fundamental prospects; if other investments are
more attractive; or for other reasons.
The
Fund’s investment policy with respect to 80% of its net assets may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval as long as shareholders are given 60 days’ advance written notice of the change.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
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(continued)
Depositary Receipts Risk.
Depositary receipts are receipts issued by a bank or trust company reflecting ownership of underlying securities issued by foreign companies. Some foreign securities are traded in the form of American Depositary Receipts
and/or Global Depositary Receipts. Depositary receipts involve risks similar to the risks associated with investments in foreign securities, including those associated with investing in the particular country of an issuer, which may be related to
the particular political, regulatory, economic, social and other conditions or events, including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism, occurring in the country and fluctuations in such country’s currency, as well as market
risk tied to the underlying foreign company. In addition, holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, may not have the same rights afforded to stockholders of a typical domestic company in the event of a corporate action, such as
an acquisition, merger or rights offering, and may experience difficulty in receiving company stockholder communications. There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor a depositary receipt, or that a depositary receipt
will continue to trade on an exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability and pricing of the depositary receipt. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of depositary receipts and, therefore,
may affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign securities may also be less liquid
than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher for foreign securities. The Fund may
have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income,
capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be confiscatory. Other risks include: possible
delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other conditions or events (including, for example,
military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards that
may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country; and the generally
less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade
groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in issuers from the affected country that depend
on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the
future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of
companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to
the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may
fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur
currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
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(continued)
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Real Estate-Related Investment Risk.
Investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and in securities of other companies (wherever organized) principally engaged in the real estate industry subject the Fund to, among other things, risks similar to
those of direct investments in real estate and the real estate industry in general. These include risks related to general and local economic conditions, possible lack of availability of financing and changes in interest rates or property values.
REITs are entities that either own properties or make construction or mortgage loans, and also may include operating or finance companies. The value of interests in a REIT may be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of the
underlying properties owned by the REIT, changes in the prospect for earnings and/or cash flow growth of the REIT itself, defaults by borrowers or tenants, market saturation, decreases in market rates for rents, and other economic, political, or
regulatory matters affecting the real estate industry, including REITs. REITs and similar non-U.S. entities depend upon specialized management skills, may have limited financial resources, may have less trading volume in their securities, and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets. REITs are also subject to the risk of failing to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The failure of a REIT to
continue to qualify as a REIT for tax purposes can materially and adversely affect its value. In addition, for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017, a new tax deduction is potentially available for non-corporate investors investing
directly in REITs. In general, such investors can deduct 20% of “qualified REIT dividends” received from a REIT. Subject to any future regulatory guidance to the contrary, any Fund distribution of income attributable to qualified REIT
dividends will not qualify for the deduction that could be available to a non-corporate shareholder were the shareholder to own such REIT stock directly. Some REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are affected by risks similar to those associated with
investments in debt securities including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit extended.
Sector Risk.
At times, the
Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly affected by
economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the more it spreads
risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
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(continued)
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have a higher potential for gains than securities of larger, more established companies (larger
companies) but may also have more risk. For example, small- and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial
resources and business operations. Small- and mid-cap companies are also more likely than larger companies to have more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams.
Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes and may be less liquid and fluctuate more sharply in value than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in small- and
mid-cap companies with limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those positions, particularly in a distressed market, could be prolonged and result in Fund investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition,
some small- and mid-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment community, which can lower the demand for their stocks.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the SAI. The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and in the SAI, although it has the
ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
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(continued)
may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares
in a taxable account. Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to
terminate or to sell such positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not
meet its obligations. The use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The
Fund also may not be able to find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has been enacted that provides
for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives
transactions. For more information on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate
serves as investment adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia
Funds, which may include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These
affiliated products, individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated
products and the Underlying Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds,
because the affiliated products may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its
fixed costs would be spread over a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales
of Underlying Fund shares. Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying
Funds may experience increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of
time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption
activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate
positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or
more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The
Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
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(continued)
Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
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eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
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Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Columbia
Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A
|
1.33%
|
Class
Adv
|
1.08%
|
Class
C
|
2.08%
|
Class
Inst
|
1.08%
|
Class
Inst2
|
0.99%
|
Class
Inst3
|
0.95%
|
Class
R
|
1.58%
|
Class
T
|
1.33%
|
Under the agreement, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the
Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investment in affiliated and
non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short,
inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Fund’s Board. This
agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Reflected in the cap commitments with
respect to Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 is a contractual agreement by the Transfer Agent to waive fees and/or to reimburse expenses through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board, so that
the fees payable under the Fund’s transfer agency agreement do not exceed the annual rates of 0.04% for Class Inst2 and 0.00% for Class Inst3.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
Primary Service
Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements
(Service Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the
parties thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement,
duty, special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary
or other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal
or state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
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(continued)
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships. At present, the Investment Manager has not engaged any investment subadviser for the Fund.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.80% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
Jarl
Ginsberg, CFA, CAIA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2013
|
Christian
Stadlinger, Ph.D., CFA
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2013
|
David
Hoffman
|
|
Senior
Portfolio Manager
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2013
|
Mr. Ginsberg
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2003. Mr. Ginsberg began his investment career in 1987 and earned an A.B. from Brown University and an M.P.P.M. in finance from Yale
School of Management.
Dr. Stadlinger
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2002. Dr. Stadlinger began his investment career in 1989 and earned an M.S. in economics from the University of Vienna and a Ph.D. in
economics from Northwestern University.
Mr. Hoffman
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2001. Mr. Hoffman began his investment career in 1986 and earned a B.A. from Grinnell College and an M.A. from Columbia
University.
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The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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■
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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■
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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■
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
|
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More Information About the Fund
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
The Funds
The Columbia Funds (referred to as the Funds) generally share
the same policies and procedures for investor services, as described below. Each Fund is a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I) or Columbia Funds Series Trust II (CFST II), and certain features of
distribution and/or service plans may differ among these trusts. The Fund offered by this prospectus is a series of CFST II. Columbia Funds with names that include the words “Tax-Exempt,” “Municipal” or “Muni”
(the Tax-Exempt Funds) have certain policies that differ from other Columbia Funds (the Taxable Funds). The Fund offered by this prospectus is treated as a Taxable Fund for these purposes.
Funds Contact Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
*
|
The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
|
**
|
Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Summary of Share Class Features
Each share class has its own investment
eligibility criteria, cost structure and other features. You may not be eligible to invest in every share class. Your financial intermediary may not make every share class available or may cease to make available one or more share classes of the
Fund. The share class you select through your financial intermediary may have higher fees and/or sales charges than other classes of shares available through other financial intermediaries. An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without
any front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions.
Each investor’s personal situation is different and you may wish to discuss with your financial intermediary the share classes the Fund offers, which share classes are available to you and which share class(es) is/are appropriate for you. In
all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or
discounts. The Fund, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent do not provide investment advice or make recommendations regarding Fund share classes. Your financial intermediary may provide advice and recommendations to you, such as which share
class(es) is/are appropriate for you.
When
deciding which class of shares to buy, you should consider, among other things:
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The amount you plan to
invest.
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■
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How long you intend to
remain invested in the Fund.
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■
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The fees (e.g., sales charge
or “load”) and expenses for each share class.
|
■
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Whether you may be eligible
for a reduction or waiver of sales charges when you buy or sell shares.
|
Front-End Sales Charge Calculation
The front-end sales charge is calculated as
a percentage of the offering price.
■
|
The net asset value (NAV)
per share is the price of a share calculated by the Fund every business day.
|
■
|
The
offering price per share is the NAV per share plus any front-end sales charge (or load) that applies.
|
The dollar amount of any applicable
front-end sales charge is the difference between the offering price of the shares you buy and the NAV of those shares. To determine the front-end sales charge you will pay when you buy Class A and Class V shares, the Fund will add the amount of your
investment to the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund) and base the sales charge on the aggregate amount. For information on account value aggregation,
sales charge waivers and other important information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
is a sales charge applied at the time you sell your shares, unlike a front-end sales charge that is applied at the time of purchase. A CDSC can vary based on the length of time that you have held your shares. A CDSC is applied to the NAV at the time
of your purchase or sale, whichever is lower, and will not be applied to any shares you receive through Fund distribution reinvestments or any amount that represents appreciation in the value of your shares. For purposes of calculating a CDSC, the
start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
When you place an order to sell shares of a
class that has a CDSC, the Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, followed by those you have held the longest. This means that if a CDSC is imposed, you cannot designate the individual shares being redeemed for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. In certain circumstances, the CDSC may not apply. See
Choosing a Share Class —
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for details.
Share Class Features
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class R, Class T and Class V shares.
Not all Funds offer every class of shares. The Fund offers the
class(es) of shares set forth on the cover of this prospectus and may offer other share classes through a separate prospectus. Although certain share classes are generally closed to new and/or existing investors, information relating to these share
classes is included in the table below because certain qualifying purchase orders are permitted, as described below.
The sales charge reductions and waivers
available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary.
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies. A
shareholder transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified in
Appendix A
should carefully read the terms and conditions of
Appendix A
. A
reduction and/or waiver that is specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below, or through another financial intermediary. The information in
Appendix
A
may be provided by, or compiled from or based on information provided by the financial intermediaries identified in
Appendix A
. The financial intermediaries that offer sales charge reductions or
waivers, as described in
Appendix A
, are responsible for ensuring that you receive any such reductions or waivers that may be available to you in this regard. Please consult your financial intermediary for
additional information regarding any sales charge reduction and/or waiver described in
Appendix A
.
A Note About Class T Shares
Class T shares are sold only through financial intermediaries
that, by written agreement with the Distributor, are specifically authorized to sell Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries).
Class T shares are capable of being offered
by different financial intermediaries with different front-end sales charge structures. Currently, Class T shares are offered with only one sales charge structure, which means that all Class T Intermediaries that are offering Class T shares are
doing so with the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as
Category One Financial Intermediaries
. Financial intermediaries may in the future seek to offer Class T shares
under a different pricing structure and, as such, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future. Note also that, unlike other classes of shares of the Fund with a front-end sales charge (i.e., Class A and Class V shares, as
available), the front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a per-transaction charge, meaning that separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable. Discounts are not available for
Class T shares (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent or other such programs).
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
Class
A
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
Taxable
Funds:
5.75% maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
Tax-Exempt Funds:
3.00% maximum, declining to 0.00% on
investments of $500,000 or more
None for Columbia Government Money Market Fund and certain other Funds
(f)
|
Taxable
Funds
(f)
:
CDSC on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase
charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
Tax-Exempt Funds
(f)
:
Maximum CDSC of 0.75% on certain investments of $500,000
or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are
also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
and Service
Fees:
up to 0.25%
|
Class
Adv
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) omnibus retirement plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms; (ii) trust companies or
similar institutions; (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their
mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (iv)
501(c)(3) charitable organizations; (v) 529 plans; (vi) health savings accounts; (vii) investors participating in a fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those
services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent; and (viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary,
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
acting
as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares
within such platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None, except in the case of (viii) above, which is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
|
|
|
|
|
Class
C
|
Eligibility:
Available to the general public for investment
Minimum Initial Investment:
$2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts)
Purchase Order Limit for Tax-Exempt Funds:
$499,999
(g)
, none
for omnibus retirement plans
Purchase Order Limit for Taxable Funds:
$999,999
(g)
; none for omnibus retirement plans
Conversion Feature
: Yes,
effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
(c)
|
None
|
1.00%
on certain investments redeemed within one year of purchase
(h)
|
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments. For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class – CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
Financial intermediary-specific CDSC waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
Distribution
Fee:
0.75%
Service Fee:
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
|
Eligibility:
Available only to certain eligible investors, which are subject to different minimum investment requirements, ranging from $0 to $2,000, including investors who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage
platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform; closed to (i) accounts of financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through
designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
trading
platforms that have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and (ii) omnibus group retirement plans, subject to certain exceptions
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
See
Eligibility
above
|
|
|
|
|
Class
Inst2
|
Eligibility:
Available only to (i) certain registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual
fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class
Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus
retirement plans
(i)
; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest
in Class
Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class
Inst2 shares within such
platform.
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
Eligibility:
Available to (i) group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund
(i)
; (ii)
institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer
and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing
intermediary they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
financial
intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes
offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and
provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Minimum Initial Investment:
No minimum for the eligible investors described in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above; $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan
accounts) for the eligible investors described in (vi) above; and $1 million for all other eligible investors, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor
|
|
|
|
|
Class
R
|
Eligibility:
Available only to eligible retirement plans, health savings accounts and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained by financial intermediaries
approved by the Distributor
Minimum Initial Investment:
None
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
Series
of CFST & CFST I:
distribution fee of 0.50%
Series of CFST II:
distribution and service fee of 0.50%, of which the service fee may
be up to 0.25%
|
Class
T
|
Eligibility
: Available to the general public (purchasing through a Class T Intermediary)
Minimum Initial Investment
: $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100
for systematic investment plan accounts)
|
Per
Transaction
:
$0–$249,999:
2.50%
$250,000–
$499,999:
2.00%
$500,000–
$999,999:
1.50%
$1,000,000 or more:
1.00%
|
None
|
Waivers
: Yes,
(i) on Fund distribution reinvestments;
(ii) on exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of
Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the intermediary’s commission-based platform, and (b) unless
waived in the Distributor’s
|
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
: 0.25%
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Share
Class
|
Eligible
Investors
(a)
;
Minimum Initial Investments
(b)
;
Conversion Features
(c)
|
Front-End
Sales Charges
(d)
|
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)
(d)
|
Sales
Charge
Reductions/Waivers
|
Maximum
Distribution
and/or Service Fees
(e)
|
|
|
|
|
discretion,
shares of the class to be exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and
(iii) on purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically
authorizes offering Class T shares within the designated fee-based platform.
Financial intermediary-specific waivers are also available, see
Appendix A
|
|
Class
V
|
Eligibility:
Generally closed to new investors
(i)
Minimum Initial Investment:
N/A
|
5.75%
maximum, declining to 0.00% on investments of $1 million or more
|
CDSC
on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, charged as follows:
• 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within 12 months after purchase
and
• 0.50% CDSC if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase
|
Reductions
: Yes, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge Reductions
Waivers
: Yes, on Fund distribution reinvestments.
For additional waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges – Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
, as well as
Choosing a Share Class — CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
|
Service
Fee:
up to 0.50%
|
(a)
|
For Columbia Government Money
Market Fund, new investments must be made in Class A, Class Inst, Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares, subject to eligibility. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are available as a new investment only to investors in the
Distributor's proprietary 401(k) products, provided that such investor is eligible to invest in the class and transact directly with the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third party administrator or third party recordkeeper. Columbia Government
Money Market Fund offers Class Inst2 shares only to facilitate exchanges with other Funds offering such share class.
|
(b)
|
Certain share classes are
subject to minimum account balance requirements, as described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
|
(c)
|
For more information on the
automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, see
Choosing a Share Class - Sales Charges and Commissions - Class C Shares - Automatic Conversion to Class A Shares
.
|
(d)
|
Actual front-end sales
charges and CDSCs vary among the Funds. For more information on applicable sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Sales Charges and Commissions,
and for information about certain exceptions to these
sales charges, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
|
(e)
|
These are the maximum
applicable distribution and/or service fees. Except for Class V shares, these fees are paid under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan. Fee rates and fee components (i.e., the portion of a combined fee that is a distribution or service fee) may vary
among Funds. Because these fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of distribution and/or service fees. Although Class A
shares of certain series of CFST I are subject to a combined distribution and service fee of up to 0.35%, these Funds currently limit the combined fee to 0.25%. Columbia Government Money Market Fund pays a distribution and service fee of up to 0.10%
on Class A shares and up to 0.75% distribution fee on Class C shares. Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund each pay a service fee of up to 0.20% on Class A and Class C shares.
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund pays a distribution fee of up to 0.65% on Class C shares. For more information on distribution and service fees, see
Choosing a Share Class — Distribution and
Service Fees.
|
(f)
|
For Columbia Short Term
Municipal Bond Fund, a CDSC of 0.50% is charged on certain investments of $500,000 or more redeemed within 12 months after purchase. The following Funds are not subject to a front-end sales charge or a CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government
Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund.
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
(g)
|
If you are eligible to invest
in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales
Charges.
|
(h)
|
There is no CDSC on
redemptions from Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund.
|
(i)
|
These share classes are
closed to new accounts, or closed to previously eligible investors, subject to certain conditions, as summarized below and described in more detail under
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares
— Eligible Investors:
|
•
Class
Inst Shares
. Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that
have been given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent, effective March 29, 2013, of the termination of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst
accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to exceptions, funded a Class Inst account as of close of business on March 28, 2013, and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such
date, may generally continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In certain circumstances and in the sole discretion of the Distributor, omnibus retirement plans affiliated with a
grandfathered plan may also open new Class Inst accounts. Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus retirement plans) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries
and their mutual fund trading platforms are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through Fund distribution reinvestments).
•
Class
Inst2 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst2 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst2 shares may
not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in existing accounts. In addition, investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010, and
continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts and add new shareholders in the program.
•
Class Inst3 Shares
. Shareholders with Class Inst3 accounts funded before November 8, 2012 who do not satisfy the current eligibility criteria for Class Inst3 shares may not establish new accounts for such share
class but may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst3 shares in existing accounts.
•
Class V Shares.
Shareholders
with Class V accounts who received, and have continuously held, Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to
the Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty funds may continue to make additional purchases of such share class.
Sales Charges and Commissions
Sales charges, commissions, and distribution
fees compensate financial intermediaries (typically your financial advisor) for selling shares to you, and service fees compensate financial intermediaries for maintaining and servicing the shares held in your account with them. Distribution and
service fees are discussed in a separate sub-section below. Depending on which share class you choose and the financial intermediary through which you purchase your shares, you may pay these charges at potentially different levels at the outset as a
front-end sales charge, at the time you sell your shares as a CDSC and/or over time in the form of distribution and/or service fees.
As described in more detail below, Class A, Class T and Class
V shares have a front-end sales charge, which is deducted from your purchase price when you buy your shares, and results in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the Fund than the purchase price you pay (unless you qualify for a waiver
or (Class A shares and Class V shares only) reduction of the sales charge). The Fund’s other share classes do not have a front-end sales charge, so the full amount of your purchase price is invested in those classes. Class A shares have
lower ongoing distribution and/or service fees than Class C and Class R shares of the Fund. Over time, Class C and Class R shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge and the
distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Although the full amount of your purchase price of Class C and Class R shares is invested in a Fund, your return on this money will be reduced by the expected higher annual expenses
of Class C and Class R shares. In this regard, note that effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares
purchase date. No sales charge or other charges will apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares, your total returns from
an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. Class Adv, Class Inst, Class Inst2 and Class Inst3 shares of the Fund do not have distribution and/or service fees.
Whether the ultimate cost is higher for one share class over
another depends on the amount you invest, how long you hold your shares, the fees (i.e., sales charges) and expenses of the class and whether you are eligible for reduced or waived sales charges, if available. The differential between classes also
will vary depending on the actual investment return for any given investment period. You are responsible for choosing the share class most appropriate for you after taking into account your share class eligibility, class-specific features, and
any applicable reductions in, or
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
waivers of, sales charges. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
. We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can help you with your investment decisions. Please contact your financial intermediary
for more information about services, fees and expenses, and other important information about investing in the Fund, as well as with any questions you may have about your investing options. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your
financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts.
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless your purchase qualifies for a waiver
(e.g., you buy the shares through reinvested Fund dividends or distributions or subject to an applicable financial intermediary-specific waiver), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class A shares (other than shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund), resulting in a smaller dollar amount being
invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date.
Under this policy, the Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. For more information about sales charge waivers and reduction opportunities, see
Choosing a
Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
and
Appendix A.
The Distributor receives the sales charge and re-allows (or
pays) a portion of the sales charge to the financial intermediary through which you purchased the shares. The Distributor retains the balance of the sales charge. The Distributor retains the full sales charge you pay when you purchase shares of the
Fund directly from the Fund (through the Transfer Agent, rather than through a financial intermediary).
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class A
shares:
■
|
depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
|
■
|
is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you or your financial intermediary notifies the Fund).
|
The table below presents the front-end sales charge as a
percentage of both the offering price and the net amount invested.
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds,
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund,
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund,
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund,
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (equity)*
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class
A Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule*
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
financial
intermediaries as
a % of the
offering price
|
Fixed
Income Funds (except those listed below),
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
and Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)*
|
$
0-$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.25%
|
4.44%
|
3.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
3.00%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-Exempt
Funds (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund)
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
1.50
%
|
1.53%
|
1.25%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund,
Columbia Floating Rate Fund,
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund,
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund,
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund,
Columbia Quality Income Fund,
and
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
3.00%
|
3.09%
|
2.50%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.15%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.52%
|
1.25%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$999,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$
0-$99,999
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
0.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
0.75%
|
0.76%
|
0.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
0.50%
|
0.50%
|
0.40%
|
$
500,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The following Funds are not
subject to a front-end sales charge or CDSC on Class A shares: Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S.
Treasury Index Fund.
"Funds-of-Funds (equity)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio and Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
. "Funds-of-Funds (fixed income)"
includes Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
and Columbia Income Builder Fund. Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund and Columbia Global Opportunities Fund are treated as equity Funds for purposes of the table.
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values may be aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table. See
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
for a discussion of account value aggregation.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
|
(c)
|
For information regarding
cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class A shares of a Taxable Fund or $500,000 or more of Class A shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund, see
Class A Shares —
Commissions
below.
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class A Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you'll pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares
that you purchased without a front-end sales charge.
Tax-Exempt Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Tax-Exempt Fund (other than Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund and Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund) without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you
will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares
within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months
after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated $500,000 or more at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after
purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $500,000 or more will also be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem those shares within 12 months after purchase.
|
Taxable Funds
■
|
If you purchased Class A
shares of any Taxable Fund without paying a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after
purchase, which is charged as follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase; and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your
aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within 18 months after purchase as described in the previous sentence.
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Class A Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class A shares. The Distributor generally funds the commission through the applicable sales charge paid by you. For more information, see
Class A Shares — Front-End Sales
Charge
above
.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy Class A shares in amounts not subject to a front-end sales charge, according to the following schedule:
Class
A Shares of Tax-Exempt Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$500,000
– $3,999,999
|
0.75%**
|
$4
million – $19,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$20
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 0.75% on the first $3,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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**
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The commission level on
purchases of Class A shares of Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund is: 0.50% on purchases of $500,000 to $19,999,999 and 0.25% on purchases of $20 million or more.
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Class
A Shares of Taxable Funds — Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)*
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level**
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
Not applicable to Funds that
do not assess a front-end sales charge.
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**
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Class C Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
You do not pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class C
shares, but you may pay a CDSC when you sell Class C shares. Although Class C shares do not have a front-end sales charge, over time Class C shares can incur distribution and/or service fees that are equal to or more than the front-end sales charge
and distribution and/or service fees you would pay for Class A shares. Thus, although the full amount of your purchase of Class C shares is invested in a Fund, any positive investment return on this money may be partially or fully offset by the
expected higher annual expenses of Class C shares. If you are eligible to invest in Class A shares without a front-end sales charge, you should discuss your options with your financial intermediary. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class – Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
Class C Shares — Automatic Conversion to
Class A Shares
Effective July 1, 2018, eligible Class C
shares of a Fund automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Class C shares held through a financial intermediary in an omnibus account
will be converted provided that the intermediary is able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders’ holding periods. It is the financial intermediary's (and not the Fund's) responsibility to keep records and to ensure that the
shareholder is credited with the proper holding period. Not all financial intermediaries are able to track purchases to credit individual shareholders' holding periods. For example, group retirement plans held through third-party intermediaries that
hold Class C shares in an omnibus account may not track participant level share lot aging. Please consult with your financial intermediary about your eligibility for Class C share conversion. Once your Class C shares automatically convert to Class A
shares, your total returns from an investment in the Fund may increase as a result of the lower operating costs of Class A shares. The following rules apply to the automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:
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Class C share accounts that
are Direct-at-Fund Accounts and Networked Accounts for which the Transfer Agent (and not your financial intermediary) sends you Fund account transaction confirmations and statements, convert on or about the 15th day of the month (if the 15th is not
a business day, then the next business day thereafter) that they become eligible for automatic conversion provided that the Fund has records that Class C shares have been held for the requisite time period.
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For purposes of determining
the month when your Class C shares are eligible for conversion, the start of the holding period is the first day of the month in which your purchase was made. Your financial intermediary may choose a different day of the month to convert Class C
shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information on calculating the holding period.
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Any shares you received from
reinvested distributions on these shares generally will convert to Class A shares at the same time.
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You’ll receive the
same dollar value of Class A shares as the Class C shares that were automatically converted. Class C shares that you received from an exchange of Class C shares of another Fund will convert based on the day you bought the original shares.
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No sales charge or other
charges apply in connection with this automatic conversion, and conversions are free from U.S. federal income tax.
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Class C Shares — CDSC
You will pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem Class C shares
within 12 months of buying them unless you qualify for a waiver of the CDSC (e.g., the shares you are selling were purchased with reinvested Fund distributions). Redemptions of Class C shares are not subject to a CDSC if redeemed after 12
months. Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund are not subject to a CDSC. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
.
Class C Shares — Commissions
Although there is no front-end sales charge
when you buy Class C shares, the Distributor makes an up-front payment (which includes a sales commission and an advance of service fees) directly to your financial intermediary of up to 1.00% of the NAV per share when you buy Class C
shares (except on purchases of Class C shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund). A portion of this payment may be passed along to your financial advisor. The Distributor seeks to recover this payment through fees it receives under the
Fund's distribution and/or service plan during the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares, and any applicable CDSC when you sell your shares. For more information, see
Choosing a Share Class —
Distribution and Service Fees.
Class T
Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Different
financial intermediaries may offer Class T shares with different front-end sales charge structures. This differs from other Fund share classes, which have fixed sales charge structures. As of the date of this prospectus, Class T shares are offered
with only one sales charge structure, which means that all financial intermediaries that are offering Class T shares (Class T Intermediaries) are offering the same pricing. For convenience, these Class T Intermediaries are referred to as Category
One Financial Intermediaries. Financial intermediaries may seek to offer Class T shares under a different pricing structure and, as a result, other categories of Class T Intermediaries may be added in the future.
The front-end sales charge applicable to Class T shares is a
per-transaction charge, meaning that the separate orders will not be aggregated for purposes of calculating the rate of the sales charge payable, which is different from other Fund share classes with a front-end sales charge. Unless your purchase
qualifies for a waiver, you will pay a front-end sales charge on each purchase of Class T shares based on the amount of each purchase transaction. As with all front-end sales charges, this will result in a smaller dollar amount being invested in the
Fund than the purchase price you pay. No discounts (for example, under a right of accumulation, letter of intent, or other such programs) are available for Class T shares. For information about sales charge waivers, see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers — Class T Sales Charge Waivers
below.
Class
T Shares — Front-End Sales Charge (Per Transaction)
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(a)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Class
T Shares
(Purchasing through a Category One Financial Intermediary)
|
$
0–$249,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.50%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
1.50%
|
1.53%
|
1.50%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
1.00%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process. Purchase price includes the sales charge.
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Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge
Unless you qualify for a waiver (e.g., you purchase shares
through reinvested Fund distributions), you will pay a front-end sales charge when you buy Class V shares, resulting in a smaller dollar amount being invested in a Fund than the purchase price you pay. For more information about sales charge waivers
(as well as sales charge reduction opportunities), see
Choosing a Share Class — Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges.
The front-end sales charge you will pay on Class V
shares:
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depends on the amount you
are investing (generally, the larger the investment, the smaller the percentage sales charge), and
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is based on the total amount
of your purchase and the value of your account (and any other accounts eligible for aggregation of which you notify your financial intermediary or, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts (as defined below), you notify the Fund).
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Class
V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge — Breakpoint Schedule
|
Breakpoint
Schedule For:
|
Dollar
amount of
shares bought
(a)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
offering
price
(b)
|
Sales
charge
as a
% of the
net
amount
invested
(b)
|
Amount
retained by
or paid to
Financial
Intermediaries
as a % of the
offering price
|
Equity
Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
5.75%
|
6.10%
|
5.00%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income Funds
|
$
0–$49,999
|
4.75%
|
4.99%
|
4.25%
|
$
50,000–$99,999
|
4.50%
|
4.71%
|
3.75%
|
$100,000–$249,999
|
3.50%
|
3.63%
|
2.75%
|
$250,000–$499,999
|
2.50%
|
2.56%
|
2.00%
|
$500,000–$999,999
|
2.00%
|
2.04%
|
1.75%
|
$
1,000,000 or more
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Purchase amounts and account
values are aggregated among all eligible Fund accounts for the purposes of this table.
|
(b)
|
Because the offering price is
calculated to two decimal places, the dollar amount of the sales charge as a percentage of the offering price and your net amount invested for any particular purchase of Fund shares may be higher or lower depending on whether downward or upward
rounding was required during the calculation process.
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(c)
|
For more information
regarding cumulative commissions paid to your financial intermediary when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, see
Class V Shares — Commissions
below.
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Class V Shares — CDSC
In some cases, you will pay a CDSC if you sell Class V shares
that you bought without a front-end sales charge.
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If you purchased Class V
shares without a front-end sales charge because your eligible accounts aggregated between $1 million and $50 million at the time of purchase, you will incur a CDSC if you redeem those shares within 18 months after purchase, which is charged as
follows: 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% CDSC if shares are redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase.
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Subsequent Class V share
purchases that bring your aggregate account value to $1 million or more (but less than $50 million) will also be subject to a CDSC if you redeem them within the time periods noted above.
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
Class V Shares — Commissions
The Distributor may pay your financial intermediary an
up-front commission when you buy Class V shares (a portion of this commission may, in turn, be paid to your financial advisor). For more information, see
Class V Shares — Front-End Sales Charge.
The Distributor may also pay your financial intermediary a
cumulative commission when you buy $1 million or more of Class V shares, according to the following schedule:
Class
V Shares
—
Commission Schedule (Paid by the Distributor to Financial Intermediaries)
|
Purchase
Amount
|
Commission
Level*
(as a % of net asset
value per share)
|
$1
million – $2,999,999
|
1.00%
|
$3
million – $49,999,999
|
0.50%
|
$50
million or more
|
0.25%
|
*
|
The commission level applies
to the applicable asset level; therefore, for example, for a purchase of $5 million, the Distributor would pay a commission of 1.00% on the first $2,999,999 and 0.50% on the balance.
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Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts
will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund (i.e., a Direct-at-Fund Account, as defined below) or through a financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales charge and/or CDSC waivers. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify your financial intermediary or (for Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined below) the Fund at the time of purchase of any relationship or
other facts that may qualify you for sales charge waivers or discounts. In order to obtain waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund (if
permitted) or through a different financial intermediary. For a description of financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions and/or waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class A and Class V Shares Front-End Sales Charge
Reductions
The Fund makes available two means of
reducing the front-end sales charge that you may pay when you buy Class A shares or Class V shares of a Fund. These types of sales charge reductions are also referred to as breakpoint discounts.
First, through the right of accumulation (ROA), you may
combine the value of eligible accounts (as described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below) maintained by you and members of your immediate family to reach a breakpoint discount level and apply a lower
front-end sales charge to your purchase. To calculate the combined value of your eligible Fund accounts in the particular class of shares, the Fund will use the current public offering price per share. For purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount
through ROA, you may aggregate your and your “immediate family” members' ownership (as described in the
FUNDamentals
box below) of certain classes of shares held in certain account types, as
described in the
Eligible Accounts
section below.
Second, by making a statement of intent to purchase additional
shares (commonly referred to as a letter of intent (LOI)), you may pay a lower sales charge on all purchases of Class A shares or Class V shares made within 13 months after the date of your LOI. Your LOI must state the aggregate amount of
purchases you intend to make in that 13-month period, which must be at least enough to reach the first (or next) breakpoint of the Fund. The required form of LOI may vary by financial intermediary, so please contact them directly for more
information. Five percent of the purchase commitment amount will be placed in escrow. At the end of the 13-month period, the shares will be released from escrow, provided that you have invested the commitment amount. If you do not invest the
commitment amount by the end of the 13 months, the remaining amount of the unpaid sales charge will be redeemed from the escrowed shares and the remaining balance released from escrow. To calculate the total value of the purchases you've made under
an LOI, the Fund will use the historic cost (i.e., dollars invested and not current market value) of the shares held in each eligible account; reinvested dividends or capital gains, or purchases made through the
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
reinstatement privilege do not count as purchases made under an LOI. For
purposes of making an LOI to purchase additional shares, you may aggregate eligible shares owned by you or your immediate family members in eligible accounts, valued as of the day immediately before the initiation of your LOI.
You must request the reduced sales charge
(whether through ROA or an LOI) when you buy shares. If you do not complete and file an LOI, or do not request the reduced sales charge at the time of purchase, you will not be eligible for the reduced sales charge. To obtain a breakpoint discount,
you must notify your financial intermediary in writing at the time you buy your shares of each eligible account maintained by you and members of your immediate family, including accounts maintained through different financial intermediaries. You and
your financial intermediary are responsible for ensuring that you receive discounts for which you are eligible. Please contact your financial intermediary with questions regarding application of the eligible discount to your account. You may be
asked by your financial intermediary (or by the Fund if you hold your account directly with the Fund) for account statements or other records to verify your discount eligibility for new and subsequent purchases, including, when applicable, records
for accounts opened with a different financial intermediary and records of accounts established by members of your immediate family.
The sales charge reductions available to investors who
purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge reductions, see
Appendix A
.
Your “Immediate Family” and
Account Value Aggregation
For
purposes of obtaining a breakpoint discount for Class A shares or Class V shares, the value of your account will be deemed to include the value of all applicable shares in eligible Fund accounts that are held by you and your “immediate
family,” which includes your spouse, domestic partner, parent, step-parent, legal guardian, child under 21, step-child under 21, father-in-law and mother-in-law, provided that you and your immediate family members share the same mailing
address. Any Fund accounts linked together for account value aggregation purposes as of the close of business on September 3, 2010 will be permitted to remain linked together. Group retirement plan accounts are valued at the retirement plan
level.
Eligible Accounts
The following accounts are eligible for
account value aggregation as described above, provided that they are invested in Class A (excluding, in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which
you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge), Class C, Class E, Class Inst or Class V shares of a Fund, or non-retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund: individual or joint accounts; Roth and
traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); Simplified Employee Pension accounts (SEPs), Savings Investment Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers accounts (SIMPLEs) and Tax Sheltered Custodial Accounts (TSCAs); Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act (UGMA)/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts for which you, your spouse, or your domestic partner is parent or guardian of the minor child; revocable trust accounts for which you or an immediate family member, individually, is the
beneficial owner/grantor; accounts held in the name of your, your spouse’s, or your domestic partner’s sole proprietorship or single owner limited liability company or S corporation; qualified retirement plan assets, provided that you
are the sole owner of the business sponsoring the plan, are the sole participant (other than a spouse) in the plan, and have no intention of adding participants to the plan; and investments in wrap accounts.
The following accounts are
not eligible
for account value aggregation as described above: accounts of pension and retirement plans with multiple participants, such as 401(k) plans (which are combined to reduce the sales charge for the
entire pension or retirement plan and therefore are not used to reduce the sales charge for your individual
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
accounts); investments in 529 plans, donor
advised funds, variable annuities, variable insurance products or managed separate accounts; charitable and irrevocable trust accounts; accounts holding shares of money market funds that used the Columbia brand before May 1, 2010; accounts invested
in Class Inst3, Class R or Class T shares of a Fund; and retirement plan accounts invested in Class Adv or Class Inst2 shares of a Fund.
Additionally, direct purchases of shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund may not be aggregated for account value aggregation purposes; however, shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund acquired by exchange from other Columbia Funds that assess a sales charge may be included in account
value aggregation.
Class A and Class V Shares
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
There are no front-end sales charges on
reinvested Fund distributions. Effective July 1, 2018, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund in the month of or the month following the 10-year anniversary of the Class C shares purchase date. Under this policy, the
Class A shares sales charge is waived on Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on purchases of Class A and Class V shares of the Funds by certain categories of investors,
including Board members, certain employees of financial intermediaries, Fund portfolio managers, certain partners and employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or the Board, separate accounts of an insurance company exempt from registration as
an investment company under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, registered broker-dealer firms that have an agreement with the Distributor purchasing fund shares for their investment account only, and qualified employee benefit plan rollovers to Class
A shares in the same Fund (see Appendix S to the SAI for details). For a more complete description of categories of investors who may purchase Class A and Class V shares of the Funds at NAV, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would
otherwise apply, see Appendix S to the SAI.
In addition,
certain types of purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made at NAV. The Distributor may waive front-end sales charges on (i) purchases (including exchanges) of Class A shares in accounts of financial intermediaries that have entered into
agreements with the Distributor to offer Fund shares to self-directed investment brokerage accounts that may or may not charge a transaction fee to customers; (ii) exchanges of Class Inst shares of a Fund for Class A shares of the Fund; (iii)
purchases of Class A shares on brokerage mutual fund-only platforms of financial intermediaries that have an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes the offering of Class A shares within such platform; (iv) purchases through
certain wrap fee or other products or programs that involve fee-based compensation arrangements that have, or clear trades through a financial intermediary that has, a selling agreement with the Distributor; (v) purchases through state sponsored 529
Plans; (vi) purchases through banks, trust companies, and thrift institutions acting as fiduciaries; and (vii) purchases through certain employee benefit plans and certain qualified deferred compensation plans. For a more complete description of
these eligible transactions, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Class T Sales Charge Waivers
There is no front-end sales charge on (i) reinvested Fund
distributions; (ii) exchanges of Class T shares of the Fund from, at the discretion of Class T Intermediaries, another class of shares of the same Fund held in accounts of Class T Intermediaries, provided that (a) the other share class may only be
exchanged for Class T shares if your financial intermediary does not offer that other share class on the financial intermediary’s commission-based platform and (b), unless waived in the Distributor’s discretion, shares of the class to be
exchanged are held in a networked or omnibus account with the Fund; and (iii) purchases within fee-based accounts, provided that the Class T Intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically contemplates offering Class T shares
within the designated fee-based platform.
The sales
charge waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
CDSC Waivers – Class A, Class C and Class V
You may be able to avoid an otherwise
applicable CDSC when you sell Class A, Class C or Class V shares of the Fund. This could happen because of the way in which you originally invested in the Fund, because of your relationship with the Funds or for other reasons. For example, the CDSC
will be waived on redemptions of shares in the event of the shareholder's death; for which no sales commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase; purchased through reinvestment of dividends
and capital gain distributions; that result from required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts when the shareholder reaches age 70½; that result from returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual
retirement accounts (subject to certain conditions); initially purchased by an employee benefit plan (for Class A shares) and that are not connected with a plan level termination (for, Class C or Class V shares); in connection with the Fund's Small
Account Policy (which is described in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
); and by certain other investors and in certain other types of transactions or situations.
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change
or cancellation applies only to future purchases. For a more complete description of the available waivers of the CDSC on redemptions of Class A, Class C or Class V shares, see Appendix S to the SAI.
The sales charge waivers available to investors who purchase
and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. For a description of such financial intermediary-specific sales charge waivers, see
Appendix A
.
Repurchases (Reinstatements)
As noted in the table below, you can redeem
shares of certain classes (see Redeemed Share Class below) and use such redemption proceeds to buy shares of the Corresponding Repurchase Class without paying an otherwise applicable sales charge and/or CDSC (other than, in the case of
Direct-at-Fund Accounts, redemptions from Funds that do not assess a front-end sales charge, including Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund and Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund, unless such shares were purchased via an exchange from Class A shares of a Fund on which you paid the Class A share applicable front-end sales charge) within 90 days, up to the amount of
the redemption proceeds.
Repurchases
(Reinstatements)
|
Redeemed
Share Class
|
Corresponding
Repurchase Class
|
Class
A
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
C
|
Class
V
|
Class
V
|
Any CDSC paid upon redemption of
your Class A, Class C or Class V shares of a Fund will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible for the repurchase (or reinstatement)
privilege, the purchase must be made into an account for the same owner, but does not need to be into the same Fund from which the shares were sold. The Transfer Agent, Distributor or their agents must receive a written reinstatement request from
you or your financial intermediary within 90 days after the shares are redeemed. The purchase of the Corresponding Repurchase Class (as noted in the table above) through this repurchase (or reinstatement) privilege will be made at the NAV of such
shares next calculated after the request is received in “good form.” Systematic withdrawals and purchases are excluded from this policy.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and certain
transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see
Appendix A
to this prospectus and Appendix S of the SAI for more information about sales charge waivers.
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the Funds have adopted,
distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily, may vary by share class and are intended to compensate the
Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees are paid out of the Fund's
assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time.
The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or
service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class:
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%
(a)(b)(c)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)(d)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (series of CFST and CFST I)
|
0.50%
|
—
(e)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(e)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
(c)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(f)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
up
to 0.50%
(g)
|
(a)
|
The maximum distribution and
service fees of Class A shares varies among the Funds, as shown in the table below:
|
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Series
of CFST and CFST II (other than Columbia
Government Money Market Fund)
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%;
these Funds pay a
combined distribution and
service fee
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
—
|
—
|
0.10%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Balanced Fund, Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund, Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund, Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund,
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
up
to 0.10%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.35%; these Funds may
pay distribution and service fees
up to a maximum of 0.35% of their
average daily net assets
attributable to Class A shares
(comprised of up to 0.10% for
distribution services and up to
0.25%
for shareholder liaison
services) but currently limit such
fees to an aggregate fee of not
more than 0.25% for
Class A shares
|
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(continued)
Funds
|
Maximum
Class A
Distribution Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Service Fee
|
Maximum
Class A
Combined Total
|
Columbia
Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund, Columbia Alternative Beta Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia
Bond Fund, Columbia Corporate Income Fund, Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund, Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund, Columbia Emerging Markets Fund, Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources
Fund, Columbia Greater China Fund, Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund, Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund, Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund, Columbia Strategic Income
Fund, Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund, Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
—
|
0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund, Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
|
—
|
0.20%
|
0.20%
|
(b)
|
The service fees for Class A
and Class C shares of certain Funds vary. The annual service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund may equal up to 0.20% of the average
daily NAV of all shares of such Fund class. The annual distribution fee for Class C shares for Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund shall be 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Class C shares. The Distributor has voluntarily
agreed to waive the service fee for Class A and Class C shares of Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund so that the service fee does not exceed 0.15% annually. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(c)
|
Fee amounts noted apply to
all Funds other than Columbia Government Money Market Fund, which, for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not
to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of
Columbia Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor's waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on
these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
(d)
|
The Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares of the following Funds so that the distribution fee does not exceed the specified percentage annually: 0.45% for Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond
Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund and Columbia
Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund; 0.60% for Columbia Corporate Income Fund and Columbia Short Term Bond Fund; 0.65% for Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund and Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund; and 0.70% for Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund. These
arrangements may be modified or terminated by the Distributor at any time.
|
(e)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST and CFST I pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares. The Funds do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares,
which, prior to the close of business on September 3, 2010, were known as Class R2 shares. For Class R shares of series of CFST II, the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the
average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Class R shares. Of that amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for shareholder service expenses.
|
(f)
|
The combined distribution fee
and service fee for Class T shares of series of CFST and CFST I shall not exceed 0.25%. Class T shares of series of CFST II pay a combined distribution and service fee of 0.25%.
|
(g)
|
The shareholder servicing
fees for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15%
for fixed-income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
The distribution and/or service fees for Class A, Class
C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount
determined by the Distributor in its sole discretion.
For Class A (with the exception noted in the
next sentence), Class R and Class T shares, the Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase. For Class A shares (if purchased as part of a purchase of shares of $1 million or more for Taxable Funds or $500,000 or more for
Tax-Exempt Funds) and for Class C shares (with the exception noted in the next sentence), the Distributor begins to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. For Class C shares, financial intermediaries may opt to decline the up-front payment
described in
Choosing a Share Class
–
Sales Charges and Commissions – Class C Shares – Commissions
and instead
may receive these fees
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Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
immediately after purchase. If the
intermediary opts to receive the up-front payment, the Distributor retains the distribution and/or service fee for the first 12 months following the sale of Class C shares in order to recover the up-front payment made to financial intermediaries and
to pay for other related expenses.
Series of
CFST II.
The maximum fee for services under the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of reimbursable expenses and the fee rates in the table above. If a
share class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund,
without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these distribution and/or service fees will reduce
the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the distribution plan and/or shareholder
servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Class V Shareholder Services Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have
adopted a shareholder services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the
Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate
annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.20% for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an
aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. The Distributor begins to pay these fees immediately after purchase for purchases up to $1 million, for purchases of $1 million or more the
Distributor will begin to pay these fees 12 months after purchase. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be
waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income from falling below 0% on a daily basis. If you maintain shares of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other
intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain shareholder service related expenses.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are
generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that
a financial intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one
financial intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a
payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other
than those described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates do not make
Marketing Support Payments with respect to Class Inst3 shares.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Choosing a Share Class
(continued)
In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain
arrangements in place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to
beneficial Fund shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping,
shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are
primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund
pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share
class-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates. For Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not
pay financial intermediaries for Shareholder Services, and the Fund does not compensate the Transfer Agent for any Shareholder Services provided by financial intermediaries.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share for a given share class. The Fund calculates the NAV per share for each class of shares of the Fund at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on
the total value of all of the securities and other assets that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
Each of the Fund's share classes calculates
its NAV per share as follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
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(continued)
of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Depending upon the class of shares, orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day
are priced at the NAV per share of the Fund's applicable share class on that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the
Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express
mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund
– Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that
applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
(continued)
Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject
a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C,
Class Inst, Class T and Class V Share Accounts Below the Minimum Account Balance
The Funds generally will automatically sell your shares if the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the applicable minimum account balance. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an
automatic sale of your shares. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250 or consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250
in each of your accounts). The minimum account balance varies among share classes and types of accounts, as follows:
Minimum
Account Balance
|
|
|
Minimum
Account
Balance
|
For
all classes and account types except those listed below
|
$250
(None for accounts with
Systematic Investment Plans)
|
Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
|
None
|
Class
Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R
|
None
|
For shares held directly with the
Funds’ Transfer Agent, if your shares are sold, the Transfer Agent will remit the sale proceeds to you. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in advance of any automatic sale, which will provide details on how you may avoid
such an automatic sale. Generally, you may avoid such an automatic sale by raising your account balance to at least $250, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have with the Funds through an exchange (so as to maintain at least $250 in each
of your accounts), or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan (described below). For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing addresses) as
well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Small Account Policy — Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
T and Class V Share Accounts Minimum Balance Fee
If the
value of your Fund account (treating each account of the Fund you own separately from any other account of the Fund you may own) falls below the minimum initial investment requirement applicable to you for any reason, including as a result of market
decline, your account generally could be subject to a $20 annual fee. The Transfer Agent will reduce the expenses paid by the Fund by any amounts it collects from the assessment of this fee. For Funds that do not have transfer agency expenses
against which to offset the amount collected through assessment of this fee, the
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(continued)
fee will be paid directly to the Fund. The
Funds reserve the right to lower the account size trigger point for the minimum balance fee in any year or for any class of shares when we believe it is appropriate to do so in light of declines in the market value of Fund shares or for other
reasons.
For shares held directly with the Funds’
Transfer Agent, this fee will be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account. Any otherwise applicable CDSC will not be imposed on such an automatic sale of your shares. The Transfer Agent will send you written notification in
advance of assessing any fee, which will provide details on how you can avoid the imposition of such fee. Generally, you may avoid the imposition of such fee by raising your Fund account balance, consolidating your multiple accounts you may have
with the Funds, or setting up a Systematic Investment Plan that invests at least monthly. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary. The Transfer Agent's contact information (toll-free number and mailing
addresses) as well as the Funds’ website address can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
.
For shares purchased and held for your benefit through a
financial intermediary, this fee could be assessed through the automatic sale of Fund shares in your account if instructed by the Fund and the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Exceptions to the Small Account Policy (Accounts Below Minimum
Account Balance) and Minimum Balance Fee
The automatic sale of Fund shares in
accounts under $250 and the annual minimum balance fee described above do not apply to shareholders of Class Adv, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares; shareholders holding their shares through financial intermediary networked accounts; wrap
fee and omnibus accounts; accounts with active Systematic Investment Plans; certain qualified retirement plans; and health savings accounts. The automatic sale of Fund shares of accounts under the applicable minimum account balance does not apply to
individual retirement plans.
Small Account Policy
— Financial Intermediary Networked and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically redeem, at any time, financial
intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Non-Money Market
Funds
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction
Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund
shares primarily for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
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portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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negative impact on the
Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
value of the Fund's shares;
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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increased brokerage and
administrative costs.
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
Similarly, to the extent that the
Fund invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies,
floating rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy of Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
A money market fund is designed to offer
investors a liquid cash option that they may buy and sell as often as they wish. Accordingly, the Board has not adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares.
However, since frequent purchases and sales of Columbia Government Money Market Fund shares could in certain instances harm shareholders in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term shareholders by increasing costs (such as spreads
paid to dealers who trade money market instruments with Columbia Government Money Market Fund) and disrupting portfolio management strategies, Columbia Government Money Market Fund reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any purchase or
exchange transaction at any time. Except as expressly described in this prospectus (such as minimum purchase amounts), Columbia Government Money Market Fund has no limits on purchase or exchange transactions. In addition, Columbia Government Money
Market Fund reserves the right to impose or modify restrictions on purchases, exchanges or trading of Fund shares at any time.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online (except that purchases of Class T shares must be made through a Class T
Intermediary).
The Funds are generally available
directly (except for Class T shares) and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by
financial intermediaries. You may sell or exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
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Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
Direct-At-Fund Accounts (Accounts
Established Directly with the Fund)
You can hold Fund
shares through an account established and held through the financial intermediary through which you purchased Fund shares or, with the exception of Class T shares, you or your financial intermediary may establish an account directly with the Fund,
in which case you will receive Fund account transaction confirmations and statements from the Transfer Agent, and not your financial intermediary (Direct-at-Fund Accounts).
To open a Direct-at-Fund Account, complete a
Fund account application with your financial advisor or investment professional, and mail the account application to the Transfer Agent. Account applications may be obtained at columbiathreadneedleus.com or may be requested by calling 800.345.6611.
Make your check payable to the Fund. You will be assessed a $15 fee for any checks rejected by your financial institution due to insufficient funds or other reasons. The Funds do not accept cash, credit card convenience checks, money orders,
traveler's checks, starter checks, third or fourth party checks, or other cash equivalents.
Mail your check and completed application to the Transfer
Agent at its regular or express mail address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. You may also use these addresses to request an exchange or redemption of Fund shares. When
a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at
its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described
above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
You will be sent a statement confirming your purchase and any
subsequent transactions in your account. You will also be sent quarterly and annual statements detailing your transactions in the Fund and the other Funds you own under the same account. Duplicate quarterly account statements for the current year
and duplicate annual statements for the most recent prior calendar year will be sent to you free of charge. Copies of year-end statements for prior years are available for a fee. Please contact the Transfer Agent for more information.
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Written Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
can communicate written buy, sell or exchange orders to the Transfer Agent at its address that can be found at the beginning of the section
Choosing a Share Class
. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange
shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives your transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e.,
the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of the prospectus.
Include in your transaction request letter: your name; the
name of the Fund(s); your account number; the class of shares to be purchased, exchanged or sold; your SSN or other TIN; the dollar amount or number of shares you want to purchase, exchange or sell; specific instructions regarding delivery of any
redemption proceeds or exchange destination (i.e., the Fund/class to be exchanged into); signature(s) of all registered account owner(s); and any special documents the Transfer Agent may require in order to process your order.
Corporate, trust or partnership accounts may need to send
additional documents. Payment will be mailed to the address of record and made payable to the names listed on the account, unless your request specifies differently and is signed by all owners.
Telephone Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may place orders to buy, sell or exchange shares by telephone through the Transfer Agent. To place orders by telephone, call 800.422.3737. Have your account number and SSN
or TIN available when calling.
You can sell Fund shares
via the telephone and receive redemption proceeds: by electronic funds transfer via ACH or by check to the address of record, subject to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account; or by wire, subject to a maximum of $3 million of
shares per day, per Fund account. You can buy Fund shares via the telephone by electronic funds transfer via ACH from your bank account up to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. Certain restrictions apply, so please call the
Transfer Agent at 800.422.3737 for this and other information in advance of any need to transact via telephone.
Telephone orders may not be as secure as written orders. The
Fund will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification before we will act on instructions received by telephone and may record telephone conversations. However, the
Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any losses, costs or expenses resulting from an unauthorized telephone instruction when reasonable steps have been taken to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. Telephone orders may be
difficult to complete during periods of significant economic or market change or business interruption.
Online Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
For Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class
Inst3, Class R and Class V shares, if you have a Direct-at-Fund Account, you may be able to place orders to buy, sell, or exchange shares online. Contact the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for more information on certain account trading restrictions
and the special sign-up procedures required for online transactions. You can also go to www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ to sign up for online transactions. The Transfer Agent has procedures in place to authenticate electronic orders you
send through the internet. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish an online account and utilize a password in order to access online account services. You can sell a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day,
per Fund account through your online account if you qualify for internet orders. Wire transactions are not permitted online.
Wire Transactions – Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund Account, you
may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by wiring money from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request unless you are submitting
your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling 800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. The Transfer Agent charges a fee for shares sold by Fedwire. The Transfer Agent
may waive the fee for
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certain accounts. In the case of a redemption, the receiving bank may charge
an additional fee. The minimum amount that can be redeemed by wire is $500. When selling Fund shares via a telephone request, the maximum amount that can be redeemed via wire transfer is $3 million per day, per Fund account.
Electronic Funds Transfer via ACH –
Direct-at-Fund Accounts
If you hold a Direct-at-Fund
Account, you may purchase or redeem Class A, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by electronically transferring money via Automated Clearing House (ACH) from (or to) your bank account to (or from) your Fund account subject
to a maximum of $100,000 of shares per day, per Fund account. You must set up this feature prior to your request, unless you are submitting your request in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. Please contact the Transfer Agent by calling
800.422.3737 to obtain the necessary forms and requirements. Your bank may take up to three business days to post an electronic funds transfer to (or from) your Fund account.
Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Class A Shares
Class A shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Adv Shares
Class Adv shares are available only to (i) omnibus retirement
plans, including self-directed brokerage accounts within omnibus retirement plans that clear through institutional no transaction fee (NTF) platforms, (ii) trust companies or similar institutions, (iii) broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and
similar institutions that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer investment advisory or similar accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Adv eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements, (iv) 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, (v) 529 plans, (vi) health savings accounts, (vii) investors participating in a
fee-based advisory program sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent, and
(viii) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an
agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform.
Class C Shares
Class C shares are available to the general public for
investment.
Class Inst Shares
Class Inst shares are available only to the categories of
eligible investors described below under
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
.
Financial intermediaries that clear Fund share transactions through designated financial
intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that were given specific written notice from the Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares and omnibus retirement
plans are not permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts, subject to certain exceptions described below.
Omnibus retirement plans that opened and, subject to certain
exceptions, funded a Class Inst account with the Fund as of the close of business on March 28, 2013 and have continuously held Class Inst shares in such account after such date (each, a grandfathered plan), may generally continue to make additional
purchases of Class Inst shares, open new Class Inst accounts and add new participants. In addition, an omnibus retirement plan affiliated with a grandfathered plan may, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, open new Class Inst accounts in a
Fund if the affiliated plan opened a Class Inst account on or before March 28, 2013. If an omnibus retirement plan invested in
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Class Inst shares changes recordkeepers after March 28, 2013, any new
accounts established for that plan may not be established in Class Inst shares, but such a plan may establish new accounts in a different share class for which the plan is eligible.
Accounts of financial intermediaries (other than omnibus
retirement plans, which are discussed above) that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that received specific written notice from the
Transfer Agent of the termination, effective March 29, 2013, of their eligibility for new purchases of Class Inst shares will not be permitted to establish new Class Inst accounts or make additional purchases of Class Inst shares (other than through
reinvestment of distributions). Any such account may, at its holder’s option, exchange Class Inst shares of a Fund, without the payment of a sales charge, for Class A shares of the same Fund.
Class Inst2 Shares
Class Inst2 shares are available only to (i) certain
registered investment advisers and family offices that clear Fund share transactions for their client or customer accounts through designated financial intermediaries and their mutual fund trading platforms that have been granted specific written
authorization from the Transfer Agent with respect to Class Inst2 eligibility apart from selling, servicing or similar agreements; (ii) omnibus retirement plans; and (iii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global
Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst2 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst2 shares within such platform. Prior to November 8, 2012,
Class Inst2 shares were closed to new investors and new accounts, subject to certain exceptions. Existing shareholders who do not satisfy the new eligibility requirements for investment in Class Inst2 may not establish new Class Inst2 accounts but
may continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares in accounts opened and funded prior to November 8, 2012; provided, however, that investment advisory programs and similar programs that opened a Class Inst2 account as of May 1, 2010,
and continuously hold Class Inst2 shares in such account after such date, may generally not only continue to make additional purchases of Class Inst2 shares but also open new Class Inst2 accounts for such pre-existing programs and add new
shareholders in the program.
Class Inst3 Shares
Class Inst3 shares are available to: (i) group retirement
plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund (through the Transfer Agent); (ii) institutional investors that are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for
their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform; (iii) collective trust funds; (iv) affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds
operating as funds-of-funds); (v) fee-based platforms of financial intermediaries (or the clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial
intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform, provided also that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; (vi) commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its
customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares within such platform and
that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (vii) bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. In
each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to waive this requirement.
Class R Shares
Class R shares are available only to eligible health savings
accounts sponsored by third party platforms, including those sponsored by Ameriprise Financial affiliates, eligible retirement plans and, in the sole discretion of the Distributor, other types of retirement accounts held through platforms maintained
by financial intermediaries approved by the Distributor. Eligible retirement plans include any retirement plan other than individual 403(b) plans.
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Class R shares are generally not available
for investment through retail nonretirement accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, Simple IRAs or 529 tuition programs. Contact the Transfer Agent or your retirement plan or health savings account
administrator for more information about investing in Class R shares.
Class T Shares
Class T shares are available to the general public. Class T
shares must be purchased through a Class T Intermediary (as defined above).
Class V Shares
Class V shares are available only to investors who received
(and who have continuously held) Class V shares (formerly named Class T shares, which have no relation to a Fund’s current Class T shares) in connection with the merger of certain Galaxy funds into certain Funds that were then named Liberty
funds.
Additional Eligible Investors
In addition, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may
accept investments in any share class from investors other than those listed in this prospectus, and may also waive certain eligibility requirements for operational and other reasons, including but not limited to any requirement to maintain Fund
shares in networked or omnibus accounts.
Minimum Initial
Investments
The table below shows the Fund’s
minimum initial investment requirements, which may vary by class and type of account.
The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your
account falls below the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirement.
Minimum
Initial Investments
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Minimum
Initial
Investment
(a)
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Minimum
Initial Investment
for Accounts
with Systematic
Investment Plans
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For
all classes and account types except those listed below
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$2,000
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$100
(b)
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Individual
Retirement Accounts for all classes except those listed below
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$1,000
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$100
(c)
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Group
retirement plans
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None
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N/A
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Class
Adv and Class Inst
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$0,
$1,000 or $2,000
(d)
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$100
(d)
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Class
Inst2 and Class R
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None
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N/A
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Class
Inst3
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$0,
$1,000, $2,000 or $1 million
(e)
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$100
(e)
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(a)
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If your Class A, Class Adv,
Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst3 or Class V shares account balance falls below the minimum initial investment amount for any reason, including a market decline, you may be asked to increase it to the minimum initial investment amount or establish a
monthly Systematic Investment Plan. If you do not do so, your account will be subject to a $20 annual low balance fee and/or shares may be automatically redeemed and the proceeds mailed to you if the account falls below the minimum account balance.
See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
above. There is no minimum initial investment in Class A shares for accounts held in an omnibus account on a mutual fund only
platform offered through your financial intermediary.
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(b)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$2,000
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(c)
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Columbia Government Money
Market Fund
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$1,000
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(d)
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The minimum initial
investment in Class Adv shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customers, charges the customer a
commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Adv shares within such platform; for all other eligible Class Adv share
investors (see
Buying Shares – Eligible Investors – Class Adv Shares
above), there is no minimum initial investment. The minimum initial investment amount for Class Inst shares is $0, $1,000 or
$2,000 depending upon the category of eligible investor. See —
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial Investments
below. The minimum initial investment amount for systematic investment plan accounts is the
same as the amount set forth in the first two rows of the table, as applicable.
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(e)
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There is no minimum initial
investment in Class Inst3 shares for: group retirement plans that maintain plan-level or omnibus accounts with the Fund; collective trust funds; affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds (e.g., funds operating as funds-of-funds); and fee-based
platforms of financial
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intermediaries (or the
clearing intermediary that they trade through) that have an agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate thereof that specifically authorizes the financial intermediary to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares within such platform and Fund
shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs; $100 for systematic investment plan accounts) for commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as
broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares
within such platform and Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The minimum initial investment in Class Inst3 shares is $1 million, unless waived in the discretion of the Distributor, for the following investors: institutional investors that
are clients of the Columbia Threadneedle Global Institutional Distribution Team that invest in Class Inst3 shares for their own account through platforms approved by the Distributor or an affiliate thereof to offer and/or service Class Inst3 shares
within such platform; and bank trust departments, subject to an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst3 shares and provided that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account. The Distributor may, in its
discretion, waive the $1 million minimum initial investment required for these Class Inst3 investors. In each case above where noted that Fund shares are required to be held in an omnibus account, the Distributor may, in its discretion, determine to
waive this requirement.
Additional Information
about Minimum Initial Investments
The minimum initial
investment requirements may be waived for accounts that are managed by an investment professional, or for accounts held in approved discretionary or non-discretionary wrap programs. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may also waive minimum
initial investment requirements for other account types.
Minimum investment and related requirements may be modified at
any time, with or without prior notice. If your account is closed and then re-opened with a systematic investment plan, your account must meet the then-current applicable minimum initial investment.
Class Inst Shares Minimum Initial
Investments
There is no minimum initial investment in
Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors:
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Any health savings account
sponsored by a third party platform.
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Any investor participating
in an account sponsored by a financial intermediary or other entity (that provides services to the account) that is paid a fee-based advisory fee by the investor and that is not compensated by the Fund for those services, other than payments for
shareholder servicing or sub-accounting performed in place of the Transfer Agent.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst
shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $1,000:
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Individual retirement
accounts (IRAs) on commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares, provided that the financial intermediary
has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares through an individual retirement account
(IRA). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available at
your financial intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be
prepared to provide proof thereof.
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The minimum initial investment in Class Inst shares for the
following categories of eligible investors is $2,000:
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Investors (except investors
in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)) who purchase Fund shares through commissionable brokerage platforms where the financial intermediary holds the shares in an omnibus account and, acting as broker on behalf of its customer, charges the
customer a commission for effecting transactions in Fund shares provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst shares within such platform.
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Any current employee of
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent and immediate family members of any of the foregoing who share the same address are eligible to invest in Class Inst shares (other than individual retirement accounts
(IRAs), for which the minimum initial investment is $1,000). If you maintain your account with a financial intermediary, you must contact that financial intermediary each time you seek to purchase shares to notify them that you qualify for Class
Inst shares. If Class Inst shares are not available
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at your financial
intermediary, you may consider opening a Direct-at-Fund Account. It is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for Class Inst shares; be prepared to
provide proof thereof.
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Certain financial
institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance companies, trust companies, banks, endowments, investment companies or foundations, buying shares for their own account, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries.
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Bank trust departments that
assess their clients an asset-based fee.
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Certain other investors as
set forth in more detail in the SAI.
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Systematic Investment Plan
The Systematic Investment Plan allows you to schedule regular
purchases via automatic transfers from your bank account to the Fund on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. Systematic Investment Plans may not be available for all
share classes. With the exception of Columbia Government Money Market Fund, the Systematic Investment Plan is confirmed on your quarterly account statement.
Dividend Diversification
Generally, you may automatically invest Fund distributions
into the same class of shares (and in some cases certain other classes of shares, but not Class T shares) of another Fund without paying any applicable front-end sales charge. Call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611 for details. The ability to
invest distributions from one Fund to another Fund may not be available to accounts held at all financial intermediaries.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your purchase order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the Fund’s next calculated public offering price per share, which is the NAV per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e.,
the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy Class A,
Class T and Class V shares at the public offering price per share because purchases of these share classes are generally subject to a front-end sales charge.
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You buy Class Adv, Class C,
Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3 and Class R shares at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of these share classes.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Please also read
Appendix A
and contact your financial intermediary for more information regarding any reductions and/or waivers described therein.
Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form,” (i.e., the trade date) minus any applicable CDSC.
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Systematic Withdrawal Plan
The Systematic Withdrawal Plan allows you to
schedule regular redemptions from your account any business day on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. Currently, Systematic Withdrawal Plans are generally available for Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
T and Class V share accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan. To set up the plan, your account balance must meet the class minimum initial investment amount. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan cannot be set up
on an account that already has a Systematic Investment Plan established. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
You can choose to receive your withdrawals via check or direct
deposit into your bank account. The Fund will deduct any applicable CDSC from the withdrawals before sending redemption proceeds to you. You can cancel the plan by giving the Fund 30 days’ notice in writing or by calling the Transfer Agent at
800.422.3737. It’s important to remember that if you withdraw more than your investment in the Fund is earning, you'll eventually withdraw your entire investment.
Check Redemption Service (for Columbia Government Money Market
Fund)
Class A and Class Inst shares of Columbia
Government Money Market Fund (which is not offered in this prospectus) offer check writing privileges. If you have $2,000 in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, you may request checks which may be drawn against your account. The amount of any
check drawn against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund must be at least $100 and not more than $100,000 per day. You can elect this service when you initially establish your account or thereafter. Call 800.345.6611 for the appropriate forms
to establish this service. If you own Class A shares that were originally purchased in another Fund at NAV because of the size of the purchase, and then exchanged into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, check redemptions may be subject to a
CDSC. A $15 charge will be assessed for any stop payment order requested by you or any overdraft in connection with checks written against your Columbia Government Money Market Fund account. Note that a Medallion Signature Guarantee may be required
if this service is established after your Fund account is opened.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy
redemption requests from cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to
sell Fund holdings, including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances, including circumstances adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise
be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain circumstances (but more likely under stressed or
abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund lending program (except for closed-end funds and money
market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the credit facility and the interfund lending program. As
a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein, to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The Fund is also limited in the
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total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted
by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to 33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus
an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund reserves the right to
honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to adjustments (e.g., for
non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities you receive into cash.
Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally treated the same as
redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the
Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the Fund’s next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date). Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the amount you're
selling and the balance will be remitted to you.
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
Except for Class T shares, which are not exchangeable for
another share class of any Fund (including with Class T shares of another Fund), you can generally sell shares of your Fund to buy shares of another Fund (subject to eligibility requirements), in what is called an exchange. You should read the
prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging. Although the Funds allow certain exchanges from one share class to another
share class with higher expenses, you should consider the expenses of each class before making such an exchange. Please see
Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
below for more information.
You will be subject to a sales charge if, in
a Direct-at-Fund Account, you exchange shares that have not previously paid a sales charge, including from Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund,
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not charge a front-end sales charge, into a Columbia Fund that does assess a sales charge.
If you hold your Fund
shares through certain financial intermediaries, you may have limited exchangeability among the Funds.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
Systematic Exchanges
You may buy Class A, Class C, Class
Inst, Class Inst3 and Class V shares of a Fund by exchanging each month from another Fund for shares of the same class of the Fund at no additional cost, subject to the following exchange amount minimums: $50 each month for individual retirement
accounts (i.e., tax qualified accounts); and $100 each month for non-retirement accounts. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary to set up the plan.
Exchanges will continue as long as your balance in the Fund
you are exchanging shares from is sufficient to complete the systematic monthly exchange, subject to the Funds' Small Account Policy described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules
and Policies.
You may terminate the program or change the amount you would like to exchange (subject to the $50 and $100 minimum requirements noted immediately above) by calling the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated (plus any applicable sales charge) after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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If you exchange shares from
Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund to a non-money market Fund, any further exchanges must be between shares of the same class. For example, if you exchange from Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund into Class
C shares of a non-money market Fund, you may not exchange from Class C shares of that non-money market Fund back to Class A shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund or Class A shares of any other Fund.
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A sales charge may apply when
you exchange shares of a Fund that were not assessed a sales charge at the time you purchased such shares. If you invest through a Direct-at-Fund Account in Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large
Cap Index Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge and then you exchange into a Fund that does assess a sales charge,
your transaction is subject to a front-end sales charge if you exchange into Class A shares and to a CDSC if you exchange into Class C shares of the Columbia Funds.
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If you purchased Class A
shares of a Columbia Fund that imposes a front-end sales charge (and you paid any applicable sales charge) and you then exchange those shares into Columbia Government Money Market Fund, Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Columbia Large Cap Index
Fund, Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund, Columbia Small Cap Index Fund, Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund or any other Columbia Fund that does not impose a front-end sales charge, you may exchange that amount to Class A of another Fund in the future,
including dividends earned on that amount, without paying a sales charge.
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If your shares are subject
to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange of those shares. Any CDSC will be deducted when you sell the shares you received from the exchange. The CDSC imposed at that time will be based on the period that begins when you bought
shares of the original Fund and ends when you sell the shares of the Fund you received from the exchange. Any applicable CDSC charged will be the CDSC of the original Fund.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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Changing your investment to
a different Fund will be treated as a sale and purchase, and you will be subject to applicable taxes on the sale and sales charges on the purchase of the new Fund.
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Class Inst shares of a Fund
may be exchanged for Class A or Class Inst shares of another Fund. In certain circumstances, the front-end sales charge applicable to Class A shares may be waived on exchanges of Class Inst shares for Class A shares. See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Buying Shares — Eligible Investors — Class
Inst Shares
for details.
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You may generally exchange
Class V shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another Fund if the other Fund does not offer Class V shares. Class V shares exchanged into Class A shares cannot be exchanged back into Class V shares.
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Same-Fund Exchange Privilege
Shareholders may be eligible to invest in other classes of
shares of the same Fund, and may exchange their current shares for another share class if deemed eligible and offered by the Fund. Such same-Fund exchanges could include an exchange of one class for another with higher expenses. Before making such
an exchange, you should consider the expenses of each class. Shareholders should contact their financial intermediaries to learn more about the details of the same-Fund exchange privilege. Exchanges out of Class A, Class C and Class V shares will be
subject to any applicable CDSC. Financial intermediaries that have a customized arrangement with regard to CDSCs are detailed in
Appendix A
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Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the
same Fund are not permissible on Direct-at-Fund Accounts. Exchanges out of Class C shares to another share class of the same Fund within commissionable brokerage accounts are permitted only (1) by shareholders moving from a commissionable brokerage
account to a fee-based advisory program or (2) when the exchange is part of a share class conversion (or a similar multiple shareholder transaction event) instituted by a financial intermediary and such conversion or similar type event is
preapproved by the Distributor.
Ordinarily, shareholders
will not recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon a same-Fund exchange. You should consult your tax advisor about your particular exchanges.
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Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Funds at the addresses and telephone numbers listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share Class
. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
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“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
Choosing a Share
Class
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Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
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corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
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Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
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Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.95
|
0.01
|
1.37
|
1.38
|
(0.00)
(c)
|
(0.94)
|
(0.94)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$8.57
|
0.01
|
1.39
|
1.40
|
(0.02)
|
—
|
(0.02)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.03
|
0.02
|
(0.95)
|
(0.93)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.81
|
(0.01)
|
0.84
|
0.83
|
—
|
(1.61)
|
(1.61)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.08
|
0.01
|
1.62
|
1.63
|
(0.11)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.90)
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.98
|
0.04
|
1.37
|
1.41
|
(0.02)
|
(0.94)
|
(0.96)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$8.58
|
0.03
|
1.41
|
1.44
|
(0.04)
|
—
|
(0.04)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.03
|
0.04
|
(0.96)
|
(0.92)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.79
|
0.02
|
0.84
|
0.86
|
(0.01)
|
(1.61)
|
(1.62)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.06
|
0.04
|
1.61
|
1.65
|
(0.13)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.92)
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.05
|
(0.06)
|
1.24
|
1.18
|
—
|
(0.94)
|
(0.94)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$7.83
|
(0.06)
|
1.28
|
1.22
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.29
|
(0.04)
|
(0.89)
|
(0.93)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.20
|
(0.08)
|
0.78
|
0.70
|
—
|
(1.61)
|
(1.61)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.59
|
(0.07)
|
1.54
|
1.47
|
(0.07)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.86)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.21
|
0.04
|
1.40
|
1.44
|
(0.02)
|
(0.94)
|
(0.96)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$8.78
|
0.03
|
1.44
|
1.47
|
(0.04)
|
—
|
(0.04)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.24
|
0.04
|
(0.97)
|
(0.93)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.99
|
0.02
|
0.85
|
0.87
|
(0.01)
|
(1.61)
|
(1.62)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.23
|
0.04
|
1.65
|
1.69
|
(0.14)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.93)
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.39
|
14.24%
|
1.23%
|
1.23%
(d)
|
0.14%
|
46%
|
$557,134
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.95
|
16.38%
|
1.25%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
0.08%
|
57%
|
$569,969
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$8.57
|
(9.09%)
|
1.25%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
0.22%
|
69%
|
$686,606
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.03
|
8.58%
|
1.25%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
(0.05%)
|
50%
|
$886,673
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.81
|
16.73%
|
1.26%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
0.10%
|
110%
|
$976,436
|
Advisor
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.43
|
14.47%
|
0.99%
|
0.98%
(d)
|
0.41%
|
46%
|
$45,740
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.98
|
16.84%
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.33%
|
57%
|
$15,800
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$8.58
|
(8.98%)
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.49%
|
69%
|
$13,780
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.03
|
8.90%
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.22%
|
50%
|
$14,552
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.79
|
16.95%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.36%
|
110%
|
$25,924
|
Class
C
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.29
|
13.36%
|
1.98%
|
1.98%
(d)
|
(0.62%)
|
46%
|
$24,831
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.05
|
15.58%
|
2.00%
|
2.00%
(d)
|
(0.67%)
|
57%
|
$28,116
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$7.83
|
(9.83%)
|
2.00%
|
2.00%
(d)
|
(0.52%)
|
69%
|
$30,361
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.29
|
7.77%
|
2.00%
|
2.00%
(d)
|
(0.80%)
|
50%
|
$35,212
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.20
|
15.79%
|
2.01%
|
2.00%
(d)
|
(0.66%)
|
110%
|
$36,115
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.69
|
14.44%
|
0.98%
|
0.98%
(d)
|
0.38%
|
46%
|
$96,124
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.21
|
16.79%
|
1.02%
|
1.01%
(d)
|
0.31%
|
57%
|
$128,661
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$8.78
|
(8.89%)
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.48%
|
69%
|
$21,929
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.24
|
8.82%
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.20%
|
50%
|
$28,575
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.99
|
17.04%
|
1.01%
|
1.00%
(d)
|
0.36%
|
110%
|
$31,909
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.12
|
0.05
|
1.39
|
1.44
|
(0.02)
|
(0.94)
|
(0.96)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$8.71
|
0.04
|
1.42
|
1.46
|
(0.05)
|
—
|
(0.05)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.15
|
0.05
|
(0.96)
|
(0.91)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.90
|
0.03
|
0.85
|
0.88
|
(0.02)
|
(1.61)
|
(1.63)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.16
|
0.06
|
1.62
|
1.68
|
(0.15)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.94)
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.98
|
0.05
|
1.37
|
1.42
|
(0.03)
|
(0.94)
|
(0.97)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$8.58
|
0.05
|
1.41
|
1.46
|
(0.06)
|
—
|
(0.06)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.01
|
0.06
|
(0.96)
|
(0.90)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.77
|
0.04
|
0.83
|
0.87
|
(0.02)
|
(1.61)
|
(1.63)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(e)
|
$10.08
|
0.04
|
1.59
|
1.63
|
(0.15)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.94)
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$9.77
|
(0.01)
|
1.34
|
1.33
|
—
|
(0.94)
|
(0.94)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$8.41
|
(0.02)
|
1.38
|
1.36
|
(0.00)
(c)
|
—
|
(0.00)
(c)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$9.89
|
(0.00)
(c)
|
(0.95)
|
(0.95)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.70
|
(0.03)
|
0.83
|
0.80
|
—
|
(1.61)
|
(1.61)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$9.99
|
(0.02)
|
1.61
|
1.59
|
(0.09)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.88)
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.05
|
0.01
|
1.39
|
1.40
|
(0.01)
|
(0.94)
|
(0.95)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$8.65
|
0.01
|
1.41
|
1.42
|
(0.02)
|
—
|
(0.02)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$10.12
|
0.02
|
(0.96)
|
(0.94)
|
—
|
(0.53)
|
(0.53)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.89
|
(0.00)
(c)
|
0.84
|
0.84
|
—
|
(1.61)
|
(1.61)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.15
|
0.01
|
1.63
|
1.64
|
(0.11)
|
(0.79)
|
(0.90)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
Rounds to
zero.
|
(d)
|
The
benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%.
|
(e)
|
Institutional
3 Class shares commenced operations on June 13, 2013. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(f)
|
Annualized.
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.60
|
14.63%
|
0.91%
|
0.90%
|
0.46%
|
46%
|
$26,971
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.12
|
16.81%
|
0.90%
|
0.90%
|
0.43%
|
57%
|
$37,489
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$8.71
|
(8.77%)
|
0.89%
|
0.89%
|
0.58%
|
69%
|
$35,946
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.15
|
8.99%
|
0.86%
|
0.86%
|
0.33%
|
50%
|
$53,124
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.90
|
17.12%
|
0.84%
|
0.84%
|
0.53%
|
110%
|
$121,576
|
Institutional
3 Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.43
|
14.55%
|
0.87%
|
0.86%
|
0.51%
|
46%
|
$58,363
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.98
|
16.99%
|
0.85%
|
0.85%
|
0.48%
|
57%
|
$1,471
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$8.58
|
(8.80%)
|
0.85%
|
0.85%
|
0.72%
|
69%
|
$760
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.01
|
9.04%
|
0.81%
|
0.81%
|
0.35%
|
50%
|
$59
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
(e)
|
$10.77
|
16.73%
|
0.79%
(f)
|
0.78%
(f)
|
0.37%
(f)
|
110%
|
$7,031
|
Class
R
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.16
|
13.95%
|
1.48%
|
1.48%
(d)
|
(0.12%)
|
46%
|
$5,986
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$9.77
|
16.20%
|
1.50%
|
1.50%
(d)
|
(0.17%)
|
57%
|
$6,343
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$8.41
|
(9.43%)
|
1.50%
|
1.50%
(d)
|
(0.03%)
|
69%
|
$7,409
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$9.89
|
8.37%
|
1.50%
|
1.50%
(d)
|
(0.30%)
|
50%
|
$9,670
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.70
|
16.42%
|
1.51%
|
1.50%
(d)
|
(0.15%)
|
110%
|
$12,245
|
Class
T
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$10.50
|
14.22%
|
1.20%
|
1.20%
(d)
|
0.14%
|
46%
|
$3
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$10.05
|
16.45%
|
1.25%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
0.07%
|
57%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$8.65
|
(9.10%)
|
1.25%
|
1.25%
(d)
|
0.24%
|
69%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$10.12
|
8.62%
|
1.24%
|
1.24%
(d)
|
(0.04%)
|
50%
|
$2
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$10.89
|
16.73%
|
1.24%
|
1.24%
(d)
|
0.14%
|
110%
|
$3
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
As noted in the
Choosing a Share Class
section of the prospectus, the sales charge reductions and waivers available to investors who purchase and hold their Fund shares through different financial intermediaries may vary. This
Appendix A
describes financial intermediary-specific reductions and/or waiver policies applicable to Fund shares purchased and held through the particular financial intermediary. A reduction and/or waiver that is
specific to a particular financial intermediary is not available to Direct-at-Fund Accounts or through another financial intermediary. These reductions and/or waivers may apply to purchases, sales, and exchanges of Fund shares. A shareholder
transacting in Fund shares through a financial intermediary identified below should carefully read the terms and conditions of the reductions and/or waivers. Please consult your financial intermediary with respect to any sales charge
reduction/waiver described below.
The financial
intermediary-specific information below may be provided by, or compiled from or based on, information provided by the financial intermediaries noted. The Funds, the Investment Manager and the Distributor do not establish these financial
intermediary-specific policies and are not responsible for ensuring that you receive any discounts or waivers that may be available to you.
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
(Ameriprise Financial Services)
The following information has been provided
by Ameriprise Financial Services:
Class
A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial Services:
The following information applies to Class
A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial Services:
Effective June 1, 2018, shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or
SAI:
■
|
Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
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Shares purchased through an
Ameriprise Financial Services investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial Services’ platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Funds).
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Shares exchanged from Class
C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will
apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
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Employees and registered
representatives of Ameriprise Financial Services or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
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Shares
purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial
advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
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Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions within the Columbia Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred
sales load (i.e., rights of reinstatement).
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Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(Merrill Lynch)
The following
information has been provided by Merrill Lynch:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through
a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible for the following sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s prospectus or SAI:
Class A Shares Front-End
Sales Charge Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Merrill Lynch makes available breakpoint
discounts on Class A shares of the Fund through:
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Rights of Accumulation (ROA)
which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Columbia Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible Columbia Fund assets not
held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
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Letters
of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of Columbia Funds, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).
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Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the plan is a group plan (more than one participant), the shares are not held in a commission-based
brokerage account and shares are held in the name of the plan through an omnibus account
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through a 529 Plan
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Shares purchased through a
Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program
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Shares purchased by third
party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform
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Shares of
funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other Columbia Fund)
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Shares exchanged from Class
C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date
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Employees and registered
representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members
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Directors
or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus
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Shares purchased from the
proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or
deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
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CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares
Available at Merrill Lynch:
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Shares redeemed following
the death or disability of the shareholder
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Shares sold as part of a
systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus
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Redemptions that constitute
a return of excess contributions from an IRA
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Shares
sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½
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Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
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Shares sold to pay Merrill
Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch
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There
will be no CDSC charged on the sale of Fund shares acquired through a right of reinstatement
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The redemption of shares
held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to a fee based account or platform (applicable to Class A and Class C shares only).
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management)
The
following information has been provided by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those
disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A
Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include
SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans
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Morgan Stanley employee and
employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules
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Shares purchased through
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund
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Shares purchased through a
Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account
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Class C (i.e., level-load)
shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program
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Shares
purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another Columbia Fund, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to
a front-end or deferred sales charge.
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Class T Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers
Available Through a Transactional Brokerage Account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management:
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Employer-sponsored
retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP
IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans; however these plans are eligible to purchase Class T shares through a transactional brokerage account.
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Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.
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Mutual
fund shares exchanged from an existing position in the same fund as part of a share class conversion instituted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
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Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific
Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges
(continued)
Additional Sales Charge Reductions and/or Waivers
Available at Certain Financial Intermediaries
Shareholders purchasing
Fund shares through a platform or account of RBC Capital Markets, LLC are eligible for the following sales charge waiver:
Class A Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waiver
Available at RBC Capital Markets, LLC:
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For employer-sponsored
retirement plans held through a commissionable brokerage account, Class A shares are available at NAV (i.e., without a sales charge). For this purpose, employer-sponsored retirement plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k) plans, 457 plans,
employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
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Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
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Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
Prospectus
October 1, 2018
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
(formerly known as
Active
Portfolios
®
Multi-Manager Value Fund)
Class
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CDEIX
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Institutional
(Class Inst)
(a)
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CZMVX
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(a)
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Prior to November 1,
2017, Class Inst shares were known as Class Z shares.
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The Fund is offered only through certain wrap fee programs sponsored and/or
managed by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. or its affiliates.
As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
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Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Investment Objective
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders with growth of capital and income.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
Inst
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Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)
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None
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None
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Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions (as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or current net asset value)
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None
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None
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class
A
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Class
Inst
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Management
fees
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0.63%
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0.63%
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Distribution
and/or service (12b-1) fees
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0.25%
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0.00%
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Other
expenses
(a)
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0.15%
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0.15%
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Total
annual Fund operating expenses
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1.03%
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0.78%
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(a)
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Other expenses have been
restated to reflect current transfer agency fees paid by the Fund.
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The following example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:
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you invest $10,000 in the
applicable class of Fund shares for the periods indicated,
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your investment has a 5%
return each year, and
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the
Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table above.
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Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
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1
year
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3
years
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5
years
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10
years
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Class
A
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$105
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$328
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$569
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$1,259
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Class
Inst
(whether or not shares are redeemed)
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$
80
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$249
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$433
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$
966
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 21% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s assets primarily are invested in equity
securities. Equity securities generally include common stocks, but may also include preferred stocks and convertible securities. The Fund may invest in companies that have market capitalizations of any size.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in debt
instruments, including those that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as “high yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
investments. The Fund may invest in foreign securities directly or indirectly through depositary receipts. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures contracts
(including equity index futures) to gain market exposure on the Fund’s uninvested cash pending investment in securities or to maintain liquidity to pay redemptions, to hedge existing positions, and to increase market exposure and investment
flexibility, including using the derivative as a substitute for the purchase or sale of an underlying security(ies) or basket of securities.
The Fund may also hold/invest in cash, money market
instruments (which may include investments in one or more affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or similar vehicles) or other high-quality, short-term investments, including for the purpose of covering its obligations with respect to, or
that may result from, the Fund’s investments in derivatives.
The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds
(ETFs).
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
(Columbia Management or the Investment Manager) serves as the investment manager for the Fund and attempts to achieve the Fund’s objective by managing a portion of the Fund’s assets and selecting one or more subadvisers to manage other
portions of the Fund’s assets independently of each other and Columbia Management. The Fund’s subadvisers are Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. (Diamond Hill) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (DFA). The subadvisers and Columbia
Management each make investment decisions for their respective sleeves independently of one another.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
Due to
its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Convertible Securities Risk.
Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate risk and credit risk. Convertible securities also react to changes in the value of the common stock into which they convert, and are thus
subject to market risk. The Fund may also be forced to convert a convertible security at an inopportune time, which may decrease the Fund’s return.
Counterparty Risk.
Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations. As
a result, the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial
obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies,
investment grade debt instruments are those rated
at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or,
if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Conversely, below investment grade (commonly
called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management
team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated
instruments. Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased credit risk. If the
Fund purchases unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Depositary Receipts Risk.
Depositary receipts are receipts issued by a bank or trust company reflecting ownership of underlying securities issued by foreign companies. Some foreign securities are traded in the form of American Depositary
Receipts and/or Global Depositary Receipts. Depositary receipts involve risks similar to the risks associated with investments in foreign securities, including those associated with investing in the particular country of an issuer, which may be
related to the particular political, regulatory, economic, social and other conditions or events, including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism, occurring in the country and fluctuations in such country’s currency, as well
as market risk tied to the underlying foreign company. In addition, holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, may not have the same rights afforded to stockholders of a typical domestic company in the event of a corporate
action, such as an acquisition, merger or rights offering, and may experience difficulty in receiving company stockholder communications. There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor a depositary receipt, or that a
depositary receipt will continue to trade on an exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability and pricing of the depositary receipt. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of depositary
receipts and, therefore, may affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives
may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying asset(s) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying
reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as
anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may
not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator
associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund. Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and
international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of
derivatives. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while exposing the Fund to correlation risk,
counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for
delivery of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures
contract markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is
prohibited from executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in
futures contract prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market
could be reduced. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
futures trading, it is possible that the Fund may employ a high degree of
leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain types of futures contracts, losses are potentially
unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign exchanges may not provide the same protection as U.S. exchanges. Futures
contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty
risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk.
Investments in ETFs have unique characteristics, including, but not limited to, the expense structure and additional expenses associated with investing in ETFs. ETFs are subject to, among other risks, tracking risk and
passive and, in some cases, active investment risk. In addition, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of the Fund’s expenses, and indirectly the ETF’s expenses, incurred through the Fund’s ownership of the ETF. Because
the expenses and costs of an underlying ETF are shared by its investors, redemptions by other investors in the ETF could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for such ETF. The ETFs may not achieve their investment
objective. The Fund, through its investment in ETFs, may not achieve its investment objective.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. Foreign securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with investing in the particular
country of an issuer, including political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism), occurring in the country or region, as well as risks associated
with less developed custody and settlement practices. Foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of U.S. companies, and are subject to the risks associated with potential imposition of economic and other sanctions
against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of
foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar,
particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
High-Yield Investments Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality
expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more likely
to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of
debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also
affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase
prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in
increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s
investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Summary of the Fund
(continued)
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors. The market capitalization of an
issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond quickly to new
competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of
economic expansion.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an
investment at a desirable time or price. Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult
than anticipated, especially during times of high market volatility. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have
to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego
another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or
environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing
liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments).
Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may
negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market. Foreign securities can present enhanced liquidity risks, including as a result of less developed custody, settlement or
other practices of foreign markets.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. An investment in the Fund could lose
money over short or long periods.
Money Market Fund Investment Risk.
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their NAV while others seek to preserve
the value of investments at a stable NAV (typically, $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable NAV per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose money by
investing in these and other types of money market funds. If the liquidity of a money market fund’s portfolio deteriorates below certain levels, the money market fund may suspend redemptions (i.e., impose a redemption gate) and thereby prevent
the Fund from selling its investment in the money market fund or impose a fee of up to 2% on amounts the Fund redeems from the money market fund (i.e., impose a liquidity fee). These measures may result in an investment loss or prohibit the Fund
from redeeming shares when the Investment Manager would otherwise redeem shares. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which it invests,
including affiliated money market funds. By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market fund in direct proportion to such investment. To the extent the Fund invests in instruments such as
derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in derivatives. Money market funds and the securities they invest in are subject
to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market funds.
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Multi-Adviser Risk.
The Fund
has multiple advisory firms that each manage a portion of the Fund’s net assets on a daily basis. Each adviser makes investment decisions independently from the other adviser(s). It is possible that the security selection process of one
adviser will not complement or may conflict or even contradict that of the other adviser(s), including making off-setting trades that have no net effect to the Fund, but which may increase Fund expenses. As a result, the Fund's exposure to a given
security, industry, sector or market capitalization could be smaller or larger than if the Fund were managed by a single adviser, which could adversely affect the Fund's performance.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not ordinarily carry voting rights. The
price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the stock trades. The most significant
risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk (
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable
to changes in interest rates).
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case of
extension risk, that the investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other
investments providing as high a level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely,
extension risk is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund’s investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period
of time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) often involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies (larger companies) because small- and mid-cap
companies tend to have less predictable earnings and may lack the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies. Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may be less liquid and
more volatile than the securities of larger companies.
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Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor and, in turn, potentially
undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities are already undervalued.
There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as growth securities or the stock
market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you
how the Fund has performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s Class A share performance has varied for each full calendar year shown. The table below the bar chart
compares the Fund’s returns for the periods shown with a broad measure of market performance.
The performance of one or more share classes shown in the
table below begins before the indicated inception date for such share class. The returns shown for each such share class include the returns of the Fund’s Class A shares (adjusted to reflect the higher class-related operating expenses of such
share classes, where applicable) for periods prior to its inception date. Share classes with expenses that are higher than Class A shares will have performance that is lower than Class A shares. Except for differences in annual returns resulting
from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), the share classes of the Fund would have substantially similar annual returns because all share classes of the Fund invest in the same portfolio of securities.
The after-tax returns shown in the
Average Annual Total Returns
table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the period indicated in the table and do not reflect the
impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do not apply to shares held in
tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares and will vary for other share classes.
The Fund’s performance prior to October 1, 2016
reflects returns achieved pursuant to a different investment objective, principal investment strategies and/or management teams. If the Fund's current investment objective, strategies and/or management teams had been in place for the prior
periods, results shown may have been different.
The Fund’s past performance (before and
after taxes) is no guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Year
by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
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Best
and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart
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Best
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1st Quarter 2013
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11.14%
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Worst
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3rd Quarter 2015
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-8.24%
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Year to Date return as of
June 30, 2018: -2.19%
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Average Annual Total Returns After
Applicable Sales Charges (for periods ended December 31, 2017)
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Share
Class
Inception Date
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1
Year
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5
Years
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Life
of Fund
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Class
A
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04/20/2012
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returns
before taxes
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19.60%
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13.80%
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12.98%
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returns
after taxes on distributions
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18.20%
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11.85%
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11.24%
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returns
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
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11.94%
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10.54%
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10.00%
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Class
Inst
returns before taxes
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01/03/2017
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19.65%
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13.81%
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12.99%
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Russell
1000 Value Index
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
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13.66%
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14.04%
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13.79%
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Fund Management
Investment Manager:
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Scott
Davis
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Lead
Portfolio Manager
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2016
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Michael
Barclay, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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2016
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Peter
Santoro, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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2016
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Subadviser:
Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc.
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Charles
Bath, CFA
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Managing
Director, Investments and Portfolio Manager of Diamond Hill
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Lead
Portfolio Manager
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2016
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Austin
Hawley, CFA
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Co-Chief
Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Diamond Hill
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Portfolio
Manager
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2016
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Christopher
Welch, CFA
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Co-Chief
Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Diamond Hill
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Portfolio
Manager
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2016
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Subadviser:
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Joseph
Chi, CFA
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Vice
President and Co-Head of Portfolio Management of DFA
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2013
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Jed
Fogdall
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Vice
President and Co-Head of Portfolio Management of DFA
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2013
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Lukas
Smart, CFA
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Vice
President and Senior Portfolio Manager of DFA
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
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2015
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Purchase and Sale of Fund
Shares
Fund shares are offered only through certain
wrap fee programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. or its affiliates. Fund shares are sold in accordance with the terms of the account through which you invested in the Fund and redeemed in accordance with the terms of the
Fund’s prospectus. There is a $100 minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment.
Tax Information
The Fund normally distributes net investment income and net
realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an
IRA. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, you may be taxed upon withdrawals from that account.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial
Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies — including Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the
Distributor) and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent) — may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer
or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Investment Objective
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund (the Fund) seeks to
provide shareholders with growth of capital and income. The Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. Because any investment involves risk,
there is no assurance the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s assets primarily are invested in equity
securities. Equity securities generally include common stocks, but may also include preferred stocks and convertible securities. The Fund may invest in companies that have market capitalizations of any size.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in debt
instruments, including those that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as “high yield” investments or “junk” bonds).
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
investments. The Fund may invest in foreign securities directly or indirectly through depositary receipts. Depositary receipts are receipts issued by a bank or trust company reflecting ownership of underlying securities issued by foreign companies.
The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial services sector.
The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures contracts
(including equity index futures) to gain market exposure on the Fund’s uninvested cash pending investment in securities or to maintain liquidity to pay redemptions, to hedge existing positions, and to increase market exposure and investment
flexibility, including using the derivative as a substitute for the purchase or sale of an underlying security(ies) or basket of securities.
The Fund may also hold/invest in cash, money market
instruments (which may include investments in one or more affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or similar vehicles) or other high-quality, short-term investments, including for the purpose of covering its obligations with respect to, or
that may result from, the Fund’s investments in derivatives.
The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds
(ETFs).
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
(Columbia Management or the Investment Manager) serves as the investment manager for the Fund and will attempt to achieve the Fund’s objective by managing a portion of the Fund’s assets (the Columbia Management sleeve) and selecting one
or more subadvisers to manage other portions (or sleeves) independently of each other and Columbia Management. Columbia Management, subject to the oversight of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, determines the allocation of the Fund’s assets
to each sleeve, and may change these allocations at any time. Columbia Management and the subadvisers act independently of each other and use their own methodologies for selecting investments.
The Investment Manager is responsible for providing day-to-day
portfolio management of a sleeve of the Fund and is also responsible for oversight of the subadvisers. The Fund’s subadvisers are Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. (Diamond Hill) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (DFA).
Columbia Management Sleeve
The Investment Manager employs fundamental
analysis with risk management in identifying investment opportunities and constructing the Fund’s portfolio.
In selecting investments, the Investment Manager considers,
among other factors:
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valuation, including price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings, price-to-sales, price-to-book value and free cash flow yield. The Investment Manager believes that companies with lower valuations are generally more likely to provide opportunities for
capital appreciation;
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potential indicators of
stock price appreciation, such as anticipated earnings growth, company restructuring, changes in management, business model changes, new product opportunities, or anticipated improvements in macroeconomic factors;
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the financial condition and
management of a company, including its competitive position, the quality of its balance sheet, cash flow and earnings, its future prospects, and the potential for growth and stock price appreciation; and/or
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overall economic and market
conditions.
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The Investment Manager may sell a security
when it deems the security has become expensive relative to various valuation measures; if the Investment Manager believes that there is deterioration in the issuer’s financial circumstances or fundamental prospects; if other investments are
more attractive; or for other reasons.
Columbia
Management is also responsible for managing cash flows into and out of the Fund resulting from the purchase and redemption of Fund shares. For this purpose, Columbia Management may invest in the instruments described above as well as in affiliated
or unaffiliated money market funds. Columbia Management may also use these instruments to manage the Fund’s overall risk exposure.
Diamond Hill Sleeve
Diamond Hill typically invests in equity securities, including
common and preferred stocks of U.S. companies that Diamond Hill believes are undervalued.
Diamond Hill focuses on its estimate of a company’s
intrinsic value independent of its current market price. To estimate a company’s intrinsic value, Diamond Hill concentrates on the fundamental economic drivers of the company’s business. The primary focus is on “bottom-up”
analysis, which takes into consideration earnings, revenue growth, operating margins, and other economic as well as non-economic factors, such as quality of company management, among others. Diamond Hill also considers the level of industry
competition, any applicable regulatory factors, the threat of, for example, technological obsolescence, and other relevant industry factors. If Diamond Hill’s estimate of a company’s intrinsic value is sufficiently lower than the current
market price for shares of the company, the company may be considered to be an attractive investment opportunity. Diamond Hill also relies on individual stock selection and discipline in the investment process to add value. The highest portfolio
security weights are assigned to companies where Diamond Hill has the highest level of conviction.
Once Diamond Hill invests in a security, it continues to
monitor the company’s fundamentals and other factors, including those that may have given rise to the investment. Diamond Hill may sell a security if it believes that the company’s earnings, revenue growth, operating margin or other
economic factors are deteriorating; or if it identifies a stock that it believes offers a better investment opportunity.
DFA Sleeve
DFA’s stock selection process
generally seeks to identify stocks of large U.S. companies that are determined to be “value” stocks at the time of purchase. DFA considers “value” stocks to be primarily those issued by companies with a low price in relation
to their book value. In assessing value, DFA may consider additional factors, such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios as well as economic conditions and developments in the issuer’s industry. The criteria DFA uses for assessing
value are subject to change from time to time.
DFA
intends to purchase securities in the portfolio using a market capitalization weighted approach. DFA may modify market capitalization weights and even exclude companies after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies,
liquidity, size, value, and profitability, as well as other factors that DFA determines appropriate, given market conditions. In assessing profitability, DFA may consider different ratios, such as that of earnings or profits from operations relative
to book value or assets. The criteria DFA uses for assessing profitability are subject to change from time to time.
DFA may sell some or all of its position in a security if the
security no longer meets its criteria for purchase that are described above or, if requested by the Investment Manager, to provide liquidity for fund redemptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, DFA retains discretion over the decision to sell any
given security at any time.
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Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those
described below.
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money
. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV)
and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Changing Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and generally depends on the
amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
Convertible Securities Risk.
Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate risk (the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates) and credit risk (the risk that the
issuer of a debt instrument will default or otherwise become unable, or be perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor a financial obligation, such as making payments to the Fund when due). Convertible securities also react to changes in the value
of the common stock into which they convert, and are thus subject to market risk (the risk that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise). Because the
value of a convertible security can be influenced by both interest rates and the common stock's market movements, a convertible security generally is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar debt instrument, and generally will not vary in
value in response to other factors to the same extent as the underlying common stock. In the event of a liquidation of the issuing company, holders of convertible securities would typically be paid before the company's common stockholders but after
holders of any senior debt obligations of the company. The Fund may be forced to convert a convertible security before it otherwise would choose to do so, which may decrease the Fund's return.
Counterparty Risk.
The risk
exists that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle in which the Fund invests may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations due to financial
difficulties, including making payments to the Fund. The Fund may obtain no or limited recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceedings, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Transactions that the Fund enters into may involve
counterparties in the financial services sector and, as a result, events affecting the financial services sector may cause the Fund’s share value to fluctuate.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments may decline if the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to
the Fund when due. Various factors could affect the actual or perceived willingness or ability of the issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, including changes in the financial condition of the issuer or in general economic conditions.
Rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies,
investment grade debt
instruments are those rated
at or above BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be
of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments.
Lower
quality or unrated instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated instruments. Non-investment grade debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default
than investment grade debt
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instruments and therefore may expose the
Fund to increased credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated instruments, or if the ratings of instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual.
Depositary Receipts Risk.
Depositary receipts are receipts issued by a bank or trust company reflecting ownership of underlying securities issued by foreign companies. Some foreign securities are traded in the form of American Depositary
Receipts and/or Global Depositary Receipts. Depositary receipts involve risks similar to the risks associated with investments in foreign securities, including those associated with investing in the particular country of an issuer, which may be
related to the particular political, regulatory, economic, social and other conditions or events, including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism, occurring in the country and fluctuations in such country’s currency, as well
as market risk tied to the underlying foreign company. In addition, holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, may not have the same rights afforded to stockholders of a typical domestic company in the event of a corporate
action, such as an acquisition, merger or rights offering, and may experience difficulty in receiving company stockholder communications. There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor a depositary receipt, or that a
depositary receipt will continue to trade on an exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability and pricing of the depositary receipt. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of depositary
receipts and, therefore, may affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives
may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments, traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an underlying asset(s) (such as a security, commodity or
currency) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible
securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those
associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s
actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund. Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments.
Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, including the risk of an adverse credit event associated with the underlying reference (credit risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the
value, price or rate of the underlying reference (market risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value of underlying currencies (foreign currency risk) and the risk of an adverse movement in underlying interest rates (interest rate risk).
Derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks, including the risk of loss due to a derivative position that is imperfectly correlated with the underlying reference it is intended to hedge or replicate (correlation risk), the risk that a
counterparty will fail to perform as agreed (counterparty risk), the risk that a hedging strategy may fail to mitigate losses, and may offset gains (hedging risk), the risk that losses may be greater than the amount invested (leverage risk), the
risk that the Fund may be unable to sell an investment at an advantageous time or price (liquidity risk), the risk that the investment may be difficult to value (pricing risk), and the risk that the price or value of the investment fluctuates
significantly over short periods of time (volatility risk). The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of factors, including national and international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the
derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of derivatives.
Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for delivery
of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures contract
markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is prohibited from
executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to
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maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting
contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in futures contract prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the
extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced. Positions in futures contracts may be closed out only on the exchange on which they were entered into or through a linked exchange, and no secondary market
exists for such contracts. Futures positions are marked to market each day and variation margin payment must be paid to or by the Fund. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is possible that the Fund may employ
a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain types of futures contracts, losses
are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign exchanges may not provide the same protection as U.S.
exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation
risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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An
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is a derivative that is an agreement for the contract holder to buy or sell a specified amount of an individual equity, a basket of equities or the securities in an equity index on a specified date at
a predetermined price.
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk.
Investments in ETFs have unique characteristics, including, but not limited to, the expense structure and additional expenses associated with investing in ETFs. An ETF’s share price may not track its specified
market index (if any) and may trade below its NAV. Certain ETFs use a “passive” investment strategy and do not take defensive positions in volatile or declining markets. Other ETFs in which the Fund may invest are actively managed ETFs
(i.e., they do not track a particular benchmark), which indirectly subjects the Fund to active management risk. An active secondary market in ETF shares may not develop or be maintained and may be halted or interrupted due to actions by its listing
exchange, unusual market conditions or other reasons. There can be no assurance that an ETF’s shares will continue to be listed on an active exchange. In addition, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of the Fund’s expenses
and,
indirectly,
the ETF’s expenses, incurred through the Fund’s ownership of the ETF. Because the expenses and costs of an underlying ETF are shared by
its investors, redemptions by other investors in the ETF could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for such ETF. These transactions might also result in higher brokerage, tax or other costs for the ETF. This risk
may be particularly important when one investor owns a substantial portion of the ETF. There is a risk that ETFs in which the Fund invests may terminate due to extraordinary events. For example, any of the service providers to ETFs, such as the
trustee or sponsor, may close or otherwise fail to perform their obligations to the ETF, and the ETF may not be able to find a substitute service provider. Also, certain ETFs may be dependent upon licenses to use various indexes as a basis for
determining their compositions and/or otherwise to use certain trade names. If these licenses are terminated, the ETFs may also terminate. In addition, an ETF may terminate if its net assets fall below a certain amount.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign securities may also be less liquid
than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher for foreign securities. The Fund may
have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or other taxes on the Fund’s income,
capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be confiscatory. Other risks include: possible
delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other conditions or events (including, for example,
military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards that
may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic
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and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or
industries or businesses within the country; and the generally less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business
operations of certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the
greater the level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or
region or in issuers from the affected country that depend on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise
their existing tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly
or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by
fluctuations in a foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other
than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political
developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
High-Yield Investments Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality tend to be more sensitive to
credit risk than higher-rated debt instruments and may experience greater price fluctuations in response to perceived changes in the ability of the issuing entity or obligor to pay interest and principal when due than to changes in interest rates.
These investments are generally more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay
principal. These debt instruments typically pay a premium – a higher interest rate or yield – because of the increased risk of loss, including default. High-yield debt instruments may require a greater degree of judgment to establish a
price, may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund desires, may carry high transaction costs, and also are generally less liquid than higher-rated debt instruments. The ratings provided by third party rating agencies are based on
analyses by these ratings agencies of the credit quality of the debt instruments and may not take into account every risk related to whether interest or principal will be timely repaid. In adverse economic and other circumstances, issuers of
lower-rated debt instruments are more likely to have difficulty making principal and interest payments than issuers of higher-rated debt instruments.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of
debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also
affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase
prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in
increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the Fund’s
investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Issuer Risk.
An issuer in
which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions,
competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events,
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conditions or factors. The market capitalization of an issuer may also impact
its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such
as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk
is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or price.
Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment, which means that when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, the Fund could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during
times of high market volatility. Market participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for
the holding, sell other liquid or more liquid investments that it might otherwise prefer to hold (thereby increasing the proportion of the Fund’s investments in less liquid or illiquid securities), or forego another more appealing investment
opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest
rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Judgment plays a larger role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price
volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the
time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and other factors can lead to an increase in redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV,
including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market. Foreign securities can present enhanced liquidity risks, including as a result of less developed custody, settlement or other practices of foreign
markets.
Market Risk.
Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may
fall or fail to rise because of a variety of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund.
Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets,
interest rates and the liquidity of these investments, among other factors.
Money Market Fund Investment Risk.
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their NAV while others seek to preserve
the value of investments at a stable NAV (typically $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable NAV per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose money by
investing in these and other types of money market funds. If the liquidity of a money market fund’s portfolio deteriorates below certain levels, the money market fund may suspend redemptions (i.e., impose a redemption gate) and thereby prevent
the Fund from selling its investment in the money market fund or impose a fee of up to 2% on amounts the Fund redeems from the money market fund (i.e., impose a liquidity fee). These measures may result in an investment loss or prohibit the Fund
from redeeming shares when the Investment Manager would otherwise redeem shares. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which it invests,
including affiliated money market funds. To the extent these fees and expenses, along with the fees and expenses of any other funds in which the Fund may invest, are expected to equal or exceed 0.01% of the Fund’s average daily net assets,
they will be reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses set forth in the table under “Fees and Expenses of the Fund.” By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market fund in
direct proportion to such investment. The money market fund may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund, through its investment in the money market fund, may not achieve its investment objective. To the extent the Fund invests in instruments
such as derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in derivatives.
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Money market funds and the securities they invest in are subject to
comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market funds.
Multi-Adviser Risk.
The Fund
has multiple advisory firms that each manage a portion of the Fund’s net assets on a daily basis. Each adviser makes investment decisions independently from the other adviser(s). It is possible that the security selection process of one
adviser will not complement or may conflict or even contradict that of the other adviser(s), including making off-setting trades that have no net effect to the Fund, but which may increase Fund expenses. As a result, the Fund's exposure to a given
security, industry, sector or market capitalization could be smaller or larger than if the Fund were managed by a single adviser, which could adversely affect the Fund's performance.
Preferred Stock Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does not ordinarily carry voting rights. The
price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which the stock trades. The most significant
risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk (
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable
to changes in interest rates).
Prepayment and
Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and,
in the case of extension risk, that the investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in
other investments providing as high a level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases.
Conversely, extension risk is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund's investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer
period of time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors, including the financial services sector. Companies in the same sector may be similarly
affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the
more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Financial Services Sector.
The Fund may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to
real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances,
may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and
fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have a higher potential for gains than securities of larger, more established companies (larger
companies) but may also have more risk. For example, small- and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial
resources and business operations. Small- and mid-cap companies are
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also more likely than larger companies to
have more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams. Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes and may be less liquid and
fluctuate more sharply in value than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in small- and mid-cap companies with limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those positions, particularly in a distressed market,
could be prolonged and result in Fund investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition, some small- and mid-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment community, which can lower the demand for
their stocks.
Value Securities Risk.
Value securities are securities of companies that may have experienced, for example, adverse business, industry or other developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the securities to be out of favor
and, in turn, potentially undervalued. The market value of a portfolio security may not meet portfolio management’s perceived value assessment of that security, or may decline in price, even though portfolio management believes the securities
are already undervalued. There is also a risk that it may take longer than expected for the value of these investments to rise to portfolio management’s perceived value. In addition, value securities, at times, may not perform as well as
growth securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Additional Investment Strategies and Policies
This section describes certain investment strategies and
policies that the Fund may utilize in pursuit of its investment objective and some additional factors and risks involved with investing in the Fund.
Investment Guidelines
As a general matter, and except as specifically described in
the discussion of the Fund's principal investment strategies in this prospectus or as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief,
whenever an investment policy or limitation states a percentage of the Fund's assets that may be invested in any security or other asset or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with that percentage limitation or standard
will be determined solely at the time of the Fund's investment in the security or asset.
Holding Other Kinds of Investments
The Fund may hold other investments that are
not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and their risks are described below and/or in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). The Fund may choose not to invest in certain securities described in this prospectus and
in the SAI, although it has the ability to do so. Information on the Fund’s holdings can be found in the Fund’s shareholder reports or by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Transactions in Derivatives
The Fund may enter into derivative
transactions or otherwise have exposure to derivative transactions through underlying investments. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or “derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or
bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly known as LIBOR)) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's 500
®
Index). The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss,
potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset directly. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may
result in increased volatility in the value of the derivative and/or the Fund’s shares, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account.
Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such
positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in
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derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk
that the other party will not meet its obligations. The use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset,
reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has
been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. These changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s
participation in derivatives transactions. For more information on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the SAI.
Affiliated Fund Investing
The Investment Manager or an affiliate
serves as investment adviser to funds using the Columbia brand (Columbia Funds), including those that are structured as “fund-of-funds”, and provides asset-allocation services to (i) shareholders by investing in shares of other Columbia
Funds, which may include the Fund (collectively referred to in this section as Underlying Funds), and (ii) discretionary managed accounts (collectively referred to as affiliated products) that invest exclusively in Underlying Funds. These
affiliated products, individually or collectively, may own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of one or more Underlying Funds, and the Investment Manager seeks to balance potential conflicts of interest between the affiliated
products and the Underlying Funds in which they invest. The affiliated products’ investment in the Underlying Funds may have the effect of creating economies of scale, possibly resulting in lower expense ratios for the Underlying Funds,
because the affiliated products may own substantial portions of the shares of Underlying Funds. However, redemption of Underlying Fund shares by one or more affiliated products could cause the expense ratio of an Underlying Fund to increase, as its
fixed costs would be spread over a smaller asset base. Because of large positions of certain affiliated products, the Underlying Funds may experience relatively large inflows and outflows of cash due to affiliated products’ purchases and sales
of Underlying Fund shares. Although the Investment Manager or its affiliate may seek to minimize the impact of these transactions where possible, for example, by structuring them over a reasonable period of time or through other measures, Underlying
Funds may experience increased expenses as they buy and sell portfolio securities to manage the cash flow effect related to these transactions. Further, when the Investment Manager or its affiliate structures transactions over a reasonable period of
time in order to manage the potential impact of the buy and sell decisions for the affiliated products, those affiliated products, including funds-of-funds, may pay more or less (for purchase activity), or receive more or less (for redemption
activity), for shares of the Underlying Funds than if the transactions were executed in one transaction. In addition, substantial redemptions by affiliated products within a short period of time could require the Underlying Fund to liquidate
positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which may have the effect of reducing or eliminating potential gain or causing it to realize a loss. In order to meet such redemptions, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell its liquid (or
more liquid) positions, leaving the Underlying Fund holding, post-redemption, a relatively larger position in illiquid securities (securities that are not readily marketable or that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
within seven days, at approximately the value at which the holder has valued the security) or less liquid securities. Substantial redemptions may also adversely affect the ability of the Underlying Fund to implement its investment strategy. The
Investment Manager or its affiliate also has a conflict of interest in determining the allocation of affiliated products’ assets among the Underlying Funds, as it earns different fees from the various Underlying Funds.
Investing in Money Market Funds
The Fund may invest cash in, or hold as collateral for certain
investments, shares of registered or unregistered money market funds, including funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. These funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other
government agency. The Fund and its shareholders indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any money market fund or other fund in which the Fund may invest.
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Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or
other financial intermediaries on a fully collateralized basis in order to earn additional income. The Fund may lose money from securities lending if, for example, it is delayed in or prevented from selling the collateral after the loan is made or
recovering the securities loaned or if it incurs losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral.
The Fund currently does not participate in the securities
lending program but the Board of Trustees (the Board) may determine to renew participation in the future. For more information on lending of portfolio securities and the risks involved, see the SAI and the annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders.
Investing Defensively
The Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive
investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing some or all of
its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed
necessary.
The Fund may not achieve its investment
objective while it is investing defensively. Investing defensively may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading
expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. See also
Investing in Money Market Funds
above for more information.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures
The Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio
positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives,
such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposures, or in seeking to achieve indirect
investment exposures, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager believes such positioning is appropriate. The Fund may take such portfolio positions for as long a period as deemed necessary. While the Fund is so
positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio
managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance. For information on the risks of investing in derivatives, see
Transactions in Derivatives
above.
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Board has adopted policies and
procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the securities owned by the Fund. A description of these policies and procedures is included in the SAI. Fund policy
generally permits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information on the Fund's website (columbiathreadneedleus.com) only after a certain amount of time has passed, as described in the SAI.
Purchases and sales of portfolio securities can take place at
any time, so the portfolio holdings information available on the Fund's website may not always be current.
Portfolio Holdings Versus the
Benchmarks
The Fund does not limit
its investments to the securities within its benchmark(s), and accordingly the Fund's holdings may diverge significantly from those of its benchmark(s). In addition, the Fund may invest in securities outside any industry and geographic sectors
represented in its benchmark(s). The Fund's weightings in individual securities, and in industry or geographic sectors, may also vary considerably from those of its benchmark(s).
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eDelivery and Mailings to Households
In order to reduce shareholder expenses, the
Fund may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semiannual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive separate copies of these documents, call 800.345.6611 or, if your shares are
held through a financial intermediary, contact your intermediary directly. Additionally, you may elect to enroll in eDelivery to receive electronic versions of these documents, as well as quarterly statements and supplements, by logging into your
account at investor.columbiathreadneedleus.com.
Cash Flows
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from investors buying
Fund shares could prevent the Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to shareholders redeeming Fund shares could require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times or to
hold ready reserves of uninvested cash in amounts larger than might otherwise be the case to meet shareholder redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact the Fund’s performance.
Understanding Annual Fund Operating Expenses
The Fund’s annual operating expenses,
as presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table in the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
section of this prospectus, generally are based on expenses incurred during
the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, may vary by share class and are expressed as a percentage (expense ratio) of the Fund’s average net assets during that fiscal year. The expense ratios reflect the Fund’s fee
arrangements as of the date of this prospectus and, unless indicated otherwise, are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year. The Fund’s assets will fluctuate, but unless indicated otherwise in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table, no adjustments have been or will be made to the expense ratios to reflect any differences in the Fund’s average net assets between the most recently completed fiscal year
and the date of this prospectus or a later date. In general, the Fund’s expense ratios will increase as its net assets decrease, such that the Fund’s actual expense ratios may be higher than the expense ratios presented in the
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
table if assets fall. As applicable, any commitment by the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates to waive fees and/or cap (reimburse) expenses is expected, in part, to limit the
impact of any increase in the Fund’s expense ratios that would otherwise result because of a decrease in the Fund’s assets in the current fiscal year. The Fund’s annual operating expenses are comprised of (i) investment management
fees, (ii) distribution and/or service fees, and (iii) other expenses. Management fees do not vary by class, but distribution and/or service fees and other expenses may vary by class.
Other Expenses
“Other
expenses” consist of the fees the Fund pays to its custodian, transfer agent, auditors, lawyers and trustees, costs relating to compliance and miscellaneous expenses. Generally, these expenses are allocated on a pro rata basis across all share
classes. These fees include certain sub-transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees. Transfer agency fees and certain shareholder servicing fees, however, are class specific. They differ by share class because the shareholder services provided to
each share class may be different. Accordingly, the differences in “other expenses” among share classes are primarily the result of the different transfer agency and shareholder servicing fees applicable to each share class. For more
information on these fees, see
About Fund Shares — Financial Intermediary Compensation.
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Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on
Past Performance
The Investment Manager and certain of its
affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) through September 30, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund's Board, so that the
Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of:
Multi-Manager
Value Strategies Fund
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Class
A
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1.13%
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Class
Inst
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0.88%
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Under the agreement, the
following fees and expenses are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses
associated with investment in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend
expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically
approved by the Fund’s Board. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Effect of Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements on Past
Performance.
The Fund’s returns shown in the
Performance Information
section of this prospectus reflect the
effect of any fee waivers and/or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the Investment Manager and/or any of its affiliates that were in place during the performance period shown. Without such fee waivers/expense reimbursements, the Fund’s returns
might have been lower.
Primary Service
Providers
The Fund enters into contractual arrangements
(Service Provider Contracts) with various service providers, including, among others, the Investment Manager, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s Service Provider Contracts are solely among the
parties thereto. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, any Service Provider Contracts. Further, this prospectus, the SAI and any Service Provider Contracts are not intended to give rise to any agreement,
duty, special relationship or other obligation between the Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contractual, tort or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person, including any right to assert a fiduciary
or other duty, enforce the Service Provider Contracts against the parties or to seek any remedy thereunder, either directly or on behalf of the Fund. Nothing in the previous sentence should be read to suggest any waiver of any rights under federal
or state securities laws.
The Investment Manager, the Distributor, and
the Transfer Agent are all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). They and their affiliates currently provide key services, including investment advisory, administration, distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer
agency services, to the Fund and various other funds, including the Columbia Funds, and are paid for providing these services. These service relationships are described below.
The Investment Manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is located at 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 and serves as investment adviser and administrator to the Columbia Funds. The Investment Manager is a registered investment adviser and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Investment
Manager’s management experience covers all major asset classes, including equity securities, debt instruments and money market instruments. In addition to serving as an investment adviser to traditional mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
closed-end funds, the Investment Manager acts as an investment adviser for itself, its affiliates, individuals, corporations, retirement plans, private investment companies and financial intermediaries.
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Subject to oversight by the Board, the Investment Manager
manages the day-to-day operations of the Fund, determining what securities and other investments the Fund should buy or sell and executing portfolio transactions. The Investment Manager may use the research and other capabilities of its affiliates
and third parties in managing the Fund’s investments. The Investment Manager is also responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the Fund, including the general supervision of the Fund’s operations, the coordination of
the Fund’s other service providers and the provision of related clerical and administrative services.
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment
Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, including fees paid thereunder, for the Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval, thereby avoiding the
expense and delays typically associated with obtaining shareholder approval. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their
affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of
any such material relationships.
The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee
for its management services, which include investment advisory services and administrative services. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the Fund and is paid monthly. For the Fund’s most recent fiscal
year, management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by the Fund amounted to 0.63% of average daily net assets of the Fund, before any applicable reimbursements. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the
renewal of the Fund's management agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
The Investment Manager has, with the approval of the Board,
engaged an investment subadviser(s) to make the day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund. The Investment Manager pays the subadviser(s) for investment advisory services and retains ultimate responsibility (subject to Board oversight) for
overseeing any subadviser it engages and for evaluating the Fund’s needs and the subadvisers’ skills and abilities on an ongoing basis. Based on its evaluations, the Investment Manager may at times recommend to the Board that the Fund
change, add or terminate one or more subadvisers; continue to retain a subadviser even though the subadviser’s ownership or corporate structure has changed; or materially change a subadvisory agreement with a subadviser. A discussion regarding
the basis for the Board’s approval of the renewal of the investment subadvisory agreement with Diamond Hill and DFA is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2017.
Subadvisers
Diamond Hill, which has served as
Subadviser to the Fund since October 2016, is located at 325 John H. McConnell Boulevard, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43215. Diamond Hill, subject to the supervision of Columbia Management, provides day-to-day management of a portion of the
Fund’s portfolio, as well as investment research and statistical information, under a subadvisory agreement with Columbia Management.
DFA, which has served as Subadviser to the Fund since December
2013, is located at 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, Texas 78746. DFA, subject to the supervision of Columbia Management, provides day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s portfolio, as well as investment research and
statistical information, under a subadvisory agreement with Columbia Management.
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible
for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the
portfolio managers of Fund shares.
Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio
Manager
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Title
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Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Scott
Davis
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Lead
Portfolio Manager
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2016
|
Michael
Barclay, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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2016
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Portfolio
Manager
|
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Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
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Peter
Santoro, CFA
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Senior
Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio
Manager
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2016
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Mr. Davis
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 1985. Mr. Davis began his investment career in 1980 and earned a B.A. from American International College and an M.A. from the University
of Connecticut.
Mr. Barclay
joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2006. Mr. Barclay began his investment career in 1991 and earned a B.A. and an M.P.A. from Cornell University.
Mr. Santoro
joined one of the
Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2003. Mr. Santoro began his investment career in 1996 and earned a B.A. from Amherst College.
Subadviser:
Diamond Hill
Capital Management, Inc.
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
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Managed
Fund Since
|
Charles
Bath, CFA
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Managing
Director, Investments and Portfolio Manager of Diamond Hill
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Lead
Portfolio Manager
|
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2016
|
Austin
Hawley, CFA
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Co-Chief
Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Diamond Hill
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Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2016
|
Christopher
Welch, CFA
|
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Co-Chief
Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Diamond Hill
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|
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2016
|
Mr. Bath
joined Diamond Hill in 2002. Mr. Bath began his investment career in 1982 and earned a B.S. from Miami University and an M.B.A. from The Ohio State University.
Mr. Hawley
joined Diamond Hill
in 2008. Mr. Hawley began his investment career in 1999 and earned a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.
Mr. Welch
joined Diamond Hill
in 2005. Mr. Welch began his investment career in 1995 and earned a B.A. from Yale University.
Subadviser:
Dimensional Fund
Advisors LP
Portfolio
Manager
|
|
Title
|
|
Role
with Fund
|
|
Managed
Fund Since
|
Joseph
Chi, CFA
|
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Vice
President and Co-Head of Portfolio Management of DFA
|
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
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2013
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Jed
Fogdall
|
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Vice
President and Co-Head of Portfolio Management of DFA
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Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
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2013
|
Lukas
Smart, CFA
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Vice
President and Senior Portfolio Manager of DFA
|
|
Co-Portfolio
Manager
|
|
2015
|
Mr. Chi
joined DFA in 2005. Mr. Chi began his investment career in 1995 and earned a B.S. and M.B.A. from the University of California Los Angeles and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.
Mr. Fogdall
joined DFA in
2004. Mr. Fogdall began his investment career in 2004 and earned a B.S. from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from the University of California Los Angeles.
Mr. Smart
joined DFA in 2007.
Mr. Smart began his investment career in 2001 and earned a B.A. from the University of San Diego and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The Distributor
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc., which is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Distributor and its affiliates may pay
commissions, distribution and service fees and/or other compensation to entities, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for selling shares and providing services to investors.
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The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment
Services Corp. is a registered transfer agent and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, and its responsibilities include processing purchases, redemptions and
exchanges of Fund shares, calculating and paying distributions, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and providing customer service. The Transfer Agent has engaged DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. to provide various
shareholder or “sub-transfer agency” services. In addition, the Transfer Agent enters into agreements with various financial intermediaries through which you may hold Fund shares, pursuant to which the Transfer Agent pays these financial
intermediaries for providing certain shareholder services. Depending on the type of account, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee or a fee based on the assets invested through omnibus accounts, and reimburses the Transfer Agent
for certain out-of-pocket expenses, including certain payments to financial intermediaries through which shares are held.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its
Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
The
Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, provide various services to the Fund and other Columbia Funds for which they are compensated. Ameriprise Financial and its other affiliates may also provide
other services to these funds and be compensated for them.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may provide
investment advisory and other services to other clients and customers substantially similar to those provided to the Columbia Funds. These activities, and other financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may present
actual and potential conflicts of interest and introduce certain investment constraints.
Ameriprise Financial is a major financial services company,
engaged in a broad range of financial activities beyond the mutual fund-related activities of the Investment Manager, including, among others, insurance, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, banking and other financial activities.
These additional activities may involve multiple advisory, financial, insurance and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies that issue securities and other instruments, that may be bought, sold or held by the Columbia
Funds.
Conflicts of interest and limitations that could
affect a Columbia Fund may arise from, for example, the following:
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compensation and other
benefits received by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates related to the management/administration of a Columbia Fund and the sale of its shares;
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the allocation of, and
competition for, investment opportunities among the Fund, other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, or Ameriprise Financial itself and its affiliates;
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separate and potentially
divergent management of a Columbia Fund and other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates;
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regulatory and other
investment restrictions on investment activities of the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and accounts advised/managed by them;
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insurance and other
relationships of Ameriprise Financial affiliates with companies and other entities in which a Columbia Fund invests; and
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regulatory and other
restrictions relating to the sharing of information between Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, and a Columbia Fund.
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The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial have adopted
various policies and procedures that are intended to identify, monitor and address conflicts of interest. However, there is no assurance that these policies, procedures and disclosures will be effective.
Additional information about Ameriprise Financial and the
types of conflicts of interest and other matters referenced above is set forth in the
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
section of the SAI. Investors in the Columbia Funds should carefully review these disclosures and consult with their financial advisor if they have any questions.
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Certain Legal Matters
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates have
historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their business activities.
Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Information regarding certain pending and settled legal proceedings may be found in the Fund’s
shareholder reports and in the SAI. Additionally, Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at sec.gov.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Description of the Share Classes
The Fund, together with other funds managed by
Columbia Management offered only through wrap programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates, are referred to as the Multi-Manager Strategies Funds. The Multi-Manager Strategies Funds, together with the other Columbia
Funds, are referred to as the Funds.
Funds Contact
Information
Additional information about the Funds,
including sales charges and other class features and policies, can be obtained, free of charge, at columbiathreadneedleus.com,* by calling toll-free 800.345.6611, or by writing (regular mail) to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O.
Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 or (express mail) Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Suite 8081, Canton, MA 02021-2809. Please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s regular
mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104, and the Fund’s express mail address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., c/o DST Asset Manager
Solutions, Inc., 430 W 7
th
Street, Ste 219104, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407.**
*
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The website references in
this prospectus are inactive links and information contained in or otherwise accessible through the referenced websites does not form a part of this prospectus.
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**
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Based on the date noted
above, mail received at an incorrect address will be forwarded to the correct address, and will not be processed until received, in “good form,” at the correct address. This may affect the trade date you receive for transaction requests,
which may negatively impact the value of your purchase or sale.
|
Financial Intermediaries
The term “financial
intermediary” refers to the selling and servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds. Financial intermediaries include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that employ broker-dealers and
financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other firms in the financial services industry.
Omnibus Accounts
The term “omnibus account”
refers to a financial intermediary’s account with the Fund (held directly through the Transfer Agent) that represents the combined holdings of, and transactions in, Fund shares of one or more clients of the financial intermediary (beneficial
Fund shareholders). Omnibus accounts are held in the name of the financial intermediaries and not in the name of the beneficial Fund shareholders invested in the Fund through omnibus accounts.
Retirement Plans and Omnibus Retirement
Plans
The term “retirement
plan” refers to retirement plans created under Sections 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and non-qualified deferred compensation plans governed by Section 409A of the Code and similar
plans, but does not refer to individual retirement plans, such as traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. The term “omnibus retirement plan” refers to a retirement plan that has a plan-level or omnibus account with the Transfer Agent.
Networked Accounts
Networking, offered by the Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services (WMS), is the industry standard IT system for mutual fund account reconciliation and dividend processing.
The following summarizes the primary
features of Class A and Class Inst shares offered by the Fund. Contact your financial advisor or Columbia Funds for more information about the Fund’s shares.
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Share Class Features
Eligible
Investors
and Minimum
Initial Investments
(a)
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Investment
Limits
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Conversion
Features
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Front-End
Sales Charges
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Contingent
Deferred Sales
Charges (CDSCs)
|
Maximum
Distribution and Service Fees
|
Class
A shares of the Fund are offered only through certain wrap fee programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates. Eligible investors are subject to a minimum initial investment requirement of $100.
|
None
|
None
|
None
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None
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0.25%
distribution
and/or service fees
|
Class
Inst shares of the Fund are offered only through certain wrap fee programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates. Eligible investors are subject to a minimum initial investment requirement of $100.
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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(a)
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See
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies
for more details on the eligible investors and minimum initial and subsequent investment and account balance requirements.
|
Distribution and Service Fees
The Board has approved, and the
Multi-Manager Strategies Funds have adopted, distribution and/or shareholder service plans which set the distribution and/or service fees that are periodically deducted from the Funds’ assets. These fees are calculated daily and are
intended to compensate the Distributor and/or eligible financial intermediaries for, with regard to distribution fees, selling Fund shares and, with regard to service fees, directly or indirectly providing services to shareholders. Because the fees
are paid out of the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, they will increase the cost of your investment over time. The table below shows the maximum annual distribution and/or service fees (as an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the
combined amount of such fees applicable to each class of shares:
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Distribution
Fee
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Service
Fee
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Combined
Total
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Class
A
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up
to 0.25%
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up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
|
Class
Inst
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none
|
none
|
none
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The distribution and/or
service fees for Class A shares are subject to the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount determined by the
Distributor in its sole discretion.
If you maintain shares
of the Fund directly with the Fund, without working with a financial advisor or other financial intermediary, distribution and service fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and
shareholder service related expenses.
Over time, these
distribution and/or service fees will reduce the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as long as the
distribution plan and/or shareholder servicing plans continue in effect, which is expected to be indefinitely. However, the Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees
for providing services to your account, which may be different from those described here.
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Financial Intermediary Compensation
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates
make payments, from their own resources, to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing/sales support services relating to the Funds (Marketing Support Payments). Such payments are generally based upon
one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; gross sales of the Funds attributable to that financial intermediary; reimbursement of ticket charges (fees that a financial
intermediary charges its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares); or a negotiated lump sum payment. While the financial arrangements may vary for each financial intermediary, Marketing Support Payments to any one financial
intermediary are generally between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Fund attributable to the financial intermediary, and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a payment based
on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates may at times make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds generally on a basis other than those
described above, or in larger amounts, when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Not all financial intermediaries receive Marketing Support Payments.
In addition, the Transfer Agent has certain arrangements in
place to compensate financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, that hold Fund shares through networked and omnibus accounts, including omnibus retirement plans, for services that they provide to beneficial Fund
shareholders (Shareholder Services). Shareholder Services and related fees vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel and may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer agency, participant recordkeeping, shareholder or
participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintenance of shareholder records, preparation of account statements and provision of customer service, and are not intended to include services that are primarily intended
to result in the sale of Fund shares. Payments for Shareholder Services generally are not expected, with certain limited exceptions, to exceed 0.40% of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares. Generally, each Fund pays the Transfer
Agent a per account fee or a percentage of the average aggregate value of shares per annum maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a channel-specific or share class-specific cap
established by the Board from time to time. Fee amounts in excess of the amount paid by the Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates.
In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor,
the Investment Manager and their affiliates typically make other payments or allow promotional incentives to certain broker-dealers to the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) rules and by other applicable laws and regulations.
Amounts paid by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and
their affiliates are paid out of their own resources and do not increase the amount paid by you or the Fund. You can find further details in the SAI about the payments made by the Distributor, the Investment Manager and their affiliates, as well as
a list of the financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial affiliates, to which the Distributor, the Investment Manager or their affiliates have agreed to make Marketing Support Payments and pay Shareholder Services fees.
Your financial intermediary may charge you
fees and commissions in addition to those described in this prospectus. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending
on the financial arrangement in place at any particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial advisors may have a conflict of interest or financial incentive for recommending the Fund or a particular share class over others.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares
Share Price Determination
The price you pay or receive when you buy, sell or exchange
shares is the Fund's next determined net asset value (or NAV) per share. The Fund calculates the NAV per share at the end of each business day, with the value of the Fund's shares based on the total value of all of the securities and other assets
that it holds as of a specified time.
NAV Calculation
The Fund calculates its NAV per share as
follows:
NAV per share
=
(Value of assets of the share class) – (Liabilities of the share class)
Number of outstanding shares of the class
Business Days
A business day is any day that the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the
NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the regularly
scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the Fund’s
Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund’s NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days
to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
Equity securities are valued primarily on
the basis of market quotations reported on stock exchanges and other securities markets around the world. If an equity security is listed on a national exchange, the security is valued at the closing price or, if the closing price is not readily
available, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Certain equity securities, debt securities and other assets are valued differently. For instance, bank loans trading in the secondary market are valued primarily on the basis of indicative
bids, fixed income investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily using the amortized cost method, unless this methodology results in a valuation that does not approximate the market value of these securities, and those maturing in
excess of 60 days are valued primarily using a market-based price obtained from a pricing service, if available. Investments in other open-end funds are valued at their published NAVs. Both market quotations and indicative bids are obtained from
outside pricing services approved and monitored pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund's Board.
If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to
reflect market value, the Fund will determine the price of a portfolio security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to a policy approved by the Fund’s Board. In addition, the Fund may use fair valuation to price
securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which the Fund’s share price is calculated. Foreign exchanges typically close before the time at which
Fund share prices are calculated, and may be closed altogether on days when the Fund is open. Such significant events affecting a foreign security may include, but are not limited to: (1) corporate actions, earnings announcements, litigation or
other events impacting a single issuer; (2) governmental action that affects securities in one sector or country; (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts affecting a country or region; or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The
Fund uses various criteria, including an evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in determining whether a foreign security's market price is readily available and reflective of market value and, if not, the fair
value
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(continued)
of the security. To the extent the Fund has significant holdings of small cap
stocks, high-yield bonds, floating rate loans, or tax-exempt, foreign or other securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently than for other funds.
Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing
arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Fund shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair
valuation may cause the Fund's performance to diverge to a greater degree from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment
involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate. The Fund has retained one or more independent fair valuation pricing services to assist in the fair valuation process for
foreign securities.
Transaction Rules and Policies
The Fund, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent may refuse any
order to buy or exchange shares. If this happens, the Fund will return any money it received, but no interest will be paid on that money. Your financial intermediary may have rules and policies in place that are in addition to or different than
those described below.
Order Processing
Orders to buy, sell or exchange Fund shares
are processed on business days. Orders can be made by mail, by telephone or online. Orders received in “good form” by the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary before the end of a business day are priced at the NAV per share on
that day. Orders received after the end of a business day will receive the next business day's NAV per share. When a written order to buy, sell or exchange shares is sent to the Transfer Agent, the share price used to fill the order is the next
price calculated by the Fund after the Transfer Agent receives the transaction request in “good form” at its transaction processing center (i.e., the Fund’s express mail address), not the P.O. Box provided for regular mail
delivery. Please note the regular and express mailing address changes for the Fund effective November 1, 2018, as described above in the
Summary of the Fund – Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
section of
the prospectus. The market value of the Fund's investments may change between the time you submit your order and the time the Fund next calculates its NAV per share. The business day that applies to your order is also called the trade date.
“Good Form”
An order is in “good form” if the Transfer Agent
or your financial intermediary has all of the information and documentation it deems necessary to effect your order. For example, when you sell shares, “good form” means that your request (i) has complete instructions and written
requests include the signatures of all account owners, (ii) is for an amount that is less than or equal to the shares in your account for which payment has been received and collected, (iii) has a Medallion Signature Guarantee for amounts greater
than $100,000 and certain other transactions, as described below, and (iv) includes any other required documents completed and attached. For the documents required for sales by corporations, agents, fiduciaries, surviving joint owners and other
legal entities, call 800.345.6611.
Medallion Signature
Guarantees
The Transfer Agent may require a Medallion
Signature Guarantee for your signature in order to process certain transactions, including if: (i) the transaction amount is over $100,000; (ii) you want your check made payable to someone other than the registered account owner(s); (iii) the
address of record has changed within the last 30 days; (iv) you want the check mailed to an address other than the address of record; (v) you want proceeds to be sent according to existing bank account instructions not coded for outgoing Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or wire, or to a bank account not on file; or (vi) you are changing legal ownership of your account.
A Medallion Signature Guarantee helps assure that a signature
is genuine and not a forgery. A Medallion Signature Guarantee must be provided by an eligible guarantor institution including, but not limited to, the following: a bank, credit union, savings association, broker or dealer that participates in the
Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or the New York Stock Exchange Medallion
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Signature Program (MSP). For other transactions, the Transfer Agent may
require a signature guarantee. Notarization by a notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantee. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject a signature guarantee and to request additional documentation for any transaction.
Customer Identification Program
Federal law requires the Fund to obtain and record specific
personal information to verify your identity when you open an account. This information may include your name, address, date of birth (for individuals) and taxpayer or other government issued identification (e.g., social security number (SSN) or
other taxpayer identification number (TIN)). If you fail to provide the requested information, the Fund may need to delay the date of your purchase or may be unable to open your account, which may result in a return of your investment monies. In
addition, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is open, the Fund reserves the right to close your account or take other steps as deemed reasonable. The Fund will not be liable for any loss resulting from any purchase
delay, application rejection or account closure due to a failure to provide proper identifying information.
Small Account Policy — Financial Intermediary Networked
and Wrap Fee Accounts
The Funds may automatically
redeem, at any time, financial intermediary networked accounts and wrap fee accounts that have account balances of $20 or less or have less than one share.
For shares purchased and held for your
benefit through a financial intermediary, the Funds may instruct the intermediary to automatically sell your Fund shares if the transaction can be operationally administered by the intermediary.
Information Sharing Agreements
As required by Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, the Funds or
certain of their service providers will enter into information sharing agreements with financial intermediaries, including participating life insurance companies and financial intermediaries that sponsor or offer retirement plans through which
shares of the Funds are made available for purchase. Pursuant to Rule 22c-2, financial intermediaries are required, upon request, to: (i) provide shareholder account and transaction information; and (ii) execute instructions from the Fund to
restrict or prohibit further purchases of Fund shares by shareholders who have been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the Fund's excessive trading policies and procedures.
Excessive Trading Practices Policy
Right to Reject or Restrict Share Transaction Orders—
The Fund is intended for investors with long-term investment purposes and is not intended as a vehicle for frequent trading activity (market timing) that is excessive. Investors should transact in Fund shares primarily
for investment purposes. The Board has adopted excessive trading policies and procedures that are designed to deter excessive trading by investors (the Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures).
The Fund discourages and does not accommodate excessive trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject, without any prior
notice, any purchase or exchange order for any reason, and will not be liable for any loss resulting from rejected orders. For example, the Fund may in its sole discretion restrict or reject a purchase or exchange order even if the transaction is
not subject to the specific limitation described below if the Fund or its agents determine that accepting the order could interfere with efficient management of the Fund's portfolio or is otherwise contrary to the Fund's best interests. The
Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures apply equally to purchase or exchange transactions communicated directly to the Transfer Agent and to those received by financial intermediaries.
Specific Buying and Exchanging Limitations
— If a Fund detects that an investor has made two “material round trips” in any 28-day period, it will generally reject the investor's future purchase orders, including exchange purchase orders,
involving any Fund.
For these purposes, a
“round trip” is a purchase or exchange into the Fund followed by a sale or exchange out of the Fund, or a sale or exchange out of the Fund followed by a purchase or exchange into the Fund. A “material” round trip is one that
is deemed by the Fund to be material in terms of its amount or its potential detrimental impact on the Fund. Independent of this limit, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject future purchase orders by any person, group or account that appears
to have engaged in any type of excessive trading activity.
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These limits generally do not apply to automated transactions
or transactions by registered investment companies in a “fund-of-funds” structure. These limits do not apply to payroll deduction contributions by retirement plan participants, transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor or
certain other retirement plan transactions consisting of rollover transactions, loan repayments and disbursements, and required minimum distribution redemptions. They may be modified or rescinded for accounts held by certain retirement plans to
conform to plan limits, for considerations relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or regulations of the Department of Labor, and for certain asset allocation or wrap programs. Accounts known to be under common ownership or
control generally will be counted together, but accounts maintained or managed by a common intermediary generally will not be considered to be under common ownership or control. The Fund retains the right to modify these restrictions at any time
without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reinstate trading privileges that have been revoked under the Fund's Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures.
Limitations on the Ability to Detect and Prevent Excessive
Trading Practices—
The Fund takes various steps designed to detect and prevent excessive trading, including daily review of available shareholder transaction information. However, the Fund receives buy, sell or
exchange orders through financial intermediaries, and cannot always know of or reasonably detect excessive trading that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or by the use of the omnibus account arrangements they offer. Omnibus account
arrangements are common forms of holding shares of mutual funds, particularly among certain financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers, retirement plans and variable insurance products. These arrangements often permit financial intermediaries
to aggregate their clients' transactions and accounts, and in these circumstances, the identities of the financial intermediary clients that beneficially own Fund shares are often not known to the Fund.
Some financial intermediaries apply their own restrictions or
policies to their clients’ transactions and accounts, which may be more or less restrictive than those described here. This may impact the Fund's ability to curtail excessive trading, even where it is identified. For these and other reasons,
it is possible that excessive trading may occur despite the Fund's efforts to detect and prevent it.
Although these restrictions and policies involve judgments
that are inherently subjective and may involve some selectivity in their application, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of Fund shareholders in making any such judgments.
Risks of Excessive Trading —
Excessive trading creates certain risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and may create the following adverse effects:
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Fund's performance;
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potential dilution of the
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interference with the
efficient management of the Fund's portfolio, such as the need to maintain undesirably large cash positions, the need to use its line of credit or the need to buy or sell securities it otherwise would not have bought or sold;
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losses on the sale of
investments resulting from the need to sell securities at less favorable prices;
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increased taxable gains to
the Fund's remaining shareholders resulting from the need to sell securities to meet sell orders; and
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To the extent
that the Fund invests significantly in foreign securities traded on markets that close before the Fund's valuation time, it may be particularly susceptible to dilution as a result of excessive trading. Because events may occur after the close of
foreign markets and before the Fund's valuation time that influence the value of foreign securities, investors may seek to trade Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of foreign securities as of the Fund's
valuation time. This is often referred to as price arbitrage. The Fund has adopted procedures designed to adjust closing market prices of foreign securities under certain circumstances to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of those
securities as of its valuation time. To the extent the adjustments do not work fully, investors engaging in price arbitrage may cause dilution in the value of the Fund's shares held by other shareholders.
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Similarly, to the extent that the Fund
invests significantly in thinly traded securities and other debt instruments that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds), equity securities of small-capitalization companies, floating
rate loans, or tax-exempt or other securities that may trade infrequently, because
these securities are often traded infrequently, investors may seek to trade
Fund shares in an effort to benefit from their understanding of the value of these securities as of the Fund's valuation time. This is also a type of price arbitrage. Any such frequent trading strategies may interfere with efficient management of
the Fund's portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for mutual funds that invest only, or significantly, in highly liquid securities, in part because the Fund may have difficulty selling these particular investments at advantageous times
or prices to satisfy large and/or frequent sell orders. Any successful price arbitrage may also cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by non-redeeming shareholders.
Opening an Account and Placing Orders
We encourage you to consult with a financial advisor who can
help you with your investment decisions and who can help you open an account. Once you have an account, you can buy, sell or exchange shares by contacting your financial advisor who will send your order to the Transfer Agent or your financial
intermediary. As described below, once you have an account you can also communicate your orders directly to the Transfer Agent by mail, by telephone or online.
The Funds are generally available directly
and through broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries or institutions, and through certain qualified and non-qualified plans, wrap fee products or other investment products sponsored by financial intermediaries. You may sell or
exchange shares through your financial intermediary. If you maintain your account directly with your financial intermediary, you must contact that agent to process your transaction.
Not all financial intermediaries offer the Funds (or all classes
of Fund shares) and certain financial intermediaries that offer the Funds may not offer all Funds on all investment platforms or programs.
Please consult with your financial intermediary to determine the
availability of the Funds. If you set up an account at a financial intermediary that does not have, and is unable to obtain, a selling agreement with the Distributor, you will not be able to transfer Fund holdings to that account. In that event, you
must either maintain your Fund holdings with your current financial intermediary or find another financial intermediary with a selling agreement.
Financial intermediaries that offer the Funds
may charge you additional fees for the services they provide and they may have different policies that are not described in this prospectus.
An investor transacting in a class of Fund shares without any front-end
sales charge, CDSC, or other asset-based fee for sales or distribution, such as a Rule 12b-1 fee, may be required to pay a commission to the financial intermediary for effecting such transactions. The Funds are offered in a number of different share
classes that have different fees and expenses and other features. Some differences in the policies of different financial intermediaries may include different minimum investment amounts, exchange privileges, Fund/class choices and cutoff times for
investments. Additionally, recordkeeping, transaction processing and payments of distributions relating to your account may be performed by the financial intermediaries through which your shares of the Fund are held. Since the Fund (and its service
providers) may not have a record of your account transactions, you should always contact the financial intermediary through which you purchased or at which you maintain your shares of the Fund to make changes to your account, to give instructions
concerning your account, or to obtain information about your account. The Fund and its service providers, including the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, are not responsible for the failure of any financial intermediary to carry out its
obligations to its customers.
The Fund
may engage financial intermediaries to receive purchase, exchange and sell orders on its behalf. Accounts established directly with the Fund will be serviced by the Transfer Agent. The Funds, the Transfer Agent and the Distributor do not provide
investment advice.
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Buying Shares
Eligible Investors
Fund shares are offered only through
certain wrap fee programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates.
Minimum Initial Investments and Account Balances
The minimum initial investment is $100. There is no minimum
additional investment amount.
If you unwrap your
Ameriprise brokerage account, you may continue to hold, but not purchase additional shares of, the Multi-Manager Strategies Funds. However, if you transfer your brokerage account to another broker-dealer, your holdings in Multi-Manager Strategies
Funds are not transferable. You may liquidate your Multi-Manager Strategies Fund holdings or continue to hold them in your Ameriprise brokerage account.
Each Multi-Manager Strategies Fund reserves the right to
modify its minimum investment and related requirements at any time, with or without prior notice.
Other Purchase Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your buy order in “good form,” your purchase will be made at the next calculated public offering price per share, which is the net asset value per share plus any sales charge that applies (i.e., the
trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
purchase request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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You generally buy shares of
Multi-Manager Strategies Funds at NAV per share because no front-end sales charge applies to purchases of shares of Multi-Manager Strategies Funds.
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The Distributor and the
Transfer Agent reserve the right to cancel your order if the Fund does not receive payment within two business days of receiving your purchase order. The Fund will return any payment received for orders that have been cancelled, but no interest will
be paid on that money.
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Financial intermediaries are
responsible for sending your purchase orders to the Transfer Agent and ensuring that the Fund receives your money on time.
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Shares purchased are
recorded on the books of the Fund. The Fund does not issue certificates.
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Selling Shares
When you sell shares, the amount you receive may be more or
less than the amount you invested. Your sale price will be the next NAV calculated after your request is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
Multi-Manager Strategies Funds are sold through wrap fee
programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates. For detailed rules regarding the sale of shares of these Funds, contact your financial intermediary.
Satisfying Fund Redemption Requests
When you sell your Fund shares, the Fund is effectively buying
them back from you. This is called a redemption. Except as noted below with respect to newly purchased shares, the Fund typically expects to send you payment for your shares within two business days after your trade date. The Fund can suspend
redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to seven days. The Fund can also suspend redemptions and/or delay payment of redemption proceeds in excess of seven days under certain circumstances, including when the NYSE is closed or
trading thereon is restricted or during emergency or other circumstances, including as determined by the SEC.
The Fund typically seeks to satisfy redemption requests from
cash or cash equivalents held by the Fund, from the proceeds of orders to purchase Fund shares or from the proceeds of sales of Fund holdings effected in the normal course of managing the Fund. However, the Fund may have to sell Fund holdings,
including in down markets, to meet heavier than usual redemption requests. For example, under stressed or abnormal market conditions or
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circumstances, including circumstances
adversely affecting the liquidity of the Fund’s investments, the Fund may be more likely to be forced to sell Fund holdings to meet redemptions than under normal market circumstances. In these situations, the Fund’s portfolio managers
may have to sell Fund holdings that would not otherwise be sold because, among other reasons, the current price to be received is less than the value of the holdings perceived by the Fund’s portfolio managers. The Fund may also, under certain
circumstances (but more likely under stressed or abnormal market conditions or circumstances), borrow money under a credit facility to which the Fund and certain other Columbia Funds are parties or from other Columbia Funds under an interfund
lending program (except for closed-end funds and money market funds, which are not eligible to borrow under the program). The Fund and the other Columbia Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the
credit facility and the interfund lending program. As a result, borrowings available to the Fund under the credit facility and the interfund lending program might be insufficient, alone or in combination with the other strategies described herein,
to satisfy Fund redemption requests. Please see
About Fund Investments – Borrowings – Interfund Lending
in the SAI for more information about the credit facility and interfund lending program. The
Fund is also limited in the total amount it may borrow. The Fund may only borrow to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief available to the Fund, which currently limit Fund borrowings to
33 1/3% of total assets (including any amounts borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings), plus an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes (to be repaid within 60 days without extension or renewal), in each case determined
at the time the borrowing is made.
In addition, the Fund
reserves the right to honor redemption orders in whole or in part with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash. Such in-kind distributions typically represent a pro-rata portion of Fund portfolio assets subject to
adjustments (e.g., for non-transferable securities, round lots, and derivatives). In the event the Fund distributes portfolio securities in kind, you may incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with converting the portfolio securities
you receive into cash. Also, the portfolio securities you receive may increase or decrease in value after they are distributed but before you convert them into cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, redemptions paid in securities are generally
treated the same as redemptions paid in cash. If, during any 90-day period, you redeem shares in an amount greater than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s net assets (whichever is less), and if the Investment Manager determines it to be feasible and
appropriate, the Fund may pay the redemption amount above such threshold by an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities.
While the Fund is not required (and may refuse in its
discretion) to pay a redemption with an in-kind distribution of Fund portfolio securities and reserves the right to pay the redemption proceeds in cash, if you wish to request an in-kind redemption, please call the Transfer Agent at 800.345.6611. As
a result of the operational steps needed to coordinate with the redeeming shareholder’s custodian, in-kind redemptions typically take several weeks to complete after a redemption request is received. The Fund and the redeeming shareholder will
typically agree upon a redemption date. Since the Fund’s NAV may fluctuate during this time, the Fund’s NAV may be lower on the agreed-upon redemption date than on an earlier date on which the investment could have been redeemed for
cash.
Redemption of Newly Purchased Shares
You may not redeem shares for which the Fund has not yet
received payment. If you pay for shares by check or electronically by ACH and your purchase payment is not guaranteed, it may take up to 10 calendar days to clear. Only shares that have been held in your account for 10 calendar days after the trade
date of the purchase will be considered to be in “good form” for redemption (Collected Shares). If you request a redemption for an amount that, based on the NAV next calculated after your redemption request is received, includes any
shares that are not yet Collected Shares, the Fund will only process the redemption up to the amount of the value of Collected Shares available in your account. You must submit a new redemption request if you wish to redeem those shares that were
not yet Collected Shares at the time the original redemption request was received by the Fund.
Other Redemption Rules You Should Know
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Once the Transfer Agent or
your financial intermediary receives your redemption order in “good form,” your shares will be sold at the next calculated NAV per share (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
redemption request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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If you sell your shares that
are held in a Direct-at-Fund Account, we will normally send the redemption proceeds by mail or electronically transfer them to your bank account the next business day after the trade date. Note that your bank may take up to three business days to
post an electronic funds transfer from your account.
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If you sell your shares
through a financial intermediary, the Funds will normally send the redemption proceeds to your financial intermediary within two business days after the trade date.
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No interest will be paid on
uncashed redemption checks.
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Other restrictions may apply
to retirement accounts. For information about these restrictions, contact your retirement plan administrator.
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For broker-dealer and wrap
fee accounts: The Fund reserves the right to redeem your shares if your account falls below the Fund's minimum initial investment requirement. The Fund will notify your broker-dealer prior to redeeming shares, and will provide details on how to
avoid such redemption.
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Also keep in mind the Funds'
Small Account Policy, which is described above in
Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares — Transaction Rules and Policies.
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Exchanging Shares
You can generally sell shares of your Multi-Manager
Strategies Funds to buy shares of another Multi-Manager Strategies Funds, in what is called an exchange. You should read the prospectus of, and make sure you understand the investment objective, principal investment strategies, risks, fees
and expenses of, the Fund into which you are exchanging.
Please contact your financial intermediary for more
information.
Other Exchange Rules You Should Know
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Exchanges are made at the
NAV next calculated after your exchange order is received in “good form” (i.e., the trade date).
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Once the Fund receives your
exchange request in “good form,” you cannot cancel it after the market closes.
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The rules for buying shares
of a Fund generally apply to exchanges into that Fund, including, if your exchange creates a new Fund account, it must satisfy the minimum investment amount, unless a waiver applies.
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Shares of the purchased Fund
may not be used on the same day for another exchange or sale.
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You may make exchanges only
into a Fund that is legally offered and sold in your state of residence. Contact the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary for more information.
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You generally may make an
exchange only into a Fund that is accepting investments.
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The Fund may change or
cancel your right to make an exchange by giving the amount of notice required by regulatory authorities (generally 60 days for a material change or cancellation).
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Unless your account is part
of a tax-advantaged arrangement, an exchange for shares of another Fund is a taxable event, and you may recognize a gain or loss for tax purposes.
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You may only exchange shares
of a Multi-Manager Strategies Fund for the same class of shares of another Multi-Manager Strategies Fund.
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Distributions to Shareholders
A mutual fund can make money two ways:
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It can earn income on its
investments. Examples of fund income are interest paid on money market instruments and bonds, and dividends paid on common stocks.
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A mutual fund can also have
capital gains if the value of its investments increases. While a fund continues to hold an investment, any gain is generally unrealized. If the fund sells an investment, it generally will realize a capital gain if it sells that investment for a
higher price than its adjusted cost basis, and will generally realize a capital loss if it sells that investment for a lower price than its adjusted cost basis. Capital gains and losses are either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the
fund holds the securities for one year or less (short-term) or more than one year (long-term).
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Mutual funds make payments of fund earnings
to shareholders, distributing them among all shareholders of the fund. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund's distributed income, including capital gains. Reinvesting your distributions buys you more shares of a fund
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which lets you take advantage of the potential for compound growth. Putting the money you earn back into your investment means it, in turn, may earn even more money (or be exposed to additional losses, if
the fund earns a negative return). Over time, the power of compounding has the potential to significantly increase the value of your investment. There is no assurance, however, that you'll earn more money if you reinvest your distributions rather
than receive them in cash.
The Fund intends to
pay out, in the form of distributions to shareholders, a sufficient amount of its income and gains so that the Fund will qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and generally will not have to pay any federal excise tax. The Fund
generally intends to distribute any net realized capital gain (whether long-term or short-term gain) at least once a year. Normally, the Fund will declare and pay distributions of net investment income according to the following schedule:
Declaration
and Distribution Schedule
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The Fund may declare or pay
distributions of net investment income more frequently.
Different share classes of the Fund usually pay different net
investment income distribution amounts, because each class has different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the NAV per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
The Fund generally pays cash distributions within five
business days after the distribution was declared (or, if the Fund declares distributions daily, within five business days after the end of the month in which the distribution was declared). If you sell all of your shares after the record date, but
before the payment date, for a distribution, you'll normally receive that distribution in cash within five business days after the sale was made.
The Fund will automatically reinvest distributions in
additional shares of the same share class of the Fund unless you inform us you want to receive your distributions in cash (the financial intermediary through which you purchased shares may have different policies). You can do this by contacting the
Fund at the address on the back cover, or by calling us at 800.345.6611. No sales charges apply to the purchase or sale of such shares.
For accounts held directly with the Fund (through the Transfer
Agent), distributions of $10 or less will automatically be reinvested in additional Fund shares only. If you elect to receive distributions by check and the check is returned as undeliverable, all subsequent distributions will be reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund.
Unless you are a
tax-exempt investor or holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account (such as a 401(k) plan or IRA), you should consider avoiding buying Fund shares shortly before the Fund makes a distribution (other than distributions of net investment
income that are declared daily) of net investment income or net realized capital gain, because doing so can cost you money in taxes to the extent the distribution consists of taxable income or gains. This is because you will, in effect, receive part
of your purchase price back in the distribution. This is known as
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“buying a dividend.” To avoid “buying a dividend,”
before you invest check the Fund's distribution schedule, which is available at the Funds' website and/or by calling the Funds' telephone number listed at the beginning of the section entitled
About Fund
Shares
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Taxes
You should be aware of the following considerations applicable
to the Fund:
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The Fund intends to qualify
and to be eligible for treatment each year as a regulated investment company. A regulated investment company generally is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. However, the
Fund's failure to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company would result in Fund-level taxation, and consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to you and in the NAV of your shares. Even if the Fund qualifies for
treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund may be subject to federal excise tax on certain undistributed income or gains.
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Otherwise taxable
distributions generally are taxable to you when paid, whether they are paid in cash or automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares. Dividends paid in January are deemed paid on December 31 of the prior year if the dividend was declared and
payable to shareholders of record in October, November, or December of such prior year.
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Distributions of the Fund's
ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of the Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gain. Whether capital gains
are long-term or short-term is determined by how long the Fund has owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long you have owned your shares.
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From time to time, a
distribution from the Fund could constitute a return of capital. A return of capital is a return of an amount of your original investment and is not a distribution of income or capital gain from the Fund. Therefore, a return of capital is not
taxable to you so long as the amount of the distribution does not exceed your tax basis in your Fund shares. A return of capital reduces your tax basis in your Fund shares, with any amounts exceeding such basis generally taxable as capital gain.
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If you are an individual and
you meet certain holding period and other requirements for your Fund shares, a portion of your distributions may be treated as “qualified dividend income” taxable at the lower net long-term capital gain rates instead of the higher
ordinary income rates. Qualified dividend income is income attributable to the Fund's dividends received from certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as the Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements for the stock producing such
dividends.
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Certain high-income
individuals (as well as estates and trusts) are subject to a 3.8% tax on net investment income. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain
threshold amounts or (2) the taxpayer's “net investment income.”
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Net investment income
generally includes for this purpose dividends, including any capital gain dividends, paid by the Fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund.
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|
Certain derivative
instruments when held in the Fund's portfolio subject the Fund to special tax rules, the effect of which may be to, among other things, accelerate income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, cause adjustments in the holding periods of Fund portfolio
securities, or convert capital gains into ordinary income, short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses or long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and/or character of
distributions to shareholders.
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■
|
Generally, a Fund realizes a
capital gain or loss on an option when the option expires, or when it is exercised, sold or otherwise terminated. However, if an option is a “section 1256 contract,” which includes most traded options on a broad-based index, and the Fund
holds such option at the end of its taxable year, the Fund is deemed to sell such option at fair market value at such time and recognize any gain or loss thereon, which is generally deemed to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss,
as described further in the SAI.
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|
Income and proceeds received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes. If at the end of the taxable year more than 50% of the value of the Fund's assets consists of securities of foreign
|
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Distributions and Taxes
(continued)
|
corporations, and the Fund
makes a special election, you will generally be required to include in your income for U.S. federal income tax purposes your share of the qualifying foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in respect of its foreign portfolio securities. You may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction in respect of this amount, subject to certain limitations. There is no assurance that the Fund will make this election for a taxable year, even if it is eligible to do so.
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■
|
A sale, redemption or
exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event. This includes redemptions where you are paid in securities. Your sales, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares (including those paid in securities) usually will result in a taxable capital gain or
loss to you, equal to the difference between the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to have received in the case of exchanges) and your adjusted tax basis in the shares, which is generally the amount you paid (or are deemed to have
paid in the case of exchanges) for them. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for more than one year at the time of sale or exchange. In certain circumstances, capital
losses may be converted from short-term to long-term; in other circumstances, capital losses may be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules.
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|
For sales, redemptions and
exchanges of shares that were acquired in a non-qualified account after 2011, the Fund generally is required to report to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cost basis information with respect to those shares. The Fund uses average
cost basis as its default method of calculating cost basis. For more information regarding average cost basis reporting, other available cost basis methods, and selecting or changing to a different cost basis method, please see the SAI,
columbiathreadneedleus.com, or contact the Fund at 800.345.6611. If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (e.g., a brokerage firm), you should contact your financial intermediary to learn about its cost basis reporting default method
and the reporting elections available to your account.
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■
|
The Fund is required by
federal law to withhold tax on any taxable or tax-exempt distributions and redemption proceeds paid to you (including amounts paid to you in securities and amounts deemed to be paid to you upon an exchange of shares) if: you have not provided a
correct TIN or have not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply, the IRS has notified us that the TIN listed on your account is incorrect according to its records, or the IRS informs the Fund that you are otherwise subject to backup
withholding.
|
Taxes
The information provided above is only a
summary of how U.S. federal income taxes may affect your investment in the Fund. It is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. It does not apply to certain types of
investors who may be subject to special rules, including foreign or tax-exempt investors or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA. Please see the SAI for more detailed tax information. You should
consult with your own tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of an investment in the Fund, including the effect of any foreign, state and local taxes, and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
The financial highlights table is intended
to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years or, if shorter, the Fund’s period of operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Per share net investment
income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. The total return in the table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund assuming all dividends and
distributions had been reinvested. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to
purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. This information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total
from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Distributions
from net
realized
gains
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.09
|
0.16
|
1.16
|
1.32
|
(0.16)
|
(0.48)
|
(0.64)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$11.70
|
0.17
|
1.91
|
2.08
|
(0.20)
|
(0.49)
|
(0.69)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$12.38
|
0.28
|
(0.38)
|
(0.10)
|
(0.27)
|
(0.31)
|
(0.58)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.53
|
0.27
|
0.47
|
0.74
|
(0.27)
|
(0.62)
|
(0.89)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$11.99
|
0.25
|
1.67
|
1.92
|
(0.20)
|
(1.18)
|
(1.38)
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$12.97
|
0.20
|
1.15
|
1.35
|
(0.20)
|
(0.48)
|
(0.68)
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(d)
|
$12.34
|
0.07
|
0.60
|
0.67
|
(0.04)
|
—
|
(0.04)
|
Notes
to Financial Highlights
|
(a)
|
In
addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense
ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net
expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
Ratios
include line of credit interest expense which is less than 0.01%.
|
(d)
|
Institutional
Class shares commenced operations on January 3, 2017. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(e)
|
Annualized.
|
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Financial Highlights
(continued)
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total
gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total
net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a), (b)
|
Net
investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
Class
A
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.77
|
10.12%
|
1.03%
(c)
|
1.03%
(c)
|
1.18%
|
21%
|
$8,612
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
|
$13.09
|
18.19%
|
1.06%
|
1.06%
|
1.40%
|
97%
|
$12,818
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2016
|
$11.70
|
(0.61%)
|
1.15%
|
1.13%
|
2.43%
|
67%
|
$1,943,911
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2015
|
$12.38
|
6.16%
|
1.13%
|
1.11%
|
2.18%
|
55%
|
$1,927,318
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2014
|
$12.53
|
17.18%
|
1.20%
(c)
|
1.08%
(c)
|
2.05%
|
99%
|
$1,752,951
|
Institutional
Class
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2018
|
$13.64
|
10.41%
|
0.78%
(c)
|
0.78%
(c)
|
1.46%
|
21%
|
$3,137,590
|
Year
Ended 5/31/2017
(d)
|
$12.97
|
5.39%
|
0.82%
(e)
|
0.82%
(e)
|
1.43%
(e)
|
97%
|
$2,471,575
|
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Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081
Additional
Information About the Fund
Additional information about the
Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s
performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI also provides additional information about the Fund and its policies. The SAI, which has been filed with the SEC, is legally part of this prospectus (incorporated by reference). To obtain these
documents free of charge, to request other information about the Fund and to make shareholder inquiries, please contact the Fund as follows:
By
Mail:
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081*
By Telephone:
800.345.6611
*
|
Please note, effective
November 1, 2018, the Fund’s mailing address is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104.
|
Online:
columbiathreadneedleus.com
Additionally, you
can review and copy information about the Fund (including this prospectus, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC
at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following
e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
The investment company registration number of Columbia
Funds Series Trust II, of which the Fund is a series, is 811-21852.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global brand
name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
© 2018 Columbia Management
Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
800.345.6611
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
October 1, 2018
Columbia Funds Series Trust
Columbia AMT-Free
California Intermediate Muni
Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NACMX
|
Class
Adv: CCMRX
|
Class C:
CCICX
|
Class
Inst: NCMAX
|
Class
Inst2: CNBRX
|
Class
Inst3: CCBYX
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Georgia Intermediate Muni
Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NGIMX
|
Class
Adv: CGIMX
|
Class C:
NGINX
|
Class
Inst: NGAMX
|
Class
Inst3: CGIYX
|
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni
Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NMDMX
|
Class
Adv: CMDMX
|
Class C:
NMINX
|
Class
Inst: NMDBX
|
Class
Inst3: CMYYX
|
Columbia
AMT-Free North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NNCIX
|
Class
Adv: CNCEX
|
Class C:
NNINX
|
Class
Inst: NNIBX
|
Class
Inst3: CNCYX
|
|
Columbia
AMT-Free South Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NSCIX
|
Class
Adv: CSICX
|
Class C:
NSICX
|
Class
Inst: NSCMX
|
Class
Inst3: CSOYX
|
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NVAFX
|
Class
Adv: CAIVX
|
Class C:
NVRCX
|
Class
Inst: NVABX
|
Class
Inst3: CVAYX
|
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Moderate
Aggressive Portfolio
|
Class
A: NBIAX
|
Class
Adv: CGBRX
|
Class C:
NBICX
|
Class
Inst: NBGPX
|
Class
Inst2: CLHRX
|
Class
Inst3: CPHNX
|
Class
R: CLBRX
|
Class
V: CGGTX
|
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Moderate
Conservative Portfolio
|
Class
A: NLGAX
|
Class
Adv: CHWRX
|
Class C:
NIICX
|
Class
Inst: NIPAX
|
Class
Inst2: CLRRX
|
Class
Inst3: CPDGX
|
Class
R: CLIRX
|
|
|
Columbia
Convertible Securities Fund
|
Class
A: PACIX
|
Class
Adv: COVRX
|
Class C:
PHIKX
|
Class
Inst: NCIAX
|
Class
Inst2: COCRX
|
Class
Inst3: CSFYX
|
Class
R: CVBRX
|
Class
T: CVBWX
|
|
Columbia
Global Strategic Equity Fund
|
Class
A: NLGIX
|
Class
Adv: CWPRX
|
Class C:
NLGCX
|
Class
Inst: NGPAX
|
Class
Inst2: CGPRX
|
Class
Inst3: CGSYX
|
Class
R: CLGRX
|
|
|
Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
Class
A: NMIAX
|
Class
Adv: CECFX
|
Class
Inst: NMIMX
|
Class
Inst2: CLNCX
|
Class
Inst3: CECYX
|
Class R:
CCERX
|
Class
T*: —
|
|
|
Columbia
Large Cap Growth Fund III
|
Class
A: NFEAX
|
Class
Adv: CSFRX
|
Class C:
NFECX
|
Class
Inst: NFEPX
|
Class
Inst2: CADRX
|
Class
Inst3: CLRYX
|
Class
R: CLGPX
|
Class
T: CLCPX
|
|
Columbia
Large Cap Index Fund
|
Class
A: NEIAX
|
Class
Inst: NINDX
|
Class
Inst2: CLXRX
|
Class
Inst3: CLPYX
|
|
|
Columbia
Mid Cap Index Fund
|
Class
A: NTIAX
|
Class
Inst: NMPAX
|
Class
Inst2: CPXRX
|
Class
Inst3: CMDYX
|
|
|
Columbia
Overseas Value Fund
|
Class
A: COAVX
|
Class
Adv: COSVX
|
Class C:
COCVX
|
Class
Inst: COSZX
|
Class
Inst2: COSSX
|
Class
Inst3: COSYX
|
Class
R: COVUX
|
Class
T: COVWX
|
|
Columbia
Select Global Growth Fund
|
Class
A: COGAX
|
Class
Adv: CADHX
|
Class C:
COGCX
|
Class
Inst: COGZX
|
Class
Inst2: CADIX
|
Class
Inst3: CGGYX
|
Class
R: COGRX
|
Class
T*: —
|
|
Columbia
Select International Equity Fund
|
Class
A: NIIAX
|
Class
Adv: CQYRX
|
Class C:
NITRX
|
Class
Inst: NIEQX
|
Class
Inst2: CQQRX
|
Class
Inst3: CMIYX
|
Class
R: CIERX
|
Class
T: CMAWX
|
|
Columbia
Select Large Cap Equity Fund
|
Class
A: NSGAX
|
Class
Adv: CLSRX
|
Class C:
NSGCX
|
Class
Inst: NSEPX
|
Class
Inst2: CLCRX
|
Class
Inst3: CLEYX
|
Class
R*: —
|
Class
T: CLCWX
|
|
Columbia
Select Mid Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A: CMUAX
|
Class
Adv: CFDRX
|
Class C:
CMUCX
|
Class
Inst: NAMAX
|
Class
Inst2: CVERX
|
Class
Inst3: CMVYX
|
Class
R: CMVRX
|
Class
T: CMUWX
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NSTRX
|
Class
Adv: CMDRX
|
Class C:
NSTIX
|
Class
Inst: NSTMX
|
Class
Inst2: CCBRX
|
Class
Inst3: CSBYX
|
Class
R: CSBRX
|
Class
T: CSBWX
|
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
Class
A: NSMMX
|
Class
Adv: CSMTX
|
Class C:
NSMUX
|
Class
Inst: NSMIX
|
Class
Inst2: CNNRX
|
Class
Inst3: CSMYX
|
Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund
|
Class
A: NMSAX
|
Class
Inst: NMSCX
|
Class
Inst2: CXXRX
|
Class
Inst3: CSPYX
|
Class
T: CSMWX
|
|
Columbia
Small Cap Value Fund II
|
Class
A: COVAX
|
Class
Adv: CLURX
|
Class C:
COVCX
|
Class
Inst: NSVAX
|
Class
Inst2: CRRRX
|
Class
Inst3: CRRYX
|
Class
R: CCTRX
|
|
|
Columbia Funds Series Trust II
Columbia
Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
Class
A: AXBAX
|
Class
Adv: CPDAX
|
Class C:
RBGCX
|
Class
Inst: CPAZX
|
Class
Inst2: CPANX
|
Class
Inst3: CPDIX
|
Class
R: CPARX
|
|
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
Class
A: ABDAX
|
Class
Adv: CPCYX
|
Class C:
RPCCX
|
Class
Inst: CBVZX
|
Class
Inst2: CPAOX
|
Class
Inst3: CPDHX
|
Class
R: CBVRX
|
|
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
Class
A: ABUAX
|
Class
Adv: CPCZX
|
Class C:
AMTCX
|
Class
Inst: CBMZX
|
Class
Inst2: CPAMX
|
Class
Inst3: CPDMX
|
Class
R: CBMRX
|
|
|
Columbia
Commodity Strategy Fund
|
Class
A: CCSAX
|
Class
Adv: CCOMX
|
Class C:
CCSCX
|
Class
Inst: CCSZX
|
Class
Inst2: CADLX
|
Class
Inst3: CCFYX
|
Class
R: CCSRX
|
Class
T: CCSWX
|
|
Columbia
Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund
|
Class
A: CAJAX
|
Class
C: CAJCX
|
Class
Inst: CAJZX
|
Class
Inst2: TAPRX
|
Class
Inst3: CAPYX
|
Class R:
CAJRX
|
Columbia
Contrarian Europe Fund
|
Class
A: AXEAX
|
Class
Adv: CADJX
|
Class C:
REECX
|
Class
Inst: CEEZX
|
Class
Inst2: CADKX
|
Class
Inst3: CEEUX
|
Class
T: CEEWX
|
|
|
Columbia
Disciplined Core Fund
|
Class
A: AQEAX
|
Class
Adv: CLCQX
|
Class C:
RDCEX
|
Class
Inst: CCRZX
|
Class
Inst2: RSIPX
|
Class
Inst3: CCQYX
|
Class
R: CLQRX
|
Class
T: RDEWX
|
|
Columbia
Disciplined Growth Fund
|
Class
A: RDLAX
|
Class
Adv: CGQFX
|
Class C:
RDLCX
|
Class
Inst: CLQZX
|
Class
Inst2: CQURX
|
Class
Inst3: CGQYX
|
Class
R: CGQRX
|
Class
T: RDLWX
|
|
Columbia
Disciplined Value Fund
|
Class
A: RLCAX
|
Class
Adv: COLEX
|
Class C:
RDCCX
|
Class
Inst: CVQZX
|
Class
Inst2: COLVX
|
Class
Inst3: COLYX
|
Class
R: RLCOX
|
Class
T: RLCWX
|
Class V:
CVQTX
|
Columbia
Dividend Opportunity Fund
|
Class
A: INUTX
|
Class
Adv: CDORX
|
Class C:
ACUIX
|
Class
Inst: CDOZX
|
Class
Inst2: RSDFX
|
Class
Inst3: CDOYX
|
Class
R: RSOOX
|
Class
T: CDOWX
|
|
Columbia
Emerging Markets Bond Fund
|
Class
A: REBAX
|
Class
Adv: CEBSX
|
Class C:
REBCX
|
Class
Inst: CMBZX
|
Class
Inst2: CEBRX
|
Class
Inst3: CEBYX
|
Class
R: CMBRX
|
Class
T: REMWX
|
|
Columbia
Flexible Capital Income Fund
|
Class
A: CFIAX
|
Class
Adv: CFCRX
|
Class C:
CFIGX
|
Class
Inst: CFIZX
|
Class
Inst2: CFXRX
|
Class
Inst3: CFCYX
|
Class
R: CFIRX
|
Class
T: CFIWX
|
|
Columbia
Floating Rate Fund
|
Class
A: RFRAX
|
Class
Adv: CFLRX
|
Class C:
RFRCX
|
Class
Inst: CFRZX
|
Class
Inst2: RFRFX
|
Class
Inst3: CFRYX
|
Class
R: CFRRX
|
Class
T: RFRWX
|
|
Columbia
Global Bond Fund
|
Class
A: IGBFX
|
Class
Adv: CGBVX
|
Class C:
AGBCX
|
Class
Inst: CGBZX
|
Class
Inst3: CGBYX
|
Class R:
RBGRX
|
Class
T: RGBWX
|
|
|
Columbia
Global Equity Value Fund
|
Class
A: IEVAX
|
Class
Adv: RSEVX
|
Class C:
REVCX
|
Class
Inst: CEVZX
|
Class
Inst2: RSEYX
|
Class
Inst3: CEVYX
|
Class
R: REVRX
|
Class
T: CEVWX
|
|
Columbia
Global Infrastructure Fund
|
Class
A: RRIAX
|
Class
Adv: CRRIX
|
Class C:
RRICX
|
Class
Inst: CRIZX
|
Class
Inst2: RRIZX
|
Class
Inst3: CGLYX
|
Class
R: RRIRX
|
|
|
Columbia
Global Opportunities Fund
|
Class
A: IMRFX
|
Class
Adv: CSDRX
|
Class C:
RSSCX
|
Class
Inst: CSAZX
|
Class
Inst2: CLNRX
|
Class
Inst3: CGOYX
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Class
R: CSARX
|
Class
T: CGOPX
|
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Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
Class
A: IDSXX
|
Class
C: RCCXX
|
Class
Inst: IDYXX
|
Class
Inst2: CMRXX
|
Class
Inst3: CGMXX
|
Class R:
RVRXX
|
Class
T: RCWXX
|
|
|
Columbia
High Yield Bond Fund
|
Class
A: INEAX
|
Class
Adv: CYLRX
|
Class C:
APECX
|
Class
Inst: CHYZX
|
Class
Inst2: RSHRX
|
Class
Inst3: CHYYX
|
Class
R: CHBRX
|
Class
T: RHYWX
|
|
Columbia
Income Builder Fund
|
Class
A: RBBAX
|
Class
Adv: CNMRX
|
Class C:
RBBCX
|
Class
Inst: CBUZX
|
Class
Inst2: CKKRX
|
Class
Inst3: CIBYX
|
Class
R: CBURX
|
Class
T: CINDX
|
|
Columbia
Income Opportunities Fund
|
Class
A: AIOAX
|
Class
Adv: CPPRX
|
Class C:
RIOCX
|
Class
Inst: CIOZX
|
Class
Inst2: CEPRX
|
Class
Inst3: CIOYX
|
Class
R: CIORX
|
Class
T: CIOWX
|
|
Columbia
Inflation Protected Securities Fund
|
Class
A: APSAX
|
Class
Adv: CIPWX
|
Class C:
RIPCX
|
Class
Inst: CIPZX
|
Class
Inst2: CFSRX
|
Class
Inst3: CINYX
|
Class
R: RIPRX
|
Class
T: RIPWX
|
|
Columbia
Large Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A: INDZX
|
Class
Adv: RDERX
|
Class C:
ADECX
|
Class
Inst: CDVZX
|
Class
Inst2: RSEDX
|
Class
Inst3: CDEYX
|
Class
R: RDEIX
|
Class
T: CDEWX
|
|
Columbia
Limited Duration Credit Fund
|
Class
A: ALDAX
|
Class
Adv: CDLRX
|
Class C:
RDCLX
|
Class
Inst: CLDZX
|
Class
Inst2: CTLRX
|
Class
Inst3: CLDYX
|
Class
T: RLDWX
|
|
|
Columbia
Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
|
Class
A: IMNTX
|
Class
Adv: CLONX
|
Class C:
RMTCX
|
Class
Inst: CMNZX
|
Class
Inst2: CADOX
|
Class
Inst3: CMNYX
|
Columbia
Mortgage Opportunities Fund
|
Class
A: CLMAX
|
Class
Adv: CLMFX
|
Class C:
CLMCX
|
Class
Inst: CLMZX
|
Class
Inst2: CLMVX
|
Class
Inst3: CMOYX
|
Class
T: CLMWX
|
|
|
Columbia
Overseas Core Fund
|
Class
A: COSAX
|
Class
Adv: COSDX
|
Class C:
COSCX
|
Class
Inst: COSNX
|
Class
Inst2: COSTX
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Class
Inst3: COSOX
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Class
R: COSRX
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Columbia
Quality Income Fund
|
Class
A: AUGAX
|
Class
Adv: CUVRX
|
Class C:
AUGCX
|
Class
Inst: CUGZX
|
Class
Inst2: CGVRX
|
Class
Inst3: CUGYX
|
Class
R: CUGUX
|
Class
T: CGMWX
|
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Columbia
Select Global Equity Fund
|
Class
A: IGLGX
|
Class
Adv: CSGVX
|
Class C:
RGCEX
|
Class
Inst: CGEZX
|
Class
Inst2: RGERX
|
Class
Inst3: CSEYX
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Class
R: CGERX
|
Class
T: CGEWX
|
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Columbia
Select Large Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A: SLVAX
|
Class
Adv: CSERX
|
Class C:
SVLCX
|
Class
Inst: CSVZX
|
Class
Inst2: SLVIX
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Class
Inst3: CSRYX
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Class
R: SLVRX
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Class
T: CSVWX
|
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Columbia
Select Small Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A: SSCVX
|
Class
Adv: CSPRX
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Class C:
SVMCX
|
Class
Inst: CSSZX
|
Class
Inst2: SSVIX
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Class
Inst3: CSSYX
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Class
R: SSVRX
|
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Columbia
Seligman Communications and
Information Fund
|
Class
A: SLMCX
|
Class
Adv: SCIOX
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Class C:
SCICX
|
Class
Inst: CCIZX
|
Class
Inst2: SCMIX
|
Class
Inst3: CCOYX
|
Class
R: SCIRX
|
Class
T: CITTX
|
|
Columbia
Seligman Global Technology Fund
|
Class
A: SHGTX
|
Class
Adv: CCHRX
|
Class C:
SHTCX
|
Class
Inst: CSGZX
|
Class
Inst2: SGTTX
|
Class
Inst3: CGTYX
|
Class
R: SGTRX
|
|
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Columbia
Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
Class
A: AMVAX
|
Class
Adv: RMCRX
|
Class C:
AMVCX
|
Class
Inst: CMOZX
|
Class
Inst2: RSCMX
|
Class
Inst3: CPHPX
|
Class
R: RMVTX
|
Class
T: CVOWX
|
|
Columbia
Strategic Municipal Income Fund
|
Class
A: INTAX
|
Class
Adv: CATRX
|
Class C:
RTCEX
|
Class
Inst: CATZX
|
Class
Inst2: CADNX
|
Class
Inst3: CATYX
|
Class
T: CMTTX
|
|
|
Multi-Manager
Value Strategies Fund
|
Class
A: CDEIX
|
Class
Inst: CZMVX
|
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*
|
This share class is not
currently available for purchase.
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Certain share classes in the table above, and
throughout this SAI, are referred to using their abbreviated form. These full share class names are as follows: Advisor Class (Class Adv); Institutional Class (Class Inst); Institutional 2 Class (Class Inst2); and Institutional 3 Class (Class
Inst3). Prior to November 1, 2017, Class Adv was known as Class R4, Class Inst was known as Class Z, Class Inst2 was known as Class R5, and Class Inst3 was known as Class Y.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, references
herein to “each Fund,” “the Fund,” “a Fund,” “the Funds” or “Funds” refers to each Fund listed above.
This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not
a prospectus, is not a substitute for reading any prospectus and is intended to be read in conjunction with each Fund’s current prospectus (as amended or supplemented), the date of which may be found in the section of this SAI entitled
About the Trusts
.
The most recent annual report for each Fund (as applicable), which includes the Fund’s audited financial statements for its most recent fiscal period, is
incorporated by reference into this SAI.
Copies of the Funds' current prospectuses and
annual and semiannual reports (once available, as applicable) may be obtained without charge by writing Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 8081, Boston, MA 02266-8081 (please note, effective November 1, 2018, the Funds' address
is changed to Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., P.O. Box 219104, Kansas City, MO 64121-9104), by calling Columbia Funds at 800.345.6611 or by visiting the Columbia Funds’ website at columbiathreadneedleus.com.
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Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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SAI PRIMER
The SAI is a part of the Funds' registration
statement that is filed with the SEC. The registration statement includes the Funds' prospectuses, the SAI and certain exhibits. The SAI, and any supplements to it, can be found online at columbiathreadneedleus.com and/or by accessing the
SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
For
purposes of any electronic version of this SAI, all references to websites or universal resource locators (URLs), are intended to be inactive and are not meant to incorporate the contents of any such website or URL into this SAI.
The SAI generally provides additional information
about the Funds that is not required to be in the Funds' prospectuses. The SAI expands discussions of certain matters described in the Funds' prospectuses and provides certain additional information about the Funds that may be of interest to some
investors. Among other things, the SAI provides information about:
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the organization
of each Trust;
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the Funds'
investments;
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the Funds'
investment adviser, investment subadviser(s) (if any) and other service providers, including roles and relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, and conflicts of interest;
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the governance of
the Funds;
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the Funds'
brokerage practices;
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the share classes
offered by the Funds;
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the purchase,
redemption and pricing of Fund shares; and
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the
application of U.S. federal income tax laws.
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Investors may find this information important and
helpful. If you have any questions about the Funds, please call Columbia Funds at 800.345.6611 or contact your financial advisor.
Throughout this SAI, the term “financial
intermediary” may refer, generally, to one or more of the selling agents and/or servicing agents that are authorized to sell and/or service shares of the Funds, which may include broker-dealers and financial advisors as well as firms that
employ such broker-dealers and financial advisors, including, for example, brokerage firms, banks, investment advisers, third party administrators and other financial intermediaries, including Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates.
Each Fund typically updates its registration
statement approximately four months after the end of its fiscal year, although in certain circumstances a Fund may update its registration statement sooner. Some of the information in this SAI is reported for a Fund as of the end of the Fund’s
last fiscal year (or period) or during the Fund’s last fiscal year (or period). This is a reference to the fiscal year (or period) ending prior to the Fund’s last annual update, which may be fifteen months or more prior to the date of
the SAI. See
About the Trusts
for each Fund’s fiscal year end and most recent prospectus date (i.e., the date of the Fund’s last annual update).
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global
brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.
Before reading the SAI, you should consult the
prospectus for the Fund as well as the Glossary below, which defines certain of the terms used in the SAI. Terms not defined in the Glossary below generally have the same meaning as otherwise ascribed in a Fund’s prospectus.
Glossary
1933
Act
|
Securities
Act of 1933, as amended
|
1934
Act
|
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
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1940
Act
|
Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended
|
Administrative
Services Agreement
|
The
Administrative Services Agreement, as amended, if applicable, between a Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and the Investment Manager
|
Ameriprise
Financial
|
Ameriprise
Financial, Inc.
|
Bank
of America
|
Bank
of America Corporation
|
Board
|
A
Trust’s Board of Trustees
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
2
|
Business
Day
|
Any
day on which the NYSE is open for business. A business day typically ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the
time of the NYSE’s scheduled close. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading or an intraday unscheduled closing as a close of regular trading on the NYSE for these purposes and will price its shares as of the
regularly scheduled closing time for that day (typically, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NAV of Fund shares may be determined at such other time or times (in addition to or in lieu of the time set forth above) as the
Fund’s Board may approve or ratify. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, the Fund's NAV is not calculated and the Fund does not accept buy or sell orders. However, the value of the Fund's assets may still be affected on such
days to the extent that the Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.
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Capital
Allocation Portfolios
|
Collectively,
Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio, Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio and Columbia Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
CEA
|
Commodity
Exchange Act
|
CFST
|
Columbia
Funds Series Trust
|
CFST
I
|
Columbia
Funds Series Trust I
|
CFST
II
|
Columbia
Funds Series Trust II
|
CFTC
|
The
United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission
|
CMOs
|
Collateralized
mortgage obligations
|
Code
|
Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
|
Codes
of Ethics
|
The
codes of ethics adopted by the Funds, the Investment Manager, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. and/or any sub-adviser, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act
|
Columbia
Funds or Columbia Funds Complex
|
The
fund complex, including the Funds, that is comprised of the registered investment companies, including traditional mutual funds, closed-end funds, and ETFs, advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
|
Custodian
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
DFA
|
Dimensional
Fund Advisors LP
|
Diamond
Hill
|
Diamond
Hill Capital Management, Inc.
|
Distribution
Agreement
|
The
Distribution Agreement between a Trust, on behalf of its Funds, and the Distributor
|
Distribution
Plan(s)
|
One
or more of the plans adopted by the Board pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for the distribution of the Funds’ shares
|
Distributor
|
Columbia
Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
|
DST
|
DST
Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
|
FDIC
|
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
|
FHLMC
|
The
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
Fitch
|
Fitch,
Inc.
|
FNMA
|
Federal
National Mortgage Association
|
The
Fund(s) or a Fund
|
One
or more of the open-end management investment companies listed on the front cover of this SAI
|
GNMA
|
Government
National Mortgage Association
|
Independent
Trustees
|
The
Trustees of the Board who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Funds
|
Interested
Trustees
|
The
Trustees of the Board who are currently deemed to be “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Funds
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
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|
Investment
Management Services Agreement
|
The
Investment Management Services Agreements, as amended, if applicable, between a Trust, on behalf of its Funds, and the Investment Manager
|
Investment
Manager
|
Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC
|
IRS
|
United
States Internal Revenue Service
|
JPMorgan
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., the Funds' custodian
|
LIBOR
|
London
Interbank Offered Rate
|
Management
Agreement
|
The
Management Agreements, as amended, if applicable, between a Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and the Investment Manager
|
Marsico
Capital
|
Marsico
Capital Management, LLC
|
Moody’s
|
Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc.
|
Multi-Manager
Strategies Funds
|
Multi-Manager
Alternative Strategies Fund, Multi-Manager Directional Alternative Strategies Fund, Multi-Manager Growth Strategies Fund, Multi-Manager International Equity Strategies Fund, Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund, Multi-Manager Total Return
Bond Strategies Fund and Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund. Shares of the Multi-Manager Strategies Funds are offered only through certain wrap fee programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. or its affiliates.
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NASDAQ
|
National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system
|
Nations
Funds
|
The
Funds within the Columbia Funds Complex that historically bore the Nations brand and includes series of CFST
|
NAV
|
Net
asset value per share of a Fund
|
NRSRO
|
Nationally
recognized statistical ratings organization (such as, for example, Moody’s, Fitch or S&P)
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NSCC
|
National
Securities Clearing Corporation
|
NYSE
|
New
York Stock Exchange
|
PwC
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
|
REIT
|
Real
estate investment trust
|
REMIC
|
Real
estate mortgage investment conduit
|
RIC
|
A
“regulated investment company,” as such term is used in the Code
|
RiverSource
Funds
|
The
Funds within the Columbia Funds Complex that historically bore the RiverSource brand and includes series of CFST II
|
S&P
|
Standard
& Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“Standard & Poor’s” and “S&P” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Investment Manager. The
Columbia Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Columbia Funds)
|
SAI
|
This
Statement of Additional Information, as amended and supplemented from time-to-time
|
SEC
|
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
|
Shares
|
Shares
of a Fund
|
State
Tax-Exempt Funds and State Municipal Bond Funds
|
Collectively,
AMT-Free CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, AMT-Free GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, AMT-Free MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, MN Tax-Exempt Fund, AMT-Free NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund, AMT-Free SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund and AMT-Free VA
Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Subadvisory
Agreement
|
The
Subadvisory Agreement among the Trust on behalf of the Fund(s), the Investment Manager and a Fund’s investment subadviser(s), as the context may require
|
Subsidiary
|
One
or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of a Fund
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
International Limited
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
4
|
Transfer
Agency Agreement
|
The
Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement between a Trust, on behalf of its Funds, and the Transfer Agent
|
Transfer
Agent
|
Columbia
Management Investment Services Corp.
|
Trustee(s)
|
One
or more members of the Board
|
Trusts
|
CFST
and CFST II, the registered investment companies in the Columbia Funds Complex to which this SAI relates
|
VP
– Managed Volatility Funds
|
Any
variable portfolio fund that includes the words “Managed Risk,” “Managed Volatility,” or “U.S. Flexible” as part of the Fund’s name
|
Throughout this SAI, the Funds are referred to as
follows:
Fund
Name:
|
|
Referred
to as:
|
Columbia
AMT-Free California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Georgia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Columbia
AMT-Free North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Columbia
AMT-Free South Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
Columbia
Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
Columbia
Commodity Strategy Fund
|
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
Columbia
Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund
|
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
Columbia
Contrarian Europe Fund
|
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
Columbia
Convertible Securities Fund
|
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
Columbia
Disciplined Core Fund
|
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
Columbia
Disciplined Growth Fund
|
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
Columbia
Disciplined Value Fund
|
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
Columbia
Dividend Opportunity Fund
|
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
Columbia
Emerging Markets Bond Fund
|
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
Columbia
Flexible Capital Income Fund
|
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
Columbia
Floating Rate Fund
|
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
Columbia
Global Bond Fund
|
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
Columbia
Global Equity Value Fund
|
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
Columbia
Global Infrastructure Fund
|
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
Columbia
Global Opportunities Fund
|
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
Columbia
Global Strategic Equity Fund
|
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
Columbia
Government Money Market Fund
|
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
Columbia
High Yield Bond Fund
|
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
Columbia
Income Builder Fund
|
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
Columbia
Income Opportunities Fund
|
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
Columbia
Inflation Protected Securities Fund
|
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
Columbia
Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
Columbia
Large Cap Growth Fund III
|
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
Columbia
Large Cap Index Fund
|
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
Columbia
Large Cap Value Fund
|
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
5
|
Fund
Name:
|
|
Referred
to as:
|
Columbia
Limited Duration Credit Fund
|
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
Columbia
Mid Cap Index Fund
|
|
Mid Cap
Index Fund
|
Columbia
Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
|
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
Columbia
Mortgage Opportunities Fund
|
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
Columbia
Overseas Core Fund
|
|
Overseas
Core Fund
|
Columbia
Overseas Value Fund
|
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
Columbia
Quality Income Fund
|
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
Columbia
Select Global Equity Fund
|
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
Columbia
Select Global Growth Fund
|
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
Columbia
Select International Equity Fund
|
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
Columbia
Select Large Cap Equity Fund
|
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
Columbia
Select Large Cap Value Fund
|
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
Columbia
Select Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
Columbia
Select Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
Columbia
Seligman Communications and Information Fund
|
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
Columbia
Seligman Global Technology Fund
|
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
Columbia
Short Term Bond Fund
|
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
Columbia
Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
Columbia
Small Cap Index Fund
|
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
Columbia
Small Cap Value Fund II
|
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
Columbia
Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
Columbia
Strategic Municipal Income Fund
|
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
Multi-Manager
Value Strategies Fund
|
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
6
|
ABOUT THE Trusts
The Trusts are open-end management investment
companies registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act with an address at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
CFST was organized as a Delaware business trust, a
form of entity now known as a statutory trust, on October 22, 1999. On September 26, 2005, CFST changed its name from Nations Funds Trust to Columbia Funds Series Trust. CFST II was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on January 27, 2006. On
March 7, 2011, CFST II changed its name from RiverSource Series Trust to Columbia Funds Series Trust II and prior to September 11, 2007 was known as RiverSource Retirement Series Trust. The offering of the shares is registered under the 1933
Act.
Fund
|
Fiscal
Year End
|
Prospectus
Date
|
Date
Began
Operations*
|
Diversified**
|
Fund
Investment Category***
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
8/19/2002
|
Yes
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
3/1/1992
|
Yes
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
9/1/1990
|
No
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
12/11/1992
|
Yes
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
1/6/1992
|
Yes
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
9/20/1989
|
Yes
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
January
31
|
6/1/2018
|
3/4/2004
|
Yes
|
Fund-of-funds
– equity
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
January
31
|
6/1/2018
|
3/4/2004
|
Yes
|
Fund-of-funds
– fixed income
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
January
31
|
6/1/2018
|
10/15/1996
|
Yes
|
Fund-of-funds
– equity
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
January
31
|
6/1/2018
|
10/15/1996
|
Yes
|
Fund-of-funds
– fixed income
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
January
31
|
6/1/2018
|
3/4/2004
|
Yes
|
Fund-of-funds
– equity
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
7/28/2011
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
October
31
|
3/1/2018
|
7/15/2009
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
October
31
|
3/1/2018
|
6/26/2000
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
9/25/1987
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
4/24/2003
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
5/17/2007
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
8/1/2008
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
8/1/1988
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
August
31
(a)
|
1/1/2018
|
2/16/2006
|
No
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
7/28/2011
|
Yes
|
Flexible
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
2/16/2006
|
Yes
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
October
31
|
3/1/2018
|
3/20/1989
|
No
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
5/14/1984
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
2/19/2009
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
1/28/1985
|
Yes
|
Flexible
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
January
31
|
6/1/2018
|
10/15/1996
|
Yes
|
Fund-of-funds
– equity
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
10/6/1975
|
Yes
|
Taxable
money market
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
12/8/1983
|
Yes
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
7
|
Fund
|
Fiscal
Year End
|
Prospectus
Date
|
Date
Began
Operations*
|
Diversified**
|
Fund
Investment Category***
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
January
31
|
6/1/2018
|
2/16/2006
|
Yes
|
Fund-of-funds
– fixed income
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
6/19/2003
|
Yes
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
3/4/2004
|
Yes
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
7/31/1996
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
12/31/1997
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
12/15/1993
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
10/15/1990
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
6/19/2003
|
Yes
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
3/31/2000
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
4/20/2012
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
8/18/1986
|
No
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
4/30/2014
|
No
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Overseas
Core Fund
|
February
28/29
|
2/20/2018
|
3/5/2018
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
3/31/2008
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
2/14/2002
|
Yes
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
October
31
|
3/1/2018
|
5/29/1990
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
4/30/2008
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
12/2/1991
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
10/2/1998
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
4/25/1997
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
11/20/2001
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
4/25/1997
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
6/23/1983
|
No
|
Equity
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
October
31
|
3/1/2018
|
5/23/1994
|
No
|
Equity
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
March
31
|
8/1/2018
|
9/30/1992
|
Yes
|
Taxable
fixed income
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
April
30
|
9/1/2018
|
10/7/1993
|
Yes
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
10/15/1996
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
February
28/29
|
7/1/2018
|
5/1/2002
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
May
31
|
10/1/2018
|
2/14/2002
|
Yes
|
Equity
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
July
31
|
11/1/2017
|
11/24/1976
|
Yes
|
Tax-exempt
fixed income
|
*
|
Certain Funds reorganized into
series of the Trust. The date of operations for these Funds represents the date on which the predecessor funds began operation.
|
**
|
A “diversified”
Fund may not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities of any one issuer or purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer, except obligations issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities and except securities of other investment companies. A “non-diversified” Fund may invest a greater percentage of its total assets in the securities of fewer issuers than a
“diversified” fund, which increases the risk that a change in the value of any one investment held by the Fund could affect the overall value of the Fund more than it would affect that of a “diversified” fund holding a
greater number of investments. Accordingly, a “non-diversified” Fund’s value will likely be more volatile than the value of a more diversified fund.
|
***
|
The Fund Investment Category is
used as a convenient way to describe Funds in this SAI and should not be deemed a description of the Fund’s principal investment strategies, which are described in the Fund’s prospectus.
|
(a)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31.
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
8
|
Name Changes.
The table below identifies the Funds whose names have changed in the past five years, the effective date of the name change and the former name.
Fund*
|
Effective
Date of Name Change
|
Previous
Fund Name
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
July
7, 2014
|
Columbia
California Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
July
7, 2014
|
Columbia
Georgia Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
July
7, 2014
|
Columbia
Maryland Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
July
7, 2014
|
Columbia
North Carolina Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
July
7, 2014
|
Columbia
South Carolina Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
July
7, 2014
|
Columbia
Virginia Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
January
22, 2018
|
Columbia
Asia Pacific ex-Japan Fund
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
January
22, 2018
|
Columbia
European Equity Fund
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
December
21, 2015
|
Columbia
Large Core Quantitative Fund
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
December
21, 2015
|
Columbia
Large Growth Quantitative Fund
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
December
21, 2015
|
Columbia
Large Value Quantitative Fund
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
September
5, 2014
|
Columbia
Equity Value Fund
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
December
11, 2013
|
Columbia
Recovery and Infrastructure Fund
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
June
2, 2015
|
Columbia
LifeGoal
®
Growth Portfolio
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
October
1, 2016
|
Columbia
Money Market Fund
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
November
20, 2015
|
Columbia
Marsico Focused Equities Fund
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
February
28, 2018
|
Columbia
Diversified Equity Income Fund
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
February
28, 2017
December 11, 2013
|
Active
Portfolios
®
Multi-Manager Value Fund
Columbia
Active Portfolios
– Diversified Equity Income Fund
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
April
20, 2018
|
Columbia
U.S. Government Mortgage Fund
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
January
15, 2015
|
Columbia
Global Equity Fund
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
November
20, 2015
|
Columbia
Marsico Global Fund
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
May
1, 2015
|
Columbia
Multi-Advisor International Equity Fund
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
December
11, 2013
|
Columbia
Large Cap Core Fund
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
October
1, 2018
|
Columbia
Select Large-Cap Value Fund
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
July
1, 2018
|
Columbia
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
October
1, 2018
|
Columbia
Select Smaller-Cap Value Fund
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
July
7, 2014
|
Columbia
Mid Cap Value Opportunity
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
April
18, 2016
|
Columbia
AMT-Free Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
9
|
FUNDAMENTAL AND NON-FUNDAMENTAL
INVESTMENT POLICIES
The following
discussion of “fundamental” and “non-fundamental” investment policies and limitations for each Fund supplements the discussion of investment policies in the Funds' prospectuses. A fundamental policy may be changed only with
Board and shareholder approval. A non-fundamental policy may be changed only with Board approval and does not require shareholder approval.
Unless otherwise noted in a Fund’s prospectus
or this SAI, whenever an investment policy or limitation states a maximum percentage of a Fund’s assets that may be invested in any security or other asset, or sets forth a policy regarding an investment standard, compliance with such
percentage limitation or standard will be determined solely at the time of the Fund’s acquisition of such security or asset (Time of Purchase Standard). Thus, a Fund may continue to hold a security even though it causes the Fund to exceed a
percentage limitation because of fluctuation in the value of the Fund’s assets.
Notwithstanding any of a Fund’s other
investment policies, the Fund, subject to certain limitations, may invest its assets in another investment company. These underlying funds have adopted their own investment policies that may be more or less restrictive than those of the Fund. Unless
a Fund has a policy to consider the policies of underlying funds, the Fund may engage in investment strategies indirectly that would otherwise be prohibited under the Fund’s investment policies.
In adhering to the fundamental and non-fundamental
investment restrictions and policies applicable to Commodity Strategy Fund, the Fund will, to the extent possible, treat any assets of its Subsidiary generally as if the assets were held directly by the Fund.
For all series of CFST II, except Mortgage
Opportunities Fund:
Notwithstanding any of a Fund’s other investment policies, the Fund may invest its assets in an open-end management investment company having substantially the same investment objectives,
policies, and restrictions as the Fund for the purpose of having those assets managed as part of a combined pool.
Notwithstanding the policies set forth in this SAI
for Government Money Market Fund, the Fund will comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act (Rule 2a-7).
Fundamental Policies
The table below shows Fund-specific policies that
may be changed only with a “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Fund, which means the affirmative vote of the lesser of (1) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund, or (2) 67% or more of the shares
present at a meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy. The table indicates whether or not a fund has a policy on a particular topic. A dash indicates that the Fund does not have a
Fundamental policy on a particular topic. The specific policy is stated in the paragraphs that follow the table.
Fund
|
A
Buy or
sell real
estate
|
B
Buy or sell
commodities
|
C
Issuer
Diversification
|
D
Concentrate
in any one
industry
|
E
Invest
80%
|
F
Act as an
underwriter
|
G
Lending
|
H
Borrow
money
|
I
Issue
senior
securities
|
J
Buy on
margin/
sell
short
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
E3
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
E3
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
—
|
D6
|
E3
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
E3
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
E3
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
E3
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
A1
|
B1
|
C5
|
D2
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
A1
|
B1
|
C5
|
D2
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
A1
|
B1
|
C5
|
D2
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
A1
|
B9
|
C5
|
D5
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
A1
|
B2
|
C5
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
—
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
10
|
Fund
|
A
Buy or
sell real
estate
|
B
Buy or sell
commodities
|
C
Issuer
Diversification
|
D
Concentrate
in any one
industry
|
E
Invest
80%
|
F
Act as an
underwriter
|
G
Lending
|
H
Borrow
money
|
I
Issue
senior
securities
|
J
Buy on
margin/
sell
short
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
A1
|
B2
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
A1
|
B2
|
C5
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
A1
|
B3
|
—
|
D3
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
A1
|
B9
|
C5
|
D5
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
A1
|
B3
|
C1
|
D4
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C6
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
A1
|
B3
|
C5
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
A2
|
A2
|
C1
|
D13
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
J1
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
A1
|
B3
|
C5
|
D2
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
—
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
A1
|
B8
|
C5
|
D12
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
—
|
D7
|
E1
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
—
|
D11
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Overseas
Core Fund
|
A6
|
B10
|
C5
|
D14
|
—
|
F5
|
G5
|
H4
|
I1
|
—
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
A5
|
B7
|
C4
|
D12
|
—
|
F4
|
G4
|
H3
|
I4
|
—
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
A3
|
B5
|
C3
|
D10
|
—
|
F2
|
G2
|
I2
|
I2
|
J2
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
A3
|
B5
|
C3
|
D10
|
—
|
F2
|
G2
|
I2
|
I2
|
J2
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
A3
|
B5
|
—
|
D9
|
—
|
F2
|
G2
|
I2
|
I2
|
J2
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
A3
|
B5
|
—
|
D8
|
—
|
F2
|
G2
|
I2
|
I2
|
J2
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
E4
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
A4
|
B6
|
C2
|
D6
|
—
|
F3
|
G3
|
H2
|
I3
|
—
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
11
|
Fund
|
A
Buy or
sell real
estate
|
B
Buy or sell
commodities
|
C
Issuer
Diversification
|
D
Concentrate
in any one
industry
|
E
Invest
80%
|
F
Act as an
underwriter
|
G
Lending
|
H
Borrow
money
|
I
Issue
senior
securities
|
J
Buy on
margin/
sell
short
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D1
|
—
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
A1
|
B1
|
C1
|
D7
|
E2
|
F1
|
G1
|
H1
|
I1
|
—
|
A.
|
Buy or sell real
estate
|
A1 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell real estate, unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, except this shall not prevent the Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or securities of companies engaged
in the real estate business or real estate investment trusts. For purposes of this policy, real estate includes real estate limited partnerships.
|
A2 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell real estate, commodities or commodity contracts. For purposes of this policy, real estate includes real estate limited partnerships.
|
A3 –
|
The Fund will not
purchase or hold any real estate, except that a Fund may invest in securities secured by real estate or interests therein or issued by persons (other than real estate investment trusts) which deal in real estate or interests therein.
|
A4 –
|
The Fund may not
purchase or sell real estate, except the Fund may purchase securities of issuers which deal or invest in real estate and may purchase securities which are secured by real estate or interests in real estate.
|
A5 –
|
The Fund may not
purchase or sell real estate, except the Fund may: (i) purchase securities of issuers which deal or invest in real estate, (ii) purchase securities which are secured by real estate or interests in real estate and (iii) hold and dispose of real
estate or interests in real estate acquired through the exercise of its rights as a holder of securities which are secured by real estate or interests therein.
|
A6
–
|
The
Fund will not buy or sell real estate, unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, except this shall not prevent the Fund from investing in: (i) securities or other instruments backed by real estate or interests in
real estate, (ii) securities or other instruments of issuers or entities that deal in real estate or are engaged in the real estate business, (iii) real estate investment trusts (REITs) or entities similar to REITs formed under the laws of non-U.S.
countries or (iv) real estate or interests in real estate acquired through the exercise of its rights as a holder of securities secured by real estate or interests therein.
|
B.
|
Buy or sell physical
commodities*
|
B1 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, except this shall not prevent the Fund from buying or selling options and futures contracts (and, in the case of Mortgage Opportunities
Fund, swaps) or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by, or whose value is derived from, physical commodities.
|
B2 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, except this shall not prevent the Fund from buying or selling options, futures contracts and foreign currency or from investing in
securities or other instruments backed by, or whose value is derived from, physical commodities.
|
B3 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, except this shall not prevent the Fund from buying or selling options, futures contracts and foreign currency or from entering into forward
currency contracts or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by, or whose value is derived from, physical commodities.
|
B4 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell commodities, except that the Fund may to the extent consistent with its investment objective(s), invest in securities of companies that purchase or sell commodities or which invest in such programs, and purchase and sell options, forward
contracts, futures contracts, and options on futures contracts and enter into swap contracts and other financial transactions relating to commodities. This restriction does not apply to foreign currency transactions including without limitation
forward currency contracts.
|
B5 –
|
The Fund will not
purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts, except to the extent permissible under applicable law and interpretations, as they may be amended from time to time.
|
B6
–
|
The
Fund may not purchase or sell commodities, except that the Fund may, to the extent consistent with its investment objective, invest in securities of companies that purchase or sell commodities or which invest in such programs, and purchase and sell
options, forward contracts, futures contracts, and options on futures contracts. This limitation does not apply to foreign currency transactions, including, without limitation, forward currency contracts.
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
12
|
B7 –
|
The Fund may not
purchase or sell commodities, except that the Fund may to the extent consistent with its investment objective: (i) invest in securities of companies that purchase or sell commodities or which invest in such programs, (ii) purchase and sell options,
forward contracts, futures contracts, and options on futures contracts and (iii) enter into swap contracts and other financial transactions relating to commodities. This limitation does not apply to foreign currency transactions including without
limitation forward currency contracts.
|
B8 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, except this shall not prevent the Fund from transacting in derivative instruments relating to commodities, including but not limited to, buying or
selling options, swap contracts or futures contracts, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by, or whose value is derived from, commodities.
|
B9 –
|
The Fund will not
buy or sell physical commodities, except that the Fund may to the extent consistent with its investment objective(s), invest in securities of companies that purchase or sell commodities or commodities contracts or which invest in such programs, and
the Fund may, without limitation by this restriction, purchase and sell options, forward contracts, commodities futures contracts, commodity-linked notes, and options on futures contracts and enter into swap contracts and other financial
transactions relating to, or that are secured by, physical commodities or commodity indices. This restriction does not apply to foreign currency transactions including without limitation forward currency contracts. This restriction also does not
prevent Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund from investing up to 25% of its total assets in one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries (as described further herein and referred to herein collectively as the “Subsidiary”), thereby gaining
exposure to the investment returns of commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax requirements.
|
B10
–
|
The
Fund will not purchase or sell commodities, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
*
|
For purposes of the fundamental
investment policy on buying and selling physical commodities above, at the time of the establishment of the restriction for certain Funds, swap contracts on financial instruments or rates were not within the understanding of the term
“commodities.” Notwithstanding any federal legislation or regulatory action by the CFTC that subjects such swaps to regulation by the CFTC, these Funds will not consider such instruments to be commodities for purposes of this
restriction.
|
C.
|
Issuer
Diversification*
|
C1 –
|
The Fund will not
purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, except that up to 25% of the Fund’s assets may be invested without regard to this 10% limitation. For tax-exempt Funds, for purposes of this policy, the terms of a
municipal security determine the issuer. The Fund will not invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities of any company, government, or political subdivision thereof, except the limitation will not apply to investments in securities issued
or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, or other investment companies, and except that up to 25% of the Fund’s total assets may be invested without regard to this 5% limitation. For tax-exempt Funds, for
purposes of this policy, the terms of a municipal security determine the issuer.
|
C2 –
|
The Fund may not
purchase securities (except securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities) of any one issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of its total assets will be invested in the securities of such issuer or it would
own more than 10% of the voting securities of such issuer, except that: (i) up to 25% of its total assets may be invested without regard to these limitations; and (ii) a Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of one or more management
investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and any exemptive relief obtained by the Fund.
|
C3 –
|
The Fund will not
make any investment inconsistent with its classification as a diversified company under the 1940 Act.
|
C4 –
|
The Fund may not
purchase securities (except securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities) of any one issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of its total assets will be invested in the securities of such issuer or it would
own more than 10% of the voting securities of such issuer, except that: (a) up to 25% of its total assets may be invested without regard to these limitations; and (b) the Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of one or more
management investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, or any applicable exemptive relief obtained by the Fund.
|
C5
–
|
The
Fund will not purchase securities (except securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities) of any one issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of its total assets will be invested in the securities of such
issuer or it would own more than 10% of the voting securities of such issuer, except that: (a) up to 25% of its
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
13
|
|
total assets may
be invested without regard to these limitations; and (b) a Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of one or more management investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, or any
applicable exemptive relief.
|
C6
–
|
The
Fund will not purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, except that up to 25% of the Fund’s assets may be invested without regard to this 10% limitation. For tax-exempt Funds, for purposes of this policy, the
terms of a municipal security determine the issuer.
|
*
|
For purposes of applying the
limitation set forth in its issuer diversification policy above, a Fund does not consider futures or swaps central counterparties, where the Fund has exposure to such central counterparties in the course of making investments in futures and
securities, to be issuers.
|
D1 –
|
The Fund will not
concentrate in any one industry. According to the present interpretation by the SEC, this means that up to 25% of the Fund’s total assets, based on current market value at time of purchase, can be invested in any one industry.
|
D2 –
|
The Fund will not
concentrate in any one industry. According to the present interpretation by the SEC, this means that up to 25% of the Fund’s total assets, based on current market value at time of purchase, can be invested in any one industry. The Fund itself
does not intend to concentrate, however, the aggregation of holdings of the underlying funds may result in the Fund indirectly investing more than 25% of its assets in a particular industry. The Fund does not control the investments of the
underlying funds and any indirect concentration will occur only as a result of the Fund following its investment objectives by investing in the underlying funds.
|
D3 –
|
While the Fund may
invest 25% or more of its total assets in the securities of foreign governmental and corporate entities located in the same country, it will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in any single foreign governmental issuer.
|
D4 –
|
The Fund will not
concentrate in any one industry. According to the present interpretation by the SEC, this means that up to 25% of the Fund’s total assets, based on current market value at time of purchase, can be invested in any one industry. For purposes of
this restriction, loans will be considered investments in the industry of the underlying borrower, rather than that of the seller of the loan.
|
D5 –
|
The Fund will not
invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities of corporate issuers engaged in any one industry. The foregoing restriction does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or
repurchase agreements secured by them. In addition, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to or limit, Commodity Strategy Fund’s counterparties in commodities-related transactions.
|
D6 –
|
The Fund may not
purchase any securities which would cause 25% or more of the value of its total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry, provided
that: a) there is no limitation with respect to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, any state or territory of the United States, or any of their agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions; and b) notwithstanding this
limitation or any other fundamental investment limitation, assets may be invested in the securities of one or more management investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any exemptive relief
obtained by the Fund.
|
D7 –
|
The Fund will not
invest more than 25% of total assets, at market value, in any one industry; except that municipal securities and securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities are not considered an industry for purposes of this limitation.
|
D8 –
|
The Fund will,
under normal market conditions, invest at least 25% of the value of its total assets at the time of purchase in the securities of issuers conducting their principal business activities in the technology and related group of industries, provided
that: (i) there is no limitation with respect to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, any state or territory of the United States or any of their agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions; and (ii) notwithstanding
this limitation or any other fundamental investment limitation, assets may be invested in the securities of one or more management investment companies or subsidiaries to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and
any applicable exemptive relief.
|
D9
–
|
The
Fund will not invest 25% or more of its total assets, at market value, in the securities of issuers in any particular industry, except that the Fund will invest at least 25% of the value of its total assets in securities of companies principally
engaged in the communications, information and related industries and provided that this limitation shall exclude securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
14
|
D10
–
|
The Fund will not
invest 25% or more of its total assets, at market value, in the securities of issuers in any particular industry, provided that this limitation shall exclude securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities.
|
D11
–
|
The Fund will not
purchase any securities which would cause 25% or more of the value of its total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry, provided
that: i) there is no limitation with respect to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, any state, municipality or territory of the United States, or any of their agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions; and ii)
notwithstanding this limitation or any other fundamental investment limitation, assets may be invested in the securities of one or more management investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and
any applicable exemptive relief obtained by the Fund. Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and strategies, the Fund may invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities issued by sovereign and quasi-sovereign (
e.g.
, government agencies or instrumentalities) foreign governmental issuers or obligors, including in emerging market countries, but it will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in any single foreign
governmental issuer.
|
D12
–
|
The Fund will not
purchase any securities which would cause 25% or more of the value of its total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry, provided
that: (i) there is no limitation with respect to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, any state or territory of the United States, or any of their agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions; and (ii) notwithstanding
this limitation or any other fundamental investment limitation, assets may be invested in the securities of one or more management investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable
exemptive relief.
|
D13
–
|
The Fund may
invest more than 25% of its total assets in money market instruments issued by U.S. banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks and U.S. Government securities.
|
D14
–
|
The
Fund will not purchase any securities which would cause 25% or more of the value of its total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same
industry, provided that: (i) there is no limitation with respect to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, any state or territory of the United States or any of their agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions; and (ii)
notwithstanding this limitation or any other fundamental investment limitation, assets may be invested in the securities of one or more investment companies or subsidiaries to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
*
|
For purposes of applying the
limitation set forth in its concentration policy, above, a Fund will generally use the industry classifications provided by the Global Industry Classification System (GICS) for classification of issuers of equity securities and the classifications
provided by the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index for classification of issues of fixed-income securities. A Fund does not consider futures or swaps clearinghouses or securities clearinghouses, where the Fund has exposure to such clearinghouses
in the course of making investments in futures and securities, to be part of any industry.
|
E1 –
|
The Fund will not
under normal market conditions, invest less than 80% of its net assets in municipal obligations that are generally exempt from federal income tax as well as respective state and local income tax.
|
E2 –
|
The Fund will not
under normal market conditions, invest less than 80% of its net assets in bonds and other debt securities issued by or on behalf of state or local governmental units whose interest, in the opinion of counsel for the issuer, is exempt from federal
income tax.
|
E3 –
|
The Fund will
invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities that pay interest exempt from federal income tax, other than the federal alternative minimum tax, and state individual income tax.
|
E4
–
|
The
Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities that pay interest exempt from federal income tax, other than the federal alternative minimum tax
|
F1 –
|
The Fund will not
act as an underwriter (sell securities for others). However, under the securities laws, the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter when it purchases securities directly from the issuer and later resells them.
|
F2 –
|
The Fund will not
underwrite the securities of other issuers, except insofar as the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under the 1933 Act in disposing of a portfolio security or in connection with investments in other investment companies.
|
F3
–
|
The
Fund may not underwrite any issue of securities within the meaning of the 1933 Act except when it might technically be deemed to be an underwriter either: (i) in connection with the disposition of a portfolio security; or
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
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(ii) in connection
with the purchase of securities directly from the issuer thereof in accordance with its investment objective. This restriction shall not limit the Fund’s ability to invest in securities issued by other registered management investment
companies.
|
F4 –
|
The Fund may not
underwrite any issue of securities issued by other persons within the meaning of the 1933 Act except when it might be deemed to be an underwriter either: (i) in connection with the disposition of a portfolio security; or (ii) in connection with the
purchase of securities directly from the issuer thereof in accordance with its investment objective. This restriction shall not limit the Fund’s ability to invest in securities issued by other registered investment companies.
|
F5
–
|
The
Fund will not underwrite any issue of securities issued by other persons within the meaning of the 1933 Act except when it might be deemed to be an underwriter either: (i) in connection with the disposition of a portfolio security; or (ii) in
connection with the purchase of securities directly from the issuer where the Fund later resells such securities. This restriction shall not limit the Fund’s ability to invest in securities issued by other registered investment companies.
|
G1 –
|
The Fund will not
lend securities or participate in an interfund lending program if the total of all such loans would exceed 33
1
⁄
3
% of the Fund’s total assets except this fundamental investment policy shall not prohibit the Fund from purchasing money market securities, loans, loan participation or other debt securities, or
from entering into repurchase agreements. For funds-of-funds – equity, under current Board policy, the Fund has no current intention to borrow to a material extent.
|
G2 –
|
The Fund will not
make loans, except as permitted by the 1940 Act or any rule thereunder, any SEC or SEC staff interpretations thereof or any exemptions therefrom which may be granted by the SEC.
|
G3 –
|
The Fund may not
make loans, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any exemptive relief obtained by the Fund.
|
G4 –
|
The Fund may not
make loans, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
G5
–
|
The
Fund will not make loans, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
H1 –
|
The Fund will not
borrow money, except for temporary purposes (not for leveraging or investment) in an amount not exceeding 33
1
⁄
3
% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings) immediately after the borrowings. For funds-of-funds – equity, under current Board policy, the Fund
has no current intention to borrow to a material extent.
|
H2 –
|
The Fund may not
borrow money except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any exemptive relief obtained by the Fund.
|
H3 –
|
The Fund may not
borrow money except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
H4
–
|
The
Fund will not borrow money except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
*
|
For purposes of the policies
described herein, this restriction shall not prevent the Funds from engaging in derivatives, short sales or other portfolio transactions that create leverage, as allowed by each Fund’s investment policies.
|
I.
|
Issue senior
securities
|
I1 –
|
The Fund will not
issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
I2 –
|
The Fund will not
issue senior securities or borrow money, except as permitted by the 1940 Act or any rule thereunder, any SEC or SEC staff interpretations thereof or any exemptions therefrom which may be granted by the SEC.
|
I3 –
|
The Fund may not
issue senior securities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any exemptive relief obtained by the Fund.
|
I4
–
|
The
Fund may not issue senior securities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
J.
|
Buy on margin/sell
short
|
J1 –
|
The Fund will not
buy on margin or sell short or deal in options to buy or sell securities.
|
J2
–
|
The
Fund will not purchase securities on margin except as permitted by the 1940 Act or any rule thereunder, any SEC or SEC staff interpretations thereof or any exemptions therefrom which may be granted by the SEC.
|
In addition to the policies described above and any
fundamental policy described in the prospectus:
For Government Money Market Fund, the Fund will
not:
■
|
Purchase common
stocks, preferred stocks, warrants, other equity securities, corporate bonds or debentures, state bonds, municipal bonds, or industrial revenue bonds.
|
For Seligman Communications and
Information Fund, Seligman Global Technology Fund, Select Large Cap Value Fund and Select Small Cap Value Fund, the Fund will not:
■
|
Purchase or hold
the securities of any issuer, if to its knowledge, directors or officers of the Fund and, only in the case of Seligman Global Technology Fund, the directors and officers of the Fund’s Investment Manager, individually owning beneficially more
than 0.5% of the outstanding securities of that issuer own in the aggregate more than 5% of such securities.
|
■
|
Enter into
repurchase agreements of more than one week’s duration if more than 10% of the Fund’s net assets would be so invested.
|
Non-fundamental Policies
The following non-fundamental policies may be changed by the Board
at any time and may be in addition to those described in the Funds' prospectus.
Investment in Illiquid Securities
No more than 5% of a money market
fund’s total assets will be held in securities and other instruments that are illiquid. No more than 15% of the net assets of any other Fund will be held in securities and other instruments that are illiquid. “Illiquid Securities”
are defined in accordance with the SEC staff’s current guidance and interpretations which provide that an illiquid security is a security which may not be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at
approximately the value at which the Fund has valued the security. Compliance with this limitation is not measured under the Time of Purchase Standard.
Investment in Other Investment Companies
The Funds may not purchase securities of other investment companies
except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
Investment in Foreign Securities
For Disciplined Core Fund,
Disciplined Growth Fund, Disciplined Value Fund, Dividend Opportunity Fund, Flexible Capital Income Fund, Floating Rate Fund, High Yield Bond Fund, Income Opportunities Fund, Inflation Protected Securities Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Limited
Duration Credit Fund, MM Value Strategies Fund, Select Large Cap Value Fund, Select Small Cap Value Fund, Seligman Communications and Information Fund and Small/Mid Cap Value Fund:
■
|
Up to 25% of the
Fund’s net assets may be invested in foreign investments.
|
For Convertible Securities Fund:
■
|
Up to 15% of its
total assets may be invested in Eurodollar convertible securities and up to an additional 20% of its total assets in foreign securities.
|
For Large Cap Growth Fund III, Select Large Cap
Equity Fund, Select Mid Cap Value Fund and Small Cap Value Fund II:
■
|
Up to 20% of the
Fund’s total assets may be invested in foreign securities.
|
For Quality Income Fund:
■
|
Up to 20% of the
Fund’s net assets may be invested in foreign investments.
|
Invest 80%
For Large Cap Growth Fund III:
■
|
Under normal
circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
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|
For Government Money Market Fund:
■
|
The Fund will not
(subject to the succeeding sentence) purchase any securities which would cause 25% or more of the value of its total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business
activities in the same industry, provided that: (i) there is no limitation with respect to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, any state or territory of the United States or any of their agencies, instrumentalities or political
subdivisions and, under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in government securities and/or repurchase securities that are collateralized by
government securities; and (ii) notwithstanding this limitation or any other fundamental investment limitation, assets may be invested in the securities of one or more management investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the
rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief. If, at a future date, the Fund ceases to be a government money market fund and becomes a money market fund that may invest significantly in Rule 2a-7 eligible securities issued by
non-government entities, the Fund may invest more than 25% of its total assets in money market instruments issued by U.S. banks or U.S. branches of foreign banks (subject to the applicable requirements of Rule 2a-7) and U.S. Government securities.
|
Selling Securities
Short
For series of CFST other than Funds with a fundamental
policy with respect to selling securities short:
■
|
The Funds may not
sell securities short, except as permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
|
Purchasing Securities of Any One Issuer
For AMT-Free MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund and Large
Cap Growth Fund III:
■
|
The Fund may not
purchase securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government Obligations and securities of other investment companies) if, immediately after such purchase, more than 25% of the value of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in the
securities of one issuer, and with respect to 50% of the Fund’s total assets, more than 5% of its assets would be invested in the securities of one issuer.
|
Additional Information About Concentration
Mortgage Opportunities Fund will consider the concentration
policies of any underlying funds in which it invests when evaluating compliance with its concentration policy.
Overseas Core Fund may indirectly concentrate in a
particular industry or group of industries through investments in underlying funds.
Names Rule Policy
To the extent a Fund is subject to Rule 35d-1 under the 1940 Act
(the Names Rule), and does not otherwise have a fundamental policy in place to comply with the Names Rule, such Fund has adopted the following non-fundamental policy: Shareholders will receive at least 60 days’ notice of any change to the
Fund’s investment objective or principal investment strategies made in order to comply with the Names Rule. The notice will be provided in plain English in a separate written document, and will contain the following prominent statement or
similar statement in bold-face type: “Important Notice Regarding Change in Investment Policy.” This statement will appear on both the notice and the envelope in which it is delivered, unless it is delivered separately from other
communications to investors, in which case the statement will appear either on the notice or the envelope in which the notice is delivered. A Fund subject to a fundamental policy in place to comply with the Names Rule will disclose in the
More Information About the Fund
section of its prospectus that its 80% policy cannot be changed without shareholder approval.
Summary of 1940 Act Restrictions on Certain
Activities
Certain of the Fund’s fundamental and, if
any, non-fundamental policies set forth above prohibit transactions “except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.” The following discussion summarizes the
flexibility that the Fund currently gains from these exceptions. To the extent the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder may, in the future, be amended to provide greater flexibility, or to the extent the SEC may in the future grant
exemptive relief providing greater flexibility, the Fund will be able to use that flexibility without seeking shareholder approval of its fundamental policies.
Borrowing money – The 1940 Act permits a Fund
to borrow up to 33
1
⁄
3
% of its total assets (including the amounts borrowed) from banks,
plus an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, which may be borrowed from banks or other sources. The exception in the fundamental policy allows the Funds to borrow money subject to these conditions. Compliance with this
limitation is not measured under the Time of Purchase Standard (meaning, a Fund may not exceed these thresholds including if, after borrowing, the Fund’s net assets decrease due to market fluctuations).
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
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|
Buy or sell physical commodities – The 1940
Act does not directly limit a Fund’s ability to invest directly in physical commodities. However, a Fund’s direct and indirect investments in physical commodities may be limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify as a RIC, and can
limit the Fund’s ability to so qualify. One of the requirements for favorable tax treatment as a RIC under the Code is that a Fund derive at least 90 percent of its gross income from certain qualifying sources of income. Income and gains from
direct commodities investments, and from certain indirect investments therein, do not constitute qualifying income for this purpose. A Fund that qualifies for an exclusion from the definition of a commodity pool under the CEA and has on file a
notice of exclusion under CFTC Rule 4.5 is limited in its ability to use certain financial instruments regulated under the CEA (“commodity interests”).
Investing in other investment companies – The
1940 Act, in summary, provides that a fund generally may not: (i) purchase more than 3% of the outstanding voting stock of another investment company; (ii) purchase securities issued by another investment company in an amount representing more than
5% of the investing fund’s total assets; or (iii) purchase securities issued by investment companies that in the aggregate represent more than 10% of the acquiring fund’s total assets (the “3, 5 and 10 Rule”). Affiliated
funds-of-funds (i.e., those funds that invest in other funds within the same fund family), with respect to investments in such affiliated underlying funds, are not subject to the 3, 5 and 10 Rule and, therefore, may invest in affiliated underlying
funds without restriction. A fund-of-funds may also invest its assets in unaffiliated funds, but the fund-of-funds generally may not purchase more than 3% of the outstanding voting stock of any one unaffiliated fund. Additionally, certain exceptions
to these limitations apply to investments in money market open-end funds. If shares of the Fund are purchased by an affiliated fund beyond the 3, 5 and 10 Rule in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act, for so long as shares of the Fund are
held by such other affiliated fund beyond the 3, 5 and 10 Rule, the Fund will not purchase securities of a registered open-end investment company or registered unit investment trust in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(F) or Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the
1940 Act.
Issuing senior securities – A
“senior security” is an obligation with respect to the earnings or assets of a company that takes precedence over the claims of that company’s common stock with respect to the same earnings or assets. The 1940 Act prohibits an
open-end fund from issuing senior securities other than certain borrowings from a bank, but SEC staff interpretations allow a Fund to engage in certain types of transactions that otherwise might raise senior security concerns (such as short sales,
buying and selling financial futures contracts and other derivative instruments and selling put and call options), provided that the Fund segregates or designates on the Fund’s books and records liquid assets, or, as permitted in accordance
with SEC staff interpretations, otherwise covers the transaction with offsetting portfolio securities, in amounts sufficient to offset any liability associated with the transaction. The exception in the fundamental policy allows the Fund to operate
in reliance upon these staff interpretations.
Making loans (Lending) – Under the 1940 Act,
an open-end fund may loan money or property to persons who do not control and are not under common control with the Fund, except that a Fund may make loans to a wholly-owned subsidiary. In addition, the SEC staff takes the position that a Fund may
not lend portfolio securities representing more than one-third of the Fund’s total value. A Fund must receive from the borrower collateral at least equal in value to the loaned securities, marked to market daily. The exception in the
fundamental policy allows the Fund to make loans to third parties, including loans of its portfolio securities, subject to these conditions.
Purchase of securities on margin – A purchase
on margin involves a loan from the broker-dealer arranging the transaction. The “margin” is the cash or securities that the buyer/borrower places with the broker-dealer as collateral against the loan. However, the purchase of securities
on margin is effectively prohibited by the 1940 Act because the Fund generally may borrow only from banks. Thus, under current law, this exception does not provide any additional flexibility to the Fund.
Selling securities short – A Fund may sell a
security short by borrowing the security, then selling it to a third party. The Fund will eventually need to close out the short sale by buying the security and returning it, together with interest, to the party from whom the Fund borrowed the
security. The SEC staff takes the position that, as described under “Issuing senior securities” above, a mutual fund must segregate or designate on the Fund’s books and records liquid assets with a value equal to, or otherwise
cover the obligation to return, the security. The exception in the fundamental policy allows the Fund to sell securities short provided it designates liquid assets with a value equal to, or otherwise covers the obligation to return, the
security.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
ABOUT FUND INVESTMENTS
Each Fund’s investment objective, principal
investment strategies and related principal risks are discussed in each Fund’s prospectus. Each Fund’s prospectus identifies the types of securities in which the Fund invests principally and summarizes the principal risks to the
Fund’s portfolio as a whole associated with such investments. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus or this SAI, the investment objective and policies of a Fund may be changed without shareholder approval.
To the extent that a type of security identified in
the table below for a Fund is not described in the Fund’s prospectus (or as a sub-category of such security type in this SAI), the Fund generally invests in such security type, if at all, as part of its non-principal investment
strategies.
Information about individual types
of securities (including certain of their associated risks) in which some or all of the Funds may invest is set forth below. Each Fund may invest in these types of securities, subject to its investment objective and fundamental and non-fundamental
investment policies. A Fund is not required to invest in any or all of the types of securities listed below.
Funds-of-funds invest in a combination of underlying
funds, although they may also invest directly in stocks, bonds and other securities. These underlying funds have their own investment strategies and types of investments they are allowed to engage in and purchase. Funds-of-funds may invest directly
or indirectly through investments in underlying funds, in securities and other instruments and may engage in the investment strategies indicated in the table below.
Certain Investment Activity Limits.
The overall investment and other activities of the Investment Manager and its affiliates may limit the investment opportunities for each Fund in certain markets, industries or transactions or in
individual issuers where limitations are imposed upon the aggregate amount of investment by the Funds and other accounts managed by the Investment Manager and accounts of its affiliates (collectively, affiliated investors). From time to time, each
Fund’s activities also may be restricted because of regulatory restrictions applicable to the Investment Manager and its affiliates and/or because of their internal policies. See
Investment Management and Other Services – Other
Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates – Certain Conflicts of Interest
.
Temporary Defensive Positions.
Each Fund may from time to time take temporary defensive investment positions that may be inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market,
economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation investing some or all of its assets in money market instruments or shares of affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or holding some or all of its assets in cash or
cash equivalents. The Fund may take such defensive investment positions for as long a period as deemed necessary.
Other Strategic and Investment Measures.
A Fund may also from time to time take temporary portfolio positions that may or may not be consistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in
attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, social or other conditions, including, without limitation, investing in derivatives, such as forward contracts, futures contracts, options, structured investments and swaps, for various
purposes, including among others, investing in particular derivatives in seeking to reduce investment exposure, or in seeking to achieve indirect investment exposure, to a sector, country, region or currency where the Investment Manager (or Fund
subadviser, if applicable) believes such defensive positioning is appropriate. Each Fund may do so without limit and for as long a period as deemed necessary, when the Investment Manager or the Fund’s subadviser, if applicable: (i) believes
that market conditions are not favorable for profitable investing or to avoid losses, (ii) is unable to locate favorable investment opportunities; or (iii) determines that a temporary defensive position is advisable or necessary in order to meet
anticipated redemption requests, or for other reasons. While the Fund is so positioned, derivatives could comprise a substantial portion of the Fund’s investments and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Investing in this manner
may adversely affect Fund performance. During these times, the portfolio managers may make frequent portfolio holding changes, which could result in increased trading expenses and taxes, and decreased Fund performance.
Types of Investments
A black circle indicates that the investment
strategy or type of investment generally is authorized for a category of Funds. Exceptions are noted following the table. See
About the Trusts
for fund investment categories.
Type
of Investment
|
Alternative
|
Equity
and
Flexible
|
Funds-of-Funds
– Equity and
Fixed Income
|
Taxable
Fixed
Income
|
Taxable
Money Market
|
Tax-Exempt
Fixed
Income
|
Asset-Backed
Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Bank
Obligations (Domestic and Foreign)
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Collateralized
Bond Obligations
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Commercial
Paper
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
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|
Type
of Investment
|
Alternative
|
Equity
and
Flexible
|
Funds-of-Funds
– Equity and
Fixed Income
|
Taxable
Fixed
Income
|
Taxable
Money Market
|
Tax-Exempt
Fixed
Income
|
Common
Stock
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•A
|
—
|
—
|
Convertible
Securities
|
•
|
•B
|
•
|
•C
|
—
|
•
|
Corporate
Debt Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•D
|
•
|
Custody
Receipts and Trust Certificates
|
•
|
•E
|
•
|
•E
|
•
|
•E
|
Debt
Obligations
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Depositary
Receipts
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
—
|
Derivatives
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Dollar
Rolls
|
•
|
•F
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Exchange-Traded
Notes
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Foreign
Currency Transactions
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•G
|
Foreign
Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Guaranteed
Investment Contracts (Funding Agreements)
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
High-Yield
Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Illiquid
Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Inflation
Protected Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Initial
Public Offerings
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Inverse
Floaters
|
•
|
•H
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Investments
in Other Investment Companies (Including ETFs)
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Listed
Private Equity Funds
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Money
Market Instruments
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Municipal
Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Participation
Interests
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Partnership
Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Preferred
Stock
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•I
|
—
|
•I
|
Private
Placement and Other Restricted Securities
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Real
Estate Investment Trusts
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Repurchase
Agreements
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Reverse
Repurchase Agreements
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Short
Sales
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
Sovereign
Debt
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Standby
Commitments
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
U.S.
Government and Related Obligations
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
Variable
and Floating Rate Obligations
|
•
|
•J
|
•
|
•
|
•J
|
•J
|
Warrants
and Rights
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
•
|
—
|
•
|
A.
|
The following Fund is not
authorized to invest in common stock: Quality Income Fund.
|
B.
|
The following Fund is not
authorized to invest in convertible securities: Commodity Strategy Fund.
|
C.
|
The following Fund is not
authorized to invest in convertible securities: Quality Income Fund.
|
D.
|
While the Fund is prohibited
from investing in corporate bonds, it may invest in securities classified as corporate bonds if they meet the requirements of Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act.
|
E.
|
The following equity, flexible,
taxable fixed income and tax-exempt fixed income Funds are not authorized to invest in Custody Receipts and Trust Certificates: each series of CFST.
|
F.
|
The following Funds are
authorized to invest in Dollar Rolls: Commodity Strategy Fund, Flexible Capital Income Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, MM Value Strategies Fund, Overseas Core Fund and each series of CFST.
|
G.
|
The following Funds are not
authorized to invest in Foreign Currency Transactions: State Tax-Exempt and State Municipal Bond Funds.
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
H.
|
The following Funds are
authorized to invest in inverse floaters: Commodity Strategy Fund, Flexible Capital Income Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, MM Value Strategies Fund, Overseas Core Fund and each series of CFST.
|
I.
|
The following taxable fixed
income and tax-exempt fixed income Funds are not authorized to invest in preferred stock: Strategic Municipal Income Fund and Quality Income Fund.
|
J.
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The following equity, flexible,
taxable money market and tax-exempt fixed income Funds are authorized to invest in Floating Rate Loans: Commodity Strategy Fund, Flexible Capital Income Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, MM Value Strategies Fund, Overseas Core Fund and each series of
CFST.
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Asset-Backed
Securities
Asset-backed securities represent interests in, or
debt instruments that are backed by, pools of various types of assets that generate cash payments generally over fixed periods of time, such as, among others, motor vehicle installment sales, contracts, installment loan contracts, leases of various
types of real and personal property, and receivables from revolving (credit card) agreements. Such securities entitle the security holders to receive distributions (
i.e.
, principal and interest) that are tied
to the payments made by the borrower on the underlying assets (less fees paid to the originator, servicer, or other parties, and fees paid for credit enhancement), so that the payments made on the underlying assets effectively pass through to such
security holders. Asset-backed securities typically are created by an originator of loans or owner of accounts receivable that sells such underlying assets to a special purpose entity in a process called a securitization. The special purpose entity
issues securities that are backed by the payments on the underlying assets, and have a minimum denomination and specific term. Asset-backed securities may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations or as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind
and step-coupon securities and may be privately placed or publicly offered. Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are but one example of an asset-backed security. See
Types of Investments –
Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations, – Debt Obligations – Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon Securities
and
– Private Placement and Other Restricted
Securities
for more information.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with asset-backed securities include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk and Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Bank Obligations (Domestic and Foreign)
Bank obligations include certificates of deposit, bankers’
acceptances, time deposits and promissory notes that earn a specified rate of return and may be issued by (i) a domestic branch of a domestic bank, (ii) a foreign branch of a domestic bank, (iii) a domestic branch of a foreign bank or (iv) a foreign
branch of a foreign bank. Bank obligations may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations. See
Types of Investments – Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations
for
more information.
Certificates of deposit, or
so-called CDs, typically are interest-bearing debt instruments issued by banks and have maturities ranging from a few weeks to several years. Yankee dollar certificates of deposit are negotiable CDs issued in the United States by branches and
agencies of foreign banks. Eurodollar certificates of deposit are CDs issued by foreign banks with interest and principal paid in U.S. dollars. Eurodollar and Yankee Dollar CDs typically have maturities of less than two years and have interest rates
that typically are pegged to the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR. Bankers’ acceptances are time drafts drawn on and accepted by banks, are a customary means of effecting payment for merchandise sold in import-export transactions and are
a general source of financing. A time deposit can be either a savings account or CD that is an obligation of a financial institution for a fixed term. Typically, there are penalties for early withdrawals of time deposits. Promissory notes are
written commitments of the maker to pay the payee a specified sum of money either on demand or at a fixed or determinable future date, with or without interest.
Bank investment contracts are issued by banks.
Pursuant to such contracts, a Fund may make cash contributions to a deposit fund of a bank. The bank then credits to the Fund payments at floating or fixed interest rates. A Fund also may hold funds on deposit with its custodian for temporary
purposes.
Certain bank obligations, such as
some CDs, are insured by the FDIC up to certain specified limits. Many other bank obligations, however, are neither guaranteed nor insured by the FDIC or the U.S. Government. These bank obligations are “backed” only by the
creditworthiness of the issuing bank or parent financial institution. Domestic and foreign banks are subject to different governmental regulation. Accordingly, certain obligations of foreign banks, including Eurodollar and Yankee dollar obligations,
involve different and/or heightened investment risks than those affecting obligations of domestic banks, including, among others, the possibilities that: (i) their liquidity could be impaired because of political or economic developments; (ii) the
obligations may be less marketable than comparable obligations of domestic banks; (iii) a foreign jurisdiction might impose withholding and other taxes at high levels on interest income; (iv) foreign deposits may be seized or nationalized; (v)
foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls may be imposed, which could adversely affect the payment of principal and/or interest on those obligations; (vi) there may be less publicly available information concerning foreign banks
issuing the obligations; and (vii) the reserve requirements and accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements applicable to foreign banks may differ (including, less stringent) from those applicable to domestic
banks. Foreign banks generally are not subject to examination by any U.S. Government agency or instrumentality. See
Types of Investments – Foreign Securities
.
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Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with bank obligations include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk, Liquidity Risk, and Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Collateralized Bond Obligations
Collateralized bond obligations (CBOs) are investment grade bonds
backed by a pool of bonds, which may include junk bonds (which are considered speculative investments). CBOs are similar in concept to collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), but differ in that CBOs represent different degrees of credit quality
rather than different maturities. (See
Types of Investments – Mortgage-Backed Securities
and
– Asset-Backed Securities
.
) CBOs are often privately offered and sold, and thus not registered under the federal securities laws.
Underwriters of CBOs package a large and diversified
pool of high-risk, high-yield junk bonds, which is then structured into “tranches.” Typically, the first tranche represents a senior claim on collateral and pays the lowest interest rate; the second tranche is junior to the first tranche
and therefore subject to greater risk and pays a higher rate; the third tranche is junior to both the first and second tranche, represents the lowest credit quality and instead of receiving a fixed interest rate receives the residual interest
payments — money that is left over after the higher tranches have been paid. CBOs, like CMOs, are substantially overcollateralized and this, plus the diversification of the pool backing them, may earn certain of the tranches investment-grade
bond ratings. Holders of third-tranche CBOs stand to earn higher or lower yields depending on the rate of defaults in the collateral pool. See
Types of Investments – High-Yield
Securities
.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with CBOs include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk, High-Yield Securities Risk and Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Commercial Paper
Commercial paper is a short-term debt obligation, usually sold on a
discount basis, with a maturity ranging from 2 to 270 days issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers. It is sold to investors with temporary idle cash as a way to increase returns on a short-term basis. These instruments are generally
unsecured, which increases the credit risk associated with this type of investment. See
Types of Investments — Debt Obligations and — Illiquid Securities. See Appendix A for a discussion
of securities ratings.
Although one or
more of the other risks described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with commercial paper include: Credit Risk and Liquidity Risk.
Common Stock
Common stock represents a unit of equity ownership of a
corporation. Owners typically are entitled to vote on the selection of directors and other important corporate governance matters, and to receive dividend payments, if any, on their holdings. However, ownership of common stock does not entitle
owners to participate in the day-to-day operations of the corporation. Common stocks of domestic and foreign public corporations can be listed, and their shares traded, on domestic stock exchanges, such as the NYSE or the NASDAQ Stock Market.
Domestic and foreign corporations also may have their shares traded on foreign exchanges, such as the London Stock Exchange or Tokyo Stock Exchange. See
Types of Investments – Foreign
Securities
. Common stock may be privately placed or publicly offered. The price of common stock is generally determined by corporate earnings, type of products or services offered, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity,
and market conditions generally. In the event that a corporation declares bankruptcy or is liquidated, the claims of secured and unsecured creditors and owners of bonds and preferred stock take precedence over the claims of those who own common
stock. See
Types of Investments – Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities, – Preferred Stock
and
– Convertible
Securities
for more information.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with common stock include: Issuer Risk and Market Risk.
Convertible Securities
Convertible securities include bonds, debentures, notes, preferred
stocks or other securities that may be converted or exchanged (by the holder or by the issuer) into shares of the underlying common stock (or cash or securities of equivalent value) at a stated exchange ratio or predetermined price (the conversion
price). As such, convertible securities combine the investment characteristics of debt securities and equity securities. A holder of convertible securities is entitled to receive the income of a bond, debenture or note or the dividend of a preferred
stock until the conversion privilege is exercised. The market value of convertible securities generally is a function of, among other factors, interest rates, the rates of return of similar nonconvertible securities and the financial strength of the
issuer. The market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates rise and, conversely, to rise as interest rates decline. However, a convertible security’s market value tends to reflect the market price of the common stock
of the issuing company when that stock price approaches or is greater than its conversion price. As the market price of the underlying common stock declines, the price of the convertible security tends to be influenced more by the rate of return of
the convertible security. Because both interest rate and common stock’s market movements can influence their
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value, convertible securities generally are not as sensitive to
changes in interest rates as similar non-convertible debt securities nor generally as sensitive to changes in share price as the underlying common stock. Convertible securities may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations or
as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities and may be privately placed or publicly offered. See
Types of Investments — Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations, —Debt
Obligations - Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon Securities, — Common Stock, — Corporate Debt Securities and — Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities for more information.
Certain convertible securities may have a mandatory
conversion feature, pursuant to which the securities convert automatically into common stock or other equity securities (of the same or a different issuer) at a specified date and at a specified exchange ratio. Certain convertible securities may be
convertible at the option of the issuer, which may require a holder to convert the security into the underlying common stock, even at times when the value of the underlying common stock or other equity security has declined substantially. In
addition, some convertible securities may be rated below investment grade or may not be rated and, therefore, may be considered speculative investments. Companies that issue convertible securities frequently are small- and mid-capitalization
companies and, accordingly, carry the risks associated with such companies. In addition, the credit rating of a company’s convertible securities generally is lower than that of its conventional debt securities. Convertible securities are
senior to equity securities and have a claim to the assets of an issuer prior to the holders of the issuer’s common stock in the event of liquidation but generally are subordinate to similar non-convertible debt securities of the same issuer.
Some convertible securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates when their predetermined conversion price is much higher than the price for the issuing company’s common stock.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with convertible securities include: Convertible Securities Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk, Market Risk, Prepayment and Extension Risk, and Reinvestment Risk.
Corporate Debt Securities
Corporate debt securities are long and short term fixed income
securities typically issued by businesses to finance their operations. Corporate debt securities are issued by public or private companies, as distinct from debt securities issued by a government or its agencies. The issuer of a corporate debt
security often has a contractual obligation to pay interest at a stated rate on specific dates and to repay principal periodically or on a specified maturity date. Corporate debt securities typically have four distinguishing features: (1) they are
taxable; (2) they have a par value of $1,000; (3) they have a term maturity, which means they come due at a specified time period; and (4) many are traded on major securities exchanges. Notes, bonds, debentures and commercial paper are the most
common types of corporate debt securities, with the primary difference being their interest rates, maturity dates and secured or unsecured status. Commercial paper has the shortest term and usually is unsecured, as are debentures. The broad category
of corporate debt securities includes debt issued by domestic or foreign companies of all kinds, including those with small-, mid- and large-capitalizations. The category also includes bank loans, as well as assignments, participations and other
interests in bank loans. Corporate debt securities may be rated investment grade or below investment grade and may be structured as fixed-, variable or floating-rate obligations or as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities and may be
privately placed or publicly offered. They may also be senior or subordinated obligations. See Appendix A for a discussion of securities ratings. See
Types of Investments — Variable- and
Floating-Rate Obligations, — Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities, — Debt Obligations, — Commercial Paper
and —
High-Yield Securities
for more
information.
Extendible commercial notes
(ECNs) are very similar to commercial paper except that, with ECNs, the issuer has the option to extend the notes’ maturity. ECNs are issued at a discount rate, with an initial redemption of not more than 90 days from the date of issue. If
ECNs are not redeemed by the issuer on the initial redemption date, the issuer will pay a premium (step-up) rate based on the ECN’s credit rating at the time.
Because of the wide range of types and maturities of
corporate debt securities, as well as the range of creditworthiness of issuers, corporate debt securities can have widely varying risk/return profiles. For example, commercial paper issued by a large established domestic corporation that is rated by
an NRSRO as investment grade may have a relatively modest return on principal but present relatively limited risk. On the other hand, a long-term corporate note issued, for example, by a small foreign corporation from an emerging market country that
has not been rated by an NRSRO may have the potential for relatively large returns on principal but carries a relatively high degree of risk.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with corporate debt securities include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk, High-Yield Securities Risk, Prepayment and Extension Risk and Reinvestment Risk.
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Custody Receipts and Trust Certificates
Custody receipts and trust certificates are derivative products
that evidence direct ownership in a pool of securities. Typically, a sponsor will deposit a pool of securities with a custodian in exchange for custody receipts evidencing interests in those securities. The sponsor generally then will sell the
custody receipts or trust certificates in negotiated transactions at varying prices. Each custody receipt or trust certificate evidences the individual securities in the pool and the holder of a custody receipt or trust certificate generally will
have all the rights and privileges of owners of those securities.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with custody receipts and trust certificates include: Liquidity Risk and Counterparty Risk. In addition, custody receipts and trust certificates generally are subject to the same risks as the
securities evidenced by the receipts or certificates.
Debt Obligations
Many different types of debt obligations exist (for example, bills,
bonds, and notes). Issuers of debt obligations have a contractual obligation to pay interest at a fixed, variable or floating rate on specified dates and to repay principal by a specified maturity date. Certain debt obligations (usually intermediate
and long-term bonds) have provisions that allow the issuer to redeem or “call” a bond before its maturity. Issuers are most likely to call these securities during periods of falling interest rates. When this happens, an investor may have
to replace these securities with lower yielding securities, which could result in a lower return.
The market value of debt obligations is affected
primarily by changes in prevailing interest rates and the issuer’s perceived ability to repay the debt. The market value of a debt obligation generally reacts inversely to interest rate changes. When prevailing interest rates decline, the
market value of the bond usually rises, and when prevailing interest rates rise, the market value of the bond usually declines.
In general, the longer the maturity of a debt
obligation, the higher its yield and the greater the sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Conversely, the shorter the maturity, the lower the yield and the lower the sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
As noted, the values of debt obligations also may be
affected by changes in the credit rating or financial condition of their issuers. Generally, the lower the quality rating of a security, the higher the degree of risk as to the payment of interest and return of principal. To compensate investors for
taking on such increased risk, those issuers deemed to be less creditworthy generally must offer their investors higher interest rates than do issuers with better credit ratings. See
Types of
Investments — Corporate Debt Securities, — High-Yield Securities
and
— Preferred Stock - Trust-Preferred Securities
for information.
Event-Linked Instruments/Catastrophe Bonds.
A Fund may obtain event-linked exposure by investing in “event-linked bonds” or “event-linked swaps” or by implementing “event-linked strategies.” Event-linked
exposure results in gains or losses that typically are contingent on, or formulaically related to, defined trigger events. Examples of trigger events include hurricanes, earthquakes, weather-related phenomena or statistics relating to such events.
Some event-linked bonds are commonly referred to as “catastrophe bonds.” If a trigger event occurs, the principal amount of the bond is reduced (potentially to zero), and a Fund may lose all or a portion of its entire principal invested
in the bond or the entire notional amount on a swap.
Stripped Securities.
Stripped securities are the separate income or principal payments of a debt security and evidence ownership in either the future interest or principal payments on an instrument. There are many different
types and variations of stripped securities. For example, Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities (STRIPS) can be component parts of a U.S. Treasury security where the principal and interest components are traded
independently through DTC, a clearing agency registered pursuant to Section 17A of the 1934 Act and created to hold securities for its participants, and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between participants
through electronic computerized book-entries, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Treasury Investor Growth Receipts (TIGERs) are U.S. Treasury securities stripped by brokers. Stripped mortgage-backed securities,
(SMBS) also can be issued by the U.S. Government or its agencies. Stripped securities may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations.
SMBS usually are structured with two or more classes
that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions from a pool of mortgage-backed assets. Common types of SMBS will be structured so that one class receives some of the interest and most of the principal from the
mortgage-backed assets, while another class receives most of the interest and the remainder of the principal.
See
Types of Investments – Mortgage-Backed Securities, – Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations
and
– U.S. Government and Related
Obligations
for more information.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with stripped securities include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk, Prepayment and Extension Risk and Stripped Securities Risk
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery and Forward Commitment
Transactions.
When-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment transactions involve the purchase or sale of securities by a Fund, with payment and delivery taking place in the future after the
customary settlement period for that type of security. Normally, the settlement date occurs within 45 days of the
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purchase although in some cases settlement may take longer. The
investor does not pay for the securities or receive dividends or interest on them until the contractual settlement date. When engaging in when-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment transactions, a Fund typically will designate liquid
assets in an amount equal to or greater than the purchase price. The payment obligation and, if applicable, the interest rate that will be received on the securities, are fixed at the time that a Fund agrees to purchase the securities. A Fund
generally will enter into when-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment transactions only with the intention of completing such transactions.
However, a Fund’s portfolio manager may
determine not to complete a transaction if he or she deems it appropriate to close out the transaction prior to its completion. In such cases, a Fund may realize short-term gains or losses. See
Types
of Investments — Asset-Backed Securities
and
— Mortgage-Backed Securities
for more information.
To Be Announced Securities (“TBAs”).
As with other delayed delivery transactions, a seller agrees to issue a TBA security at a future date. However, the seller does not specify the particular securities to be delivered. Instead, the Fund
agrees to accept any security that meets specified terms. For example, in a TBA mortgage-backed security transaction, the Fund and the seller would agree upon the issuer, interest rate and terms of the underlying mortgages. The seller would not
identify the specific underlying mortgages until it issues the security. TBA mortgage-backed securities increase market risks because the underlying mortgages may be less favorable than anticipated by the Fund. See
Types of Investments
— Asset-Backed Securities
and
— Mortgage-Backed Securities
for more information.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with when-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment transactions include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk and Market Risk.
Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon Securities.
Zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities are types of debt instruments that do not necessarily make payments of interest in fixed amounts or at fixed intervals. Asset-backed securities,
convertible securities, corporate debt securities, foreign securities, high-yield securities, mortgage-backed securities, municipal securities, participation interests, stripped securities, U.S. Government and related obligations and other types of
debt instruments may be structured as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities.
Zero-coupon securities do not pay interest on a
current basis but instead accrue interest over the life of the security. These securities include, among others, zero-coupon bonds, which either may be issued at a discount by a corporation or government entity or may be created by a brokerage firm
when it strips the coupons from a bond or note and then sells the bond or note and the coupon separately. This technique is used frequently with U.S. Treasury bonds, and zero-coupon securities are marketed under such names as CATS (Certificate of
Accrual on Treasury Securities), TIGERs or STRIPS. Zero-coupon bonds also are issued by municipalities. Buying a municipal zero-coupon bond frees its purchaser of the obligation to pay regular federal income tax on imputed interest, since the
interest is exempt for regular federal income tax purposes. Zero-coupon certificates of deposit and zero-coupon mortgages are generally structured in the same fashion as zero-coupon bonds; the certificate of deposit holder or mortgage holder
receives face value at maturity and no payments until then.
Pay-in-kind securities normally give the issuer an
option to pay cash at a coupon payment date or to give the holder of the security a similar security with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of the coupon payment that would have been made.
Step-coupon securities trade at a discount from
their face value and pay coupon interest that gradually increases over time. The coupon rate is paid according to a schedule for a series of periods, typically lower for an initial period and then increasing to a higher coupon rate thereafter. The
discount from the face amount or par value depends on the time remaining until cash payments begin, prevailing interest rates, liquidity of the security and the perceived credit quality of the issue.
Zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities
holders generally have substantially all the rights and privileges of holders of the underlying coupon obligations or principal obligations. Holders of these securities typically have the right upon default on the underlying coupon obligations or
principal obligations to proceed directly and individually against the issuer and are not required to act in concert with other holders of such securities.
See Appendix A for a discussion of securities
ratings. See
Types of Investments — Asset-Backed Securities
and
— Mortgage-Backed Securities
for more information.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with zero-coupon, step-coupon, and pay-in-kind securities include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk and Zero-Coupon Bonds Risk.
Determining Investment Grade for Purposes of
Investment Policies.
Unless otherwise stated in the Fund’s prospectus, when determining, under a Fund’s investment policies, whether a debt instrument is investment grade or below
investment grade for purposes of purchase by the Fund, the Fund will apply a particular credit quality rating methodology, as described within the
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Fund’s shareholder reports, when available. These
methodologies typically make use of credit quality ratings assigned by a third-party rating agency or agencies, when available. Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subjective opinions, not statements of fact, and are subject to
change, including daily. Credit quality ratings apply to the Fund’s debt instrument investments and not the Fund itself.
Ratings limitations under a Fund’s investment
policies are applied at the time of purchase by a Fund. Subsequent to purchase, a debt instrument may cease to be rated by a rating agency or its rating may be reduced by a rating agency(ies) below the minimum required for purchase by a Fund.
Neither event will require the sale of such debt instrument, but it may be a factor in considering whether to continue to hold the instrument. Unless otherwise stated in a Fund’s prospectus or in this SAI, a Fund may invest in debt instruments
that are not rated by a rating agency. When a debt instrument is not rated by a rating agency, the Investment Manager or, as applicable, a Fund subadviser determines, at the time of purchase, whether such debt instrument is of investment grade or
below investment grade (e.g., junk bond) quality. A Fund’s debt instrument holdings that are not rated by a rating agency are typically referred to as “Not Rated” within the Fund’s shareholder reports.
See Appendix A for a discussion of securities
ratings.
Although one or more of the other
risks described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with debt obligations include: Confidential Information Access Risk, Credit Risk, Highly Leveraged Transactions Risk, Impairment of Collateral Risk, Interest Rate Risk,
Issuer Risk, Liquidity Risk, Prepayment and Extension Risk and Reinvestment Risk.
Determining Average Maturity.
When determining the average maturity of a Fund's portfolio, the Fund may use the effective maturity of a portfolio security by, among other things, adjusting for interest rate reset dates, call dates
or “put” dates.
Depositary
Receipts
See
Types of Investments – Foreign Securities
below.
Derivatives
General
Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are based on (or
“derived” from) traditional securities (such as a stock or a bond), assets (such as a commodity, like gold), reference rates (such as LIBOR), market indices (such as the S& P 500
®
Index) or customized baskets of securities or instruments. Some forms of derivatives, such as exchange-traded futures and options on securities,
commodities, or indices, are traded on regulated exchanges. These types of derivatives are standardized contracts that can easily be bought and sold, and whose market values are determined and published daily. Non-standardized derivatives, on the
other hand, tend to be more specialized or complex, and may be harder to value. Many derivative instruments often require little or no initial payment and therefore often create inherent economic leverage. Derivatives, when used properly, can
enhance returns and be useful in hedging portfolios and managing risk. Some common types of derivatives include futures; options; options on futures; forward foreign currency exchange contracts; forward contracts on securities and securities
indices; linked securities and structured products; CMOs; swap agreements and swaptions.
A Fund may use derivatives for a variety of reasons,
including, for example: (i) to enhance its return; (ii) to attempt to protect against possible unfavorable changes in the market value of securities held in or to be purchased for its portfolio resulting from securities markets or currency exchange
rate fluctuations (
i.e.
, to hedge); (iii) to protect its unrealized gains reflected in the value of its portfolio securities; (iv) to facilitate the sale of such securities for investment purposes; (v) to
reduce transaction costs; (vi) to manage the effective maturity or duration of its portfolio; and/or (vii) to maintain cash reserves while remaining fully invested.
Certain Funds may employ portfolio margining with
respect to derivatives investments, which creates leverage in a Fund’s portfolio (subjecting the Fund to Leverage Risk). Portfolio margining is a methodology that computes margin requirements for an account based on the greatest projected net
loss of all positions in a product class or group, and uses computer modeling to perform risk analysis using multiple pricing scenarios. The pricing scenarios are designed to measure the theoretical loss of the positions, given changes in the
underlying price and implied volatility inputs to the model. Accordingly, the margin required is based on the greatest loss that would be incurred in a portfolio if the value of its components move up or down by a predetermined amount.
A Fund may use any or all of the above investment
techniques and may purchase different types of derivative instruments at any time and in any combination. The use of derivatives is a function of numerous variables, including market conditions. See also
Types of Investments — Warrants and Rights
and
— Debt Obligations - When Issued, Delayed Delivery and Forward Commitment
Transactions.
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Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with transactions in derivatives (including the derivatives instruments discussed below) include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Leverage Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk,
Derivatives Risk, Derivatives Risk – Forward Contracts Risk, Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk, Derivatives Risk – Inverse Floaters Risk, Derivatives Risk – Options Risk, Derivatives Risk – Structured
Investments Risk and/or Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
Structured Investments (Indexed or Linked
Securities)
General
.
Indexed or linked securities, also often referred to as “structured products,” are instruments that may have varying combinations of equity and debt characteristics. These instruments are
structured to recast the investment characteristics of the underlying security or reference asset. If the issuer is a unit investment trust or other special purpose vehicle, the structuring will typically involve the deposit with or purchase by such
issuer of specified instruments (such as commercial bank loans or securities) and/or the execution of various derivative transactions, and the issuance by that entity of one or more classes of securities (structured securities) backed by, or
representing interests in, the underlying instruments. The cash flow on the underlying instruments may be apportioned among the newly issued structured securities to create securities with different investment characteristics, such as varying
maturities, payment priorities and interest rate provisions, and the extent of such payments made with respect to structured securities is dependent on the extent of the cash flow on the underlying instruments.
Indexed and Inverse Floating Rate Securities.
A Fund may invest in securities that provide a potential return based on a particular index or interest rates. For example, a Fund may invest in debt securities that pay interest based on an index of
interest rates. The principal amount payable upon maturity of certain securities also may be based on the value of the index. To the extent a Fund invests in these types of securities, a Fund’s return on such securities will rise and fall with
the value of the particular index: that is, if the value of the index falls, the value of the indexed securities owned by a Fund will fall. Interest and principal payable on certain securities may also be based on relative changes among particular
indices.
A Fund may also invest in
so-called “inverse floaters” or “residual interest bonds” on which the interest rates vary inversely with a floating rate (which may be reset periodically by a dutch auction, a remarketing agent, or by reference to a
short-term tax-exempt interest rate index). A Fund may purchase synthetically-created inverse floating rate bonds evidenced by custodial or trust receipts. A trust funds the purchase of a bond by issuing two classes of certificates: short-term
floating rate notes (typically sold to third parties) and the inverse floaters (also known as residual certificates). No additional income beyond that provided by the trust’s underlying bond is created; rather, that income is merely divided-up
between the two classes of certificates. Generally, income on inverse floating rate bonds will decrease when interest rates increase, and will increase when interest rates decrease. Such securities can have the effect of providing a degree of
investment leverage, since they may increase or decrease in value in response to changes in market interest rates at a rate that is a multiple of the actual rate at which fixed-rate securities increase or decrease in response to such changes. As a
result, the market values of such securities will generally be more volatile than the market values of fixed-rate securities. To seek to limit the volatility of these securities, a Fund may purchase inverse floating obligations that have
shorter-term maturities or that contain limitations on the extent to which the interest rate may vary. Certain investments in such obligations may be illiquid. Furthermore, where such a security includes a contingent liability, in the event of an
adverse movement in the underlying index or interest rate, a Fund may be required to pay substantial additional margin to maintain the position.
Credit-Linked Securities.
Among the income-producing securities in which a Fund may invest are credit linked securities. The issuers of these securities frequently are limited purpose trusts or other special purpose vehicles
that, in turn, invest in a derivative instrument or basket of derivative instruments, such as credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and other securities, in order to provide exposure to certain fixed income markets. For instance, a Fund may
invest in credit-linked securities as a cash management tool in order to gain exposure to a certain market and/or to remain fully invested when more traditional income-producing securities are not available. Like an investment in a bond, investments
in these credit linked securities represent the right to receive periodic income payments (in the form of distributions) and payment of principal at the end of the term of the security. However, these payments are conditioned on or linked to the
issuer’s receipt of payments from, and the issuer’s potential obligations to, the counterparties to the derivative instruments and other securities in which the issuer invests. For instance, the issuer may sell one or more credit default
swaps, under which the issuer would receive a stream of payments over the term of the swap agreements provided that no event of default has occurred with respect to the referenced debt obligation upon which the swap is based. If a default occurs,
the stream of payments may stop and the issuer would be obligated to pay the counterparty the par (or other agreed upon value) of the referenced debt obligation. This, in turn, would reduce the amount of income and/or principal that a Fund would
receive. A Fund’s investments in these securities are indirectly subject to the risks associated with derivative instruments. These securities generally are exempt from registration under the 1933 Act. Accordingly, there may be no established
trading market for the securities and they may constitute illiquid investments.
Equity-Linked Notes.
An equity-linked note (ELN) is a debt instrument whose value is based on the value of a single equity security, basket of equity securities or an index of equity securities (each, an
Underlying Equity). An ELN typically provides interest income, thereby offering a yield advantage over investing directly in an Underlying Equity. The Fund may purchase
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ELNs that trade on a securities exchange or those that trade on the
over-the-counter markets, including Rule 144A securities. The Fund may also purchase ELNs in a privately negotiated transaction with the issuer of the ELNs (or its broker-dealer affiliate). The Fund may or may not hold an ELN until its
maturity.
Equity-linked securities also
include issues such as Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock (STRYPES), Trust Automatic Common Exchange Securities (TRACES), Trust Issued Mandatory Exchange Securities (TIMES) and Trust Enhanced Dividend Securities (TRENDS). The issuers of
these equity-linked securities generally purchase and hold a portfolio of stripped U.S. Treasury securities maturing on a quarterly basis through the conversion date, and a forward purchase contract with an existing shareholder of the company
relating to the common stock. Quarterly distributions on such equity-linked securities generally consist of the cash received from the U.S. Treasury securities and such equity-linked securities generally are not entitled to any dividends that may be
declared on the common stock.
ELNs also
include participation notes issued by a bank or broker-dealer that entitles the Fund to a return measured by the change in value of an Underlying Equity. Participation notes are typically used when a direct investment in the Underlying Equity is
restricted due to country-specific regulations. Investment in a participation note is not the same as investment in the constituent shares of the company (or other issuer type) to which the Underlying Equity is economically tied. A participation
note represents only an obligation of the company or other issuer type to provide the Fund the economic performance equivalent to holding shares of the Underlying Equity. A participation note does not provide any beneficial or equitable entitlement
or interest in the relevant Underlying Equity. In other words, shares of the Underlying Equity are not in any way owned by the Fund.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with equity-linked notes include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk and Market Risk.
Index-, Commodity- and Currency-Linked Securities.
“Index-linked” or “commodity-linked” notes are debt securities of companies that call for interest payments and/or payment at maturity in different terms than the typical note
where the borrower agrees to make fixed interest payments and to pay a fixed sum at maturity. Principal and/or interest payments on an index-linked or commodity-linked note depend on the performance of one or more market indices, such as the S&P
500
®
Index, a weighted index of commodity futures such as crude oil, gasoline and natural gas or the market prices of a particular commodity or
basket of commodities or securities. Currency-linked debt securities are short-term or intermediate-term instruments having a value at maturity, and/or an interest rate, determined by reference to one or more foreign currencies. Payment of principal
or periodic interest may be calculated as a multiple of the movement of one currency against another currency, or against an index.
Index-, commodity- and currency-linked securities
may entail substantial risks. Such instruments may be subject to significant price volatility. The company issuing the instrument may fail to pay the amount due on maturity. The underlying investment may not perform as expected by a Fund’s
portfolio manager. Markets and underlying investments and indexes may move in a direction that was not anticipated by a Fund’s portfolio manager. Performance of the derivatives may be influenced by interest rate and other market changes in the
United States and abroad, and certain derivative instruments may be illiquid.
Linked securities are often issued by unit
investment trusts. Examples of this include such index-linked securities as S&P Depositary Receipts (SPDRs), which is an interest in a unit investment trust holding a portfolio of securities linked to the S&P 500
®
Index, and a type of exchange-traded fund (ETF). Because a unit investment trust is an investment company under the 1940 Act, a Fund’s
investments in SPDRs are subject to the limitations set forth in Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, although the SEC has issued exemptive relief permitting investment companies such as the Funds to invest beyond the limits of Section 12(d)(1)(A)
subject to certain conditions. SPDRs generally closely track the underlying portfolio of securities, trade like a share of common stock and pay periodic dividends proportionate to those paid by the portfolio of stocks that comprise the S&P 500
®
Index. As a holder of interests in a unit investment trust, a Fund would indirectly bear its ratable share of that unit investment trust’s
expenses. At the same time, a Fund would continue to pay its own management and advisory fees and other expenses, as a result of which a Fund and its shareholders in effect would be absorbing levels of fees with respect to investments in such unit
investment trusts.
Because linked securities
typically involve no credit enhancement, their credit risk generally will be equivalent to that of the underlying instruments. Investments in structured products may be structured as a class that is either subordinated or unsubordinated to the right
of payment of another class. Subordinated linked securities typically have higher rates of return and present greater risks than unsubordinated structured products. Structured products sometimes are sold in private placement transactions and often
have a limited trading market.
Investments in
linked securities have the potential to lead to significant losses because of unexpected movements in the underlying financial asset, index, currency or other investment. The ability of a Fund to utilize linked securities successfully will depend on
its ability correctly to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. Because currency-linked securities usually relate to foreign currencies, some of which may be currencies from emerging market countries, there are certain
additional risks associated with such investments.
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Futures Contracts and Options on Futures
Contracts
Futures Contracts.
A futures contract sale creates an obligation by the seller to deliver the type of security or other asset called for in the contract at a specified delivery time for a stated price. A futures contract
purchase creates an obligation by the purchaser to take delivery of the type of security or other asset called for in the contract at a specified delivery time for a stated price. The specific security or other asset delivered or taken at the
settlement date is not determined until on or near that date. The determination is made in accordance with the rules of the exchange on which the futures contract was made. A Fund may enter into futures contracts which are traded on national or
foreign futures exchanges and are standardized as to maturity date and underlying security or other asset. Futures exchanges and trading in the United States are regulated under the CEA by the CFTC, a U.S. Government agency. See
CFTC
Regulation
below for information on CFTC regulation.
Traders in futures contracts may be broadly
classified as either “hedgers” or “speculators.” Hedgers use the futures markets primarily to offset unfavorable changes (anticipated or potential) in the value of securities or other assets currently owned or expected to be
acquired by them. Speculators less often own the securities or other assets underlying the futures contracts which they trade, and generally use futures contracts with the expectation of realizing profits from fluctuations in the value of the
underlying securities or other assets.
Upon
entering into futures contracts, in compliance with regulatory requirements, cash or liquid securities, at least equal in value to the amount of a Fund’s obligation under the contract (less any applicable margin deposits and any assets that
constitute “cover” for such obligation), will be designated in a Fund’s books and records.
Unlike when a Fund purchases or sells a security, no
price is paid or received by a Fund upon the purchase or sale of a futures contract, although a Fund is required to deposit with its custodian in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker an amount of cash and/or U.S. Government
securities in order to initiate and maintain open positions in futures contracts. This amount is known as “initial margin.” The nature of initial margin in futures transactions is different from that of margin in security transactions,
in that futures contract margin does not involve the borrowing of funds by a Fund to finance the transactions. Rather, initial margin is in the nature of a performance bond or good faith deposit intended to assure completion of the contract
(delivery or acceptance of the underlying security or other asset) that is returned to a Fund upon termination of the futures contract, assuming all contractual obligations have been satisfied. Minimum initial margin requirements are established by
the relevant futures exchange and may be changed. Brokers may establish deposit requirements which are higher than the exchange minimums. Futures contracts are customarily purchased and sold on margin which may range upward from less than 5% of the
value of the contract being traded. Subsequent payments, called “variation margin,” to and from the broker (or the custodian) are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying security or other asset fluctuates, a process known as
“marking to market.” If the futures contract price changes to the extent that the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, payment of additional variation margin will be required. Conversely, a change in the contract value
may reduce the required margin, resulting in a repayment of excess margin to the contract holder. Variation margin payments are made for as long as the contract remains open. A Fund expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits.
Although futures contracts by their terms call for
actual delivery or acceptance of securities or other assets (stock index futures contracts or futures contracts that reference other intangible assets do not permit delivery of the referenced assets), the contracts usually are closed out before the
settlement date without the making or taking of delivery. A Fund may elect to close some or all of its futures positions at any time prior to their expiration. The purpose of taking such action would be to reduce or eliminate the position then
currently held by a Fund. Closing out an open futures position is done by taking an opposite position (“buying” a contract which has previously been “sold,” “selling” a contract previously “purchased”)
in an identical contract (
i.e.
, the same aggregate amount of the specific type of security or other asset with the same delivery date) to terminate the position. Final determinations are made as to whether the
price of the initial sale of the futures contract exceeds or is below the price of the offsetting purchase, or whether the purchase price exceeds or is below the offsetting sale price. Final determinations of variation margin are then made,
additional cash is required to be paid by or released to a Fund, and a Fund realizes a loss or a gain. Brokerage commissions are incurred when a futures contract is bought or sold.
Successful use of futures contracts by a Fund is
subject to its portfolio manager’s ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of interest rates and other factors affecting securities and commodities markets. This requires different skills and techniques than those required to
predict changes in the prices of individual securities. A Fund, therefore, bears the risk that future market trends will be incorrectly predicted.
The risk of loss in trading futures contracts in
some strategies can be substantial, due both to the relatively low margin deposits required and the potential for an extremely high degree of leverage involved in futures contracts. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures
contract may result in an immediate and substantial loss to the investor. For example, if at the time of purchase, 10% of the value of the futures contract is deposited as margin, a subsequent 10% decrease in the value of the
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futures contract would result in a total loss of the margin
deposit, before any deduction for the transaction costs, if the account were then closed out. A 15% decrease would result in a loss equal to 150% of the original margin deposit if the contract were closed out. Thus, a purchase or sale of a futures
contract may result in losses in excess of the amount posted as initial margin for the contract.
In the event of adverse price movements, a Fund
would continue to be required to make daily cash payments in order to maintain its required margin. In such a situation, if a Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell portfolio securities in order to meet daily margin requirements at a time
when it may be disadvantageous to do so. The inability to close the futures position also could have an adverse impact on the ability to hedge effectively.
To reduce or eliminate a hedge position held by a
Fund, a Fund may seek to close out a position. The ability to establish and close out positions will be subject to the development and maintenance of a liquid secondary market. It is not certain that this market will develop or continue to exist for
a particular futures contract, which may limit a Fund’s ability to realize its profits or limit its losses. Reasons for the absence of a liquid secondary market on an exchange include the following: (i) there may be insufficient trading
interest in certain contracts; (ii) restrictions may be imposed by an exchange on opening transactions, closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions may be imposed with respect to particular classes or series
of contracts, or underlying securities; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances, such as volume in excess of trading or clearing capability, may interrupt normal operations on an exchange; (v) the facilities of an exchange or a clearing corporation
may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of contracts (or a particular class or
series of contracts), in which event the secondary market on that exchange (or in the class or series of contracts) would cease to exist, although outstanding contracts on the exchange that had been issued by a clearing corporation as a result of
trades on that exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
Interest Rate Futures Contracts.
Bond prices are established in both the cash market and the futures market. In the cash market, bonds are purchased and sold with payment for the full purchase price of the bond being made in cash,
generally within five business days after the trade. In the futures market, a contract is made to purchase or sell a bond in the future for a set price on a certain date. Historically, the prices for bonds established in the futures markets have
tended to move generally in the aggregate in concert with the cash market prices and have maintained fairly predictable relationships. Accordingly, a Fund may use interest rate futures contracts as a defense, or hedge, against anticipated interest
rate changes. A Fund presently could accomplish a similar result to that which it hopes to achieve through the use of interest rate futures contracts by selling bonds with long maturities and investing in bonds with short maturities when interest
rates are expected to increase, or conversely, selling bonds with short maturities and investing in bonds with long maturities when interest rates are expected to decline. However, because of the liquidity that is often available in the futures
market, the protection is more likely to be achieved, perhaps at a lower cost and without changing the rate of interest being earned by a Fund, through using futures contracts.
Interest rate futures contracts are traded in an
auction environment on the floors of several exchanges — principally, the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the New York Futures Exchange. Each exchange guarantees performance under contract provisions through a
clearing corporation, a nonprofit organization managed by the exchange membership. A public market exists in futures contracts covering various financial instruments including long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes; GNMA modified pass-through
mortgage backed securities; three-month U.S. Treasury Bills; and ninety-day commercial paper. A Fund may also invest in exchange-traded Eurodollar contracts, which are interest rate futures on the forward level of LIBOR. These contracts are
generally considered liquid securities and trade on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Such Eurodollar contracts are generally used to “lock-in” or hedge the future level of short-term rates. A Fund may trade in any interest rate futures
contracts for which there exists a public market, including, without limitation, the foregoing instruments.
Index Futures Contracts.
An index futures contract is a contract to buy or sell units of an index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. Entering into a contract to buy units of an index
is commonly referred to as buying or purchasing a contract or holding a long position in the index. Entering into a contract to sell units of an index is commonly referred to as selling a contract or holding a short position in the index. A unit is
the current value of the index. A Fund may enter into stock index futures contracts, debt index futures contracts, or other index futures contracts appropriate to its objective(s).
Municipal Bond Index Futures Contracts.
Municipal bond index futures contracts may act as a hedge against changes in market conditions. A municipal bond index assigns values daily to the municipal bonds included in the index based on the
independent assessment of dealer-to-dealer municipal bond brokers. A municipal bond index futures contract represents a firm commitment by which two parties agree to take or make delivery of an amount equal to a specified dollar amount multiplied by
the difference between the municipal bond index value on the last trading date of the contract and the price at which the futures contract is originally struck. No physical delivery of the underlying securities in the index is made.
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Commodity-Linked Futures Contracts.
Commodity-linked futures contracts are traded on futures exchanges. These futures exchanges offer a central marketplace in which to transact in futures contracts, a clearing corporation to process
trades, and standardization of expiration dates and contract sizes. Futures markets also specify the terms and conditions of delivery as well as the maximum permissible price movement during a trading session. Additionally, the commodity futures
exchanges may have position limit rules that limit the amount of futures contracts that any one party may hold in a particular commodity at any point in time. These position limit rules are designed to prevent any one participant from controlling a
significant portion of the market.
Commodity-linked futures contracts are generally
based upon commodities within six main commodity groups: (1) energy, which includes, among others, crude oil, brent crude oil, gas oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes, among others, feeder cattle, live cattle
and hogs; (3) agriculture, which includes, among others, wheat (Kansas wheat and Chicago wheat), corn and soybeans; (4) industrial metals, which includes, among others, aluminum, copper, lead, nickel and zinc; (5) precious metals, which includes,
among others, gold and silver; and (6) softs, which includes cotton, coffee, sugar and cocoa. A Fund may purchase commodity futures contracts, swaps on commodity futures contracts, options on futures contracts and options and futures on commodity
indices with respect to these six main commodity groups and the individual commodities within each group, as well as other types of commodities.
The price of a commodity futures contract will
reflect the storage costs of purchasing the physical commodity. These storage costs include the time value of money invested in the physical commodity plus the actual costs of storing the commodity less any benefits from ownership of the physical
commodity that are not obtained by the holder of a futures contract (this is sometimes referred to as the “convenience yield”). To the extent that these storage costs change for an underlying commodity while a Fund is long futures
contracts on that commodity, the value of the futures contract may change proportionately.
In the commodity futures markets, if producers of
the underlying commodity wish to hedge the price risk of selling the commodity, they will sell futures contracts today to lock in the price of the commodity at delivery tomorrow. In order to induce speculators to take the corresponding long side of
the same futures contract, the commodity producer must be willing to sell the futures contract at a price that is below the expected future spot price. Conversely, if the predominant hedgers in the futures market are the purchasers of the underlying
commodity who purchase futures contracts to hedge against a rise in prices, then speculators will only take the short side of the futures contract if the futures price is greater than the expected future spot price of the commodity.
The changing nature of the hedgers and speculators
in the commodity markets will influence whether futures contract prices are above or below the expected future spot price. This can have significant implications for a Fund when it is time to replace an existing contract with a new contract. If the
nature of hedgers and speculators in futures markets has shifted such that commodity purchasers are the predominant hedgers in the market, a Fund might open the new futures position at a higher price or choose other related commodity-linked
investments.
The values of commodities which
underlie commodity futures contracts are subject to additional variables which may be less significant to the values of traditional securities such as stocks and bonds. Variables such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes and
tariffs may have a larger impact on commodity prices and commodity-linked investments, including futures contracts, commodity-linked structured notes, commodity-linked options and commodity-linked swaps, than on traditional securities. These
additional variables may create additional investment risks which subject a Fund’s commodity-linked investments to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities.
Options on Futures Contracts.
A Fund may purchase and write call and put options on those futures contracts that it is permitted to buy or sell. A Fund may use such options on futures contracts in lieu of writing options directly
on the underlying securities or other assets or purchasing and selling the underlying futures contracts. Such options generally operate in the same manner as options purchased or written directly on the underlying investments. A futures option gives
the holder, in return for the premium paid, the right, but not the obligation, to buy from (call) or sell to (put) the writer of the option a futures contract at a specified price at any time during the period of the option. Upon exercise, the
writer of the option is obligated to pay the difference between the cash value of the futures contract and the exercise price. Like the buyer or seller of a futures contract, the holder or writer of an option has the right to terminate its position
prior to the scheduled expiration of the option by selling or purchasing an option of the same series, at which time the person entering into the closing purchase transaction will realize a gain or loss. There is no guarantee that such closing
purchase transactions can be effected.
A Fund will enter into written options on futures
contracts only when, in compliance with regulatory requirements, it has designated cash or liquid securities at least equal in value to the underlying security’s or other asset’s value (less any applicable margin deposits). A Fund will
be required to deposit initial margin and maintenance margin with respect to put and call options on futures contracts written by it pursuant to brokers’ requirements similar to those described above.
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Options on Index Futures Contracts.
A Fund may also purchase and sell options on index futures contracts. Options on index futures give the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in an index futures
contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put), at a specified exercise price at any time during the period of the option. Upon exercise of the option, the delivery of the futures position by the
writer of the option to the holder of the option will be accompanied by delivery of the accumulated balance in the writer’s futures margin account, which represents the amount by which the market price of the index futures contract, at
exercise, exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the index future. If an option is exercised on the last trading day prior to the expiration date of the option, the settlement will
be made entirely in cash equal to the difference between the exercise price of the option and the closing level of the index on which the future is based on the expiration date. Purchasers of options who fail to exercise their options prior to the
exercise date suffer a loss of the premium paid.
Use by Tax-Exempt Funds of Interest Rate and U.S.
Treasury Security Futures Contracts and Options.
If a Fund invests in tax-exempt securities, it may purchase and sell futures contracts and related options on interest rate and U.S. Treasury
securities when, in the opinion of a Fund’s portfolio manager, price movements in these security futures and related options will correlate closely with price movements in the tax-exempt securities which are the subject of the hedge. Interest
rate and U.S. Treasury securities futures contracts require the seller to deliver, or the purchaser to take delivery of, the type of security called for in the contract at a specified date and price. Options on interest rate and U.S. Treasury
security futures contracts give the purchaser the right in return for the premium paid to assume a position in a futures contract at the specified option exercise price at any time during the period of the option.
Eurodollar and Yankee Dollar Futures Contracts and
Options Thereon.
Eurodollar futures contracts enable purchasers to obtain a fixed rate for the lending of funds and sellers to obtain a fixed rate for borrowings. A Fund may use Eurodollar futures
contracts and options thereon to hedge against changes in the LIBOR, to which many interest rate swaps and fixed income instruments are linked.
Options
Options on Stocks, Stock Indices and Other Indices.
A Fund may purchase and write (
i.e.
, sell) put and call options. Such options may relate to
particular stocks or stock indices, and may or may not be listed on a domestic or foreign securities exchange and may or may not be issued by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). Stock index options are put options and call options on various
stock indices. In most respects, they are identical to listed options on common stocks.
There is a key difference between stock options and
index options in connection with their exercise. In the case of stock options, the underlying security, common stock, is delivered. However, upon the exercise of an index option, settlement does not occur by delivery of the securities comprising the
index. The option holder who exercises the index option receives an amount of cash if the closing level of the stock index upon which the option is based is greater than (in the case of a call) or less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price
of the option. This amount of cash is equal to the difference between the closing price of the stock index and the exercise price of the option expressed in dollars times a specified multiple. A stock index fluctuates with changes in the market
value of the securities included in the index. For example, some stock index options are based on a broad market index, such as the S&P 500
®
Index or a narrower market index, such as the S&P 100
®
Index. Indices may also be based on an industry or market segment.
A Fund may, for the purpose of hedging its
portfolio, subject to applicable securities regulations, purchase and write put and call options on foreign stock indices listed on foreign and domestic stock exchanges.
As an alternative to purchasing call and put options
on index futures, a Fund may purchase call and put options on the underlying indices themselves. Such options could be used in a manner identical to the use of options on index futures. Options involving securities indices provide the holder with
the right to make or receive a cash settlement upon exercise of the option based on movements in the relevant index. Such options must be listed on a national securities exchange and issued by the OCC. Such options may relate to particular
securities or to various stock indices, except that a Fund may not write covered options on an index.
Writing Covered Options.
A Fund may write covered call options and covered put options on securities held in its portfolio. Call options written by a Fund give the purchaser the right to buy the underlying securities from a
Fund at the stated exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option, regardless of the security’s market price; put options give the purchaser the right to sell the underlying securities to a Fund at the stated exercise
price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option, regardless of the security’s market price.
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A Fund may write covered options, which means that,
so long as a Fund is obligated as the writer of a call option, it will own the underlying securities subject to the option (or comparable securities satisfying the cover requirements of securities exchanges). In the case of put options, a Fund will
hold liquid assets equal to the price to be paid if the option is exercised. In addition, a Fund will be considered to have covered a put or call option if and to the extent that it holds an option that offsets some or all of the risk of the option
it has written. A Fund may write combinations of covered puts and calls (straddles) on the same underlying security.
A Fund will receive a premium from writing a put or
call option, which increases a Fund’s return on the underlying security if the option expires unexercised or is closed out at a profit. The amount of the premium reflects, among other things, the relationship between the exercise price and the
current market value of the underlying security, the volatility of the underlying security, the amount of time remaining until expiration, current interest rates, and the effect of supply and demand in the options market and in the market for the
underlying security. By writing a call option, a Fund limits its opportunity to profit from any increase in the market value of the underlying security above the exercise price of the option but continues to bear the risk of a decline in the value
of the underlying security. By writing a put option, a Fund assumes the risk that it may be required to purchase the underlying security for an exercise price higher than the security’s then-current market value, resulting in a potential
capital loss unless the security subsequently appreciates in value.
A Fund’s obligation to sell an instrument
subject to a call option written by it, or to purchase an instrument subject to a put option written by it, may be terminated prior to the expiration date of the option by a Fund’s execution of a closing purchase transaction, which is effected
by purchasing on an exchange an offsetting option of the same series (
i.e.
, same underlying instrument, exercise price and expiration date) as the option previously written. A closing purchase transaction will
ordinarily be effected in order to realize a profit on an outstanding option, to prevent an underlying instrument from being called, to permit the sale of the underlying instrument or to permit the writing of a new option containing different terms
on such underlying instrument. A Fund realizes a profit or loss from a closing purchase transaction if the cost of the transaction (option premium plus transaction costs) is less or more than the premium received from writing the option. Because
increases in the market price of a call option generally reflect increases in the market price of the security underlying the option, any loss resulting from a closing purchase transaction may be offset in whole or in part by unrealized appreciation
of the underlying security.
If a Fund writes a
call option but does not own the underlying security, and when it writes a put option, a Fund may be required to deposit cash or securities with its broker as “margin” or collateral for its obligation to buy or sell the underlying
security. As the value of the underlying security varies, a Fund may also have to deposit additional margin with the broker. Margin requirements are complex and are fixed by individual brokers, subject to minimum requirements currently imposed by
the Federal Reserve Board and by stock exchanges and other self-regulatory organizations.
Purchasing Put Options.
A Fund may purchase put options to protect its portfolio holdings in an underlying security against a decline in market value. Such hedge protection is provided during the life of the put option since
a Fund, as holder of the put option, is able to sell the underlying security at the put exercise price regardless of any decline in the underlying security’s market price. For a put option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying
security must decline sufficiently below the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. By using put options in this manner, a Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized from appreciation of the underlying security
by the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs.
Purchasing Call Options.
A Fund may purchase call options, including call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that a Fund wants ultimately to buy. Such hedge protection is provided during the life
of the call option since a Fund, as holder of the call option, is able to buy the underlying security at the exercise price regardless of any increase in the underlying security’s market price. In order for a call option to be profitable, the
market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. These costs will reduce any profit a Fund might have realized had it bought the underlying security at the time it
purchased the call option.
Over-the-Counter (OTC) Options.
OTC options (options not traded on exchanges) are generally established through negotiation with the other party to the options contract. A Fund will enter into OTC options transactions only with
primary dealers in U.S. Government securities and, in the case of OTC options written by a Fund, only pursuant to agreements that will assure that a Fund will at all times have the right to repurchase the option written by it from the dealer at a
specified formula price. A Fund will treat the amount by which such formula price exceeds the amount, if any, by which the option may be “in-the-money” as an illiquid investment. It is the present policy of a Fund not to enter into any
OTC option transaction if, as a result, more than 15% (10% in some cases; refer to your Fund’s prospectuses) of a Fund’s net assets would be invested in (i) illiquid investments (determined under the foregoing formula) relating to OTC
options written by a Fund, (ii) OTC options purchased by a Fund, (iii) securities which are not readily marketable, and (iv) repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days.
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Swap Agreements
General
. Swap
agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to include exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a
Fund’s exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates. A Fund may enter into a variety of swap agreements,
including interest rate, index, commodity, commodity futures, equity, equity index, credit default, bond futures, total return, currency exchange rate, and other types of swap agreements such as caps, collars and floors. A Fund also may enter into
swaptions, which are options to enter into a swap agreement.
Swap agreements are usually entered into without an
upfront payment because the value of each party’s position is the same. The market values of the underlying commitments will change over time, resulting in one of the commitments being worth more than the other and the net market value
creating a risk exposure for one party or the other.
In a typical interest rate swap, one party agrees to
make regular payments equal to a floating interest rate times a “notional principal amount,” in return for payments equal to a fixed rate times the same amount, for a specified period of time. If a swap agreement provides for payments in
different currencies, the parties might agree to exchange notional principal amounts as well. In a total return swap agreement, the non-floating rate side of the swap is based on the total return of an individual security, a basket of securities, an
index or another reference asset. Swaps may also depend on other prices or rates, such as the value of an index or mortgage prepayment rates.
In a typical cap or floor agreement, one party
agrees to make payments only under specified circumstances, usually in return for payment of a fee by the other party. For example, the buyer of an interest rate cap obtains the right to receive payments to the extent that a specified interest rate
exceeds an agreed-upon level, while the seller of an interest rate floor is obligated to make payments to the extent that a specified interest rate falls below an agreed-upon level. Caps and floors have an effect similar to buying or writing
options. A collar combines elements of buying a cap and selling a floor. In interest rate collar transactions, one party sells a cap and purchases a floor, or vice versa, in an attempt to protect itself against interest rate movements exceeding
given minimum or maximum levels or collar amounts.
Swap agreements will tend to shift a Fund’s
investment exposure from one type of investment to another. For example, if a Fund agreed to pay fixed rates in exchange for floating rates while holding fixed-rate bonds, the swap would tend to decrease a Fund’s exposure to long-term interest
rates. Another example is if a Fund agreed to exchange payments in dollars for payments in foreign currency. In that case, the swap agreement would tend to decrease a Fund’s exposure to U.S. interest rates and increase its exposure to foreign
currency and interest rates.
Because swaps are
two-party contracts that may be subject to contractual restrictions on transferability and termination and because they may have terms of greater than seven days, swap agreements may be considered to be illiquid. If a swap is not liquid, it may not
be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses.
Moreover, a Fund bears the risk of loss of the
amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. When a counterparty’s obligations are not fully secured by collateral, then the Fund is essentially an unsecured
creditor of the counterparty. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund will have contractual remedies, but there is no assurance that a counterparty will be able to meet its obligations pursuant to such contracts or that, in the event of default, the
Fund will succeed in enforcing contractual remedies. Counterparty risk still exists even if a counterparty’s obligations are secured by collateral because the Fund’s interest in collateral may not be perfected or additional collateral
may not be promptly posted as required. Counterparty risk also may be more pronounced if a counterparty’s obligations exceed the amount of collateral held by the Fund (if any), the Fund is unable to exercise its interest in collateral upon
default by the counterparty, or the termination value of the instrument varies significantly from the marked-to-market value of the instrument.
Counterparty risk with respect to derivatives will
be affected by new rules and regulations affecting the derivatives market. Some derivatives transactions are required to be centrally cleared, and a party to a cleared derivatives transaction is subject to the credit risk of the clearing house and
the clearing member through which it holds its cleared position, rather than the credit risk of its original counterparty to the derivative transaction. Credit risk of market participants with respect to derivatives that are centrally cleared is
concentrated in a few clearing houses, and it is not clear how an insolvency proceeding of a clearing house would be conducted and what impact an insolvency of a clearing house would have on the financial system. A clearing member is obligated by
contract and by applicable regulation to segregate all funds received from customers with respect to cleared derivatives transactions from the clearing member’s proprietary assets. However, all funds and other property received by a clearing
broker from its customers are generally held by the clearing broker on a commingled basis in an omnibus account, and the clearing member may invest those funds in certain instruments permitted under the applicable regulations. The assets of a Fund
might not be fully protected in the event of the bankruptcy of a Fund’s clearing member, because the Fund would be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of the clearing broker’s customers
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relevant account class. Also, the clearing member is required to
transfer to the clearing organization the amount of margin required by the clearing organization for cleared derivatives, which amounts are generally held in an omnibus account at the clearing organization for all customers of the clearing member.
Regulations promulgated by the CFTC require that the clearing member notify the clearing house of the amount of initial margin provided by the clearing member to the clearing organization that is attributable to each customer. However, if the
clearing member does not provide accurate reporting, the Funds are subject to the risk that a clearing organization will use a Fund’s assets held in an omnibus account at the clearing organization to satisfy payment obligations of a defaulting
customer of the clearing member to the clearing organization. In addition, clearing members generally provide to the clearing organization the net amount of variation margin required for cleared swaps for all of its customers in the aggregate,
rather than the gross amount of each customer. The Funds are therefore subject to the risk that a clearing organization will not make variation margin payments owed to a Fund if another customer of the clearing member has suffered a loss and is in
default, and the risk that a Fund will be required to provide additional variation margin to the clearing house before the clearing house will move the Fund’s cleared derivatives transactions to another clearing member. In addition, if a
clearing member does not comply with the applicable regulations or its agreement with the Funds, or in the event of fraud or misappropriation of customer assets by a clearing member, a Fund could have only an unsecured creditor claim in an
insolvency of the clearing member with respect to the margin held by the clearing member.
Interest Rate Swaps.
Interest rate swap agreements are often used to obtain or preserve a desired return or spread at a lower cost than through a direct investment in an instrument that yields the desired return or spread.
They are financial instruments that involve the exchange of one type of interest rate cash flow for another type of interest rate cash flow on specified dates in the future. In a standard interest rate swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange
their respective commitments to pay fixed or floating interest rates on a predetermined specified (notional) amount. The swap agreement’s notional amount is the predetermined basis for calculating the obligations that the swap counterparties
have agreed to exchange. Under most swap agreements, the obligations of the parties are exchanged on a net basis. The two payment streams are netted out, with each party receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two
payments. Interest rate swaps can be based on various measures of interest rates, including LIBOR, swap rates, Treasury rates and foreign interest rates.
Credit Default Swap Agreements.
A Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements, which may have as reference obligations one or more securities or a basket of securities that are or are not currently held by a Fund. The
protection “buyer” in a credit default contract is generally obligated to pay the protection “seller” an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event, such as a default,
on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference
entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount, if the swap is cash settled. A Fund may be either the buyer or seller in a credit default swap. If a Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, a
Fund may recover nothing if the swap is held through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer generally may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable
obligations of the reference entity whose value may have significantly decreased. As a seller, a Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. As the
seller, a Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.
Credit default swap agreements may involve greater
risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to risks relating to the reference obligation, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. A Fund will enter into
credit default swap agreements generally with counterparties that meet certain standards of creditworthiness. A buyer generally will lose its investment and recover nothing if no credit event occurs and the swap is held to its termination date. If a
credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the seller, coupled with the upfront or periodic payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of
value to the seller.
A Fund’s
obligations under a credit default swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owing to the Fund). For bilateral credit default swaps (CDS) where the Fund is the seller of protection, the Fund will cover the full notional amount
of the swap minus any collateral on deposit. In connection with credit default swaps in which a Fund is the buyer, the Fund will segregate or designate cash or other liquid assets in accordance with its policies and procedures. Such segregation or
designation will ensure that a Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction. Such segregation or designation will not limit a Fund’s exposure to loss.
Equity Swaps.
A Fund may engage in equity swaps. Equity swaps allow the parties to the swap agreement to exchange components of return on one equity investment (
e.g.
, a basket of equity securities or an index) for a component of return on another non-equity or equity investment, including an exchange of differential rates of return. Equity swaps may be used
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invest in a market without owning or taking physical custody of
securities in circumstances where direct investment may be restricted for legal reasons or is otherwise impractical. Equity swaps also may be used for other purposes, such as hedging or seeking to increase total return.
Total Return Swap Agreements.
Total return swap agreements are contracts in which one party agrees to make periodic payments to another party based on the change in market value of the assets underlying the contract, which may
include a specified security, basket of securities or securities indices during the specified period, in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the total return from other underlying assets. Total return swap
agreements may be used to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or investing directly in such market. Total return swap agreements may effectively add leverage to a Fund’s portfolio
because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.
Total return swap agreements are subject to the risk
that a counterparty will default on its payment obligations to a Fund thereunder, and conversely, that a Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty. Generally, a Fund will enter into total return swaps on a net basis (
i.e.
, the two payment streams are netted against one another with a Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the excess, if any, of a Fund’s
obligations over its entitlements with respect to each total return swap will be accrued on a daily basis, and an amount of liquid assets having an aggregate net asset value at least equal to the accrued excess will be designated by a Fund in its
books and records. If the total return swap transaction is entered into on other than a net basis, the full amount of a Fund’s obligations will be accrued on a daily basis, and the full amount of a Fund’s obligations will be designated
by a Fund in an amount equal to or greater than the market value of the liabilities under the total return swap agreement or the amount it would have cost a Fund initially to make an equivalent direct investment, plus or minus any amount a Fund is
obligated to pay or is to receive under the total return swap agreement.
Variance, Volatility and Correlation Swap Agreements.
Variance and volatility swaps are contracts that provide exposure to increases or decreases in the volatility of certain referenced assets. Correlation swaps are contracts that provide exposure to
increases or decreases in the correlation between the prices of different assets or different market rates.
Commodity-Linked Swaps.
Commodity-linked swaps are two-party contracts in which the parties agree to exchange the return or interest rate on one instrument for the return of a particular commodity, commodity index or
commodities futures or options contract. The payment streams are calculated by reference to an agreed upon notional amount. A one-period swap contract operates in a manner similar to a forward or futures contract because there is an agreement to
swap a commodity for cash at only one forward date. A Fund may engage in swap transactions that have more than one period and therefore more than one exchange of commodities.
A Fund may invest in total return commodity swaps to
gain exposure to the overall commodity markets. In a total return commodity swap, a Fund will receive the price appreciation of a commodity index, a portion of the index, or a single commodity in exchange for paying an agreed-upon fee. If the
commodity swap is for one period, the Fund will pay a fixed fee, established at the outset of the swap. However, if the term of the commodity swap is more than one period, with interim swap payments, the Fund will pay an adjustable or floating fee.
With a “floating” rate, the fee is pegged to a base rate such as LIBOR, and is adjusted each period. Therefore, if interest rates increase over the term of the swap contract, a Fund may be required to pay a higher fee at each swap reset
date.
Cross Currency Swaps.
Cross currency swaps are similar to interest rate swaps, except that they involve multiple currencies. A Fund may enter into a cross currency swap when it has exposure to one currency and desires
exposure to a different currency. Typically, the interest rates that determine the currency swap payments are fixed, although occasionally one or both parties may pay a floating rate of interest. Unlike an interest rate swap, however, the principal
amounts are exchanged at the beginning of the contract and returned at the end of the contract. In addition to paying and receiving amounts at the beginning and termination of the agreements, both sides will have to pay in full periodically based
upon the currency they have borrowed. Changes in foreign exchange currency rates and changes in interest rates, as described above, may negatively affect currency swaps.
Contracts for Differences.
Contracts for differences are swap arrangements in which the parties agree that their return (or loss) will be based on the relative performance of two different groups or baskets of securities. Often,
one or both baskets will be an established securities index. A Fund’s return will be based on changes in value of theoretical long futures positions in the securities comprising one basket (with an aggregate face value equal to the notional
amount of the contract for differences) and theoretical short futures positions in the securities comprising the other basket. A Fund also may use actual long and short futures positions and achieve similar market exposure by netting the payment
obligations of the two contracts. A Fund typically enters into contracts for differences (and analogous futures positions) when its portfolio manager believes that the basket of securities constituting the long position will outperform the basket
constituting the short position. If the short basket outperforms the long basket, a Fund will realize a loss — even in circumstances when the securities in both the long and short baskets appreciate in value.
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Swaptions.
A swaption is an options contract on a swap agreement. These transactions give a party the right (but not the obligation) to enter into new swap agreements or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise
modify an existing swap agreement (which are described herein) at some designated future time on specified terms, in return for payment of the purchase price (the “premium”) of the option. A Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and
call swaptions to the same extent it may make use of standard options on securities or other instruments. The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the market value on the underlying swap agreement.
Swaptions can be bundled and sold as a package. These are commonly called interest rate caps, floors and collars (which are described herein).
Many swaps are complex and often valued
subjectively. Many over-the-counter derivatives are complex and their valuation often requires modeling and judgment, which increases the risk of mispricing or incorrect valuation. The pricing models used may not produce valuations that are
consistent with the values the Fund realizes when it closes or sells an over-the-counter derivative. Valuation risk is more pronounced when the Fund enters into over-the-counter derivatives with specialized terms because the market value of those
derivatives in some cases is determined in part by reference to similar derivatives with more standardized terms. Incorrect valuations may result in increased cash payment requirements to counterparties, undercollateralization and/or errors in
calculation of the Fund’s net asset value.
Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) established a framework for the regulation of OTC swap markets; the framework outlined the joint responsibility of the CFTC and the SEC in regulating swaps. The CFTC is responsible for the
regulation of swaps, the SEC is responsible for the regulation of security-based swaps and they are both jointly responsible for the regulation of mixed swaps.
Risk of Potential Governmental Regulation of
Derivatives
It is possible that government regulation of
various types of derivative instruments, including futures and swap agreements, may limit or prevent the Funds from using such instruments as a part of their investment strategy, and could ultimately prevent the Funds from being able to achieve
their investment objectives. The effects of present or future legislation and regulation in this area are not known, but the effects could be substantial and adverse.
The futures markets are subject to comprehensive
statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. In addition, the SEC, CFTC and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the implementation or reduction of speculative
position limits, the implementation of higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading.
The regulation of swaps and futures transactions in
the U.S. is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. There is a possibility of future regulatory changes altering, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in a Fund or the
ability of a Fund to continue to implement its investment strategies. In particular, the Dodd-Frank Act, which was signed into law in July 2010, has changed the way in which the U.S. financial system is supervised and regulated. Title VII of the
Dodd-Frank Act sets forth a new legislative framework for OTC derivatives, such as swaps, in which the Funds may invest. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act makes broad changes to the OTC derivatives market, grants significant new authority to the SEC
and the CFTC to regulate OTC derivatives and market participants, and will require clearing of many OTC derivatives transactions.
Recent U.S. and non-U.S. legislative and regulatory
reforms, including those related to the Dodd-Frank Act, have resulted in, and may in the future result in, new regulation of derivative instruments and the Fund's use of such instruments. New regulations could, among other things, restrict the
Fund's ability to engage in derivative transactions (for example, by making certain types of derivative instruments or transactions no longer available to the Fund) and/or increase the costs of such transactions, and the Fund may as a result be
unable to execute its investment strategies in a manner the Investment Manager might otherwise choose.
Additional Risk Factors in Cleared Derivatives
Transactions
Under recently adopted rules and regulations,
transactions in some types of swaps (including interest rate swaps and credit default swaps on North American and European indices) are required to be centrally cleared. In a transaction involving those swaps (“cleared derivatives”), a
Fund’s counterparty is a clearing house, rather than a bank or broker. Since the Funds are not members of clearing houses and only members of a clearing house (“clearing members”) can participate directly in the clearing house, the
Funds will hold cleared derivatives through accounts at clearing members. In a cleared derivatives transaction, the Funds will make payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from a clearing house through their accounts at clearing
members. Clearing members guarantee performance of their clients’ obligations to the clearing house.
In many ways, centrally cleared derivative
arrangements are less favorable to open-end funds than bilateral arrangements. For example, the Funds may be required to provide greater amounts of margin for cleared derivatives positions than for bilateral derivatives transactions. Also, in
contrast to a bilateral derivatives position, following a period of notice to a Fund, a clearing member generally can require termination of an existing cleared derivatives position at any time or increases in margin requirements above the margin
that the clearing member required at the beginning of a transaction. Clearing houses also have
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broad rights to increase margin requirements for existing positions
or to terminate those positions at any time. Any increase in margin requirements or termination of existing cleared derivatives positions by the clearing member or the clearing house could interfere with the ability of a Fund to pursue its
investment strategy. Further, any increase in margin requirements by a clearing member could also expose a Fund to greater credit risk to its clearing member, because margin for cleared derivatives transactions in excess of clearing house’s
margin requirements typically is held by the clearing member. Also, a Fund is subject to risk if it enters into a derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or that the Investment Manager expects to be cleared), and no clearing member
is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund’s behalf. While the documentation in place between the Funds and their clearing members generally provides that the clearing members will accept for clearing all transactions submitted
for clearing that are within credit limits (specified in advance) for each Fund, the Funds are still subject to the risk that no clearing member will be willing or able to clear a transaction. In those cases, the position might have to be
terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of the position, including loss of an increase in the value of the position and/or loss of hedging protection. In addition, the documentation governing the relationship between the Funds
and clearing members is developed by the clearing members and generally is less favorable to the Funds than typical bilateral derivatives documentation. For example, documentation relating to cleared derivatives generally includes a one-way
indemnity by the Funds in favor of the clearing member for losses the clearing member incurs as the Funds’ clearing member and typically does not provide the Funds any remedies if the clearing member defaults or becomes insolvent. While
futures contracts entail similar risks, the risks likely are more pronounced for cleared swaps due to their more limited liquidity and market history.
Some types of cleared derivatives are required to be
executed on an exchange or on a swap execution facility. A swap execution facility is a trading platform where multiple market participants can execute derivatives by accepting bids and offers made by multiple other participants in the platform.
While this execution requirement is designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the cleared derivatives market, trading on a swap execution facility can create additional costs and risks for the Funds. For example, swap execution facilities
typically charge fees, and if a Fund executes derivatives on a swap execution facility through a broker intermediary, the intermediary may impose fees as well. Also, a Fund may indemnify a swap execution facility, or a broker intermediary who
executes cleared derivatives on a swap execution facility on the Fund’s behalf, against any losses or costs that may be incurred as a result of the Fund’s transactions on the swap execution facility.
These and other new rules and regulations could,
among other things, further restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in, or increase the cost to the Fund of, derivatives transactions, for example, by making some types of derivatives no longer available to the Fund, increasing margin or capital
requirements, or otherwise limiting liquidity or increasing transaction costs. These regulations are new and evolving, so their potential impact on the Funds and the financial system are not yet known. While the new regulations and the central
clearing of some derivatives transactions are designed to reduce systemic risk (
i.e.
, the risk that the interdependence of large derivatives dealers could cause a number of those dealers to suffer liquidity,
solvency or other challenges simultaneously), there is no assurance that the new clearing mechanisms will achieve that result, and in the meantime, as noted above, central clearing and related requirements expose the Funds to new kinds of risks and
costs.
CFTC Regulation
Pursuant to Rule 4.5 under the CEA, Commodity Strategy Fund does
not qualify for an exclusion from the definition of a commodity pool. Accordingly, the Fund is registered as a "commodity pool" and the Investment Manager is registered as a “commodity pool operator” with respect to the Fund under the
CEA.
Each of the other Funds listed on the
cover of this SAI qualifies for an exclusion from the definition of a commodity pool under the CEA and has on file a notice of exclusion under CFTC Rule 4.5. Accordingly, the Investment Manager is not subject to registration or regulation as a
“commodity pool operator” under the CEA with respect to these Funds, although the Investment Manager is a registered “commodity pool operator” and “commodity trading advisor”. To remain eligible for the exclusion,
each of these Funds is limited in its ability to use certain financial instruments regulated under the CEA (“commodity interests”), including futures and options on futures and certain swaps transactions. In the event that a Fund’s
investments in commodity interests are not within the thresholds set forth in the exclusion, one or more Funds not currently registered as a “commodity pool” may be required to register as such, which could increase Fund expenses,
adversely affecting the Fund’s total return.
Dollar Rolls
Dollar rolls involve selling securities (
e.g.
, mortgage-backed securities or U.S. Treasury securities) and simultaneously entering into a commitment to purchase those or similar securities on a specified future date and price from the same party. Mortgage
dollar rolls and U.S. Treasury rolls are types of dollar rolls. A Fund foregoes principal and interest paid on the securities during the “roll” period. A Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the lower
forward price for the future purchase of the securities, as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. The investor also could be compensated through the receipt of fee income equivalent to a lower forward price. Dollar
roll transactions may result in higher transaction costs for a Fund.
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Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with mortgage dollar rolls include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk and Interest Rate Risk.
Exchange-traded notes (ETNs)
ETNs are instruments that combine aspects of bonds and
exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and are designed to provide investors with access to the returns, less investor fees and expenses, of various market benchmarks or strategies to which they are usually linked. When an investor buys an ETN, the issuer,
typically an underwriting bank, promises to pay upon maturity the amount reflected in the benchmark or strategy (minus fees and expenses). Some ETNs make periodic coupon payments. Like ETFs, ETNs are traded on an exchange, but ETNs have additional
risks compared to ETFs, including the risk that if the credit of the ETN issuer becomes suspect, the investment might lose some or all of its value. Though linked to the performance, for example, of a market benchmark, ETNs are not equities or index
funds, but they do share several characteristics. Similar to equities, ETNs are traded on an exchange and can be sold short. Similar to index funds, ETNs may be linked to the return of a benchmark or strategy, but ETNs do not have an ownership
interest in the instruments underlying the benchmark or strategy the ETN is tracking.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with exchange-traded notes include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk and Market Risk.
Foreign Currency Transactions
Because investments in foreign securities usually involve
currencies of foreign countries and because a Fund may hold cash and cash equivalent investments in foreign currencies, the value of a Fund’s assets as measured in U.S. dollars may be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in currency
exchange rates and exchange control regulations. Also, a Fund may incur costs in connection with conversions between various currencies. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time, causing a Fund’s NAV to
fluctuate. Currency exchange rates are generally determined by the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets, actual or anticipated changes in interest rates, and other complex factors. Currency exchange rates also can be affected
by the intervention of U.S. or foreign governments or central banks, or the failure to intervene, or by currency controls or political developments.
Spot Rates and Derivative Instruments
.
A Fund may conduct its foreign currency exchange transactions either at the spot (cash) rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market or by entering
into forward foreign currency exchange contracts (forward contracts). (See
Types of Investments – Derivatives
.) These contracts are traded in the interbank market conducted directly
between currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. Because foreign currency transactions occurring in the interbank market might involve substantially larger amounts than those involved in the use of such derivative
instruments, a Fund could be disadvantaged by having to deal in the odd lot market for the underlying foreign currencies at prices that are less favorable than for round lots.
A Fund may enter into forward contracts for a
variety of reasons, including for risk management (hedging) or for investment purposes.
When a Fund enters into a contract for the purchase
or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency or has been notified of a dividend or interest payment, it may desire to lock in the price of the security or the amount of the payment, usually in U.S. dollars, although it could desire to
lock in the price of the security in another currency. By entering into a forward contract, a Fund would be able to protect itself against a possible loss resulting from an adverse change in the relationship between different currencies from the
date the security is purchased or sold to the date on which payment is made or received or when the dividend or interest is actually received.
A Fund may enter into forward contracts when
management of the Fund believes the currency of a particular foreign country may decline in value relative to another currency. When selling currencies forward in this fashion, a Fund may seek to hedge the value of foreign securities it holds
against an adverse move in exchange rates. The precise matching of forward contract amounts and the value of securities involved generally will not be possible since the future value of securities in foreign currencies more than likely will change
between the date the forward contract is entered into and the date it matures. The projection of short-term currency market movements is extremely difficult and successful execution of a short-term hedging strategy is highly uncertain.
This method of protecting the value of a
Fund’s securities against a decline in the value of a currency does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. It simply establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved at some point in time. Although forward
contracts can be used to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline in value of hedged currency, they will also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of such currency increase.
A Fund may also enter into forward contracts when
the Fund’s portfolio manager believes the currency of a particular country will increase in value relative to another currency. A Fund may buy currencies forward to gain exposure to a currency without incurring the additional costs of
purchasing securities denominated in that currency.
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For example, the combination of U.S.
dollar-denominated instruments with long forward currency exchange contracts creates a position economically equivalent to a position in the foreign currency, in anticipation of an increase in the value of the foreign currency against the U.S.
dollar. Conversely, the combination of U.S. dollar-denominated instruments with short forward currency exchange contracts is economically equivalent to borrowing the foreign currency for delivery at a specified date in the future, in anticipation of
a decrease in the value of the foreign currency against the U.S. dollar.
Unanticipated changes in the currency exchange
results could result in poorer performance for Funds that enter into these types of transactions.
A Fund may designate cash or securities in an amount
equal to the value of the Fund’s total assets committed to consummating forward contracts entered into under the circumstance set forth above. If the value of the securities declines, additional cash or securities will be designated on a daily
basis so that the value of the cash or securities will equal the amount of the Fund’s commitments on such contracts.
At maturity of a forward contract, a Fund may either
deliver (if a contract to sell) or take delivery of (if a contract to buy) the foreign currency or terminate its contractual obligation by entering into an offsetting contract with the same currency trader, having the same maturity date, and
covering the same amount of foreign currency.
If a Fund engages in an offsetting transaction, it
will incur a gain or loss to the extent there has been movement in forward contract prices. If a Fund engages in an offsetting transaction, it may subsequently enter into a new forward contract to buy or sell the foreign currency.
Although a Fund values its assets each business day
in terms of U.S. dollars, it may not intend to convert its foreign currencies into U.S. dollars on a daily basis. However, it will do so from time to time, and such conversions involve certain currency conversion costs. Although foreign exchange
dealers do not charge a fee for conversion, they do realize a profit based on the difference (spread) between the prices at which they buy and sell various currencies. Thus, a dealer may offer to sell a foreign currency to a Fund at one rate, while
offering a lesser rate of exchange should a Fund desire to resell that currency to the dealer.
It is possible, under certain circumstances,
including entering into forward currency contracts for investment purposes, that a Fund will be required to limit or restructure its forward contract currency transactions to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under the
Code.
Options on Foreign Currencies.
A Fund may buy put and call options and write covered call and cash-secured put options on foreign currencies for hedging purposes and to gain exposure to foreign currencies. For example, a decline in
the dollar value of a foreign currency in which securities are denominated will reduce the dollar value of such securities, even if their value in the foreign currency remains constant. In order to protect against the diminutions in the value of
securities, a Fund may buy put options on the foreign currency. If the value of the currency does decline, a Fund would have the right to sell the currency for a fixed amount in dollars and would thereby offset, in whole or in part, the adverse
effect on its portfolio that otherwise would have resulted.
Conversely, where a change in the dollar value of a
currency would increase the cost of securities a Fund plans to buy, or where a Fund would benefit from increased exposure to the currency, a Fund may buy call options on the foreign currency, giving it the right to purchase the currency for a fixed
amount in dollars. The purchase of the options could offset, at least partially, the changes in exchange rates.
As in the case of other types of options, however,
the benefit to a Fund derived from purchases of foreign currency options would be reduced by the amount of the premium and related transaction costs. In addition, where currency exchange rates do not move in the direction or to the extent
anticipated, a Fund could sustain losses on transactions in foreign currency options that would require it to forego a portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in rates.
A Fund may write options on foreign currencies for
similar purposes. For example, when a Fund anticipates a decline in the dollar value of foreign-denominated securities due to adverse fluctuations in exchange rates, it could, instead of purchasing a put option, write a call option on the relevant
currency, giving the option holder the right to purchase that currency from the Fund for a fixed amount in dollars. If the expected decline occurs, the option would most likely not be exercised and the diminution in value of securities would be
offset, at least partially, by the amount of the premium received.
Similarly, instead of purchasing a call option when
a foreign currency is expected to appreciate, a Fund could write a put option on the relevant currency, giving the option holder the right to that currency from the Fund for a fixed amount in dollars. If rates move in the manner projected, the put
option would expire unexercised and allow the Fund to hedge increased cost up to the amount of the premium.
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As in the case of other types of options, however,
the writing of a foreign currency option will constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium, and only if rates move in the expected direction. If this does not occur, the option may be exercised and the Fund would be required to
buy or sell the underlying currency at a loss that may not be offset by the amount of the premium. Through the writing of options on foreign currencies, the Fund also may be required to forego all or a portion of the benefits that might otherwise
have been obtained from favorable movements on exchange rates.
An option written on foreign currencies is covered
if a Fund holds currency sufficient to cover the option or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that currency without additional cash consideration upon conversion of assets denominated in that currency or exchange of other currency held
in its portfolio. An option writer could lose amounts substantially in excess of its initial investments, due to the margin and collateral requirements associated with such positions.
Options on foreign currencies are traded through
financial institutions acting as market-makers, although foreign currency options also are traded on certain national securities exchanges, such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, subject to SEC regulation. In
an over-the-counter trading environment, many of the protections afforded to exchange participants will not be available. For example, there are no daily price fluctuation limits, and adverse market movements could therefore continue to an unlimited
extent over a period of time. Although the purchaser of an option cannot lose more than the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs, this entire amount could be lost.
Foreign currency option positions entered into on a
national securities exchange are cleared and guaranteed by the OCC, thereby reducing the risk of counterparty default. Further, a liquid secondary market in options traded on a national securities exchange may be more readily available than in the
over-the-counter market, potentially permitting a Fund to liquidate open positions at a profit prior to exercise or expiration, or to limit losses in the event of adverse market movements.
Foreign Currency Futures and Related Options.
A Fund may enter into currency futures contracts to buy or sell currencies. It also may buy put and call options and write covered call and cash-secured put options on currency futures. Currency
futures contracts are similar to currency forward contracts, except that they are traded on exchanges (and have margin requirements) and are standardized as to contract size and delivery date. Most currency futures call for payment of delivery in
U.S. dollars. A Fund may use currency futures for the same purposes as currency forward contracts, subject to CFTC limitations.
Currency futures and options on futures values can
be expected to correlate with exchange rates, but will not reflect other factors that may affect the value of the Fund’s investments. A currency hedge, for example, should protect a Yen-denominated bond against a decline in the Yen, but will
not protect a Fund against price decline if the issuer’s creditworthiness deteriorates. Because the value of a Fund’s investments denominated in foreign currency will change in response to many factors other than exchange rates, it may
not be possible to match the amount of a forward contract to the value of a Fund’s investments denominated in that currency over time.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with foreign currency transactions include: Foreign Currency Risk, Derivatives Risk, Interest Rate Risk, and Liquidity Risk.
Foreign Securities
Unless otherwise stated in a Fund’s prospectus, stocks, bonds
and other securities or investments are deemed to be “foreign” based primarily on the issuer’s place of organization/incorporation, but the Fund may also consider the issuer’s domicile, its principal place of business, its
primary stock exchange listing, the source of its revenue or other factors. A Fund’s investments in foreign markets, may include issuers in emerging markets, as well as frontier markets, each of which carry heightened risks as compared with
investments in other typical foreign markets. Unless otherwise stated in a Fund’s prospectus, emerging market countries are generally those either defined by World Bank-defined per capita income brackets or determined to be an emerging market
based on the Fund portfolio manager’s qualitative judgments about a country’s level of economic and institutional development, among other factors. Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies and even less developed
capital markets than typical emerging market countries (which themselves have increased investment risk relative to investing in more developed markets) and, as a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier
market countries. Foreign securities may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations or as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities and may be privately placed or publicly offered. See
Types of Investments — Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations, — Debt Obligations - Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon Securities
and
— Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities
for more information.
Due to the potential for foreign withholding taxes,
MSCI publishes two versions of its indices reflecting the reinvestment of dividends using two different methodologies: gross dividends and net dividends. While both versions reflect reinvested dividends, they differ with respect to the manner in
which taxes associated with dividend payments are treated. In calculating the net dividends version, MSCI incorporates reinvested dividends applying the withholding tax rate applicable to foreign non-resident institutional investors that do not
benefit from double taxation treaties. The Investment Manager believes that the net dividends version of MSCI indices better reflects the returns U.S. investors might expect were they to invest directly in the component securities of an MSCI
index.
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There is a practice in certain foreign markets under
which an issuer’s securities are blocked from trading at the custodian or sub-custodian level for a specified number of days before and, in certain instances, after a shareholder meeting where such shares are voted. This is referred to as
“share blocking.” The blocking period can last up to several weeks. Share blocking may prevent a Fund from buying or selling securities during this period, because during the time shares are blocked, trades in such securities will not
settle. It may be difficult or impossible to lift blocking restrictions, with the particular requirements varying widely by country. As a consequence of these restrictions, the Investment Manager, on behalf of a Fund, may abstain from voting proxies
in markets that require share blocking.
Foreign securities may include depositary receipts,
such as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs). ADRs are U.S. dollar-denominated receipts issued in registered form by a domestic bank or trust company that evidence ownership
of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. EDRs are foreign currency-denominated receipts issued in Europe, typically by foreign banks or trust companies and foreign branches of domestic banks, that evidence ownership of foreign or
domestic securities. GDRs are receipts structured similarly to ADRs and EDRs and are marketed globally. Depositary receipts will not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as their underlying securities. In general, ADRs, in registered
form, are designed for use in the U.S. securities markets, and EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets. GDRs are tradable both in the United States and in Europe and are designed for use throughout the world. A Fund
may invest in depositary receipts through “sponsored” or “unsponsored” facilities. A sponsored facility is established jointly by the issuer of the underlying security and a depositary, whereas a depositary may establish an
unsponsored facility without participation by the issuer of the deposited security. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs of such facilities and the depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no
obligation to distribute interest holder communications received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through voting rights to the holders of such receipts in respect of the deposited securities. The issuers of unsponsored depositary
receipts are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States, and, therefore, there may be limited information available regarding such issuers and/or limited correlation between available information and the market value of the
depositary receipts.
Although one or more of
the other risks described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with foreign securities include: Emerging Markets Securities Risk, Foreign Currency Risk, Foreign Securities Risk, Frontier Market Risk, Geographic Focus Risk,
Issuer Risk and Market Risk.
Guaranteed
Investment Contracts (Funding Agreements)
Guaranteed
investment contracts, or funding agreements, are short-term, privately placed debt instruments issued by insurance companies. Pursuant to such contracts, a Fund may make cash contributions to a deposit fund of the insurance company’s general
account. The insurance company then credits to a Fund payments at negotiated, floating or fixed interest rates. A Fund will purchase guaranteed investment contracts only from issuers that, at the time of purchase, meet certain credit and quality
standards. In general, guaranteed investment contracts are not assignable or transferable without the permission of the issuing insurance companies, and an active secondary market does not exist for these investments. In addition, the issuer may not
be able to pay the principal amount to a Fund on seven days’ notice or less, at which time the investment may be considered illiquid under applicable SEC regulatory guidance and subject to certain restrictions. See
Types of Investments – Illiquid Securities
.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with guaranteed investment contracts (funding agreements) include: Credit Risk and Liquidity Risk.
High-Yield Securities
High-yield, or low and below investment grade securities (below
investment grade securities are also known as “junk bonds”) are debt securities with the lowest investment grade rating (
e.g.
, BBB by S&P and Fitch or Baa by Moody’s), that are below
investment grade (
e.g.
, lower than BBB by S&P and Fitch or Baa by Moody’s) or that are unrated but determined by a Fund’s portfolio manager to be of comparable quality. These types of
securities may be issued to fund corporate transactions or restructurings, such as leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, debt reclassifications or similar events, are more speculative in nature than securities with higher ratings and tend to be
more sensitive to credit risk, particularly during a downturn in the economy. These types of securities generally are issued by unseasoned companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by companies or municipalities that have
questionable credit strength. High-yield securities and comparable unrated securities: (i) likely will have some quality and protective characteristics that, in the judgment of one or more NRSROs, are outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk
exposures to adverse conditions; (ii) are speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation; and (iii) may have a less liquid secondary market, potentially
making it difficult to value or sell such securities. Credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies are designed to evaluate the safety of principal and interest payments of rated securities. They do not, however, evaluate the market value risk of
lower-quality securities and, therefore, may not fully reflect the true risks of an investment. In addition, credit rating agencies may or may not make timely changes in a rating to reflect changes in the economy or in the condition of
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the issuer that affect the market value of the securities.
Consequently, credit ratings are used only as a preliminary indicator of investment quality. High-yield securities may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations or as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities and may
be privately placed or publicly offered. See
Types of Investments – Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations, – Debt Obligations – Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon Securities
and
– Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities
for more information.
The rates of return on these types of securities
generally are higher than the rates of return available on more highly rated securities, but generally involve greater volatility of price and risk of loss of principal and income, including the possibility of default by or insolvency of the issuers
of such securities. Accordingly, a Fund may be more dependent on the Investment Manager’s (or, if applicable, a subadviser’s) credit analysis with respect to these types of securities than is the case for more highly rated
securities.
The market values of certain
high-yield securities and comparable unrated securities tend to be more sensitive to individual corporate developments and changes in economic conditions than are the market values of more highly rated securities. In addition, issuers of high-yield
and comparable unrated securities often are highly leveraged and may not have more traditional methods of financing available to them, so that their ability to service their debt obligations during an economic downturn or during sustained periods of
rising interest rates may be impaired.
The
risk of loss due to default is greater for high-yield and comparable unrated securities than it is for higher rated securities because high-yield securities and comparable unrated securities generally are unsecured and frequently are subordinated to
more senior indebtedness. A Fund may incur additional expenses to the extent that it is required to seek recovery upon a default in the payment of principal or interest on its holdings of such securities. The existence of limited markets for
lower-rated debt securities may diminish a Fund’s ability to: (i) obtain accurate market quotations for purposes of valuing such securities and calculating portfolio net asset value; and (ii) sell the securities at fair market value either to
meet redemption requests or to respond to changes in the economy or in financial markets.
Many lower-rated securities are not registered for
offer and sale to the public under the 1933 Act. Investments in these restricted securities may be determined to be liquid (able to be sold within seven days at approximately the price at which they are valued by a Fund) pursuant to policies
approved by the Fund’s Trustees. Investments in illiquid securities, including restricted securities that have not been determined to be liquid, may not exceed 15% of a Fund’s net assets. A Fund is not otherwise subject to any limitation
on its ability to invest in restricted securities. Restricted securities may be less liquid than other lower-rated securities, potentially making it difficult to value or sell such securities.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with high-yield securities include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, High-Yield Securities Risk and Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Illiquid Securities
Illiquid securities are defined by a Fund consistent with the SEC
staff’s current guidance and interpretations which provide that an illiquid security is an asset which may not be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the value at which a Fund has valued
the investment on its books. Some securities, such as those not registered under U.S. securities laws, cannot be sold in public transactions. Some securities are deemed to be illiquid because they are subject to contractual or legal restrictions on
resale. Subject to its investment policies, a Fund may invest in illiquid investments and may invest in certain restricted securities that are deemed to be illiquid securities at the time of purchase.
In October 2016, the SEC adopted a new rule relating
to the management of liquidity risk by certain investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, such as the Funds. The new rule may impact the Funds' performance and ability to achieve their respective investment objectives. Certain provisions of
the rule have a compliance date of December 1, 2018, while others have a compliance date of June 1, 2019, as they relate to the Funds.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risk typically associated with illiquid securities include: Liquidity Risk.
Inflation-Protected Securities
Inflation is a general rise in prices of goods and services.
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of an investor’s assets. For example, if an investment provides a total return of 7% in a given year and inflation is 3% during that period, the inflation-adjusted, or real, return is 4%.
Inflation-protected securities are debt securities whose principal and/or interest payments are adjusted for inflation, unlike debt securities that make fixed principal and interest payments. One type of inflation-protected debt security is issued
by the U.S. Treasury. The principal of these securities is adjusted for inflation as indicated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban consumers and interest is paid on the adjusted amount. The CPI is a measurement of changes in the cost of
living, made up of components such as housing, food, transportation and energy.
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If the CPI falls, the principal value of
inflation-protected securities will be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. Conversely, if the CPI rises, the principal value of
inflation-protected securities will be adjusted upward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities will be increased. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury
inflation-protected securities, even during a period of deflation. However, the current market value of the inflation-protected securities is not guaranteed and will fluctuate. Other inflation-indexed securities include inflation-related bonds,
which may or may not provide a similar guarantee. If a guarantee of principal is not provided, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.
Other issuers of inflation-protected debt securities
include other U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities, corporations and foreign governments. There can be no assurance that the CPI or any foreign inflation index will accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and
services. Moreover, there can be no assurance that the rate of inflation in a foreign country will be correlated to the rate of inflation in the United States. If interest rates rise due to reasons other than inflation (for example, due to changes
in currency exchange rates), investors in these securities may not be protected to the extent that the increase is not reflected in the bond’s inflation measure.
Any increase in principal for an inflation-protected
security resulting from inflation adjustments is considered by IRS regulations to be taxable income in the year it occurs. For direct holders of an inflation-protected security, this means that taxes must be paid on principal adjustments even though
these amounts are not received until the bond matures. Similarly, a Fund treated as a regulated investment company (RIC) under the Code that holds these securities distributes both interest income and the income attributable to principal adjustments
in the form of cash or reinvested shares, which are taxable to shareholders.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with inflation-protected securities include: Inflation-Protected Securities Risk, Interest Rate Risk and Market Risk. In addition, inflation-protected securities issued by non-U.S. government
agencies or instrumentalities are subject to Credit Risk.
Initial Public Offerings
A Fund may invest in initial public offerings (IPOs) of common
stock or other primary or secondary syndicated offerings of equity or debt securities issued by a corporate issuer. Fixed income funds frequently invest in these types of offerings of debt securities. A purchase of IPO securities often involves
higher transaction costs than those associated with the purchase of securities already traded on exchanges or markets. A Fund may hold IPO securities for a period of time, or may sell them soon after the purchase. Investments in IPOs could have a
magnified impact — either positive or negative — on a Fund’s performance while the Fund’s assets are relatively small. The impact of an IPO on a Fund’s performance may tend to diminish as the Fund’s assets grow.
In circumstances when investments in IPOs make a significant contribution to a Fund’s performance, there can be no assurance that similar contributions from IPOs will continue in the future.
Although one or more risks described in this SAI may
also apply, the risks typically associated with IPOs include: IPO Risk, Issuer Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk and Small Company Securities Risk.
Inverse Floaters
See
Types of
Investments – Derivatives – Indexed or Linked Securities (Structured Products)
above.
Investments in Other Investment Companies (Including
ETFs)
Investing in other investment companies may be a means
by which a Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective. A Fund may invest in securities issued by other investment companies within the limits prescribed by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any exemptive relief currently or
in the future available to a Fund. These securities include shares of other affiliated or unaffiliated open-end investment companies (
i.e.
, mutual funds), closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), UCITS
funds (pooled investment vehicles established in accordance with the Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities adopted by European Union member states) and business development companies.
Except with respect to funds structured as
funds-of-funds or so-called master/feeder funds or other funds whose strategies otherwise allow such investments, the 1940 Act generally requires that a fund limit its investments in another investment company or series thereof so that, as
determined at the time a securities purchase is made: (i) no more than 5% of the value of its total assets will be invested in the securities of any one investment company; (ii) no more than 10% of the value of its total assets will be invested in
the aggregate in securities of other investment companies; and (iii) no more than 3% of the outstanding voting stock of any one investment company or series thereof will be owned by a fund or by companies controlled by a fund. Such other investment
companies may include ETFs, which are shares of publicly traded unit investment trusts, open-end funds or depositary receipts that may be passively managed (e.g., they seek to track the performance of specific indexes or companies in related
industries) or they may be actively managed. The SEC has granted orders for exemptive relief to certain ETFs that permit investments in those ETFs by certain other registered investment companies in excess of these limits.
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ETFs are listed on an exchange and trade in the
secondary market on a per-share basis, which allows investors to purchase and sell ETF shares at their market price throughout the day. Certain ETFs, such as passively managed ETFs, hold portfolios of securities that are designed to replicate, as
closely as possible before expenses, the price and yield of a specified market index. The performance results of these ETFs will not replicate exactly the performance of the pertinent index due to transaction and other expenses, including fees to
service providers borne by ETFs. ETF shares are sold and redeemed at net asset value only in large blocks called creation units. The Funds’ ability to redeem creation units may be limited by the 1940 Act, which provides that ETFs will not be
obligated to redeem shares held by the Funds in an amount exceeding one percent of their total outstanding securities during any period of less than 30 days.
Although a Fund may derive certain advantages from
being able to invest in shares of other investment companies, such as to be fully invested, there may be potential disadvantages. Investing in other investment companies may result in higher fees and expenses for a Fund and its shareholders. A
shareholder may be charged fees not only on Fund shares held directly but also on the investment company shares that a Fund purchases. Because these investment companies may invest in other securities, they are also subject to the risks associated
with a variety of investment instruments as described in this SAI.
Under the 1940 Act and rules and regulations
thereunder, a Fund may purchase shares of affiliated funds, subject to certain conditions. Investing in affiliated funds presents certain actual or potential conflicts of interest. For more information about such actual and potential conflicts of
interest, see
Investment Management and Other Services – Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates – Certain Conflicts of Interest
.
Although
one or more of the other risks described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with the securities of other investment companies include: Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk, Investing in Other Funds Risk, Issuer Risk and Market
Risk.
Listed Private Equity Funds
A Fund may invest directly in listed private equity
funds, which may include, among others, business development companies, investment holding companies, publicly traded limited partnership interests (common units), publicly traded venture capital funds, publicly traded venture capital trusts,
publicly traded private equity funds, publicly traded private equity investment trusts, publicly traded closed-end funds, publicly traded financial institutions that lend to or invest in privately held companies and any other publicly traded vehicle
whose purpose is to invest in privately held companies.
A Fund may invest in listed private equity funds
that hold investments in a wide array of businesses and industries at various stages of development, from early stage to later stage to fully mature businesses. A Fund may invest in listed private equity funds that emphasize making equity and
equity-like (preferred stock, convertible stock and warrants) investments in later stage to mature businesses, or may invest in listed private equity funds making debt investments or investments in companies at other stages of development. In
addition, a Fund may invest in the common stock of closed-end management investment companies, including business development companies that invest in securities of listed private equity companies.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with investment in listed private equity funds include: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk, Sector Risk, and Valuation Risk.
Money Market Instruments
Money market instruments include cash equivalents and short-term
debt obligations which include: (i) bank obligations, including certificates of deposit (CDs), time deposits and bankers’ acceptances, and letters of credit of banks or savings and loan associations having capital surplus and undivided profits
(as of the date of its most recently published annual financial statements) in excess of $100 million (or the equivalent in the instance of a foreign branch of a U.S. bank) at the date of investment; (ii) funding agreements; (iii) repurchase
agreements; (iv) obligations of the United States, foreign countries and supranational entities, and each of their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities; (v) certain corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper, short-term corporate
obligations and extendible commercial notes; (vi) participation interests; and (vii) municipal securities. Money market instruments may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations and may be privately placed or publicly offered.
A Fund may also invest in affiliated and unaffiliated money market mutual funds, which invest primarily in money market instruments. See
Types of Investments — Variable- and Floating-Rate
Obligations
and
— Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities
for more information.
With respect to money market securities, certain
U.S. Government obligations are backed or insured by the U.S. Government, its agencies or its instrumentalities. Other money market securities are backed only by the claims paying ability or creditworthiness of the issuer.
Bankers’ acceptances
are marketable short-term credit instruments used to finance the import, export, transfer or storage of goods. They are termed “accepted” when a bank unconditionally guarantees their payment at
maturity.
A Fund may invest its daily
cash balance in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, a money market fund established for the exclusive use of the funds in the Columbia Fund Complex and other institutional clients of the Investment Manager.
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Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with money market instruments include: Credit Risk, Inflation Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk and Money Market Fund Risk.
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Mortgage-backed securities are a type of asset-backed security that
represent interests in, or debt instruments backed by, pools of underlying mortgages. In some cases, these underlying mortgages may be insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies. Mortgage-backed securities entitle the security
holders to receive distributions that are tied to the payments made on the underlying mortgage collateral (less fees paid to the originator, servicer, or other parties, and fees paid for credit enhancement), so that the payments made on the
underlying mortgage collateral effectively pass through to such security holders. Mortgage-backed securities are created when mortgage originators (or mortgage loan sellers who have purchased mortgage loans from mortgage loan originators) sell the
underlying mortgages to a special purpose entity in a process called a securitization. The special purpose entity issues securities that are backed by the payments on the underlying mortgage loans, and have a minimum denomination and specific term.
Mortgage-backed securities may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations or as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities and may be privately placed or publicly offered. See
Types of Investments — Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations, — Debt Obligations - Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon Securities
and
— Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities
for more information.
Mortgage-backed securities may be issued or
guaranteed by GNMA (also known as Ginnie Mae), FNMA (also known as Fannie Mae), or FHLMC (also known as Freddie Mac), but also may be issued or guaranteed by other issuers, including private companies. GNMA is a government-owned corporation that is
an agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It guarantees, with the full faith and credit of the United States, full and timely payment of all monthly principal and interest on its mortgage-backed securities. Until recently,
FNMA and FHLMC were government-sponsored corporations owned entirely by private stockholders. Both issue mortgage-related securities that contain guarantees as to timely payment of interest and principal but that are not backed by the full faith and
credit of the U.S. Government. The value of the companies’ securities fell sharply in 2008 due to concerns that the firms did not have sufficient capital to offset losses. The U.S. Treasury has historically had the authority to purchase
obligations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In addition, in 2008, due to capitalization concerns, Congress provided the U.S. Treasury with additional authority to lend Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac emergency funds and to purchase the companies’
stock, as described below. In September 2008, the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had been placed in conservatorship.
In the past Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have received
significant capital support through U.S. Treasury preferred stock purchases and Federal Reserve purchases of their mortgage-backed securities. There can be no assurance that these or other agencies of the government will provide such support in the
future. The future status of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac could be impacted by, among other things, the actions taken and restrictions placed on Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac by the FHFA in its role as conservator, the restrictions placed on Fannie
Mae’s or Freddie Mac’s operations and activities under the senior stock purchase agreements, market responses to developments at Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and future legislative and regulatory action that alters the operations,
ownership structure and/or mission of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, each of which may, in turn, impact the value of, and cash flows on, any securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Stripped mortgage-backed securities are a type of
mortgage-backed security that receives differing proportions of the interest and principal payments from the underlying assets. Generally, there are two classes of stripped mortgage-backed securities: Interest Only (IO) and Principal Only (PO). IOs
entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the interest on the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. POs entitle the holder to receive distributions consisting of all or a portion of the
principal of the underlying pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. See
Types of Investments — Debt Obligations - Stripped Securities
for more information.
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) are
hybrid mortgage-related instruments issued by special purpose entities secured by pools of mortgage loans or other mortgage-related securities, such as mortgage pass-through securities or stripped mortgage-backed securities. CMOs may be structured
into multiple classes, often referred to as “tranches,” with each class bearing a different stated maturity and entitled to a different schedule for payments of principal and interest, including prepayments. Principal prepayments on
collateral underlying a CMO may cause it to be retired substantially earlier than its stated maturity or final distribution dates, resulting in a loss of all or part of the premium if any has been paid. The yield characteristics of mortgage-backed
securities differ from those of other debt securities. Among the differences are that interest and principal payments are made more frequently on mortgage-backed securities, usually monthly, and principal may be repaid at any time. These factors may
reduce the expected yield. Interest is paid or accrues on all classes of the CMOs on a periodic basis. The principal and interest payments on the underlying mortgage assets may be allocated among the various classes of CMOs in several ways.
Typically, payments of principal, including any prepayments, on the underlying mortgage assets are applied to the classes in the order of their respective stated maturities or final distribution dates, so that no payment of principal is made on CMOs
of a class until all CMOs of other classes having earlier stated maturities or final distribution dates have been paid in full.
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Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are a
specific type of mortgage-backed security collateralized by a pool of mortgages on commercial real estate.
CMO residuals are mortgage securities issued by
agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government or by private originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, homebuilders, mortgage banks, commercial banks, investment banks and special purpose
entities of the foregoing. The cash flow generated by the mortgage assets underlying a series of CMOs is applied first to make required payments of principal and interest on the CMOs and second to pay the related administrative expenses and any
management fee of the issuer. The residual in a CMO structure generally represents the interest in any excess cash flow remaining after making the foregoing payments. Each payment of such excess cash flow to a holder of the related CMO residual
represents income and/or a return of capital. The amount of residual cash flow resulting from a CMO will depend on, among other things, the characteristics of the mortgage assets, the coupon rate of each class of CMO, prevailing interest rates, the
amount of administrative expenses and the pre-payment experience on the mortgage assets. In particular, the yield to maturity on CMO residuals is extremely sensitive to pre-payments on the related underlying mortgage assets, in the same manner as an
interest-only (“IO”) class of stripped mortgage-backed securities. In addition, if a series of a CMO includes a class that bears interest at an adjustable rate, the yield to maturity on the related CMO residual will also be extremely
sensitive to changes in the level of the index upon which interest rate adjustments are based. As described below with respect to stripped mortgage-backed securities, in certain circumstances an ETF may fail to recoup fully its initial investment in
a CMO residual. CMO residuals are generally purchased and sold by institutional investors through several investment banking firms acting as brokers or dealers. Transactions in CMO residuals are generally completed only after careful review of the
characteristics of the securities in question. In addition, CMO residuals may, or pursuant to an exemption therefrom, may not have been registered under the 1933 Act. CMO residuals, whether or not registered under the 1933 Act, may be subject to
certain restrictions on transferability, and may be deemed “illiquid” and subject to a Fund’s limitations on investment in illiquid securities.
Mortgage pass-through securities are interests in
pools of mortgage-related securities that differ from other forms of debt securities, which normally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. Instead, these securities
provide a monthly payment which consists of both interest and principal payments. In effect, these payments are a “pass-through” of the monthly payments made by the individual borrowers on their residential or commercial mortgage loans,
net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of such securities. Additional payments are caused by repayments of principal resulting from the sale of the underlying property, refinancing or foreclosure, net of fees or costs which may be incurred.
Some mortgage-related securities (such as securities issued by the GNMA) are described as “modified pass-through.” These securities entitle the holder to receive all interest and principal payments owed on the mortgage pool, net of
certain fees, at the scheduled payment dates regardless of whether or not the mortgagor actually makes the payment.
REMICs are entities that own mortgages and elect
REMIC status under the Code and, like CMOs, issue debt obligations collateralized by underlying mortgage assets that have characteristics similar to those issued by CMOs.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with mortgage- and asset-backed securities include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk, Liquidity Risk, Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk, Prepayment and Extension Risk
and Reinvestment Risk.
Municipal
Securities
Municipal securities include debt obligations
issued by governmental entities, including states, political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, and authorities, as well as U.S. territories, commonwealths and possessions (such as Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and their
political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, and authorities, to obtain funds for various public purposes, including the construction of a wide range of public facilities, the refunding of outstanding obligations, the payment of general
operating expenses, and the extension of loans to public institutions and facilities.
Municipal securities may include municipal bonds,
municipal notes and municipal leases, which are described below. Municipal bonds are debt obligations of a governmental entity that obligate the municipality to pay the holder a specified sum of money at specified intervals and to repay the
principal amount of the loan at maturity. Municipal securities can be classified into two principal categories, including “general obligation” bonds and other securities and “revenue” bonds and other securities. General
obligation bonds are secured by the issuer’s full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest. Revenue securities are payable only from the revenues derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in
some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise tax or other specific revenue source, such as the user of the facility being financed. Municipal securities also may include “moral obligation” securities, which normally are issued by
special purpose public authorities. If the issuer of moral obligation securities is unable to meet its debt service obligations from current revenues, it may draw on a reserve fund, the restoration of which is a moral commitment but not a legal
obligation of the governmental entity that created the special purpose public authority. Municipal securities may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations or as zero-coupon, pay-in-kind and step-coupon securities and may be
privately placed or publicly offered. See
Types of Investments – Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations, – Debt Obligations – Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon Securities
and
– Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities
for more information.
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Municipal notes may be issued by governmental
entities and other tax-exempt issuers in order to finance short-term cash needs or, occasionally, to finance construction. Most municipal notes are general obligations of the issuing entity payable from taxes or designated revenues expected to be
received within the relevant fiscal period. Municipal notes generally have maturities of one year or less. Municipal notes can be subdivided into two sub-categories: (i) municipal commercial paper and (ii) municipal demand obligations.
Municipal commercial paper typically consists of
very short-term unsecured negotiable promissory notes that are sold, for example, to meet seasonal working capital or interim construction financing needs of a governmental entity or agency. While these obligations are intended to be paid from
general revenues or refinanced with long-term debt, they frequently are backed by letters of credit, lending agreements, note repurchase agreements or other credit facility agreements offered by banks or institutions. See
Types of Investments – Commercial Paper
for more information.
Municipal demand obligations can be subdivided into
two general types: variable rate demand notes and master demand obligations. Variable rate demand notes are tax-exempt municipal obligations or participation interests that provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid on the notes.
They permit the holder to demand payment of the notes, or to demand purchase of the notes at a purchase price equal to the unpaid principal balance, plus accrued interest either directly by the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit or
guaranty issued with respect to such note. The issuer of the municipal obligation may have a corresponding right to prepay at its discretion the outstanding principal of the note plus accrued interest upon notice comparable to that required for the
holder to demand payment. The variable rate demand notes in which a Fund may invest are payable, or are subject to purchase, on demand, usually on notice of seven calendar days or less. The terms of the notes generally provide that interest rates
are adjustable at intervals ranging from daily to six months.
Master demand obligations are tax-exempt municipal
obligations that provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid and permit daily changes in the amount borrowed. The interest on such obligations is, in the opinion of counsel for the borrower, excluded from gross income for U.S.
federal income tax purposes (but not necessarily for alternative minimum tax purposes). Although there is no secondary market for master demand obligations, such obligations are considered by a Fund to be liquid because they are payable upon
demand.
Municipal lease obligations are
participations in privately arranged loans to state or local government borrowers and may take the form of a lease, an installment purchase, or a conditional sales contract. They are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire
land, equipment, and facilities. An investor may purchase these obligations directly, or it may purchase participation interests in such obligations. In general, municipal lease obligations are unrated, in which case they will be determined by a
Fund’s portfolio manager to be of comparable quality at the time of purchase to rated instruments that may be acquired by a Fund. Frequently, privately arranged loans have variable interest rates and may be backed by a bank letter of credit.
In other cases, they may be unsecured or may be secured by assets not easily liquidated.
Moreover, such loans in most cases are not backed by
the taxing authority of the issuers and may have limited marketability or may be marketable only by virtue of a provision requiring repayment following demand by the lender.
Municipal leases may be subject to greater risks
than general obligation or revenue bonds. State constitutions and statutes set forth requirements that states or municipalities must meet in order to issue municipal obligations. Municipal leases may contain a covenant by the state or municipality
to budget for and make payments due under the obligation. Certain municipal leases may, however, provide that the issuer is not obligated to make payments on the obligation in future years unless funds have been appropriated for this purpose each
year.
Although lease obligations do not
constitute general obligations of the municipal issuer to which the government’s taxing power is pledged, a lease obligation ordinarily is backed by the government’s covenant to budget for, appropriate, and make the payments due under
the lease obligation. However, certain lease obligations contain “non-appropriation” clauses that provide that the government has no obligation to make lease or installment purchase payments in future years unless money is appropriated
for such purpose on a periodic basis. In the case of a “non-appropriation” lease, a Fund’s ability to recover under the lease in the event of non-appropriation or default likely will be limited to the repossession of the leased
property in the event that foreclosure proves difficult.
Tender option bonds are municipal securities having
relatively long maturities and bearing interest at a fixed interest rate substantially higher than prevailing short-term tax-exempt rates that is coupled with the agreement of a third party, such as a bank, broker-dealer or other financial
institution, to grant the security holders the option, at periodic intervals, to tender their securities to the institution and receive the face value thereof. The financial institution receives periodic fees equal to the difference between the
municipal security’s coupon rate and the rate that would cause the security to trade at face value on the date of determination.
There are variations in the quality of municipal
securities, both within a particular classification and between classifications, and the rates of return on municipal securities can depend on a variety of factors, including general money market conditions, the financial condition of the issuer,
general conditions of the municipal bond market, the size of a particular offering, the maturity
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of the obligation, and the rating of the issue. The ratings of
NRSROs represent their opinions as to the quality of municipal securities. It should be emphasized, however, that these ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality, and municipal securities with the same maturity, interest rate,
and rating may have different rates of return while municipal securities of the same maturity and interest rate with different ratings may have the same rate of return. The municipal bond market is characterized by a large number of different
issuers, many having smaller sized bond issues, and a wide choice of different maturities within each issue. For these reasons, most municipal bonds do not trade on a daily basis and many trade only rarely. Because many of these bonds trade
infrequently, the spread between the bid and offer may be wider and the time needed to develop a bid or an offer may be longer than for other security markets. See Appendix A for a discussion of securities ratings. (See
Types of Investments – Debt Obligations
.)
Standby Commitments.
Standby commitments are securities under which a purchaser, usually a bank or broker-dealer, agrees to purchase, for a fee, an amount of a Fund’s municipal obligations. The amount payable by a
bank or broker-dealer to purchase securities subject to a standby commitment typically will be substantially the same as the value of the underlying municipal securities. A Fund may pay for standby commitments either separately in cash or by paying
a higher price for portfolio securities that are acquired subject to such a commitment.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with standby commitments include: Counterparty Risk, Market Risk and Municipal Securities Risk.
Taxable Municipal Obligations.
Interest or other investment return is subject to federal income tax for certain types of municipal obligations for a variety of reasons. These municipal obligations do not qualify for the federal
income tax exemption because (a) they did not receive necessary authorization for tax-exempt treatment from state or local government authorities, (b) they exceed certain regulatory limitations on the cost of issuance for tax-exempt financing or (c)
they finance public or private activities that do not qualify for the federal income tax exemption. These non-qualifying activities might include, for example, certain types of multi-family housing, certain professional and local sports facilities,
refinancing of certain municipal debt, and borrowing to replenish a municipality’s underfunded pension plan.
For more information about the key risks associated
with investments in municipal securities of particular states, see Appendix C. See Appendix A for a discussion of securities ratings. (See
Types of Investments – Debt Obligations
.)
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with municipal securities include: Credit Risk, Inflation Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Market Risk and Municipal Securities Risk.
Participation Interests
Participation interests (also called pass-through certificates or
securities) represent an interest in a pool of debt obligations, such as municipal bonds or notes that have been “packaged” by an intermediary, such as a bank or broker-dealer. Participation interests typically are issued by partnerships
or trusts through which a Fund receives principal and interest payments that are passed through to the holder of the participation interest from the payments made on the underlying debt obligations. The purchaser of a participation interest receives
an undivided interest in the underlying debt obligations. The issuers of the underlying debt obligations make interest and principal payments to the intermediary, as an initial purchaser, which are passed through to purchasers in the secondary
market, such as a Fund. Mortgage-backed securities are a common type of participation interest. Participation interests may be structured as fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations or as zero-coupon, pay-in- kind and step-coupon securities
and may be privately placed or publicly offered. See
Types of Investments – Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations, – Debt Obligations – Zero-Coupon, Pay-in-Kind and Step-Coupon
Securities
and
– Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities
for more information.
Loan participations also are a type of participation
interest. Loans, loan participations, and interests in securitized loan pools are interests in amounts owed by a corporate, governmental, or other borrower to a lender or consortium of lenders (typically banks, insurance companies, investment banks,
government agencies, or international agencies).
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with loan participations include: Confidential Information Access Risk, Credit Risk and Interest Rate Risk.
Partnership Securities
The Fund may invest in securities issued by publicly traded
partnerships or master limited partnerships or limited liability companies (together referred to as “PTPs/MLPs”). These entities are limited partnerships or limited liability companies that may be publicly traded on stock exchanges or
markets such as the NYSE, the NYSE Alternext US LLC (“NYSE Alternext”) (formerly the American Stock Exchange) and NASDAQ. PTPs/MLPs often own businesses or properties relating to energy, natural resources or real estate, or may be
involved in the film industry or research and development activities. Generally PTPs/MLPs are operated under the supervision of one or more managing partners or members. Limited partners, unit holders, or
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members (such as a fund that invests in a partnership) are not
involved in the day-to-day management of the company. Limited partners, unit holders, or members are allocated income and capital gains associated with the partnership project in accordance with the terms of the partnership or limited liability
company agreement.
At times PTPs/MLPs may
potentially offer relatively high yields compared to common stocks. Because PTPs/MLPs are generally treated as partnerships or similar limited liability “pass-through” entities for tax purposes, they do not ordinarily pay income taxes,
but pass their earnings on to unit holders (except in the case of some publicly traded firms that may be taxed as corporations). For tax purposes, unit holders may initially be deemed to receive only a portion of the distributions attributed to them
because certain other portions may be attributed to the repayment of initial investments and may thereby lower the cost basis of the units or shares owned by unit holders. As a result, unit holders may effectively defer taxation on the receipt of
some distributions until they sell their units. These tax consequences may differ for different types of entities.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with partnership securities include: Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk, Liquidity Risk and Market Risk.
Preferred Stock
Preferred stock represents units of ownership of a corporation that
frequently have dividends that are set at a specified rate. Preferred stock has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock shares some of the characteristics of both debt and equity.
Preferred stock ordinarily does not carry voting rights. Most preferred stock is cumulative; if dividends are passed (
i.e.
, not paid for any reason), they accumulate and must be paid before common stock
dividends. Participating preferred stock entitles its holders to share in profits above and beyond the declared dividend, along with common shareholders, as distinguished from nonparticipating preferred stock, which is limited to the stipulated
dividend. Convertible preferred stock is exchangeable for a given number of shares of common stock and thus tends to be more volatile than nonconvertible preferred stock, which generally behaves more like a fixed income bond. Preferred stock may be
privately placed or publicly offered. The price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on
which the stock trades. See
Types of Investments – Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities
for more information.
Auction preferred stock (APS) is a type of
adjustable-rate preferred stock with a dividend determined periodically in a Dutch auction process by corporate bidders. An APS is distinguished from standard preferred stock because its dividends change from time to time. Shares typically are
bought and sold at face values generally ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 per share. Holders of APS may not be able to sell their shares if an auction fails, such as when there are more shares of APS for sale at an auction than there are purchase
bids.
Although one or more of the other risks
described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with preferred stock include: Convertible Securities Risk, Issuer Risk, Liquidity Risk and Market Risk.
Trust-Preferred Securities.
Trust-preferred securities, also known as trust-issued securities, are securities that have characteristics of both debt and equity instruments and are typically treated by the Funds as debt
investments.
Generally, trust-preferred
securities are cumulative preferred stocks issued by a trust that is created by a financial institution, such as a bank holding company. The financial institution typically creates the trust with the objective of increasing its capital by issuing
subordinated debt to the trust in return for cash proceeds that are reflected on the financial institutions balance sheet.
The primary asset owned by the trust is the
subordinated debt issued to the trust by the financial institution. The financial institution makes periodic interest payments on the debt as discussed further below. The financial institution will subsequently own the trust’s common
securities, which may typically represent a small percentage of the trust’s capital structure. The remainder of the trust’s capital structure typically consists of trust-preferred securities which are sold to investors. The trust uses
the sales proceeds to purchase the subordinated debt issued by the financial institution. The financial institution uses the proceeds from the subordinated debt sale to increase its capital while the trust receives periodic interest payments from
the financial institution for holding the subordinated debt.
The trust uses the interest received to make
dividend payments to the holders of the trust-preferred securities. The dividends are generally paid on a quarterly basis and are often higher than other dividends potentially available on the financial institution’s common stocks. The
interests of the holders of the trust-preferred securities are senior to those of common stockholders in the event that the financial institution is liquidated, although their interests are typically subordinated to those of other holders of other
debt issued by the institution.
The primary
benefit for the financial institution in using this particular structure is that the trust-preferred securities issued by the trust are treated by the financial institution as debt securities for tax purposes (as a consequence of which the expense
of paying interest on the securities is tax deductible), but are treated as more desirable equity securities for purposes of the calculation of capital requirements.
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In certain instances, the structure involves more
than one financial institution and thus, more than one trust. In such a pooled offering, an additional separate trust may be created. This trust will issue securities to investors and use the proceeds to purchase the trust-preferred securities
issued by other trust subsidiaries of the participating financial institutions. In such a structure, the trust-preferred securities held by the investors are backed by other trust-preferred securities issued by the trust subsidiaries.
If a financial institution is financially unsound
and defaults on interest payments to the trust, the trust will not be able to make dividend payments to holders of the trust-preferred securities such as the Fund, as the trust typically has no business operations other than holding the subordinated
debt issued by the financial institution(s) and issuing the trust-preferred securities and common stock backed by the subordinated debt.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with trust-preferred securities include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk and Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Private Placement and Other Restricted
Securities
Private placement securities are securities that
have been privately placed and are not registered under the 1933 Act. They are generally eligible for sale only to certain eligible investors. Private placements often may offer attractive opportunities for investment not otherwise available on the
open market. Private placement and other “restricted” securities often cannot be sold to the public without registration under the 1933 Act or the availability of an exemption from registration (such as Rules 144 or 144A), or they are
“not readily marketable” because they are subject to other legal or contractual delays in or restrictions on resale. Asset-backed securities, common stock, convertible securities, corporate debt securities, foreign securities, high-yield
securities, money market instruments, mortgage-backed securities, municipal securities, participation interests, preferred stock and other types of equity and debt instruments may be privately placed or restricted securities.
Private placements typically may be sold only to
qualified institutional buyers or, in the case of the initial sale of certain securities, such as those issued in collateralized debt obligations or collateralized loan obligations, to accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the 1933
Act), or in a privately negotiated transaction or to a limited number of qualified purchasers, or in limited quantities after they have been held for a specified period of time and other conditions are met pursuant to an exemption from
registration.
Although one or more of the
other risks described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with private placement and other restricted securities include: Issuer Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk and Confidential Information Access Risk.
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are pooled investment
vehicles that manage a portfolio of real estate or real estate related loans to earn profits for their shareholders. REITs are generally classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs or a combination of equity and mortgage REITs. Equity REITs invest
the majority of their assets directly in real property, such as shopping centers, nursing homes, office buildings, apartment complexes, and hotels, and derive income primarily from the collection of rents. Equity REITs can also realize capital gains
by selling properties that have appreciated in value. Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages and derive income from the collection of interest payments. REITs can be subject to extreme volatility due to
fluctuations in the demand for real estate, changes in interest rates, and adverse economic conditions.
Partnership units of real estate and other types of
companies sometimes are organized as master limited partnerships in which ownership interests are publicly traded.
Similar to regulated investment companies, REITs are
not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with certain requirements under the Code. A Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any expenses paid by a REIT in which it invests. REITs often do not provide
complete tax information until after the calendar year-end. Consequently, because of the delay, it may be necessary for a Fund investing in REITs to request permission to extend the deadline for issuance of Forms 1099-DIV beyond January 31. In the
alternative, amended Forms 1099-DIV may be sent.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with REITs include: Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk, Market Risk and Real Estate-Related Investment Risk.
Repurchase Agreements
Repurchase agreements are agreements under which a Fund acquires a
security for a relatively short period of time (usually within seven days) subject to the obligation of a seller to repurchase and a Fund to resell such security at a fixed time and price (representing the Fund’s cost plus interest). The
repurchase agreement specifies the yield during the purchaser’s holding period. Repurchase agreements also may be viewed as loans made by a Fund that are collateralized by the securities subject to repurchase, which may consist of a variety of
security types. A Fund typically will enter into repurchase agreements only with
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commercial banks, registered broker-dealers and the Fixed Income
Clearing Corporation. Such transactions are monitored to ensure that the value of the underlying securities will be at least equal at all times to the total amount of the repurchase obligation, including any accrued interest.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with repurchase agreements include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Issuer Risk, Market Risk and Repurchase Agreements Risk.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements
Reverse repurchase agreements are agreements under which a Fund
temporarily transfers possession of a portfolio instrument to another party, such as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for cash. At the same time, the Fund agrees to repurchase the instrument at an agreed-upon time (normally within 7 days) and
price which reflects an interest payment. A Fund generally retains the right to interest and principal payments on the security. Reverse repurchase agreements also may be viewed as borrowings made by a Fund.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with reverse repurchase agreements include: Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Issuer Risk, Leverage Risk, Market Risk and Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk.
Short Sales
A Fund may sometimes sell securities short when it owns an equal
amount of the securities sold short. This is a technique known as selling short “against the box.” If a Fund makes a short sale “against the box,” it would not immediately deliver the securities sold and would not receive the
proceeds from the sale. The seller is said to have a short position in the securities sold until it delivers the securities sold, at which time it receives the proceeds of the sale. To secure its obligation to deliver securities sold short, a Fund
will deposit in escrow in a separate account with the custodian an equal amount of the securities sold short or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such securities. A Fund can close out its short position by purchasing and delivering an
equal amount of the securities sold short, rather than by delivering securities already held by a Fund, because a Fund might want to continue to receive interest and dividend payments on securities in its portfolio that are convertible into the
securities sold short.
Short sales
“against the box” entail many of the same risks and considerations described below regarding short sales not “against the box.” However, when a Fund sells short “against the box” it typically limits the amount of
its effective leverage. A Fund’s decision to make a short sale “against the box” may be a technique to hedge against market risks when a Fund’s portfolio manager believes that the price of a security may decline, causing a
decline in the value of a security owned by a Fund or a security convertible into or exchangeable for such security. In such case, any future losses in a Fund’s long position would be reduced by a gain in the short position. The extent to
which such gains or losses in the long position are reduced will depend upon the amount of securities sold short relative to the amount of the securities a Fund owns, either directly or indirectly, and, in the case where a Fund owns convertible
securities, changes in the investment values or conversion premiums of such securities. Short sales may have adverse tax consequences to a Fund and its shareholders.
Subject to its fundamental and non-fundamental
investment policies, a Fund may engage in short sales that are not “against the box,” which are sales by a Fund of securities, contracts or instruments that it does not own in hopes of purchasing the same security, contract or instrument
at a later date at a lower price. The technique is also used to protect a profit in a long-term position in a security, commodity futures contract or other instrument. To make delivery to the buyer, a Fund must borrow or purchase the security. If
borrowed, a Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed from the third party, so a Fund must purchase the security at the market price at a later time. If the price of the security has increased during this time, then a Fund will incur a
loss equal to the increase in price of the security from the time of the short sale plus any premiums and interest paid to the third party. (Until the security is replaced, a Fund is required to pay to the lender amounts equal to any dividends or
interest which accrue during the period of the loan. To borrow the security, a Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold. The proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the
extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out.) Short sales of forward commitments and derivatives do not involve borrowing a security. These types of short sales may include futures, options, contracts for
differences, forward contracts on financial instruments and options such as contracts, credit-linked instruments, and swap contracts.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with short sales include: Leverage Risk, Market Risk and Short Positions Risk.
Sovereign Debt
Sovereign debt obligations are issued or guaranteed by foreign
governments or their agencies. It may be in the form of conventional securities or other types of debt instruments such as loans or loan participations. A sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a
timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow situation, the extent of its reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size
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of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the sovereign
debtor’s policy toward international lenders, and the political constraints to which a sovereign debtor may be subject. (See also
Types of Investments – Foreign Securities
.) In
addition, there may be no legal recourse against a sovereign debtor in the event of a default.
Sovereign debt includes Brady Bonds, which are
securities issued under the framework of the Brady Plan, an initiative announced by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady in 1989 as a mechanism for debtor nations to restructure their outstanding external commercial bank
indebtedness.
Although one or more of the
other risks described in this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with sovereign debt include: Credit Risk, Emerging Markets Securities Risk, Foreign Securities Risk, Issuer Risk and Market Risk.
Standby Commitments
See
Types of
Investments – Municipal Securities
above.
U.S. Government and Related Obligations
U.S. Government obligations include U.S. Treasury obligations and
securities issued or guaranteed by various agencies of the U.S. Government or by various agencies or instrumentalities established or sponsored by the U.S. Government. U.S. Treasury obligations and securities issued or guaranteed by various agencies
or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government differ in their interest rates, maturities and time of issuance, as well as with respect to whether they are guaranteed by the U.S. Government. U.S. Government and related obligations may be structured as
fixed-, variable- or floating-rate obligations. See
Types of Investments – Variable- and Floating-Rate Obligations
for more information.
Investing in U.S. Government and related obligations
is subject to certain risks. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (
i.e.
, the risk
that the U.S. Government may be, or be perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments). Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities may or may
not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. These securities may be supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury or only by the credit of the issuing agency or instrumentality and, as a result, may be subject to
greater credit risk than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Obligations of U.S. Government agencies, authorities, instrumentalities and sponsored enterprises historically have involved limited risk of loss of principal if held to
maturity. However, no assurance can be given that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to any of these entities if it is not obligated to do so by law.
Government-sponsored entities issuing securities
include privately owned, publicly chartered entities created to reduce borrowing costs for certain sectors of the economy, such as farmers, homeowners, and students. They include the Federal Farm Credit Bank System, Farm Credit Financial Assistance
Corporation, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA), and Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Government-sponsored entities may issue discount notes (with maturities ranging from overnight to 360 days) and bonds. On
September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), an agency of the U.S. Government, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship, a statutory process with the objective of returning the entities to normal business operations.
FHFA will act as the conservator to operate the enterprises until they are stabilized.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with U.S. Government and related obligations include: Credit Risk, Inflation Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Prepayment and Extension Risk, Reinvestment Risk and U.S. Government Obligations
Risk.
Variable- and Floating-Rate
Obligations
Variable- and floating-rate obligations are debt
instruments that provide for periodic adjustments in the interest rate and, under certain circumstances, varying principal amounts. Unlike a fixed interest rate, a variable, or floating, rate is one that rises and declines based on the movement of
an underlying index of interest rates and may pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically according to a specified formula. Variable- or floating-rate securities frequently include a demand feature enabling the holder to sell the securities
to the issuer at par. In many cases, the demand feature can be exercised at any time. Some securities that do not have variable or floating interest rates may be accompanied by puts producing similar results and price characteristics. Variable-rate
demand notes include master demand notes that are obligations that permit the investor to invest fluctuating amounts, which may change daily without penalty, pursuant to direct arrangements between the investor (as lender), and the borrower. The
interest rates on these notes fluctuate. The issuer of such obligations normally has a corresponding right, after a given period, to prepay in its discretion the outstanding principal amount of the obligations plus accrued interest upon a specified
number of days’ notice to the holders of such obligations. Because these obligations are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not contemplated that such instruments generally will be traded. There generally is not
an established secondary market for these obligations. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, the lender’s right to redeem is dependent on the ability of the borrower to
pay principal and interest on demand. Such obligations frequently are not rated by credit rating agencies and may involve heightened risk of
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default by the issuer. Asset-backed securities, bank obligations,
convertible securities, corporate debt securities, foreign securities, high-yield securities, money market instruments, mortgage-backed securities, municipal securities, participation interests, stripped securities, U.S. Government and related
obligations and other types of debt instruments may be structured as variable- and floating-rate obligations.
Most floating rate loans are acquired directly from
the agent bank or from another holder of the loan by assignment. Most such loans are secured, and most impose restrictive covenants on the borrower. These loans are typically made by a syndicate of banks and institutional investors, represented by
an agent bank which has negotiated and structured the loan and which is responsible generally for collecting interest, principal, and other amounts from the borrower on its own behalf and on behalf of the other lending institutions in the syndicate,
and for enforcing its rights and the rights of the syndicate against the borrower. Each of the lending institutions, including the agent bank, lends to the borrower a portion of the total amount of the loan, and retains the corresponding interest in
the loan. Floating rate loans may include delayed draw term loans and prefunded or synthetic letters of credit.
A Fund’s ability to receive payments of
principal and interest and other amounts in connection with loans held by it will depend primarily on the financial condition of the borrower. The failure by the Fund to receive scheduled interest or principal payments on a loan would adversely
affect the income of the Fund and would likely reduce the value of its assets, which would be reflected in a reduction in the Fund’s NAV. Banks and other lending institutions generally perform a credit analysis of the borrower before
originating a loan or purchasing an assignment in a loan. In selecting the loans in which the Fund will invest, however, the Investment Manager will not rely on that credit analysis of the agent bank, but will perform its own investment analysis of
the borrowers. The Investment Manager’s analysis may include consideration of the borrower’s financial strength and managerial experience, debt coverage, additional borrowing requirements or debt maturity schedules, changing financial
conditions, and responsiveness to changes in business conditions and interest rates. Investments in loans may be of any quality, including “distressed” loans, and will be subject to the Fund’s credit quality policy.
Loans may be structured in different forms,
including assignments and participations. In an assignment, a Fund purchases an assignment of a portion of a lender’s interest in a loan. In this case, the Fund may be required generally to rely upon the assigning bank to demand payment and
enforce its rights against the borrower, but would otherwise be entitled to all of such bank’s rights in the loan.
The borrower of a loan may, either at its own
election or pursuant to terms of the loan documentation, prepay amounts of the loan from time to time. There is no assurance that a Fund will be able to reinvest the proceeds of any loan prepayment at the same interest rate or on the same terms as
those of the original loan.
Corporate loans in
which a Fund may purchase a loan assignment are made generally to finance internal growth, mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, stock repurchases, leveraged buy-outs, dividend payments to sponsors and other corporate activities. The highly
leveraged capital structure of certain borrowers may make such loans especially vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market conditions. The Fund may hold investments in loans for a very short period of time when opportunities to resell the
investments that a Fund’s Portfolio Manager believes are attractive arise.
Certain of the loans acquired by a Fund may involve
revolving credit facilities under which a borrower may from time to time borrow and repay amounts up to the maximum amount of the facility. In such cases, the Fund would have an obligation to advance its portion of such additional borrowings upon
the terms specified in the loan assignment. To the extent that the Fund is committed to make additional loans under such an assignment, it will at all times designate cash or securities in an amount sufficient to meet such commitments.
Notwithstanding its intention in certain situations
to not receive material, non-public information with respect to its management of investments in floating rate loans, the Investment Manager may from time to time come into possession of material, non-public information about the issuers of loans
that may be held in a Fund’s portfolio. Possession of such information may in some instances occur despite the Investment Manager’s efforts to avoid such possession, but in other instances the Investment Manager may choose to receive
such information (for example, in connection with participation in a creditors’ committee with respect to a financially distressed issuer). As, and to the extent, required by applicable law, the Investment Manager’s ability to trade in
these loans for the account of the Fund could potentially be limited by its possession of such information. Such limitations on the Investment Manager’s ability to trade could have an adverse effect on the Fund by, for example, preventing the
Fund from selling a loan that is experiencing a material decline in value. In some instances, these trading restrictions could continue in effect for a substantial period of time.
In some instances, other accounts managed by the
Investment Manager may hold other securities issued by borrowers whose floating rate loans may be held in a Fund’s portfolio. These other securities may include, for example, debt securities that are subordinate to the floating rate loans held
in the Fund’s portfolio, convertible debt or common or preferred equity securities.
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In certain circumstances, such as if the credit
quality of the issuer deteriorates, the interests of holders of these other securities may conflict with the interests of the holders of the issuer’s floating rate loans. In such cases, the Investment Manager may owe conflicting fiduciary
duties to the Fund and other client accounts. The Investment Manager will endeavor to carry out its obligations to all of its clients to the fullest extent possible, recognizing that in some cases certain clients may achieve a lower economic return,
as a result of these conflicting client interests, than if the Investment Manager’s client accounts collectively held only a single category of the issuer’s securities.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with variable- or floating-rate obligations include: Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk and Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Warrants and Rights
Warrants and rights are types of securities that give a holder a
right to purchase shares of common stock. Warrants usually are issued together with a bond or preferred stock and entitle a holder to purchase a specified amount of common stock at a specified price typically for a period of years. Rights usually
have a specified purchase price that is lower than the current market price and entitle a holder to purchase a specified amount of common stock typically for a period of only weeks. Warrants may be used to enhance the marketability of a bond or
preferred stock. Warrants do not carry with them the right to dividends or voting rights and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuer. Warrants may be considered to have more speculative characteristics than certain other types
of investments. In addition, the value of a warrant does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities, and a warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its expiration date, if any.
The potential exercise price of warrants or rights
may exceed their market price, such as when there is no movement in the market price or the market price of the common stock declines.
Although one or more of the other risks described in
this SAI may also apply, the risks typically associated with warrants and rights include: Convertible Securities Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Issuer Risk and Market Risk.
Information Regarding Risks
The following is a summary of risks of investing in
the Funds and the risk characteristics associated with the various investment instruments available to the Funds for investment. A Fund’s risk profile is largely defined by the Fund’s primary portfolio holdings and principal investment
strategies (for the description of a Fund’s principal investment strategies and principal risks, please see that Fund’s prospectus). However, the Funds are allowed to use securities, instruments, other assets and investments, strategies
and techniques other than those described in the Fund’s principal investment strategies, subjecting the Fund to the risks associated with these securities, instruments, other assets and investments, strategies and techniques.
An investment in the Funds is not a bank deposit and
is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. One or more of the following risks may be associated with an investment in a Fund at any time:
Active Management Risk.
The Fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect, in part, the ability of the portfolio managers to make investment decisions that seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Due to its
active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies.
Activist Strategies Risk.
The Fund may purchase securities of a company that is the subject of a proxy contest or which activist investors are attempting to influence, in the expectation that new management or a change in business strategies
will cause the price of the company’s securities to increase. If the proxy contest, or the new management, is not successful, the market price of the company’s securities will typically fall.
In addition, where an acquisition or restructuring
transaction or proxy fight is opposed by the subject company’s management, the transaction often becomes the subject of litigation. Such litigation involves substantial uncertainties and may impose substantial cost and expense on the
Fund.
Allocation Risk.
For any Fund that uses an asset allocation strategy in pursuit of its investment objective, there is a risk that the Fund's allocation among asset classes, investments, managers, strategies and/or investment styles will
cause the Fund's shares to lose value or cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies, or that the investments themselves will not produce the returns expected.
Alternative Strategies Investment Risk.
An investment in alternative investment strategies (Alternative Strategies), whether through direct investment or through one or more underlying funds that use Alternative Strategies, involves risks, which may be
significant. Alternative Strategies may include strategies, instruments or other assets, such as derivatives, that seek investment returns uncorrelated with the broad equity and fixed income/debt markets, as well as those providing exposure to other
markets (such as commodity markets), including but not limited to absolute (positive) return strategies. Alternative Strategies may fail to
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achieve their desired performance, market or other exposure, or
their returns (or lack thereof) may be more correlated with the broad equity and/or fixed income/debt markets than was anticipated, and the Fund may lose money. Some Alternative Strategies may be considered speculative.
Arbitrage Strategies Risk.
The Fund may purchase securities at prices only slightly below the anticipated value to be paid or exchanged for such securities in a merger, exchange offer or cash tender offer, and substantially above the prices at
which such securities traded immediately prior to announcement of the transaction. If there is a perception that the proposed transaction will not be consummated or will be delayed, the market price of the security may decline sharply, which would
result in a loss to the Fund. In addition, if the manager determines that the offer is likely to be increased, either by the original bidder or by another party, the Fund may purchase securities above the offer price; such purchases are subject to a
high degree of risk.
The consummation
of mergers and tender and exchange offers can be prevented or delayed by a variety of factors, including opposition by the management or shareholders of the target company, private litigation or litigation involving regulatory agencies, and approval
or non-action of regulatory agencies. The likelihood of occurrence of these and other factors, and their impact on an investment, can be very difficult to evaluate.
Asset-Backed Securities Risk.
The value of the Fund's asset-backed securities may be affected by, among other things, changes in interest rates, factors concerning the interests in and structure of the issuer or the originator of the receivables,
the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements, or the market's assessment of the quality of underlying assets. Asset-backed securities represent interests in, or are
backed by, pools of receivables such as credit card, auto, student and home equity loans. They may also be backed by securities backed by these types of loans and others, such as mortgage loans. Asset-backed securities can have a fixed or an
adjustable rate. Most asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the possibility that the underlying debt may be refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to
have to reinvest the money received in securities that have lower yields. In addition, the impact of prepayments on the value of asset-backed securities may be difficult to predict and may result in greater volatility. Rising or high interest rates
tend to extend the duration of asset-backed securities, resulting in valuations that are volatile and sensitive to changes in interest rates.
Bankruptcy Process and Trade Claims Risk.
The Fund may purchase bankruptcy claims. There are a number of significant risks inherent in the bankruptcy process. The effect of a bankruptcy filing on a company may adversely and permanently affect the company and
cause it to be incapable of restoring itself as a viable business. Many events in a bankruptcy are the product of contested matters and adversarial proceedings. The duration of a bankruptcy proceeding is difficult to predict and a creditor’s
return on investment can be adversely affected by delays while the plan of reorganization is being finalized. The administrative costs in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding are frequently high and are paid out of the debtor’s estate
before any return to creditors. The Fund may also purchase trade claims against companies, including companies in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings, which include claims of suppliers for unpaid goods delivered, claims for unpaid services
rendered, claims for contract rejection damages and claims related to litigation. An investment in trade claims is very speculative, illiquid, and carries a high degree of risk. The markets in trade claims are generally not regulated by U.S. federal
securities laws or the SEC.
Changing
Distribution Level Risk.
The Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The amount of the distributions the Fund pays will vary and
generally depends on the amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains from its investments may reduce its distribution
level.
Closed-End Investment Company
Risk.
Closed-end investment companies frequently trade at a discount to their NAV, which may affect whether the Fund will realize gain or loss upon its sale of the closed-end investment company’s shares.
Closed-end investment companies may employ leverage, which also subjects the closed-end investment company to increased risks such as increased volatility.
Commodity-related Investment Risk.
The value of commodities investments will generally be affected by overall market movements and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity, which may include demand for the commodity, weather, embargoes,
tariffs, and economic health, political, international, regulatory and other developments. Economic and other events (whether real or perceived) can reduce the demand for commodities, which may, in turn, reduce market prices and cause the value of
Fund shares to fall. The frequency and magnitude of such changes cannot be predicted. Exposure to commodities and commodities markets may subject the value of the Fund's investments to greater volatility than other types of investments. No, or
limited, active trading market may exist for certain commodities investments, which may impair the ability to sell or to realize the full value of such investments in the event of the need to liquidate such investments. In addition, adverse market
conditions may impair the liquidity of actively traded commodities investments. Certain types of commodities instruments are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not perform or be unable to perform in accordance with the
terms of the instrument. The Fund may make commodity-related investments through, and may invest in one or more underlying funds that make commodity-related investments through, one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries organized outside the U.S. that
are generally not subject to U.S. laws (including securities laws) and their protections. However, any such subsidiary is wholly
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owned and controlled by the Fund and any underlying fund subsidiary
is wholly-owned and controlled by the underlying fund, making it unlikely that the subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the Fund or the underlying fund and their shareholders. Further, any such subsidiaries will be subject to the
laws of a foreign jurisdiction, and can be adversely affected by developments in that jurisdiction.
Concentration Risk.
To the extent that the Fund concentrates its investment in particular issuers, countries, geographic regions, industries or sectors, the Fund may be subject to greater risks of adverse developments in such areas of focus than a fund that invests in
a wider variety of issuers, countries, geographic regions, industries, sectors or investments.
Confidential Information Access Risk.
In many instances, issuers of floating rate loans offer to furnish material, non-public information (Confidential Information) to prospective purchasers or holders of the issuer’s floating rate loans to help
potential investors assess the value of the loan. Portfolio managers may avoid the receipt of Confidential Information about the issuers of floating rate loans being considered for acquisition by the Fund, or held in the Fund. A decision not to
receive Confidential Information from these issuers may disadvantage the Fund as compared to other floating rate loan investors, and may adversely affect the price the Fund pays for the loans it purchases, or the price at which the Fund sells the
loans. Further, in situations when holders of floating rate loans are asked, for example, to grant consents, waivers or amendments, the ability to assess the desirability of such consents, waivers or amendments may be compromised. For these and
other reasons, it is possible that the decision not to receive Confidential Information could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
Convertible Securities Risk.
Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt instruments, such as interest rate risk (the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates) and credit risk (the risk that the issuer
of a debt instrument will default or otherwise become unable, or be perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor a financial obligation, such as making payments to the Fund when due). Convertible securities also react to changes in the value of the
common stock into which they convert, and are thus subject to market risk (the risk that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise). Because the value of a
convertible security can be influenced by both interest rates and the common stock's market movements, a convertible security generally is not as sensitive to interest rates as a similar debt instrument, and generally will not vary in value in
response to other factors to the same extent as the underlying common stock. In the event of a liquidation of the issuing company, holders of convertible securities would typically be paid before the company's common stockholders but after holders
of any senior debt obligations of the company. The Fund may be forced to convert a convertible security before it otherwise would choose to do so, which may decrease the Fund's return.
Counterparty Risk.
The risk exists that a counterparty to a transaction in a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle in which the Fund invests may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations due to
financial difficulties, including making payments to the Fund. The Fund may obtain no or limited recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceedings, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Transactions that the Fund enters into
may involve counterparties in the financial services sector and, as a result, events affecting the financial services sector may cause the Fund’s share value to fluctuate.
Credit Risk.
Credit
risk is the risk that the value of loans or other debt instruments may decline if the borrower or the issuer thereof defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations,
such as making payments to the Fund when due. Various factors could affect the actual or perceived willingness or ability of the borrower or the issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, including changes in the financial condition of
the borrower or the issuer or in general economic conditions. Debt instruments backed by an issuer's taxing authority may be subject to legal limits on the issuer's power to increase taxes or otherwise to raise revenue, or may be dependent on
legislative appropriation or government aid. Certain debt instruments are backed only by revenues derived from a particular project or source, rather than by an issuer's taxing authority, and thus may have a greater risk of default. Rating agencies
assign credit ratings to certain loans and debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Unless otherwise provided in the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies, investment grade debt instruments are those rated at or above BBB- by S&P
Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team to be of comparable quality. Conversely, below investment grade (commonly called
“high-yield” or “junk”) debt instruments are those rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, or equivalently rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or, if unrated, determined by the management team
to be of comparable quality. A rating downgrade by such agencies can negatively impact the value of such instruments. Lower quality or unrated loans or instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated loans
or instruments. Non-investment grade loans or debt instruments may be subject to greater price fluctuations and are more likely to experience a default than investment grade loans or debt instruments and therefore may expose the Fund to increased
credit risk. If the Fund purchases unrated loans or instruments, or if the ratings of loans or instruments held by the Fund are lowered after purchase, the Fund will depend on analysis of credit risk more heavily than usual. If the issuer of a loan
declares bankruptcy or is declared bankrupt, there may be a delay before the Fund can act on the collateral securing the loan, which may adversely affect the Fund. Further, there is a risk that a court could take action with respect to
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loan that is adverse to the holders of the loan. Such actions may
include invalidating the loan, the lien on the collateral, the priority status of the loan, or ordering the refund of interest previously paid by the borrower. Any such actions by a court could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. A
default or expected default of a loan could also make it difficult for the Fund to sell the loan at a price approximating the value previously placed on it. In order to enforce its rights in the event of a default, bankruptcy or similar situation,
the Fund may be required to retain legal or similar counsel. This may increase the Fund’s operating expenses and adversely affect its NAV. Loans that have a lower priority for repayment in an issuer’s capital structure may involve a
higher degree of overall risk than more senior loans of the same borrower.
Cybersecurity Breaches and Technology and Related
Systems Failure Risk
. The Funds and their service providers, including but not limited to the Investment Manager (in its role as investment adviser and/or administrator to the Funds), Ameriprise Financial (the
Investment Manager’s parent company), any investment subadvisers, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent, the Custodian, and other service providers, as well as their underlying service providers (collectively, the Service Providers), are heavily
dependent on proprietary and third-party technology and infrastructure and related operational and information systems, networks, computers, devices, programs, applications, data and functions (collectively, Systems) to perform necessary business
activities. The Systems that the Funds and the Service Providers (referred to herein as we, us and our) rely upon may be vulnerable to many threats, breaches and failures, some of which may be outside of our control, including significant damage and
disruption arising from Systems failures or cybersecurity breaches. Systems failures include malfunctions, user error, conduct (or misconduct) of or arising from employees and agents, and failures arising from cybersecurity breaches, natural
disasters, or other actions or events (whether foreseeable or unforeseeable). Cybersecurity breaches include intentional (e.g., cyber-attacks, hacking, phishing scams, unauthorized payment requests) and unintentional events or activity (e.g., user
errors arising from or caused by us or our agents). Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches may result in (i) proprietary or confidential information or data being lost, withheld for ransom, misused, destroyed, stolen, released, corrupted or
rendered unavailable, including personal investor information (and that of beneficial owners of investors), (ii) unauthorized access to Systems and loss of operational capacity, including from, for example, denial-of-service attacks (i.e., efforts
to make network services unavailable to intended users), and (iii) the misappropriation of Fund or investor assets or sensitive information. Also, the Investment Manager and, as the case may be, any Fund subadvisers, use various technology in
managing the Fund, consistent with its investment objective and strategy described in the Fund’s prospectus. For example, proprietary and third-party data and systems may be utilized to support decision making for the Fund. Data imprecision,
software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems, which may negatively affect Fund performance. Any such events could negatively impact our Systems and may have
significant adverse impacts on the Funds and their shareholders.
Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches may
cause delays or mistakes in materials provided to shareholders and may also interfere with or negatively impact the processing of Fund investor transactions, pricing of Fund investments, calculating Fund NAVs, and trading within a Fund’s
portfolio, while causing or subjecting us to reputational damage, violations of law, legal claims, regulatory fines, penalties, financial losses and reimbursement, expenses or other compensation and remediation costs, as well as additional
compliance, legal, and operational costs. Such events could negatively impact the Fund, its shareholders and affect our business, financial condition and performance or results of operations.
The trend toward broad consumer and general public
notification of Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches could exacerbate the harm to the Fund, its shareholders and our business, financial condition and performance or results of operations. Even if we successfully protect our Systems from
failures or cybersecurity breaches, we may incur significant expenses in connection with our responses to any such events, as well as the need for adoption, implementation and maintenance of appropriate security measures. We could also suffer harm
to our business and reputation if attempted or actual cybersecurity breaches are publicized. We cannot be certain that evolving threats from cyber-criminals and other cyber-threat actors, exploitation of new vulnerabilities in our Systems, or other
developments, or data thefts, System break-ins or inappropriate access will not compromise or breach the technology or other security measures protecting our Systems.
To date, we have not experienced any material
Systems failures or cybersecurity breaches, however, we routinely encounter and address such threats. For example, in 2015 the then-available Columbia ETFs were for a period unable to price their portfolios due to a technology issue impacting the
ETFs’ third-party administrator. In another case, in 2014, Ameriprise Financial and other financial institutions experienced distributed denial-of-service attacks intended to disrupt clients’ online access. While Ameriprise Financial was
able to detect and respond to this incident without loss of client assets or information, Ameriprise Financial has since enhanced its security capabilities and will continue to assess its ability to monitor and respond to such threats. In addition
to the foregoing, the experiences of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates with Systems failures, cybersecurity breaches and technology threats have included, as examples, phishing scams, introductions of malware, attempts at electronic break-ins,
and unauthorized payment requests. Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches may be difficult to detect, may go undetected for long periods or may never be detected. The impact of such events may be compounded over time.
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Although the Funds and the Service Providers evaluate the
materiality of Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches that it detects, the Funds and the Service Providers may conclude that some such events are not material and may choose not to address them. Such conclusions may not prove to be
correct.
Although we have established business
continuity/disaster recovery plans and systems (Continuity and Recovery Plans) designed to prevent or mitigate the effects of Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches, there are inherent limitations in Continuity and Recovery Plans. These
limitations include the possibility that certain risks have not been identified or that Continuity and Recovery Plans might not – despite testing and monitoring – operate as designed, be sufficient to stop or mitigate losses or otherwise
be unable to achieve their objectives. The Funds and their shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result. In addition, the Fund cannot control the Continuity and Recovery Plans of the Service Providers. As a result, there can be no assurance
that the Funds will not suffer losses relating to Systems failures or cybersecurity breaches affecting us in the future, particularly third-party service providers, as the Funds cannot control any Continuity and Recovery Plans or cybersecurity
defenses implemented by such parties.
Systems
failures and cybersecurity breaches may necessitate significant investment to repair or replace impacted Systems. In addition, we, including the Funds, may incur substantial costs for Systems failure risk management and cybersecurity risk management
in order to attempt to prevent any such events or incidents in the future.
Insurance and other traditional risk-shifting tools
may be held by or available to us in order to manage or mitigate the risks associated with Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches, but they are subject to terms and limitations such as deductibles, coinsurance, limits and policy exclusions, as
well as risk of counterparty denial of coverage, default or insolvency. While Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates maintain cyber liability insurance that provides both third-party liability and first-party liability coverages, this insurance
does not cover the Funds and, with regard to covered entities, may not be sufficient to protect us against all losses. In addition, contractual remedies may not be available with respect to Service Providers or may prove inadequate if available
(e.g., because of limits on the liability of the Service Providers) to protect the Funds against all losses.
Stock and other market exchanges, financial
intermediaries and issuers of, and counterparties to, the Funds’ investments and, in the case of ETFs, market makers and authorized participants, also may be adversely impacted by Systems failures and cybersecurity breaches in their own
businesses, subjecting them to the risks described herein, as well as other additional or enhanced risks particular to their businesses, which could result in losses to the Funds and their shareholders. Issuers of securities or other instruments in
which the Funds invest may also experience Systems failures or cybersecurity breaches, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Funds’ investment in such issuers to lose money.
Depositary Receipts Risk.
Depositary receipts are receipts issued by a bank or trust company reflecting ownership of underlying securities issued by foreign companies. Some foreign securities are traded in the form of American Depositary Receipts
and/or Global Depositary Receipts. Depositary receipts involve risks similar to the risks associated with investments in foreign securities, including those associated with investing in the particular country of an issuer, which may be related to
the particular political, regulatory, economic, social and other conditions or events, including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism, occurring in the country and fluctuations in such country’s currency, as well as market
risk tied to the underlying foreign company. In addition, holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, may not have the same rights afforded to stockholders of a typical domestic company in the event of a corporate action, such as
an acquisition, merger or rights offering, and may experience difficulty in receiving company stockholder communications. There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor a depositary receipt, or that a depositary receipt
will continue to trade on an exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability and pricing of the depositary receipt. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of depositary receipts and, therefore,
may affect the value of your investment in the Fund. A potential conflict of interest exists to the extent that the Fund invests in ADRs for which the Fund's custodian serves as depository bank.
Derivatives Risk.
Derivatives may involve significant risks. Derivatives are financial instruments, traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, with a value in relation to, or derived from, the value of an
underlying asset(s) (such as a security, commodity or currency) or other reference, such as an index, rate or other economic indicator (each an underlying reference). Derivatives may include those that are privately placed or otherwise exempt from
SEC registration, including certain Rule 144A eligible securities. Derivatives could result in Fund losses if the underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that can involve investment
techniques, risks, and tax planning different from those associated with more traditional investment instruments. The Fund’s derivatives strategy may not be successful and use of certain derivatives could result in substantial, potentially
unlimited, losses to the Fund regardless of the Fund’s actual investment. A relatively small movement in the price, rate or other economic indicator associated with the underlying reference may result in substantial loss for the Fund.
Derivatives may be more volatile than other types of investments. Derivatives can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, including the risk of an adverse credit event associated with the
underlying reference (credit risk), the risk of an adverse movement in the value, price or rate of the underlying reference
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underlying currencies (foreign currency risk) and the risk of an adverse movement in underlying interest rates (interest rate risk). Derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks, including the risk of loss due to a derivative position that is
imperfectly correlated with the underlying reference it is intended to hedge or replicate (correlation risk), the risk that a counterparty will fail to perform as agreed (counterparty risk), the risk that a hedging strategy may fail to mitigate
losses, and may offset gains (hedging risk), the risk that losses may be greater than the amount invested (leverage risk), the risk that the Fund may be unable to sell an investment at an advantageous time or price (liquidity risk), the risk that
the investment may be difficult to value (pricing risk), and the risk that the price or value of the investment fluctuates significantly over short periods of time (volatility risk). The value of derivatives may be influenced by a variety of
factors, including national and international political and economic developments. Potential changes to the regulation of the derivatives markets may make derivatives more costly, may limit the market for derivatives, or may otherwise adversely
affect the value or performance of derivatives.
Derivatives Risk – Forward Contracts Risk.
A forward contract is an over-the-counter derivative transaction between two parties to buy or sell a specified amount of an underlying reference at a specified price (or rate) on a specified date in the future. Forward
contracts are negotiated on an individual basis and are not standardized or traded on exchanges. The market for forward contracts is substantially unregulated (there is no limit on daily price movements and speculative position limits are not
applicable). The principals who deal in certain forward contract markets are not required to continue to make markets in the underlying references in which they trade and these markets can experience periods of illiquidity, sometimes of significant
duration. There have been periods during which certain participants in forward contract markets have refused to quote prices for certain underlying references or have quoted prices with an unusually wide spread between the price at which they were
prepared to buy and that at which they were prepared to sell. At or prior to maturity of a forward contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in forward contract
prices. The liquidity of the markets for forward contracts depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the market for forwards
could be reduced. A relatively small price movement in a forward contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. Forward contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references
and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility
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forward foreign currency contract
is a derivative (forward contract) in which the underlying reference is a country's or region’s currency. The Fund may agree to buy or sell a country's or region’s
currency at a specific price on a specific date in the future. These instruments may fall in value (sometimes dramatically) due to foreign market downswings or foreign currency value fluctuations, subjecting the Fund to foreign currency risk (the
risk that Fund performance may be negatively impacted by foreign currency strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly if the Fund exposes a significant percentage of its assets to currencies other than the U.S. dollar). The
effectiveness of any currency hedging strategy by a Fund may be reduced by the Fund’s inability to precisely match forward contract amounts and the value of securities involved. Forward foreign currency contracts used for hedging may also
limit any potential gain that might result from an increase or decrease in the value of the currency. The Fund may use these instruments to gain leveraged exposure to currencies, which is a speculative investment practice that increases the Fund's
risk exposure and the possibility of losses. Unanticipated changes in the currency markets could result in reduced performance for the Fund. When the Fund converts its foreign currencies into U.S. dollars, it may incur currency conversion costs due
to the spread between the prices at which it may buy and sell various currencies in the market. Forward foreign currency contracts that settle net in cash are also considered to be swap agreements under applicable U.S. law and references to forward
contracts in the prospectus also include currency swap contracts.
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forward interest rate agreement
is a derivative whereby the buyer locks in an interest rate at a future settlement date. If the interest rate on the settlement date exceeds the lock rate, the buyer pays the seller
the difference between the two rates (based on the notional value of the agreement). If the lock rate exceeds the interest rate on the settlement date, the seller pays the buyer the difference between the two rates (based on the notional value of
the agreement). The Fund may act as a buyer or a seller.
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Derivatives Risk – Futures Contracts Risk.
A futures contract is an exchange-traded derivative transaction between two parties in which a buyer (holding the “long” position) agrees to pay a fixed price (or rate) at a specified future date for delivery
of an underlying reference from a seller (holding the “short” position). The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. Certain futures contract
markets are highly volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. Futures exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices by imposing a maximum permissible daily price movement. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is prohibited from
executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. At or prior to maturity of a futures contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in futures contract
prices. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced.
Positions in futures contracts may be closed out only on
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the exchange on which they were entered into or through a linked
exchange, and no secondary market exists for such contracts. Futures positions are marked to market each day and variation margin payment must be paid to or by the Fund. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, it is
possible that the Fund may employ a high degree of leverage in the portfolio. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund, exceeding the amount of the margin paid. For certain
types of futures contracts, losses are potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV. Futures contracts executed (if any) on foreign exchanges may not provide
the same protection as U.S. exchanges. Futures contracts can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also
exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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bond (or debt instrument) future
is a derivative that is an agreement for the contract holder to buy or sell a bond or other debt instrument, a basket of bonds or other debt instrument, or the bonds or other debt
instruments in an index on a specified date at a predetermined price. The buyer (long position) of a bond future is obliged to buy the underlying reference at the agreed price on expiry of the future.
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commodity-linked future
is a derivative that is an agreement to buy or sell one or more commodities (such as crude oil, gasoline and natural gas), basket of commodities or indices of commodity futures at a specific
date in the future at a specific price.
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currency future
, also an FX future or foreign exchange future, is a derivative that is an agreement to exchange one currency for another at a specified date in the future at a price (exchange rate) that is fixed on
the purchase date.
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equity future
is a derivative that is an agreement for the contract holder to buy or sell a specified amount of an individual equity, a basket of equities or the securities in an equity index on a specified date at
a predetermined price.
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interest rate future
is a derivative that is an agreement whereby the buyer and seller agree to the future delivery of an interest-bearing instrument on a specific date at a pre-determined price. Examples include
Treasury-bill futures, Treasury-bond futures and Eurodollar futures.
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Derivatives Risk – Inverse Floaters Risk.
Inverse variable or floating rate obligations, sometimes referred to as inverse floaters, are a type of over-the-counter derivative debt instrument with a variable or floating coupon rate that moves in the opposite
direction of an underlying reference, typically short-term interest rates. As short-term interest rates go down, the holders of the inverse floaters receive more income and, as short-term interest rates go up, the holders of the inverse floaters
receive less income. Variable rate securities provide for a specified periodic adjustment in the coupon rate, while floating rate securities have a coupon rate that changes whenever there is a change in a designated benchmark index or the
issuer’s credit rating. While inverse floaters tend to provide more income than similar term and credit quality fixed-rate bonds, they also exhibit greater volatility in price movement, which could result in significant losses for the Fund. An
inverse floater may have the effect of investment leverage to the extent that its coupon rate varies by a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of the change in the index or reference rate of interest, which could result in increased losses for the
Fund. There is a risk that the current interest rate on variable and floating rate instruments may not accurately reflect current market interest rates or adequately compensate the holder for the current creditworthiness of the issuer. Some inverse
floaters are structured with liquidity features and may include market-dependent liquidity features that may expose the Fund to greater liquidity risk. Inverse floaters can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their
attendant risks, such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility
risk.
Derivatives Risk – Options
Risk.
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the option to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying reference from or to a counterparty at a specified price (the strike price) on or before an expiration date.
The Fund may purchase or write (i.e., sell) put and call options on an underlying reference it is otherwise permitted to invest in. By investing in options, the Fund is exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying
reference at a disadvantageous price on or before the expiration date. If the Fund sells a put option, the Fund may be required to buy the underlying reference at a strike price that is above market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a
call option, the Fund may be required to sell the underlying reference at a strike price that is below market price, resulting in a loss. If the Fund sells a call option that is not covered (it does not own the underlying reference), the Fund's
losses are potentially unlimited. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater volatility in price movement. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. At or prior to maturity of an
options contract, the Fund may enter into an offsetting contract and may incur a loss to the extent there has been adverse movement in options prices. Options can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant
risks such as credit risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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Derivatives Risk – Structured Investments Risk.
Structured investments are over-the-counter derivatives that provide principal and/or interest payments based on the value of an underlying reference(s). Structured investments typically provide interest income, thereby
offering a potential yield advantage over investing directly in an underlying reference. Structured investments may lack a liquid secondary market and their prices or value can be volatile which could result in significant losses for the Fund. In
some cases, depending on its terms, a structured investment may provide that principal and/or interest payments may be adjusted below zero resulting in a potential loss of principal and/or interest payments. Additionally, the particular terms of a
structured investment may create economic leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price change of the underlying reference. Economic leverage will increase the volatility of structured investment prices,
and could result in increased losses for the Fund. The Fund’s use of structured instruments may not work as intended. If structured investments are used to reduce the duration of the Fund’s portfolio, this may limit the Fund’s
return when having a longer duration would be beneficial (for instance, when interest rates decline). Structured investments can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit risk, market
risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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commodity-linked structured note
is a derivative (structured investment) that has principal and/or interest payments based on the market price of one or more particular commodities (such as crude oil, gasoline and
natural gas), a basket of commodities, indices of commodity futures or other economic variable. If payment of interest on a commodity-linked structured note is linked to the value of a particular commodity, basket of commodities, commodity index or
other economic variable, the Fund might receive lower interest payments (or not receive any of the interest due) on its investments if there is a loss of value in the underlying reference. Further, to the extent that the amount of principal to be
repaid upon maturity is linked to the value of a particular commodity, basket of commodities, commodity index or other economic variable, the Fund might not receive a portion (or any) of the principal at maturity of the investment or upon earlier
exchange. At any time, the risk of loss associated with a particular structured note in the Fund’s portfolio may be significantly higher than the value of the note. A liquid secondary market may not exist for the commodity-linked structured
notes held in the Fund’s portfolio, which may make it difficult for the notes to be sold at a price acceptable to the portfolio manager(s) or for the Fund to accurately value them.
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investments include
collateralized debt obligations
which are debt instruments that are collateralized by the underlying cash flows of a pool of financial assets or receivables.
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equity-linked note (ELN)
is a derivative (structured investment) that has principal and/or interest payments based on the value of a single equity security, a basket of equity securities or an index of equity
securities, and generally has risks similar to these underlying equity securities. ELNs may be leveraged or unleveraged. An ELN typically provides interest income, thereby offering a yield advantage over investing directly in an underlying equity.
The Fund may purchase ELNs that trade on a securities exchange or those that trade on the over-the-counter markets, as well as in privately negotiated transactions with the issuer of the ELN. Investments in ELNs are also subject to liquidity risk,
which may make ELNs difficult to sell and value. The liquidity of unlisted ELNs is normally determined by the willingness of the issuer to make a market in the ELN. While the Fund will seek to purchase ELNs only from issuers that it believes to be
willing and able to repurchase the ELN at a reasonable price, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to sell at such a price. Furthermore, such inability to sell may impair the Fund’s ability to enter into other transactions at a
time when doing so might be advantageous. The Fund’s investments in ELNs have the potential to lead to significant losses, including the amount the Fund invested in the ELN, because ELNs are subject to the market and volatility risks
associated with their underlying equity. In addition, because ELNs often take the form of unsecured notes of the issuer, the Fund would be subject to the risk that the issuer may default on its obligations under the ELN, thereby subjecting the Fund
to the further risk of being too concentrated in the securities (including ELNs) of that issuer. However, the Fund typically considers ELNs alongside other securities of the issuer in its assessment of issuer concentration risk. In addition, ELNs
may exhibit price behavior that does not correlate with the underlying securities. ELNs may also be subject to leverage risk (the risk that losses may be greater than the amount invested). The Fund may or may not hold an ELN until its maturity. ELNs
also include participation notes.
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Derivatives Risk – Swaps Risk.
In a typical swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return earned on a specified underlying reference for a fixed return or the return from another underlying reference during a specified period of time.
Swaps may be difficult to value and may be illiquid. Swaps could result in Fund losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Swaps create significant investment leverage such that a relatively small price movement in
a swap may result in immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may only close out a swap with its particular counterparty, and may only transfer a position with the consent of that counterparty. Certain swaps, such as short swap
transactions and total return swaps, have the potential for unlimited losses, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Swaps can increase the Fund’s risk exposure to underlying references and their attendant risks, such as credit
risk, market risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk, while also exposing the Fund to correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, inflation risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, pricing risk and volatility risk.
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commodity-linked swap
is a derivative (swap) that is an agreement where the underlying reference is the market price of one or more particular commodities (such as crude oil, gasoline and natural gas), basket of
commodities or indices of commodity futures.
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differences
are swap arrangements in which the parties agree that their return (or loss) will be based on the relative performance of two different groups or baskets of securities or other instruments. Often, one or
both baskets will be an established securities index. The Fund’s return will be based on changes in value of theoretical long futures positions in the securities comprising one basket (with an aggregate face value equal to the notional amount
of the contract for differences) and theoretical short futures positions in the securities comprising the other basket. The Fund also may use actual long and short futures positions and achieve similar market exposure by netting the payment
obligations of the two contracts. If the short basket outperforms the long basket, the Fund will realize a loss – even in circumstances when the securities in both the long and short baskets appreciate in value.
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credit default swap
(including a swap on a credit default index, sometimes referred to as a credit default swap index) is a derivative and special type of swap where one party pays, in effect, an insurance premium
through a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return upon the occurrence of a particular credit event by one or more third parties, such as bankruptcy, default or a similar event. A credit default
swap may be embedded within a structured note or other derivative instrument. Credit default swaps enable an investor to buy or sell protection against such a credit event (such as an issuer’s bankruptcy, restructuring or failure to make
timely payments of interest or principal). Credit default swap indices are indices that reflect the performance of a basket of credit default swaps and are subject to the same risks as credit default swaps. If such a default were to occur, any
contractual remedies that the Fund may have may be subject to bankruptcy and insolvency laws, which could delay or limit the Fund's recovery. Thus, if the counterparty under a credit default swap defaults on its obligation to make payments
thereunder, as a result of its bankruptcy or otherwise, the Fund may lose such payments altogether, or collect only a portion thereof, which collection could involve costs or delays. The Fund’s return from investment in a credit default swap
index may not match the return of the referenced index. Further, investment in a credit default swap index could result in losses if the referenced index does not perform as expected. Unexpected changes in the composition of the index may also
affect performance of the credit default swap index. If a referenced index has a dramatic intraday move that causes a material decline in the Fund’s net assets, the terms of the Fund’s credit default swap index may permit the
counterparty to immediately close out the transaction. In that event, the Fund may be unable to enter into another credit default swap index or otherwise achieve desired exposure, even if the referenced index reverses all or a portion of its
intraday move.
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An
inflation rate swap
is a derivative typically used to transfer inflation risk from one party to another through an exchange of cash flows. In an inflation rate swap, one party pays a fixed rate on a notional
principal amount, while the other party pays a floating rate linked to an inflation index, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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interest rate swap
is a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange interest rate cash flows, based on a specified notional amount from a fixed rate to a floating rate (or vice versa) or from one floating rate
to another. Interest rate swaps can be based on various measures of interest rates, including LIBOR, swap rates, treasury rates and foreign interest rates.
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Total return swaps
are derivative swap transactions in which one party agrees to pay the other party an amount equal to the total return of a defined underlying reference during a specified period of time. In return, the other party would
make periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or on the total return of a different underlying reference.
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Derivatives Risk – Swaptions Risk.
A swaption is an options contract on a swap agreement. These transactions give a party the right (but not the obligation) to enter into new swap agreements or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an existing
swap agreement at some designated future time on specified terms, in return for payment of the purchase price (the “premium”) of the option. The Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions to the same extent it may make use
of standard options on securities or other instruments. The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the market value on the underlying swap agreement. Swaptions can be bundled and sold as a package.
These are commonly called interest rate caps, floors and collars.
Distressed Securities Risk.
The Fund may purchase distressed securities of business enterprises involved in workouts, liquidations, reorganizations, bankruptcies and similar situations. Since there is typically substantial uncertainty concerning
the outcome of transactions involving business enterprises in these situations, there is a high degree of risk of loss, including loss of the entire investment.
In bankruptcy, there can be considerable delay in
reaching accord on a restructuring plan acceptable to a bankrupt company’s lenders, bondholders and other creditors and then obtaining the approval of the bankruptcy court. Such delays could result in substantial losses to the investments in
such company’s securities or obligations. Moreover, there is no assurance that a plan favorable to the class of securities held by the Fund will be adopted or that the subject company might not eventually be liquidated rather than
reorganized.
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In liquidations (both in and out of bankruptcy) and
other forms of corporate reorganization, there exists the risk that the reorganization either will be unsuccessful, will be delayed or will result in a distribution of cash or a new security, the value of which will be less than the purchase price
of the security in respect of which such distribution is received. It may be difficult to obtain accurate information concerning a company in financial distress, with the result that the analysis and valuation are especially difficult. The market
for securities of such companies tends to be illiquid and sales may be possible only at substantial discounts.
Dollar Rolls Risk.
Dollar rolls are transactions in which the Fund sells securities to a counterparty and simultaneously agrees to purchase those or similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the
securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase may decline below the repurchase price, or that the counterparty may default on its obligations. These transactions may also increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may result in higher
transactions costs for the Fund. If the Fund reinvests the proceeds of the security sold, the Fund will also be subject to the risk that the investments purchased with such proceeds will decline in value (a form of leverage risk).
Emerging Market Securities Risk.
Securities issued by foreign governments or companies in emerging market countries, such as China, Russia and certain countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America or Africa, are more likely to have
greater exposure to the risks of investing in foreign securities that are described in Foreign Securities Risk. In addition, emerging market countries are more likely to experience instability resulting, for example, from rapid changes or
developments in social, political, economic or other conditions. Their economies are usually less mature and their securities markets are typically less developed with more limited trading activity (
i.e.
, lower trading volumes and less liquidity) than more developed countries. Emerging market securities tend to be more volatile than securities in more
developed markets. Many emerging market countries are heavily dependent on international trade and have fewer trading partners, which makes them more sensitive to world commodity prices and economic downturns in other countries. Some emerging market
countries have a higher risk of currency devaluations, and some of these countries may experience periods of high inflation or rapid changes in inflation rates and may have hostile relations with other countries.
Operational and Settlement Risks of Securities in
Emerging Markets.
In addition to having less developed securities markets, banks in emerging markets that are eligible foreign sub-custodians may be recently organized, lack extensive operating experience or lack
effective government oversight or regulation. In addition, there may be legal restrictions or limitations on the ability of the Fund to recover assets held in custody by a foreign sub-custodian in the event of the bankruptcy of the sub-custodian.
Because settlement systems may be less organized than in developed markets and because delivery versus payment settlement may not be possible or reliable, there may be a greater risk that settlement may be delayed and that cash or securities of the
Fund may be lost because of failures of or defects in the system, including fraud or corruption. Settlement systems in emerging markets also have a higher risk of failed trades.
Risks Related to Currencies and Corporate Actions in
Emerging Markets.
Risks related to currencies and corporate actions are also greater in emerging market countries than in developed countries. For example, some emerging market countries may have fixed or managed
currencies that are not free-floating against the U.S. dollar. Further, certain currencies may not have an active trading market internationally, or countries may have varying exchange rates. Some emerging market countries have a higher risk of
currency devaluations, and some of these countries may experience sustained periods of high inflation or rapid changes in inflation rates which can have negative effects on a country’s economy and securities markets. Corporate action
procedures in emerging market countries may be less reliable and have limited or no involvement by the depositories and central banks. Lack of standard practices and payment systems can lead to significant delays in payment.
Risks Related to Corporate and Securities Laws in
Emerging Markets.
Securities laws in emerging markets may be relatively new and unsettled and, consequently, there is a risk of rapid and unpredictable change in laws regarding foreign investment, securities
regulation, title to securities and shareholder rights. Accordingly, foreign investors may be adversely affected by new or amended laws and regulations. In addition, the systems of corporate governance to which issuers in certain emerging markets
are subject may be less advanced than the systems to which issuers located in more developed countries are subject, and therefore, shareholders of such issuers may not receive many of the protections available to shareholders of issuers located in
more developed countries. These risks may be heightened in China and Russia.
China Stock Connect Risk.
The risks noted here are in addition to the risks described under
Emerging Market Securities Risk
. A Fund may, directly or
indirectly (through, for example, participation notes or other types of equity-linked notes), purchase shares in mainland China-based companies that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
(China A-Shares) through the Shanghai and Shenzhen – Hong Kong Stock Connect (Stock Connect), or that may be available in the future through additional stock connect programs, a mutual market access program designed to, among other things,
enable foreign investment in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) via brokers in Hong Kong. There are significant risks inherent in investing in China A-Shares through Stock Connect. The underdeveloped state of PRC’s investment and
banking systems subjects the settlement, clearing, and registration of China A-Shares transactions to heightened risks. Stock Connect can only operate when both PRC and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banking services are
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in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. As such, if
either or both markets are closed on a U.S. trading day, a Fund may not be able to dispose of its China A-Shares in a timely manner, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. Additionally, Stock Connect is subject to daily quota
limitations on purchases of China A-Shares. Once the daily quota is reached, orders to purchase additional China A-Shares through Stock Connect will be rejected. A Fund’s investment in China A-Shares may only be traded through Stock Connect
and is not otherwise transferable. Stock Connect utilizes an omnibus clearing structure, and the Fund’s shares will be registered in its custodian’s name on the Central Clearing and Settlement System. This may limit the ability of the
Investment Manager (and/or any subadviser, as the case may be) to effectively manage a Fund, and may expose the Fund to the credit risk of its custodian or to greater risk of expropriation. Investment in China A-Shares through Stock Connect may be
available only through a single broker that is an affiliate of the Fund’s custodian, which may affect the quality of execution provided by such broker. Stock Connect restrictions could also limit the ability of a Fund to sell its China
A-Shares in a timely manner, or to sell them at all. Further, different fees, costs and taxes are imposed on foreign investors acquiring China A-Shares acquired through Stock Connect, and these fees, costs and taxes may be higher than comparable
fees, costs and taxes imposed on owners of other securities providing similar investment exposure.
EuroZone-Related Risk.
A number of countries in the European Union (EU) have experienced, and may continue to experience, severe economic and financial difficulties. Additional EU member countries may also fall subject to such difficulties.
These events could negatively affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments in euro-denominated securities and derivatives contracts, securities of issuers located in the EU or with significant exposure to EU issuers or countries.
If the euro is dissolved entirely, the legal and contractual consequences for holders of euro-denominated obligations and derivative contracts would be determined by laws in effect at such time. Such investments may continue to be held, or
purchased, to the extent consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and permitted under applicable law. These potential developments, or market perceptions concerning these and related issues, could adversely affect the value of your
investment in the Fund.
Certain
countries in the EU have had to accept assistance from supra-governmental agencies such as the International Monetary Fund, the European Stability Mechanism (the ESM) or other supra-governmental agencies. The European Central Bank has also been
intervening to purchase Eurozone debt in an attempt to stabilize markets and reduce borrowing costs.
There can be no assurance that these agencies will
continue to intervene or provide further assistance and markets may react adversely to any expected reduction in the financial support provided by these agencies. Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others
including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. In addition, one or more countries may abandon the euro and/or withdraw from
the EU. The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, could be significant and far-reaching.
Event-Driven Trading Risk.
The Fund may seek to profit from the occurrence of specific corporate or other events. A delay in the timing of these events, or the failure of these events to occur at all, may have a significant negative effect on the
Fund’s performance.
Event-driven
investing requires the relevant manager to make predictions about (i) the likelihood that an event will occur and (ii) the impact such event will have on the value of a company’s securities. If the event fails to occur or it does not have the
effect foreseen, losses can result. For example, the adoption of new business strategies, a meaningful change in management or the sale of a division or other significant assets by a company may not be valued as highly by the market as the manager
had anticipated, resulting in losses. In addition, a company may announce a plan of restructuring which promises to enhance value and fail to implement it, resulting in losses to investors.
Event-Linked Instruments Risk.
The Fund may seek to profit from investment in debt securities whose performance is linked to the occurrence of specific “trigger” events, such as a hurricane, earthquake, or other physical or
weather-related phenomena. If a trigger event causes losses exceeding a specific amount in the geographic region and time period specified in a bond, the Fund may lose a portion or all of its principal invested in the bond or suffer a reduction in
credited interest. Some event-linked bonds have features that delay the return of capital upon the occurrence of a specified event; in these cases, whether or not there is loss of capital or interest, the return on the investment may be
significantly lower during the extension period. Bonds commonly referred to as “catastrophe bonds” are a type of event-linked instrument in which the Fund may invest. Catastrophe bonds may be issued by government agencies, insurance
companies, reinsurers, special purpose corporations or other on-shore or off-shore entities (such special purpose entities are created to accomplish a narrow and well-defined objective, such as the issuance of a note in connection with a reinsurance
transaction). The return on these securities is tied primarily to property insurance risk and is analogous to underwriting insurance in certain circumstances. By isolating insurance risk, these securities are largely uncorrelated to other more
traditional investments. Risks associated with investment in catastrophe bonds would include, for example, a major hurricane or similar catastrophe striking a heavily populated area of the East Coast of the United States or a major earthquake with
an epicenter in an urban area on the West Coast of the United States. In addition to specified trigger events, catastrophe bonds may expose the Fund to other risks, such as credit risk, counterparty risk, adverse regulatory or jurisdictional
interpretations, adverse tax consequences, liquidity risk, and foreign exchange risk. Event-linked exposure often
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provides for an extension of maturity to process and audit loss
claims where a trigger event has, or possibly has, occurred. An extension of maturity may increase volatility. From time to time, the volume of catastrophe bonds available in the market may be insufficient to enable the Fund to invest as great a
percentage of its assets in catastrophe bonds as it would like.
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk.
Investments in ETFs have unique characteristics, including, but not limited to, the expense structure and additional expenses associated with investing in ETFs. An ETF’s share price may not track its specified
market index (if any) and may trade below its NAV. Certain ETFs use a “passive” investment strategy and do not take defensive positions in volatile or declining markets. Other ETFs in which the Fund may invest are actively managed ETFs
(i.e., they do not track a particular benchmark), which indirectly subjects the Fund to active management risk. An active secondary market in an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained and may be halted or interrupted due to actions by
its listing exchange, unusual market conditions or other reasons. There can be no assurance an ETF’s shares will continue to be listed on an active exchange. In addition, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of the Fund’s
expenses and, indirectly, the ETF’s expenses, incurred through the Fund’s ownership of the ETF. Because the expenses and costs of an underlying ETF are shared by its investors, redemptions by other investors in the ETF could result in
decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for such ETF. These transactions might also result in higher brokerage, tax or other costs for the ETF. This risk may be particularly important when one investor owns a substantial
portion of the ETF.
The Funds generally
expect to purchase shares of ETFs through broker-dealers in transactions on a securities exchange, and in such cases the Funds will pay customary brokerage commissions for each purchase and sale. Shares of an ETF may also be acquired by depositing a
specified portfolio of the ETF’s underlying securities, as well as a cash payment generally equal to accumulated dividends of the securities (net of expenses) up to the time of deposit, with the ETF’s custodian, in exchange for which the
ETF will issue a quantity of new shares sometimes referred to as a “creation unit.” Similarly, shares of an ETF purchased on an exchange may be accumulated until they represent a creation unit, and the creation unit may be redeemed in
kind for a portfolio of the underlying securities (based on the ETF’s NAV) together with a cash payment generally equal to accumulated dividends as of the date of redemption. The Funds may redeem creation units for the underlying securities
(and any applicable cash), and may assemble a portfolio of the underlying securities (and any required cash) to purchase creation units. The Funds’ ability to redeem creation units may be limited by the 1940 Act, which provides that ETFs, the
shares of which are purchased in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 1940 Act, will not be obligated to redeem such shares in an amount exceeding one percent of their total outstanding securities during any period of less than 30 days.
Exchange-Traded Notes Risk.
Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) are unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities that expose the Fund to the risk that an ETN’s issuer may be unable to pay, which means that the Fund is subject to issuer credit risk,
including that the value of the ETN may drop due to a downgrade in the issuer’s credit rating, despite the underlying benchmark or strategy remaining unchanged. ETNs do not typically offer principal protection, so the Fund may lose some or all
of its investment. The returns of ETNs are usually linked to the performance of a market benchmark or strategy, less investor fees and expenses. The Fund will bear its proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the ETN, which may cause the
Fund’s returns to be lower. The return on ETNs will typically be lower than the total return on a direct investment in the components of the underlying index or strategy because of the ETN’s investor fees and expenses. The value of an
ETN may also be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in the underlying market, changes in the applicable interest rates, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that
affect the referenced underlying benchmark or strategy.
Foreign Currency Risk.
The performance of the Fund may be materially affected positively or negatively by foreign currency strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly if the Fund invests a significant percentage of its
assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in
interest rates, imposition of currency controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa. Restrictions on
currency trading may be imposed by foreign countries, which may adversely affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Even though the currencies of some countries may be pegged to the U.S. dollar, the conversion rate may be controlled by
government regulation or intervention at levels significantly different than what would prevail in a free market. Significant revaluations of the U.S. dollar exchange rate of these currencies could cause substantial reductions in the Fund’s
NAV.
Foreign Currency-Related Tax Risk.
As a regulated investment company (RIC), the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from sources treated as “qualifying income” under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. The Fund may gain exposure to local currency markets through forward currency contracts. Although foreign currency gains currently constitute “qualifying income,” the Internal Revenue Service has the authority to issue
regulations excluding from the definition of “qualifying income” a RIC’s foreign currency gains not “directly related” to its “principal business” of investing in stock or securities (or options and futures
with respect thereto). Such regulations might treat gains from some of the
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Fund’s foreign currency-denominated positions as not
qualifying income and there is a possibility that such regulations might be applied retroactively, in which case, the Fund might not qualify as a RIC for one or more years. In the event the Internal Revenue Service issues such regulations, the
Fund’s Board may authorize a significant change in investment strategy or the Fund’s liquidation.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investments in or exposure to foreign securities involve certain risks not associated with investments in or exposure to securities of U.S. companies. For example, foreign markets can be extremely volatile. Foreign
securities may also be less liquid than securities of U.S. companies so that the Fund may, at times, be unable to sell foreign securities at desirable times or prices. Brokerage commissions, custodial costs and other fees are also generally higher
for foreign securities. The Fund may have limited or no legal recourse in the event of default with respect to certain foreign securities, including those issued by foreign governments. In addition, foreign governments may impose withholding or
other taxes on the Fund’s income, capital gains or proceeds from the disposition of foreign securities, which could reduce the Fund’s return on such securities. In some cases, such withholding or other taxes could potentially be
confiscatory. Other risks include: possible delays in the settlement of transactions or in the payment of income; generally less publicly available information about foreign companies; the impact of economic, political, social, diplomatic or other
conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war and terrorism), possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of a company or its assets or the assets of a particular investor or category of investors; accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards that may be less comprehensive and stringent than those applicable to domestic companies; the imposition of economic and other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or
businesses within the country; and the generally less stringent standard of care to which local agents may be held in the local markets. In addition, it may be difficult to obtain reliable information about the securities and business operations of
certain foreign issuers. Governments or trade groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that are not subject to independent evaluation. The less developed a country’s securities market is, the greater the
level of risks. The risks posed by sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals or industries or businesses within the country may be heightened to the extent the Fund invests significantly in the affected country or region or in
issuers from the affected country that depend on global markets. Additionally, investments in certain countries may subject the Fund to a number of tax rules, the application of which may be uncertain. Countries may amend or revise their existing
tax laws, regulations and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in or uncertainties regarding the laws, regulations or procedures of a country could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly,
including by reducing the after-tax profits of companies located in such countries in which the Fund invests, or result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The performance of the Fund may also be negatively affected by fluctuations in a
foreign currency's strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly to the extent the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency exchange controls and economic or political developments in the
U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
Operational and Settlement Risks of Foreign
Securities.
The Fund’s foreign securities are generally held outside the United States in the primary market for the securities in the custody of certain eligible foreign banks and trust companies
(“foreign sub-custodians”), as permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). Settlement practices for foreign securities may differ from those in the United States. Some countries have limited governmental oversight
and regulation of industry practices, stock exchanges, depositories, registrars, brokers and listed companies, which increases the risk of corruption and fraud and the possibility of losses to the Fund. In particular, under certain circumstances,
foreign securities may settle on a delayed delivery basis, meaning that the Fund may be required to make payment for securities before the Fund has actually received delivery of the securities or deliver securities prior to the receipt of payment.
Typically, in these cases, the Fund will receive evidence of ownership in accordance with the generally accepted settlement practices in the local market entitling the Fund to delivery or payment at a future date, but there is a risk that the
security will not be delivered to the Fund or that payment will not be received, although the Fund and its foreign sub-custodians take reasonable precautions to mitigate this risk. Losses can also result from lost, stolen or counterfeit securities;
defaults by brokers and banks; failures or defects of the settlement system; or poor and improper record keeping by registrars and issuers.
Share Blocking.
Share blocking refers to a practice in certain foreign markets under which an issuer’s securities are blocked from trading at the custodian or sub-custodian level for a specified number of days before and, in certain instances, after a
shareholder meeting where a vote of shareholders takes place. The blocking period can last up to several weeks. Share blocking may prevent the Fund from buying or selling securities during this period, because during the time shares are blocked,
trades in such securities will not settle. It may be difficult or impossible to lift blocking restrictions, with the particular requirements varying widely by country. As a consequence of these restrictions, the Investment Manager, on behalf of the
Fund, may abstain from voting proxies in markets that require share blocking.
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Forward Commitments on Mortgage-Backed Securities
(including Dollar Rolls) Risk.
When purchasing mortgage-backed securities in the “to be announced” (TBA) market (MBS TBAs), the seller agrees to deliver mortgage-backed securities for an agreed upon
price on an agreed upon date, but may make no guarantee as to the specific securities to be delivered. In lieu of taking delivery of mortgage-backed securities, the Fund could enter into dollar rolls, which are transactions in which the Fund sells
securities to a counterparty and simultaneously agrees to purchase those or similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase may
decline below the repurchase price, or that the counterparty may default on its obligations. These transactions may also increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. If the Fund reinvests the proceeds of the security sold, the Fund will also
be subject to the risk that the investments purchased with such proceeds will decline in value (a form of leverage risk). MBS TBAs and dollar rolls are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not perform or be unable to
perform in accordance with the terms of the instrument.
Frontier Market
Risk.
Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies and even less developed capital markets than typical emerging market countries (which themselves have increased investment risk relative to more
developed market countries) and, as a result, the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with investing in emerging market countries are magnified when the Fund invests in frontier market countries. The increased risks include: the potential for
extreme price volatility and illiquidity in frontier market countries; government ownership or control of parts of the private sector and of certain companies; trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values and
other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which frontier market countries trade; and the relatively new and unsettled securities laws in many frontier market countries. In addition, frontier market countries are more
likely to experience instability resulting, for example, from rapid changes or developments in social, political and economic conditions. Many frontier market countries are heavily dependent on international trade, which makes them more sensitive to
world commodity prices and economic downturns and other conditions in other countries. Some frontier market countries have a higher risk of currency devaluations, and some of these countries may experience periods of high inflation or rapid changes
in inflation rates and may have hostile relations with other countries. Securities issued by foreign governments or companies in frontier market countries are even more likely than emerging markets securities to have greater exposure to the risks of
investing in foreign securities that are described in
Foreign Securities Risk
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Fund-of-Funds Risk.
Determinations regarding asset classes or underlying funds and the Fund’s allocations thereto may not successfully achieve the Fund’s investment objective, in whole or in part. The selected underlying
funds’ performance may be lower than the performance of the asset class they were selected to represent or may be lower than the performance of alternative underlying funds that could have been selected to represent the asset class. The Fund
also is exposed to the same risks as the underlying funds in direct proportion to the allocation of its assets among the underlying funds. Therefore, to the extent that the Fund invests significantly in a particular underlying fund, the Fund’s
performance would be significantly impacted by the performance of such underlying fund. Generally, by investing in a combination of underlying funds, the Fund has exposure to the risks of many areas of the market. By concentrating its investments in
relatively few underlying funds, the Fund may have more concentrated market exposures, subjecting the Fund to greater risk of loss should those markets decline or fail to rise. The ability of the Fund to realize its investment objective will depend,
in large part, on the extent to which the underlying funds realize their investment objectives. There is no guarantee that the underlying funds will achieve their respective investment objectives. The performance of underlying funds could be
adversely affected if other entities that invest in the same underlying funds make relatively large investments or redemptions in such underlying funds. The Fund, and its shareholders, indirectly bear a portion of the expenses of any funds in which
the Fund invests. Because the expenses and costs of each underlying fund are shared by its investors, redemptions by other investors in an underlying fund could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for such
underlying fund. These transactions might also result in higher brokerage, tax or other costs for an underlying fund. This risk may be particularly important when one investor owns a substantial portion of an underlying fund. For certain
funds-of-funds, the Investment Manager typically selects underlying funds from among the funds for which it, or an affiliate, acts as the investment manager (affiliated funds) and will select an unaffiliated underlying fund only if the desired
investment exposure is not available through an affiliated fund. The Investment Manager has a conflict of interest in selecting affiliated underlying funds over unaffiliated underlying funds because it receives management fees from affiliated funds,
and in selecting among affiliated underlying funds, because the fees paid to it by certain affiliated underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other affiliated underlying funds. Also, to the extent that the Fund is constrained/restricted
from investing (or investing further) in a particular underlying fund for one or more reasons (e.g., underlying fund capacity constraints or regulatory restrictions) or if the Fund chooses to sell its investment in an underlying fund because of poor
investment performance or for other reasons, the Fund may have to invest in another underlying fund(s), including less desirable funds – from a strategy or investment performance standpoint – which could have a negative impact on Fund
performance. In addition, Fund performance could be negatively impacted if the Investment Manager is unable to identify an appropriate alternate underlying fund(s) in a timely manner or at all.
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Geographic Focus Risk.
The Fund may be particularly susceptible to economic, political, regulatory or other events or conditions affecting issuers and countries within the specific geographic regions in which the Fund invests. Currency
devaluations could occur in countries that have not yet experienced currency devaluation to date, or could continue to occur in countries that have already experienced such devaluations. As a result, the Fund’s NAV may be more volatile than
the NAV of a more geographically diversified fund.
Global Economic
Risk.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region
or across the globe. For instance, a significant slowdown in China’s economy is adversely affecting worldwide commodity prices and the economies of many countries, especially those that depend heavily on commodity production and/or trade with
China. The severity or duration of adverse economic conditions may also be affected by policy changes made by governments or quasi-governmental organizations. The imposition of sanctions by the United States or another government on a country could
cause disruptions to the country’s financial system and economy, which could negatively impact the value of securities.
At a referendum in June 2016, the citizens of the
United Kingdom (the UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU), thereby initiating the British exit from the EU (commonly known as “Brexit”). In March 2017, the UK formally invoked Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon to begin the process
under which the UK shall withdraw from the EU in due course. Upon invoking Article 50, the UK triggered a two-year period for negotiation of the terms of the withdrawal from the EU. However, there remains a significant degree of uncertainty about
how negotiations relating to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and new trade agreements will be conducted, as well as the potential consequences and precise timeframe for Brexit. During the negotiating period and beyond, the impact of Brexit on
the UK and European economies and the broader global economy could be significant, resulting in negative impacts on currency and financial markets generally, such as increased volatility and illiquidity, and potentially lower economic growth in
markets in the UK, Europe and globally, which may adversely affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
The UK has one of the largest economies in Europe,
and member countries of the EU are substantial trading partners of the UK. The City of London’s economy is dominated by financial services, some of which may have to move outside of the UK post-referendum (e.g., currency trading, international
settlement). Under the terms of Brexit, banks may be forced to move staff and comply with two separate sets of rules or lose business to banks in Europe. Furthermore, Brexit creates the potential for decreased trade, the possibility of capital
outflows from the UK, devaluation of the pound sterling, the cost of higher corporate bond spreads due to uncertainty, and the risk that all the above could damage business and consumer spending as well as foreign direct investment. As a result of
Brexit, the British economy and its currency may be negatively impacted by changes to its economic and political relations with the EU and other countries. Any further exits from the EU, or the possibility of such exits, would likely cause
additional market disruption globally and introduce new legal and regulatory uncertainties.
The impact of Brexit in the near- and long-term is
still unknown and could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets, currencies and asset valuations around the world. Any attempt by the Fund to hedge against or otherwise protect its portfolio or to profit from such
circumstances may fail and, accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods.
Growth Securities Risk.
Growth securities typically trade at a higher multiple of earnings than other types of equity securities. Accordingly, the market values of growth securities may never reach their expected market value and may decline
in price. In addition, growth securities, at times, may not perform as well as value securities or the stock market in general, and may be out of favor with investors for varying periods of time.
Hedging Transactions Risk.
The Fund may invest in securities and utilize financial instruments for a variety of hedging purposes. Hedging transactions may limit the opportunity for gain if the value of the portfolio position should increase.
There can be no assurance that the Fund will engage in hedging transactions at any given time, even under volatile market conditions, or that any hedging transactions the Fund engages in will be successful. Moreover, it may not be possible for the
Fund to enter into a hedging transaction at a price sufficient to protect its assets. The Fund may not anticipate a particular risk so as to hedge against it.
Hedging against a decline in the value of a
portfolio position does not eliminate fluctuations in the values of portfolio positions or prevent losses if the values of such positions decline, but establishes other positions designed to gain from those same developments, thus moderating the
decline in the portfolio positions’ value. Such hedging transactions also limit the opportunity for gain if the value of the portfolio position should increase. Moreover, it may not be possible for the Fund to hedge against an exchange rate,
interest rate or security price fluctuation that is so generally anticipated that the Fund is not able to enter into a hedging transaction at a price sufficient to protect its assets from the decline in value of the portfolio positions anticipated
as a result of such fluctuations.
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The Fund is not required to attempt to hedge
portfolio positions and, for various reasons, may determine not to do so. Furthermore, the Fund may not anticipate a particular risk so as to hedge against it. While the Fund may enter into hedging transactions to seek to reduce risk, such
transactions may result in a poorer overall performance for the Fund than if the Fund had not engaged in any such hedging transaction. In addition, the degree of correlation between price movements of the instruments used in a hedging strategy and
price movements in the portfolio position being hedged may vary. For a variety of reasons, the Fund may not seek to establish a perfect correlation between such hedging instruments and the portfolio holdings being hedged. Such imperfect correlation
may prevent the Fund from achieving the intended hedge or expose the Fund to risk of loss. The successful utilization of hedging and risk management transactions requires skills complementary to those needed in the selection of the Fund’s
portfolio holdings. Moreover, it should be noted that a portfolio will always be exposed to certain risks that cannot be hedged, such as credit risk (relating both to particular securities and counterparties) and liquidity risk.
High-Yield Investments Risk.
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called “high-yield” or “junk” bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality tend
to be more sensitive to credit risk than higher-rated debt instruments and may experience greater price fluctuations in response to perceived changes in the ability of the issuing entity or obligor to pay interest and principal when due than to
changes in interest rates. These investments are generally more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity
to pay interest and repay principal. These debt instruments typically pay a premium – a higher interest rate or yield – because of the increased risk of loss, including default. High-yield debt instruments may require a greater degree of
judgment to establish a price, may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund desires, may carry high transaction costs, and also are generally less liquid than higher-rated debt instruments. The ratings provided by third party rating
agencies are based on analyses by these ratings agencies of the credit quality of the debt instruments and may not take into account every risk related to whether interest or principal will be timely repaid. In adverse economic and other
circumstances, issuers of lower-rated debt instruments are more likely to have difficulty making principal and interest payments than issuers of higher-rated debt instruments.
Highly Leveraged Transactions Risk.
The loans or other debt instruments in which the Fund invests may consist of transactions involving refinancings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions and other financings for general corporate purposes. The
Fund’s investments also may include senior obligations of a borrower issued in connection with a restructuring pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (commonly known as “debtor-in-possession” financings), provided that
such senior obligations are determined by the Fund’s portfolio managers to be a suitable investment for the Fund. In such highly leveraged transactions, the borrower assumes large amounts of debt in order to have the financial resources to
attempt to achieve its business objectives. Such business objectives may include but are not limited to: management’s taking over control of a company (leveraged buy-out); reorganizing the assets and liabilities of a company (leveraged
recapitalization); or acquiring another company. Loans or other debt instruments that are part of highly leveraged transactions involve a greater risk (including default and bankruptcy) than other investments.
Impairment of Collateral Risk.
The value of collateral, if any, securing a loan can decline, and may be insufficient to meet the borrower’s obligations or difficult or costly to liquidate. In addition, the Fund’s access to collateral may
be limited by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. Further, certain floating rate and other loans may not be fully collateralized and may decline in value.
Inflation Risk.
Inflation risk is the uncertainty over the future real value (after inflation) of an investment. Inflation rates may change frequently and drastically as a result of various factors, including unexpected shifts in
the domestic or global economy, and the Fund’s investments may not keep pace with inflation, which may result in losses to Fund investors.
Inflation-Protected Securities Risk.
Inflation-protected debt securities tend to react to changes in real interest rates. Real interest rates can be described as nominal interest rates minus the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an
inflation-protected debt security falls when real interest rates rise, and rises when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation and may be
more volatile than interest paid on ordinary bonds. In periods of deflation, the Fund may have no income at all from such investments. Income earned by a shareholder depends on the amount of principal invested, and that principal will not grow with
inflation unless the shareholder reinvests the portion of Fund distributions that comes from inflation adjustments. A Fund’s investment in certain inflation-protected debt securities may generate taxable income in excess of the interest they
pay to the Fund, which may cause the Fund to sell investments to obtain cash to make income distributions to shareholders, including at times when it may not be advantageous to do so.
IPO Risk.
IPOs are
subject to many of the same risks as investing in companies with smaller market capitalizations. To the extent the Fund determines to invest in IPOs, it may not be able to invest to the extent desired, because, for example, only a small portion (if
any) of the securities being offered in an IPO are available to the Fund. The investment performance of the Fund during periods when it is unable to invest significantly or at all in IPOs may be lower than during periods when the Fund is
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to do so. In addition, as the Fund increases in size, the impact of
IPOs on the Fund’s performance will generally decrease. IPOs sold within 12 months of purchase may result in increased short-term capital gains, which will be taxable to the Fund’s shareholders as ordinary income.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if prevailing interest rates rise, the values of loans and other debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of loans and other
debt instruments tend to rise. Changes in the value of a debt instrument usually will not affect the amount of income the Fund receives from it but will generally affect the value of your investment in the Fund. Changes in interest rates may also
affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase
prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Similarly, a period of rising interest rates may negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in
increases in interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund's performance and NAV. Debt instruments with floating coupon rates are typically less
sensitive to interest rate changes, but these debt instruments may decline in value if their coupon rates do not rise as much as, or keep pace with, yields on such types of debt instruments. Because rates on certain floating rate loans and other
debt instruments reset only periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates (and particularly sudden and significant changes) can be expected to cause fluctuations in the Fund’s NAV. Any interest rate increases could cause the value of the
Fund’s investments in debt instruments to decrease. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in
losses.
Investing in Other Funds Risk.
The Fund’s investment in other funds (affiliated and/or unaffiliated funds, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs)) subjects the Fund to the investment performance (positive or negative) and risks of the
underlying funds in direct proportion to the Fund’s investment therein. In addition, investments in ETFs have unique characteristics, including, but not limited to, the expense structure and additional expenses associated with investing in
ETFs. The performance of the underlying funds could be adversely affected if other investors in the same underlying funds make relatively large investments or redemptions in such underlying funds. The Fund, and its shareholders, indirectly bear a
portion of the expenses of any funds in which the Fund invests. Because the expenses and costs of an underlying fund are shared by its investors, redemptions by other investors in the underlying funds could result in decreased economies of scale and
increased operating expenses for such underlying fund. These transactions might also result in higher brokerage, tax or other costs for the underlying funds. This risk may be particularly important when one investor owns a substantial portion of the
underlying funds. The Investment Manager typically selects underlying funds from among the funds for which it, or an affiliate, acts as the investment manager (affiliated underlying funds) and will select an unaffiliated underlying fund only if the
desired investment exposure is not available through an affiliated fund. The Investment Manager has a conflict of interest in selecting affiliated underlying funds over unaffiliated underlying funds because it receives management fees from
affiliated underlying funds, and in selecting among affiliated underlying funds, because the fees paid to it by certain affiliated underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other affiliated underlying funds. Also, to the extent that the Fund
is constrained/restricted from investing (or investing further) in a particular underlying fund for one or more reasons (e.g., underlying fund capacity constraints or regulatory restrictions) or if the Fund chooses to sell its investment in an
underlying fund because of poor investment performance or for other reasons, the Fund may have to invest in other underlying funds, including less desirable funds – from a strategy or investment performance standpoint – which could have
a negative impact on Fund performance. In addition, Fund performance could be negatively impacted if an appropriate alternate underlying fund is not identified in a timely manner or at all.
Issuer Risk.
An
issuer in which the Fund invests or to which it has exposure may perform poorly, and the value of its loans or securities may therefore decline, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Poor performance may be caused by poor
management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters or other events, conditions or factors. The market
capitalization of an issuer may also impact its risk profile. Investments in larger, more established companies may involve certain risks associated with their larger size. For instance, larger, more established companies may be less able to respond
quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in consumer tastes or innovation from smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes less able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during
extended periods of economic expansion.
Large Fund Investor Risk.
The Fund may from time to time sell a substantial amount of its shares to relatively few investors or a single investor, including other funds advised by the Investment Manager, or third parties. Sales to and
redemptions from large investors may be very substantial relative to the size of the Fund and carry potentially adverse effects. While it is not possible to predict the overall effect of such sales and redemptions, such transactions may adversely
affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is required to invest cash received in connection with a sale or to sell a substantial amount of its portfolio securities to facilitate a redemption, in either case, a time when the
Fund would otherwise prefer not to invest or sell, such as in an up market or down market, respectively. Such transactions may also increase the Fund’s transaction costs, which would also
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detract from Fund performance, while also having potentially
negative tax consequences to investors. The Fund, because of a large redemption, may be forced to sell its liquid or more liquid positions, resulting in the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid or illiquid securities (securities that may
be unable to sell at a favorite time or price). Because the expenses and costs of the Fund are shared by its investors, large redemptions in the Fund could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming
Fund shareholders. In addition, in the event of a Fund proxy proposal, a large investor(s) could dictate with its/their vote the results of the proposal, which may have a less favorable impact on minority-stake shareholders.
Leverage Risk.
Leverage occurs when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, short sales, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. Use of leverage can produce volatility and may exaggerate
changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the return on the Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not
be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet any required asset segregation or position coverage requirements. Futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts and other derivatives can allow the Fund to obtain
large investment exposures in return for meeting relatively small margin requirements. As a result, investments in those transactions may be highly leveraged. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as
derivatives, the Fund may experience capital losses that exceed the net assets of the Fund. Because short sales involve borrowing securities and then selling them, the Fund’s short sales effectively leverage the Fund’s assets. The
Fund’s assets that are used as collateral to secure the Fund’s obligations to return the securities sold short may decrease in value while the short positions are outstanding, which may force the Fund to use its other assets to increase
the collateral. Leverage can create an interest expense that may lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund's volatility and risk of loss. There
can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be successful.
Liquidity Risk.
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with any event, circumstance, or characteristic of an investment or market that negatively impacts the Fund’s ability to sell, or realize the proceeds from the sale of, an investment at a desirable time or
price. Liquidity risk may arise because of, for example, a lack of marketability of the investment. Decreases in the number of financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers willing to make markets (match up sellers and buyers) in the
Fund’s investments or decreases in their capacity or willingness to trade such investments may increase the Fund’s exposure to this risk. The debt market has experienced considerable growth, and financial institutions making markets in
instruments purchased and sold by the Fund (e.g., bond dealers) have been subject to increased regulation. The impact of that growth and regulation on the ability and willingness of financial institutions to engage in trading or “making a
market” in such instruments remains unsettled. As a result, the Fund, when seeking to sell its portfolio investments, could find that selling is more difficult than anticipated, especially during times of high market volatility. Market
participants attempting to sell the same or a similar instrument at the same time as the Fund could exacerbate the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other investments
that it might otherwise prefer to hold, or forego another more appealing investment opportunity. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased by the Fund may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress. Changing
regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may also adversely affect the liquidity and the price of the Fund's investments. Certain types of investments, such as structured notes
and non-investment grade debt instruments, as an example, may be especially subject to liquidity risk. Floating rate loans also generally are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale and may trade infrequently on the secondary market.
The value of the loan to the Fund may be impaired in the event that the Fund needs to liquidate such loans. The inability to purchase or sell floating rate loans and other debt instruments at a fair price may have a negative impact on the
Fund’s performance. Securities or other assets in which the Fund invests may be traded in the over-the-counter market rather than on an exchange and therefore may be more difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price. Judgment plays a larger
role in valuing illiquid or less liquid investments as compared to valuing liquid or more liquid investments. Price volatility may be higher for illiquid or less liquid investments as a result of, for example, the relatively less frequent pricing of
such securities (as compared to liquid or more liquid investments). Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. Overall market liquidity and
other factors can lead to an increase in Fund redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and NAV, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell investments in a down market.
Governments and their regulatory agencies and
self-regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the instruments in which the Fund invests, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways that are unforeseeable. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which
the Fund or the Investment Manager or any Fund subadviser, as the case may be, are regulated or supervised. Such legislation or regulation could affect or preclude a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.
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Governments and their regulatory agencies and
self-regulatory organizations may also acquire distressed assets from financial institutions and acquire ownership interests in those institutions. The implications of government ownership and disposition of these assets are unclear, and such a
program may have positive or negative effects on the liquidity, valuation and performance of a Fund’s portfolio holdings. Furthermore, volatile financial markets can expose the Funds to greater market and liquidity risk and potential
difficulty in valuing portfolio instruments held by the Funds.
While the Investment Manager and any subadvisers can
endeavor to take various preventative measures to address liquidity risk, including conducting periodic portfolio risk analysis/management and stress-testing, such measures may not be successful and may not have fully accounted for the specific
circumstances that ultimately impact a Fund and its holdings.
Listed Private Equity Fund Investment Risk.
Private equity funds include financial institutions or vehicles whose principal business is to invest in and lend capital to privately held companies. The Fund is subject to the underlying risks that affect private
equity funds in which it invests, which may include increased liquidity risk, valuation risk, sector risk and credit risk. Limited or incomplete information about the companies in which private equity funds invest, and relatively concentrated
investment portfolios of private equity funds, may expose the Fund to greater volatility and risk of loss. Fund investment in private equity funds subjects Fund shareholders indirectly to the fees and expenses incurred by private equity
funds.
Loan Assignment/Loan Participation
Risk.
If a bank loan is acquired through an assignment, the Fund may not be able to unilaterally enforce all rights and remedies under the loan and with regard to any associated collateral. If a bank loan is
acquired through a participation, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, and the Fund may not benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has
purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will be exposed to the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation.
Loan Interests Risk.
Loan interests may not be considered “securities,” and purchasers, such as the Fund, therefore may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws. Loan interests
generally are subject to restrictions on transfer, and the Fund may be unable to sell loan interests at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or may be able to sell them only at prices that are less than what the Fund regards as their
fair market value. Accordingly, loan interests may at times be illiquid. Loan interests may be difficult to value and typically have extended settlement periods (generally greater than 7 days), which expose the Fund to the risk that the receipt of
principal and interest payments may be delayed until the loan interest settles. Extended settlement periods during significant Fund redemption activity could potentially cause short-term liquidity demands within the Fund. In seeking to meet
liquidity demands, the Fund could be forced to sell investments at unfavorable prices, or borrow money or effect short settlements when possible (at a cost to the Fund), in an effort to generate sufficient cash to pay redeeming shareholders. The
Fund’s actions in this regard may not be successful. Interests in loans made to finance highly leveraged companies or transactions, such as corporate acquisitions, may be especially vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market
conditions.
Interests in secured loans
have the benefit of collateral and, typically, of restrictive covenants limiting the ability of the borrower to further encumber its assets, although many covenants may be waived or modified with the consent of a certain percentage of the holders of
the loans even if the Fund does not consent. There is a risk that the value of any collateral securing a loan in which the Fund has an interest may decline and that the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed on the loan. In most
loan agreements there is no formal requirement to pledge additional collateral. In the event the borrower defaults, the Fund’s access to the collateral may be limited or delayed by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. Further, there is a risk
that a court could take action with respect to a loan that is adverse to the holders of the loan, including the Fund. Such actions may include invalidating the loan, the lien on the collateral, the priority status of the loan, or ordering the refund
of interest previously paid by the borrower. Any such actions by a court could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. A default or expected default of a loan could also make it difficult for the Fund to sell the loan at a price approximating
the value previously placed on it. In order to enforce its rights in the event of a default, bankruptcy or similar situation, the Fund may be required to retain legal or similar counsel. This may increase the Fund’s operating expenses and
adversely affect its NAV. Loans that have a lower priority for repayment in an issuer’s capital structure may involve a higher degree of overall risk than more senior loans of the same borrower. In the event of a default, second lien secured
loans will generally be paid only if the value of the collateral exceeds the amount of the borrower’s obligations to the first lien secured lenders. The remaining collateral may not be sufficient to cover the full amount owed on the loan in
which the Fund has an interest. In addition, if a secured loan is foreclosed, the Fund would likely bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of the collateral. The collateral may be difficult to sell and the Fund would
bear the risk that the collateral may decline in value while the Fund is holding it. From time to time, disagreements may arise amongst the holders of loans and debt in the capital structure of an issuer, which may give rise to litigation risks,
including the risk that a court could take action adverse to the holders of the loan, which could negatively impact the Fund’s performance.
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The Fund may acquire a loan interest by obtaining an
assignment of all or a portion of the interests in a particular loan that are held by an original lender or a prior assignee. As an assignee, the Fund normally will succeed to all rights and obligations of its assignor with respect to the portion of
the loan that is being assigned. However, the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of a loan assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the original lenders or the assignor. Alternatively, the Fund may acquire a
participation interest in a loan that is held by another party. When the Fund’s loan interest is a participation, the Fund may have less control over the exercise of remedies than the party selling the participation interest, and the Fund
normally would not have any direct rights against the borrower. As a participant, the Fund also would be subject to the risk that the party selling the participation interest would not remit the Fund’s pro rata share of loan payments to the
Fund. It may also be difficult for the Fund to obtain an accurate picture of a lending bank’s financial condition.
Macro Strategy Risk.
The profitability of any macro program depends primarily on the ability of its manager to predict derivative contract price movements to implement investment ideas regarding macroeconomic trends. Price movements for commodity interests are
influenced by, among other things: changes in interest rates; governmental, agricultural, trade, fiscal, monetary and exchange control programs and policies; weather and climate conditions; natural disasters, such as hurricanes; changing supply and
demand relationships; changes in balances of payments and trade; U.S. and international rates of inflation and deflation; currency devaluations and revaluations; U.S. and international political and economic events; and changes in philosophies and
emotions of market participants. The manager’s trading methods may not take all of these factors into account.
The global macro programs to which the Fund’s
investments are exposed typically use derivative financial instruments that are actively traded using a variety of strategies and investment techniques that involve significant risks. The derivative financial instruments traded include commodities,
currencies, futures, options and forward contracts and other derivative instruments that have inherent leverage and price volatility that result in greater risk than instruments used by typical mutual funds, and the systematic programs used to trade
them may rely on proprietary investment strategies that are not fully disclosed, which may in turn result in risks that are not anticipated.
Market Risk.
Market
risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities or other investments that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. The value of Fund investments may fall or fail to rise because of a variety
of actual or perceived factors affecting an issuer (e.g., unfavorable news), the industry or sector in which it operates, or the market as a whole, which may reduce the value of an investment in the Fund. Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could
lose money over short or long periods. The market values of the investments the Fund holds can be affected by changes or potential or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies, financial markets, interest rates and the liquidity of these
investments, among other factors. In addition, as the share of assets invested in passive index-based strategies increases, price correlations among the securities included in an index may increase and the market value of securities, including those
included in one or more market indices, may become less correlated with their underlying values. Because index-based strategies generally buy or sell securities based solely on their inclusion in an index, securities prices may rise or fall based on
whether money is flowing into or out of these strategies rather than based on an analysis of the securities’ underlying values. This valuation disparity could lead to increased price volatility for individual securities, and the market as a
whole, which may result in Fund losses.
Master Limited Partnership Risk.
Investments in securities (units) of master limited partnerships involve risks that differ from an investment in common stock. Holders of these units have more limited rights to vote on matters affecting the
partnership. These units may be subject to cash flow and dilution risks. There are also certain tax risks associated with such an investment. In particular, the Fund’s investment in master limited partnerships can be limited by the
Fund’s intention to qualify as a regulated investment company for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and can limit the Fund’s ability to so qualify. In addition, conflicts of interest may exist between common unit holders, subordinated
unit holders and the general partner of a master limited partnership, including a conflict arising as a result of incentive distribution payments. In addition, there are risks related to the general partner’s right to require unit holders to
sell their common units at an undesirable time or price.
Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Securities of mid-capitalization companies (mid-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have more risk than securities of larger capitalization companies (larger companies). For example, mid-cap companies may be
more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial resources and business operations. Mid-cap companies are also more likely than larger companies to have
more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams. Securities of mid-cap companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes and may fluctuate more sharply in value
than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in mid-cap companies with limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those positions, particularly in a distressed market, could be difficult and result in Fund
investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition, some mid-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment community, which can lower the demand for their stocks.
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Model and Technology Risk.
Investment strategies or programs that are fundamentally dependent on proprietary or licensed technology, such as, among other things, hardware, software, model-based strategies, data gathering systems, order execution,
and trade allocation systems, and/or risk management systems may not be successful on an ongoing basis or could contain errors, omissions, imperfections, or malfunctions. Any such errors, imperfections or limitations in a model could affect the
ability of the manager to implement strategies. Despite testing, monitoring and independent safeguards, these errors may result in, among other things, execution and allocation failures and failures to properly gather, organize and analyze amounts
of data from third parties and other external sources. More specifically, as it is not possible or practicable for a manager to factor all relevant, available data into quantitative model forecasts and/or trading decisions, managers (and/or
affiliated licensors of such data) will use their discretion to determine what data to gather with respect to an investment strategy and what subset of that data the models will take into account to produce forecasts that may have an impact on
ultimate trading decisions, all of which may have a negative effect on the Fund.
Errors are often extremely difficult to detect and
some may go undetected for long periods of time and some may never be detected. The adverse impact caused by these errors can compound over time. A manager (and/or the licensor of the models or technology) may detect certain errors that it chooses,
in its sole discretion, not to address or fix. By necessity, models make simplifying assumptions that limit their efficacy. Models that appear to explain prior market data can fail to predict future market events. Moreover, an increasing number of
market participants may rely on models that are similar to those used by a manager (or an affiliate of a manager), which may result in a substantial number of market participants taking the same action with respect to an investment. Should one or
more of these other market participants begin to divest themselves of one or more portfolio investments, the Fund could suffer losses. Additionally, shareholders should be aware that there is no guarantee that a manager that uses quantitative
techniques will use any specific data or type of data in generating forecasts or making trading decisions on behalf of the Fund, nor is there any guarantee that the data actually utilized in generating forecasts or making trading decisions on behalf
of the Fund will be (i) the most accurate data available or (ii) free from errors.
Money Market Fund Investment Risk.
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their NAV while others seek to preserve
the value of investments at a stable NAV (typically $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable NAV per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose money by
investing in these and other types of money market funds. If the liquidity of a money market fund’s portfolio deteriorates below certain levels, the money market fund may suspend redemptions (i.e., impose a redemption gate) and thereby prevent
the Fund from selling its investment in the money market fund or impose a fee of up to 2% on amounts the Fund redeems from the money market fund (i.e., impose a liquidity fee). These measures may result in an investment loss or prohibit the Fund
from redeeming shares when the Investment Manager would otherwise redeem shares. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which it invests,
including affiliated money market funds. To the extent these fees and expenses, along with the fees and expenses of any other funds in which the Fund may invest, are expected to equal or exceed 0.01% of the Fund’s average daily net assets,
they will be reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses set forth in the table under “Fees and Expenses of the Fund.” By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market fund in
direct proportion to such investment. The money market fund may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund, through its investment in the money market fund, may not achieve its investment objective. To the extent the Fund invests in instruments
such as derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in derivatives. Money market funds and the securities they invest in are
subject to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market
funds.
Because a decision to impose or
not impose such liquidity fees and/or redemption gates on an affiliated money market fund may negatively impact any Funds that invest in it, all to which the Investment Manager and Board may also owe a fiduciary duty, any recommendation by the
Investment Manager or decision by the Board with respect to such fees or gates on the affiliated money market fund may present conflicts of interest to the Investment Manager and the Board. The Board of the affiliated money market fund, for example,
could be conflicted by a determination to not impose such fees and/or gates at a time when, if implemented, the other Columbia Funds could potentially experience negative impacts, while not imposing such fees and/or gates could potentially result in
a negative impact to the affiliated money market fund. Any decisions by the Board to favor such fees and/or gates could result in reduced or limited investments in the affiliated money market fund by the other Columbia Funds, which may lead to
increased affiliated money market fund expenses (which would be borne by the remaining Fund investors).
If a liquidity fee or redemption gate is imposed, an
investing Columbia Fund may have to sell other investments at less than opportune times rather than using the cash invested in the money market fund to meet shareholder redemptions. The Investment Manager, as a result of any such fees and/or gates
on an affiliated money market fund (or the potential imposition thereof,
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recognizing that the Investment Manager will be aware of the
affiliated money market fund’s liquid assets position), may determine to not invest the other Columbia Funds’ assets in the affiliated money market fund, and potentially be forced to invest in more expensive, lower-performing
investments.
Money Market Fund Risk.
Although government money market funds (such as Government Money Market Fund) may seek to preserve the value of shareholders’ investment at $1.00 per share, the NAVs of such money market fund shares can fall, and
in infrequent cases in the past have fallen, below $1.00 per share, potentially causing shareholders who redeem their shares at such NAVs to lose money from their original investment.
At times of (i) significant redemption activity by
shareholders, including, for example, when a single investor or a few large investors make a significant redemption of Fund shares, (ii) insufficient levels of cash in the Fund's portfolio to satisfy redemption activity, and (iii) disruption in the
normal operation of the markets in which the Fund buys and sells portfolio securities, the Fund could be forced to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable prices in order to generate sufficient cash to pay redeeming shareholders. Sales of portfolio
securities at such times could result in losses to the Fund and cause the NAV of Fund shares to fall below $1.00 per share. Additionally, in some cases, the default of a single portfolio security could cause the NAV of Fund shares to fall below
$1.00 per share. In addition, neither the Investment Manager nor any of its affiliates has a legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that they or any person will provide financial support to the Fund at
any time. The Fund may suspend redemptions or the payment of redemption proceeds when permitted by applicable regulations.
It is possible that, during periods of low
prevailing interest rates or otherwise, the income from portfolio securities may be less than the amount needed to pay ongoing Fund operating expenses and may prevent payment of any dividends or distributions to Fund shareholders or cause the NAV of
Fund shares to fall below $1.00 per share. In such cases, the Fund may reduce or eliminate the payment of such dividends or distributions or seek to reduce certain of its operating expenses. There is no guarantee that such actions would enable the
Fund to maintain a constant NAV of $1.00 per share.
Mortgage- and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk.
The value of any mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund may be affected by, among other things, changes or perceived changes in: interest rates; factors concerning the interests in and
structure of the issuer or the originator of the mortgages or other assets; the creditworthiness of the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds or other credit enhancements; or the market's assessment of the quality of
underlying assets. Mortgage-backed securities represent interests in, or are backed by, pools of mortgages from which payments of interest and principal (net of fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities) are distributed to the holders
of the mortgage-backed securities. Other types of asset-backed securities typically represent interests in, or are backed by, pools of receivables such as credit, automobile, student and home equity loans. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities
can have a fixed or an adjustable rate. Mortgage- and other asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the possibility that the underlying mortgage or other asset may be refinanced or prepaid prior to maturity during periods of
declining or low interest rates, causing the Fund to have to reinvest the money received in securities that have lower yields. In addition, the impact of prepayments on the value of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities may be difficult to
predict and may result in greater volatility. Rising or high interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, making them more volatile and more sensitive to changes in interest rates. Payment of principal
and interest on some mortgage-backed securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed (i) by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Government National
Mortgage Association) or (ii) by its agencies, authorities, enterprises or instrumentalities (in the case of securities guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)), which are
not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government (although FNMA and FHLMC may be able to access capital from the U.S. Treasury to meet their obligations under such securities). Mortgage-backed securities issued by non-governmental issuers (such as
commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may be supported by various credit enhancements, such as pool insurance, guarantees issued by governmental
entities, letters of credit from a bank or senior/subordinated structures, and may entail greater risk than obligations guaranteed by the U.S. Government, whether or not such obligations are guaranteed by the private issuer.
Multi-Strategy Risk.
The multi-strategy approach employed by the Fund involves special risks, which include the risk that investment decisions, at the Fund or the underlying fund level, may conflict with each other; for example, at any particular time, one manager may
be purchasing shares of an issuer whose shares are being sold by another manager. Consequently, the Fund could indirectly incur transaction costs without accomplishing any net investment result. Also, managers may use proprietary or licensed
investment strategies that are based on considerations and factors that are not fully disclosed to the Fund or other investors.
Moreover, consistent with the Fund’s
investment objectives, these proprietary or licensed investment strategies, which may include quantitative mathematical models or systems, may be changed or refined over time. A manager (or the licensor of the strategies used by the manager) may
make certain changes to the strategies the manager has previously used, may not use such
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strategies at all (or the manager’s license may be revoked),
or may use additional strategies, where such changes or discretionary decisions, and the reasons for such changes or decisions, are also not disclosed to the Fund or other investors. These strategies may involve risks under some market conditions
that are not anticipated by the Investment Manager or the Fund.
Municipal Securities Risk.
Municipal securities are debt obligations generally issued to obtain funds for various public purposes, including general financing for state and local governments, or financing for a specific project or public
facility, and include obligations of the governments of the U.S. territories, commonwealths and possessions such as Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the extent such obligations are exempt from state and U.S. federal income taxes. The
value of municipal securities can be significantly affected by actual or expected political and legislative changes at the federal or state level. Municipal securities may be fully or partially backed by the taxing authority of the local government,
by the credit of a private issuer, by the current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets or by domestic or foreign entities providing credit support, such as letters of credit, guarantees or insurance, and are generally
classified into general obligation bonds and special revenue obligations. General obligation bonds are backed by an issuer's taxing authority and may be vulnerable to limits on a government's power or ability to raise revenue or increase taxes. They
may also depend for payment on legislative appropriation and/or funding or other support from other governmental bodies. Revenue obligations are payable from revenues generated by a particular project or other revenue source, and are typically
subject to greater risk of default than general obligation bonds because investors can look only to the revenue generated by the project or other revenue source backing the project, rather than to the general taxing authority of the state or local
government issuer of the obligations. Because many municipal securities are issued to finance projects in sectors such as education, health care, transportation and utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal market. The
amount of publicly available information for municipal issuers is generally less than for corporate issuers.
Issuers in a state, territory, commonwealth or
possession in which the Fund invests may experience significant financial difficulties for various reasons, including as the result of events that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled such as social conflict or unrest, labor disruption and
natural disasters. Such financial difficulties may lead to credit rating downgrade(s) of such issuers which, in turn, could affect the market values and marketability of many or all municipal obligations of issuers in such state, territory,
commonwealth or possession. The value of the Fund’s shares will be negatively impacted to the extent it invests in such securities. Securities issued by Puerto Rico and its agencies and instrumentalities have been subject to multiple credit
downgrades as a result of Puerto Rico's ongoing fiscal challenges and uncertainty about its ability to make full repayment on these obligations. These challenges and uncertainties have been exacerbated by hurricane Maria and the resulting natural
disaster in Puerto Rico. Additionally, recent statements by government officials regarding management of the recovery burden may increase price volatility and the risk that Puerto Rican municipal securities held by the Fund will lose value. Even
prior to the recent natural disaster, certain issuers of Puerto Rican municipal securities had failed to make payments on obligations when due, and additional missed payments or defaults are likely to occur in the future. In May 2017, Puerto Rico
filed in U.S. federal court to commence a debt restructuring process similar to that of a traditional municipal bankruptcy under a new federal law for insolvent U.S. territories, called Promesa. However, Puerto Rico's case will be the first ever
heard under Promesa for which there is no existing body of court precedent. Accordingly, Puerto Rico's debt restructuring process could take significantly longer than recent municipal bankruptcy proceedings adjudicated pursuant to Chapter 9 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code. It is not clear whether a debt restructuring process will ultimately be approved or, if so, the extent to which it will apply to Puerto Rico municipal securities sold by an issuer other than the Commonwealth. A debt
restructuring could reduce the principal amount due, the interest rate, the maturity and other terms of Puerto Rico municipal securities, which could adversely affect the value of Puerto Rico municipal securities. To the extent a Fund invests in
these securities, such developments could adversely impact the Fund's performance. The Fund’s annual and semiannual reports show the Fund’s investment exposures at a point in time. The risk of investing in the Fund is directly correlated
to the Fund’s investment exposures.
The
Fund’s investments in municipal securities may include securities of issuers in the health care sector, which subjects the Fund’s investments to the risks associated with that sector, including the risk of regulatory action or policy
changes by numerous governmental agencies and bodies, including federal, state, and local governmental agencies, as well as requirements imposed by private entities, such as insurance companies. A major source of revenue for the health care industry
is payments from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As a result, the industry is sensitive to legislative changes and reductions in governmental spending for such programs. Numerous other factors may affect the industry, such as general and local
economic conditions, demand for services, expenses (including, among others, malpractice insurance premiums) and competition among health care providers. Additional factors also may adversely affect health care facility operations, such as adoption
of legislation proposing a national health insurance program, other state or local health care reform measures, medical and technological advances that alter the need for or cost of health services or the way in which such services are delivered,
changes in medical coverage that alter the traditional fee-for-service revenue stream, and efforts by employers, insurers, and governmental agencies to reduce the costs of health insurance and health care services.
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The Fund’s investments in municipal securities
may include transportation-related municipal bonds which may be used to finance projects including construction, maintenance and operations of non-toll and toll-backed roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, airports, seaports and other transportation
systems. Transportation-related municipal bonds may be fully or partially backed by taxes, fees, tolls, or other sources of revenue. Investment in transportation-related municipal bonds may subject the Fund to the certain risks, including, but not
limited to, the risk of insufficient or declining revenues from the sources backing the bonds, contractor non-performance or underperformance and unexpectedly higher construction, fuel or other costs.
Opportunistic Investing Risk.
Undervalued securities involve the risk that they may never reach their expected full market value, either because the market fails to recognize the security's intrinsic worth or the expected value was misgauged.
Undervalued securities also may decline in price even though the Investment Manager believes they are already undervalued. Turnaround companies may never improve their fundamentals, may take much longer than expected to improve, or may improve much
less than expected. Development stage companies could fail to develop and deplete their assets, resulting in large percentage losses.
Preferred Stock
Risk.
Preferred stock is a type of stock that generally pays dividends at a specified rate and that has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. Preferred stock does
not ordinarily carry voting rights. The price of a preferred stock is generally determined by earnings, type of products or services, projected growth rates, experience of management, liquidity, and general market conditions of the markets on which
the stock trades. The most significant risks associated with investments in preferred stock include issuer risk, market risk and interest rate risk (
i.e.
, the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates).
Prepayment and Extension Risk.
Prepayment and extension risk is the risk that a loan, bond or other security or investment might, in the case of prepayment risk, be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity and, in the case
of extension risk, that the investment might not be called as expected. In the case of prepayment risk, if the investment is converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity, the portfolio managers may not be able to invest the proceeds in other
investments providing as high a level of income, resulting in a reduced yield to the Fund. In the case of mortgage- or other asset-backed securities, as interest rates decrease or spreads narrow, the likelihood of prepayment increases. Conversely,
extension risk is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates will extend the life of a mortgage- or asset-backed security beyond the prepayment time. If the Fund's investments are locked in at a lower interest rate for a longer period of
time, the portfolio managers may be unable to capitalize on securities with higher interest rates or wider spreads.
Quantitative Model Risk.
The Fund may use quantitative methods to select investments. Securities or other investments selected using quantitative methods may perform differently from the market as a whole or from their expected performance for
many reasons, including factors used in building the quantitative analytical framework, the weights placed on each factor, and changing sources of market returns, among others. Any errors or imperfections in the quantitative analyses or models, or
in the data on which they are based, could adversely affect the effective use of such analyses or models, which in turn could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. It is not possible or practicable for a quantitative manager to factor all
relevant, available data into quantitative model forecasts and/or trading decisions. Quantitative managers will use their discretion to determine what data to gather with respect to an investment strategy and what data the models will take into
account to produce forecasts that may have an impact on ultimate trading decisions. Shareholders should be aware that there is no guarantee that a quantitative manager will use any specific data or type of data in making trading decisions on behalf
of the Fund, nor is there any guarantee that the data actually utilized in generating forecasts or making trading decisions on behalf of the Fund will be the most accurate data available or free from errors. There can be no assurance that these
methodologies will enable the Fund to achieve its objective.
Real Estate-Related Investment Risk.
Investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and in securities of other companies (wherever organized) principally engaged in the real estate industry subject the Fund to, among other things, risks similar to
those of direct investments in real estate and the real estate industry in general. These include risks related to general and local economic conditions, possible lack of availability of financing and changes in interest rates or property values.
REITs are entities that either own properties or make construction or mortgage loans, and also may include operating or finance companies. The value of interests in a REIT may be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of the
underlying properties owned by the REIT, changes in the prospect for earnings and/or cash flow growth of the REIT itself, defaults by borrowers or tenants, market saturation, decreases in market rates for rents, and other economic, political, or
regulatory matters affecting the real estate industry, including REITs. REITs and similar non-U.S. entities depend upon specialized management skills, may have limited financial resources, may have less trading volume in their securities, and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets. REITs are also subject to the risk of failing to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The failure of a REIT to
continue to qualify as a REIT for tax purposes can materially and adversely affect its value. In addition, for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017, a new tax deduction is potentially available for non-corporate investors investing
directly in REITs. In general, such investors can deduct 20% of “qualified REIT dividends” received from a REIT. Subject to any future regulatory guidance to the contrary, any Fund distribution of income attributable to qualified REIT
dividends will not qualify for the
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deduction that could be available to a non-corporate shareholder
were the shareholder to own such REIT stock directly. Some REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are affected by risks similar to those associated with investments in debt securities including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit
extended.
Redemption Risk.
The Fund may need to sell portfolio securities to meet redemption requests. The Fund could experience a loss when selling portfolio securities to meet redemption requests if there is (i) significant redemption activity
by shareholders, including, for example, when a single investor or few large investors make a significant redemption of Fund shares, (ii) a disruption in the normal operation of the markets in which the Fund buys and sells portfolio securities or
(iii) the inability of the Fund to sell portfolio securities because such securities are illiquid. In such events, the Fund could be forced to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable prices in an effort to generate sufficient cash to pay redeeming
shareholders. The Fund may suspend redemptions or the payment of redemption proceeds when permitted by applicable regulations.
Regulatory Risk — Alternative Investments.
Legal, tax, and regulatory developments may adversely affect the Fund and its investments. The regulatory environment for the Fund and certain of its investments is evolving, and changes in the regulation of investment
funds, their managers, and their trading activities and capital markets, or a regulator’s disagreement with the Fund’s or others’ interpretation of the application of certain regulations, may adversely affect the ability of the
Fund to pursue its investment strategy, its ability to obtain leverage and financing, and the value of investments held by the Fund. There has been an increase in governmental, as well as self-regulatory, scrutiny of the investment industry in
general and the alternative investment industry in particular. It is impossible to predict what, if any, changes in regulations may occur, but any regulation that restricts the ability of the Fund or any underlying funds or other investments to
trade in securities or other instruments or the ability of the Fund or underlying funds to employ, or brokers and other counterparties to extend, credit in their trading (as well as other regulatory changes that result) could have a material adverse
impact on the Fund’s performance.
Shareholders should understand that the Fund’s
business is dynamic and is expected to change over time. Therefore, the Fund and its underlying investments may be subject to new or additional regulatory constraints in the future. Such regulations may have a significant impact on shareholders or
the operations of the Fund, including, without limitation, restricting the types of investments the Fund may make, preventing the Fund from exercising its voting rights with regard to certain financial instruments, requiring the Fund to disclose the
identity of its investors or otherwise. To the extent the Fund or its underlying investments are subject to such regulation, such regulations may have a detrimental effect on one or more shareholders. Prospective investors are encouraged to consult
their own advisors regarding an investment in the Fund.
Regulatory Risk — Money Market Funds.
Money market funds and the securities they invest in are subject to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may
affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market funds.
Reinvestment Risk.
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the Fund will not be able to reinvest income or principal at the same return it is currently earning.
Repurchase Agreements Risk.
Repurchase agreements are agreements in which the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon price and time. Repurchase agreements carry the risk that the
counterparty may not fulfill its obligations under the agreement. This could cause the Fund's income and the value of your investment in the Fund to decline.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk.
Reverse repurchase agreements are agreements in which a Fund sells a security to a counterparty, such as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for cash and agrees to repurchase that security at a mutually agreed upon price
and time. Reverse repurchase agreements carry the risk that the market value of the security sold by the Fund may decline below the price at which the Fund must repurchase the security. Reverse repurchase agreements also may be viewed as a form of
borrowing, and borrowed assets used for investment creates leverage risk. Leverage can create an interest expense that may lower the Fund's overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also
exaggerate the Fund’s volatility and risk of loss. There can be no guarantee that this strategy will be successful.
Rule 144A and Other Exempted Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments exempt from SEC registration (collectively “private placements”), subject to liquidity and other regulatory restrictions. In the
U.S. market, private placements are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers, or qualified purchasers, as applicable. An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing private placements at a particular time could adversely
affect the marketability of such investments and the Fund might be unable to dispose of them promptly or at reasonable prices, subjecting the Fund to liquidity risk. The Fund may invest in private placements determined to be liquid as well as those
determined to be illiquid. Even if determined to be liquid, the Fund’s holdings of private placements may increase the level of Fund illiquidity if eligible buyers are unable or unwilling to purchase them at a particular time. The Fund may
also have to bear the expense of registering the securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration. Additionally, the purchase price and subsequent valuation of private placements typically reflect a discount,
which may be significant, from the market price of comparable securities for which a more liquid market exists. Issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities are required to furnish
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information to potential investors upon request. However, the
required disclosure is much less extensive than that required of public companies and is not publicly available since the offering is not filed with the SEC. Further, issuers of Rule 144A eligible securities can require recipients of the offering
information (such as the Fund) to agree contractually to keep the information confidential, which could also adversely affect the Fund’s ability to dispose of the security.
Sector Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within one or more economic sectors. Companies in the same sector may be similarly affected by
economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than funds that invest more broadly. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the more it spreads
risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
Sector Risk — Consumer Discretionary/Staples
Sector Investments.
To the extent a Fund concentrates its investments in companies in the consumer discretionary and staples sectors, it may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in
that sector than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the consumer discretionary and staples sectors are subject to certain risks, including fluctuations in the performance of the overall domestic
and international economy, interest rate changes, currency exchange rates, increased competition and consumer confidence. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including reduced disposable household income, reduced consumer
spending, changing demographics and consumer tastes. Companies in these sectors may be subject to competitive forces (including competition brought by an influx of foreign brands), which may also have an adverse impact on their profitability. These
sectors may be strongly affected by fads, marketing campaigns, changes in demographics and consumer preferences, and other economic or social factors affecting consumer demand. Governmental regulation, including price controls and regulations on
packaging, labeling, competition, and certification, may affect the profitability of certain companies invested in by the Fund. Companies operating in these sectors may also be adversely affected by government and private litigation.
Sector Risk — Energy Sector Investments.
To the extent a Fund concentrates its investments in companies in the energy sector, it may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in that sector than if it were invested in a wider
variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the energy sector are subject to certain risks, including legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and increased competition. Performance of such companies may be affected
by factors including, among others, fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, local and international politics, and events occurring in nature. For instance,
natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resources areas) and political events (such as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in the
energy sector. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The energy sector may also be affected by economic cycles,
rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or regulatory changes, local and international politics, and adverse market conditions.
Sector Risk — Financial Services Sector
Investments.
To the extent a Fund concentrates its investments in companies in the financial services sector, it may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in that sector than if it
were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates.
Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to real estate developers, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect that industry. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive
pressures and exposure to investments or agreements that, under certain circumstances, may lead to losses (
e.g.
, subprime loans). Companies in the
financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of
such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Sector Risk — Health Care Sector Investments.
To the extent a Fund concentrates its investments in companies in the health care sector, it may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in that sector than if it were invested in a wider
variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the health care sector are subject to certain risks, including restrictions on government reimbursement for medical expenses, government approval of medical products and services, competitive
pricing pressures, and the rising cost of medical products and services (especially for companies dependent upon a relatively limited number of products or services). Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, government
regulation, obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so), product liability and other similar litigation as well as product obsolescence.
Sector Risk — Industrials Sector Investments.
To the extent a Fund concentrates its investments in companies in the industrials sector, it may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in that sector than if it were invested in a wider
variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the industrials sector are subject to certain risks, including changes in supply and demand for their specific product or service and for industrial sector products in general,
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including decline in demand for such products due to rapid
technological developments and frequent new product introduction. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including government regulation, world events and economic conditions and risks for environmental damage and product liability
claims.
Sector Risk — Materials
Investments.
To the extent a Fund concentrates its investments in companies in the materials sector, it may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in the materials sector than if it
were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the materials sector are subject to certain risks, including that many materials companies are significantly affected by the level and volatility of commodity prices,
exchange rates, import controls, increased competition, environmental policies, consumer demand, and events occurring in nature. For instance, natural events (such as earthquakes, hurricanes or fires in prime natural resource areas) and political
events (such as government instability or military confrontations) can affect the value of companies involved in business activities in the materials sector. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including, among others, that at
times worldwide production of industrial materials has exceeded demand as a result of over-building or economic downturns, leading to poor investment returns or losses. Other risks may include liabilities for environmental damage and general civil
liabilities, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. The materials sector may also be affected by economic cycles, rising interest rates, high inflation, technical progress, labor relations, legislative or
regulatory changes, local and international politics, and adverse market conditions. In addition, prices of, and thus the Fund’s investments in, precious metals are considered speculative and are affected by a variety of worldwide and
economic, financial and political factors. Prices of precious metals may fluctuate sharply.
Sector Risk — Technology and Technology-Related
Sector Investment Risk.
To the extent a Fund concentrates its investments in companies in technology and technology related sectors, it may be more susceptible to the particular risks that may affect companies in
those sectors, as well as other technology-related sectors (collectively, the technology sectors) than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. Companies in the technology sectors are subject to certain risks,
including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or
the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services, new market entrants, competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological
developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many technology sector companies have limited operating histories
and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term.
Short Positions
Risk.
A Fund that establishes short positions introduces more risk to the Fund than a fund that only takes long positions (where the Fund owns the instrument or other asset) because the maximum sustainable loss on
an instrument or other asset purchased (held long) is limited to the amount paid for the instrument or other asset plus the transaction costs, whereas there is no maximum price of the shorted instrument or other asset when purchased in the open
market. Therefore, in theory, short positions have unlimited risk. The Fund’s use of short positions in effect “leverages” the Fund. Leverage potentially exposes the Fund to greater risks of loss due to unanticipated market
movements, which may magnify losses and increase the volatility of returns. To the extent the Fund takes a short position in a derivative instrument or other asset, this involves the risk of a potentially unlimited increase in the value of the
underlying instrument or other asset.
Small- and Mid-Cap Company Securities Risk.
Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies (small- and mid-cap companies) can, in certain circumstances, have a higher potential for gains than securities of larger, more established companies (larger
companies) but may also have more risk. For example, small- and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to market downturns and adverse business or economic events than larger companies because they may have more limited financial resources and
business operations. Small- and mid-cap companies are also more likely than larger companies to have more limited product lines and operating histories and to depend on smaller and generally less experienced management teams. Securities of small-
and mid-cap companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes and may be less liquid and fluctuate more sharply in value than securities of larger companies. When the Fund takes significant positions in small- and mid-cap companies with
limited trading volumes, the liquidation of those positions, particularly in a distressed market, could be prolonged and result in Fund investment losses that would affect the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition, some small- and
mid-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment community, which can lower the demand for their stocks.
Sovereign Debt Risk.
A sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow situation, the extent of its reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign
exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the sovereign debtor’s policy toward international lenders, and the political constraints to which a sovereign debtor may be
subject.
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With respect to sovereign debt of emerging market
issuers, investors should be aware that certain emerging market countries are among the largest debtors to commercial banks and foreign governments. At times, certain emerging market countries have declared moratoria on the payment of principal and
interest on external debt. Certain emerging market countries have experienced difficulty in servicing their sovereign debt on a timely basis and that has led to defaults and the restructuring of certain indebtedness to the detriment of debtholders.
Sovereign debt risk is increased for emerging market issuers.
Special Situations Risk.
Securities of companies that are involved in an initial public offering or a major corporate event, such as a business consolidation or restructuring, may be exposed to heightened risk because of the high degree of
uncertainty that can be associated with such events. Securities issued in initial public offerings often are issued by companies that are in the early stages of development, have a history of little or no revenues and may operate at a loss following
the offering. It is possible that there will be no active trading market for the securities after the offering, and that the market price of the securities may be subject to significant and unpredictable fluctuations. Initial public offerings are
subject to many of the same risks as investing in companies with smaller market capitalizations. To the extent the Fund determines to invest in initial public offerings, it may not be able to invest to the extent desired, because, for example, only
a small portion (if any) of the securities being offered in an initial public offering are available to the Fund. The investment performance of the Fund during periods when it is unable to invest significantly or at all in initial public offerings
may be lower than during periods when the Fund is able to do so. Securities purchased in initial public offerings which are sold within 12 months after purchase may result in increased short-term capital gains, which will be taxable to the
Fund’s shareholders as ordinary income. Certain “special situation” investments are investments in securities or other instruments that are determined to be illiquid or lacking a readily ascertainable fair value. Certain special
situation investments prevent ownership interests therein from being withdrawn until the special situation investment, or a portion thereof, is realized or deemed realized, which may negatively impact Fund performance. Investing in special
situations may have a magnified effect on the performance of funds with small amounts of assets.
Stripped Securities Risk.
Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price
than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk
than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.
Terrorism, War, Natural Disaster and Epidemic Risk.
Terrorism, war, military confrontations and related geopolitical events (and their aftermath) have led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on
U.S. and world economies and markets generally. Likewise, natural and environmental disasters, such as, for example, earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and weather-related phenomena generally, as well as widespread disease and virus
epidemics, can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely affecting individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value
of the Funds’ investments.
U.S.
Government Obligations Risk.
While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (
i.e.
, the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or may be perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments).
Securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. For example, securities issued by the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Banks are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government. These securities may be supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S.
Treasury or only by the credit of the issuing agency, authority, instrumentality or enterprise and, as a result, are subject to greater credit risk than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.
Valuation Risk.
The
sales price the Fund (or an underlying fund or other investment vehicle) could receive for any particular investment may differ from the Fund’s (or an underlying fund’s or other investment vehicle’s) valuation of the investment,
particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology that produces an estimate of the fair value of the security/instrument, which may prove to be inaccurate. Investors who purchase or
redeem Fund shares on days when the Fund is holding securities or other instruments (or holding shares of underlying funds or other investment vehicles that have fair-valued securities or other instruments in their portfolios) may receive fewer or
more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the Fund (or underlying fund or other investment vehicle) had not fair-valued the security or instrument or had used a different valuation methodology. The value of
foreign securities, certain fixed-income securities and currencies, as applicable, may be materially affected by events after the close of the market on which they are valued, but before the Fund determines its NAV.
Warrants and Rights Risk.
Warrants are securities giving the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy the stock of an issuer at a given price (generally higher than the value of the stock at the time of issuance) during a specified
period or perpetually. Warrants may be acquired separately or in connection with the acquisition of securities. Warrants do not carry with
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them the right to dividends or voting rights and they do not
represent any rights in the assets of the issuer. Warrants are subject to the risks associated with the security underlying the warrant, including market risk. Warrants may expire unexercised and subject the Fund to liquidity risk (the risk that it
may not be possible for the Fund to liquidate the instrument at an advantageous time or price), which may result in Fund losses. Rights are available to existing shareholders of an issuer to enable them to maintain proportionate ownership in the
issuer by being able to buy newly issued shares. Rights allow shareholders to buy the shares below the current market price. Rights are typically short-term instruments that are valued separately and trade in the secondary market during a
subscription (or offering) period. Holders can exercise the rights and purchase the stock, sell the rights or let them expire. Their value, and their risk of investment loss, is a function of that of the underlying security.
Zero-Coupon Bonds Risk.
Zero-coupon bonds are bonds that do not pay interest in cash on a current basis, but instead accrue interest over the life of the bond. As a result, these securities are issued at a discount and their values may
fluctuate more than the values of similar securities that pay interest periodically. Although these securities pay no interest to holders prior to maturity, interest accrued on these securities is reported as income to the Fund and affects the
amounts distributed to its shareholders, which may cause the Fund to sell investments to obtain cash to make income distributions to shareholders, including at times when it may not be advantageous to do so.
Auditor Independence Risk.
The Fund prepares financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and has engaged PwC to serve as the independent accountant to the Fund. As the Fund’s independent accountant,
PwC must meet regulatory requirements relating to independence, including the SEC’s auditor independence rules which prohibit accounting firms from having certain financial relationships with their audit clients and affiliated entities.
Specifically, as interpreted by SEC staff, under Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (the Loan Rule), an accounting firm would not be considered independent if it receives a loan from a lender or an affiliate of a lender that is a “record
or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of the audit client’s equity securities.” PwC has advised the Audit Committee of the Board that PwC and certain of its affiliates have loans from lenders who are also record owners of more
than 10% of the shares issued by several funds in the Columbia Funds Complex or certain other entities within the Ameriprise Financial investment company complex.
On June 20, 2016, the SEC staff issued a
“no-action” letter (the First Loan Rule No-Action Letter) confirming that it would not recommend that the SEC commence enforcement action against a fund that continues to fulfill its regulatory requirements under the federal securities
laws by using audit services performed by an audit firm that is not in compliance with the Loan Rule, provided that: (1) the audit firm has complied with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Rule 3526(b)(1) and 3526(b)(2) or, with
respect to any fund or entity to which Rule 3526 does not apply, has provided substantially equivalent communications; (2) the audit firm’s non-compliance under the First Loan Rule is limited to certain lending relationships; and (3)
notwithstanding such non-compliance, the audit firm has concluded that it is objective and impartial with respect to the issues encompassed within its engagement. Although the First Loan Rule No-Action Letter was issued to one fund complex, it is
generally available to other fund complexes. On September 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued a second “no-action” letter (together with the First Loan Rule No-Action Letter, the “Loan Rule No Action Letter”) extending the relief
under the Loan Rule No-Action Letter indefinitely. On May 2, 2018, the SEC proposed amendments to the Loan Rule, which, if adopted as proposed, would refocus the analysis that must be conducted to determine whether an auditor is independent when the
auditor has a lending relationship with certain shareholders of an audit client at any time during an audit or professional engagement period.
After evaluating the facts and circumstances related
to the Loan Rule and PwC’s lending relationships, PwC advised the Audit Committee of the Board that (1) PwC is independent with respect to the Fund, within the meaning of PCAOB Rule 3520, (2) PwC has concluded that it is objective and
impartial with respect to the issues encompassed within its engagement, including the audit of the Fund’s financial statements, and (3) PwC believes that it can continue to serve as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting
firm. It is the Fund’s understanding that issues under the Loan Rule affect other major accounting firms and many mutual fund complexes. It is anticipated that an ultimate resolution of the issues under the Loan Rule will be achieved; however,
if PwC were determined not to be independent or the Fund were unable to rely on the Loan Rule No-Action Letter or some form of exemptive relief, among other things, the financial statements audited by PwC may have to be audited by another
independent registered public accounting firm and the Fund could incur additional expense and other burdens on its operations.
Certain of the risks described above in this SAI may
also apply, directly or indirectly, to the Investment Manager and any investment subadviser and their affiliates, which may negatively impact their respective abilities to provide services to the Funds, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund or
other consequences.
Borrowings
In general, pursuant to the 1940 Act, a Fund may
borrow money only from banks in an amount not exceeding 33
1
⁄
3
% of its total assets
(including the amount borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings). Any borrowings that come to exceed this amount must be reduced within three days (not including Sundays and holidays) to the extent necessary to comply with the 33
1
⁄
3
% limitation.
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The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has entered into
a revolving credit facility agreement (the Credit Agreement) with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank N.A. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. whereby the Funds may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for
other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to a December 8, 2015 amendment, the Credit Agreement, which is a collective agreement between the Funds and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager (collectively, the Participating
Funds), severally and not jointly, permits the Participating Funds to borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1 billion (the Commitment Limit) at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the
Credit Agreement. A Fund may borrow up to the maximum amount allowable under its current Prospectus and this SAI, subject to various other legal, regulatory or contractual limits. Borrowing results in interest expense and other fees and expenses for
a Fund that may impact that Fund’s expenses, including any net expense ratios. The costs of borrowing may reduce a Fund's return. If a Fund borrows pursuant to the Credit Agreement, that Fund is charged interest at a variable rate. Each Fund
also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the amount of the credit facility. The availability of assets under the Credit Agreement can be affected by other Participating Funds’ borrowings under the agreement. As such, a Fund
may be unable to borrow (or borrow further) under the Credit Agreement if the Commitment Limit has been reached.
Lending of Portfolio Securities
To generate additional income, a Fund may lend up to
33%, or such lower percentage specified by the Fund or Investment Manager, of the value of its total assets (including securities out on loan) to broker-dealers, banks or other institutional borrowers of securities. JPMorgan serves as lending agent
(the Lending Agent) to the Funds pursuant to a securities lending agreement (the Securities Lending Agreement) approved by the Board. Under the Securities Lending Agreement, the Lending Agent loans Fund securities to approved borrowers pursuant to
borrower agreements in exchange for collateral at least equal in value to the loaned securities, marked to market daily. Collateral may consist of cash, securities issued by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities (collectively,
“U.S. Government securities”) or such other collateral as may be approved by the Board. For loans secured by cash, the Fund retains the interest earned on cash collateral, but the Fund is required to pay the borrower a rebate for the use
of the cash collateral. For loans secured by U.S. Government securities, the borrower pays a borrower fee to the Lending Agent on behalf of the Fund.
If the market value of the loaned securities goes
up, the Fund will require additional collateral from the borrower. If the market value of the loaned securities goes down, the borrower may request that some collateral be returned. During the existence of the loan, the Fund will receive from the
borrower amounts equivalent to any dividends, interest or other distributions on the loaned securities, as well as interest on such amounts.
Loans are subject to termination by a Fund or a
borrower at any time. A Fund may choose to terminate a loan in order to vote in a proxy solicitation, as described in this SAI under
Investment Management and Other Services – Proxy Voting
Policies and Procedures – General.
Securities lending involves counterparty risk,
including the risk that a borrower may not provide sufficient or any collateral when required or may not return the loaned securities, timely or at all. Counterparty risk also includes a potential loss of rights in the collateral if the borrower or
the Lending Agent defaults or fails financially. This risk is increased if a Fund’s loans are concentrated with a single borrower or limited number of borrowers. There are no limits on the number of borrowers a Fund may use and a Fund may lend
securities to only one or a small group of borrowers. Funds participating in securities lending also bear the risk of loss in connection with investments of cash collateral received from the borrowers. Cash collateral may only be invested in
short-term, highly liquid obligations, and in accordance with investment guidelines contained in the Securities Lending Agreement and approved by the Board. Some or all of the cash collateral received in connection with the securities lending
program may be invested in one or more pooled investment vehicles, including, among other vehicles, money market funds managed by the Lending Agent (or its affiliates). The Lending Agent shares in any income resulting from the investment of such
cash collateral, and an affiliate of the Lending Agent may receive asset-based fees for the management of such pooled investment vehicles, which may create a conflict of interest between the Lending Agent (or its affiliates) and the Fund with
respect to the management of such cash collateral. To the extent that the value or return of a Fund’s investments of the cash collateral declines below the amount owed to a borrower, a Fund may incur losses that exceed the amount it earned on
lending the security. The Lending Agent will indemnify a fund from losses resulting from a borrower’s failure to return a loaned security when due, but such indemnification does not extend to losses associated with declines in the value of
cash collateral investments. The Investment Manager is not responsible for any loss incurred by the Funds in connection with the securities lending program.
The Funds currently do not participate in the
securities lending program, but the Board may determine to renew participation in the future.
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Interfund Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the SEC
(the “Lending Order”), the Funds are authorized to enter into a master interfund lending agreement (the “Interfund Program”) with each other and certain other funds advised by the Investment Manager or its affiliates. For
purposes of this subsection only, the term “Participating Fund” includes the Funds and any other fund advised by the Investment Manager that is subject to the Lending Order. Under the Interfund Program, each Participating Fund may lend
money directly to and, other than closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes through the Interfund Program (each an “Interfund Loan”). Participating Funds issuing
Interfund Loans are referred to below as “Borrowing Funds,” and Participating Funds acquiring Interfund Loans are referred to below as “Lending Funds.” All Interfund Loans would consist only of uninvested cash reserves that
the Lending Fund otherwise could invest directly or indirectly in short-term repurchase agreements or other short-term instruments.
If a Participating Fund has outstanding bank
borrowings, any Interfund Loan to the Participating Fund will: (i) be at an interest rate equal to or lower than the interest rate of any outstanding bank loan; (ii) be secured at least on an equal priority basis with at least an equivalent
percentage of collateral to loan value as any outstanding bank loan that requires collateral; (iii) have a maturity no longer than any outstanding bank loan (and in any event not longer than seven days); and (iv) provide that, if an event of default
occurs under any agreement evidencing an outstanding bank loan to the Participating Fund, that event of default will automatically (without need for action or notice by the Lending Fund) constitute an immediate event of default under the interfund
lending agreement, entitling the Lending Fund to call the Interfund Loan (and exercise all rights with respect to any collateral), and that such call will be made if the lending bank exercises its right to call its loan under its agreement with the
Borrowing Fund.
A Participating Fund may make
an unsecured borrowing under the Interfund Program if its outstanding borrowings from all sources immediately after the borrowing under the Interfund Program are equal to or less than 10% of its total assets, provided that if the Participating Fund
has a secured loan outstanding from any other lender, including but not limited to another Participating Fund, the Participating Fund’s borrowing under the Interfund Program will be secured on at least an equal priority basis with at least an
equivalent percentage of collateral to loan value as any outstanding loan that requires collateral. If a Participating Fund’s total outstanding borrowings immediately after borrowing under the Interfund Program exceed 10% of its total assets,
the Participating Fund may borrow under the Interfund Program on a secured basis only. A Participating Fund may not borrow under the Interfund Program or from any other source if its total outstanding borrowings immediately after the borrowing would
be more than 33 1/3% of its total assets or any lower threshold provided for by a Participating Fund’s fundamental restriction or non-fundamental policy.
No Participating Fund may lend to another
Participating Fund through the Interfund Program if the loan would cause the Lending Fund’s aggregate outstanding loans under the Interfund Program to exceed 15% of its current net assets at the time of the loan. A Participating Fund’s
Interfund Loans to any one Participating Fund may not exceed 5% of the Lending Fund’s net assets at the time of the loan. The duration of Interfund Loans will be limited to the time required to receive payment for securities sold, but in no
event more than seven days. Interfund Loans effected within seven days of each other will be treated as separate loan transactions for purposes of this limitation. Each Interfund Loan may be called on one business day’s notice by a Lending
Fund and may be repaid on any day by a Borrowing Fund.
The limitations described above and the other
conditions of the Lending Order are designed to minimize the risks associated with Interfund Lending for both the Lending Fund and the Borrowing Fund. However, no borrowing or lending activity is without risk. When a Participating Fund borrows money
from another Participating Fund under the Interfund Program, there is a risk that the Interfund Loan could be called on one day’s notice, in which case the Borrowing Fund may have to borrow from a bank at higher rates if an Interfund Loan is
not available from another Participating Fund. Interfund Loans are subject to the risk that the Borrowing Fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to a Lending Fund could result in a lost opportunity or additional
lending costs for the Lending Fund. No Participating Fund may borrow more than the amount permitted by its investment restrictions. Because the Investment Manager provides investment management services to both the Lending Fund and the Borrowing
Fund, the Investment Manager may have a potential conflict of interest in determining that an Interfund Loan is comparable in credit quality to other high quality money market instruments. The Participating Funds have adopted policies and procedures
that are designed to manage potential conflicts of interest, but the administration of the Interfund Program may be subject to such conflicts.
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INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER
SERVICES
The Investment Manager and
Subadvisers
Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC, located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, is the investment manager of the Funds as well as for other funds in the Columbia Funds Complex. The Investment Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, which is
located at 1099 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474. Ameriprise Financial is a holding company, which primarily conducts business through its subsidiaries to provide financial planning, products and services that are designed to be
utilized as solutions for clients’ cash and liquidity, asset accumulation, income, protection and estate and wealth transfer needs.
The Investment Manager and its investment advisory
affiliates (Affiliates or Participating Affiliates) around the world may coordinate in providing services to their clients. Such coordination may include functional leadership of the business (the “Global” business). From time to time
the Investment Manager (or any affiliated investment subadviser to the Funds, as the case may be) may engage its Affiliates or Participating Affiliates to provide a variety of services such as investment research, investment monitoring, trading,
and discretionary investment management (including portfolio management) to certain accounts managed by the Investment Manager, including the Funds. These Affiliates or Participating Affiliates will provide
services to the Investment Manager (or any affiliated investment subadviser to the Funds as the case may be) either pursuant to subadvisory agreements, personnel-sharing agreements or similar inter-company arrangements and the Funds will pay no
additional fees and expenses as a result of any such arrangements. These Affiliates or Participating Affiliates, like the Investment Manager, are direct or indirect subsidiaries of Ameriprise Financial and are registered with the appropriate
respective regulators in their home jurisdictions and, where required, the SEC and the CFTC in the United States.
Pursuant to some of these arrangements, personnel of
these Affiliates or Participating Affiliates may serve as “associated persons” of the Investment Manager and, in this capacity, subject to the oversight and supervision of the Investment Manager and consistent with the investment
objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Funds' prospectuses and this SAI may provide such services to the Funds on behalf of the Investment Manager.
Services Provided
Each Fund has entered into the Management Agreement with the
Investment Manager, effective as of the date set forth in the Management Agreement Fee Schedule table in the
Management Agreement Fee Rates
section
below (the Management Agreement Effective Date). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager has contracted to, subject to general oversight by the Board, manage and supervise the day-to-day operations and business affairs of the Funds.
In this role, the Investment Manager furnishes each such Fund with investment research and advice and all of the services necessary for, or appropriate to, the business and effective operation of each Fund that are not (a) provided by employees or
other agents engaged by the Fund or (b) required to be provided by any person pursuant to any other agreement or arrangement with the Fund. Under the Management Agreement, any liability of the Investment Manager to the Trusts, a Fund and/or its
shareholders is limited to situations involving the Investment Manager’s own willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence in the performance of its duties or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties.
The Management Agreement may be terminated with
respect to a Fund at any time on 60 days’ written notice by the Investment Manager or by the Board or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. The Management Agreement will automatically terminate upon any
assignment thereof, will continue in effect for two years from its initial effective date and thereafter will continue from year to year with respect to a Fund only so long as such continuance is approved at least annually (i) by the Board or by a
vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund and (ii) by vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Investment Manager or the Trusts, cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Investment Manager pays all compensation of the
Trustees and officers of the Trusts who are employees of the Investment Manager or its affiliates. Except to the extent expressly assumed by the Investment Manager and except to the extent required by law to be paid or reimbursed by the Investment
Manager, the Investment Manager does not have a duty to pay any Fund operating expenses incurred in the organization and operation of a Fund, including, but not limited to, auditing, legal, custodial, investor servicing and shareholder reporting
expenses. The Fund pays the cost of printing and mailing Fund prospectuses to shareholders.
The Investment Manager, at its own expense, provides
office space, facilities and supplies, equipment and personnel for the performance of its functions under each Fund’s Management Agreement.
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Management Agreement Fee Rates
Each Fund set forth in the table below, unless otherwise noted,
pays the Investment Manager an annual fee for its management services, as set forth in the Management Agreement and the table below, as of the date specified in the Management Agreement Effective Date column. The fee is calculated as a percentage of
the daily net assets of each Fund and is paid monthly. The Investment Manager and/or its affiliates may from time to time waive fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses. See the Funds’ prospectuses for more information.
Management Agreement Fee Schedule
Fund
|
Assets
(millions)
|
Annual
rate at
each asset level
|
Management
Agreement
Effective Date
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$0-$250
|
0.470%
|
9/1/2015
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
>$250-$500
|
0.465%
|
9/1/2015
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.415%
|
9/1/2015
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.380%
|
9/1/2015
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
>$1,500-$3,000
|
0.350%
|
9/1/2015
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.330%
|
9/1/2015
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.320%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.310%
|
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.720%
|
10/1/2015
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.670%
|
7/1/2015
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
(b)
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.620%
|
12/1/2015
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
>$1,500-$3,000
|
0.570%
|
10/1/2015
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.550%
|
10/1/2015
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.530%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.520%
|
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
$0-$250
|
0.880%
|
3/1/2016
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
>$250-$500
|
0.855%
|
3/1/2016
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
>$500-$750
|
0.825%
|
3/1/2016
|
|
>$750-$1,000
|
0.800%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.770%
|
|
|
>$1,500-$3,000
|
0.720%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.700%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.680%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$20,000
|
0.670%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$24,000
|
0.660%
|
|
|
>$24,000-$50,000
|
0.650%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.620%
|
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
(c)
|
$0-$500
|
0.630%
|
10/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.580%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$3,000
|
0.550%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.520%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.500%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.490%
|
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.820%
|
7/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.770%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.720%
|
|
|
>$1,500
|
0.670%
|
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.750%
|
12/1/2015
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.700%
|
12/1/2015
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.650%
|
12/1/2015
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
>$1,500-$3,000
|
0.600%
|
7/1/2015
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.580%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.560%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.550%
|
|
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Fund
|
Assets
(millions)
|
Annual
rate at
each asset level
|
Management
Agreement
Effective Date
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.600%
|
3/1/2016
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.590%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.575%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.555%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.530%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.505%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$9,000
|
0.490%
|
|
|
>$9,000-$10,000
|
0.481%
|
|
|
>$10,000-$12,000
|
0.469%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$15,000
|
0.459%
|
|
|
>$15,000-$20,000
|
0.449%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$24,000
|
0.433%
|
|
|
>$24,000-$50,000
|
0.414%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.393%
|
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.650%
|
10/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.630%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$3,000
|
0.610%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.570%
|
|
|
>$6,000
|
0.540%
|
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
$0-$250
|
0.660%
|
12/1/2015
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
>$250-$500
|
0.645%
|
10/1/2015
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
>$500-$750
|
0.635%
|
12/1/2015
|
|
>$750-$1,000
|
0.625%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.610%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.600%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.565%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.540%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$9,000
|
0.525%
|
|
|
>$9,000-$10,000
|
0.500%
|
|
|
>$10,000-$12,000
|
0.485%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$15,000
|
0.475%
|
|
|
>$15,000-$20,000
|
0.465%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$24,000
|
0.440%
|
|
|
>$24,000-$50,000
|
0.425%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.400%
|
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.650%
|
3/1/2016
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.645%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.595%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.590%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.575%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.570%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$12,000
|
0.560%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$20,000
|
0.540%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$50,000
|
0.530%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.520%
|
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.710%
|
9/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.705%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.650%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.600%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.590%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.540%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.530%
|
|
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Fund
|
Assets
(millions)
|
Annual
rate at
each asset level
|
Management
Agreement
Effective Date
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.390%
|
12/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.385%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.363%
|
|
|
>$1,500-$2,000
|
0.345%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$2,500
|
0.328%
|
|
|
>$2,500-$3,000
|
0.310%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$5,000
|
0.300%
|
|
|
>$5,000-$6,000
|
0.280%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.260%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$9,000
|
0.255%
|
|
|
>$9,000-$10,000
|
0.230%
|
|
|
>$10,000-$12,000
|
0.220%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$15,000
|
0.210%
|
|
|
>$15,000-$20,000
|
0.200%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$24,000
|
0.190%
|
|
|
>$24,000
|
0.180%
|
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.510%
|
12/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.505%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.475%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.450%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.415%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.390%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$9,000
|
0.375%
|
|
|
>$9,000-$10,000
|
0.370%
|
|
|
>$10,000-$12,000
|
0.360%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$15,000
|
0.350%
|
|
|
>$15,000-$20,000
|
0.340%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$24,000
|
0.330%
|
|
|
>$24,000-$50,000
|
0.310%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.290%
|
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
$0-$500
|
0.770%
|
7/1/2015
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.720%
|
7/1/2015
|
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.670%
|
|
|
>$1,500-$3,000
|
0.620%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.600%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.580%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.570%
|
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
(a)
Mid Cap Index Fund
Small Cap Index Fund
(a)
|
All
assets
|
0.200%
|
7/1/2015
7/1/2015
7/1/2015
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.430%
|
12/1/2015
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.425%
|
8/1/2015
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.415%
|
9/1/2015
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.410%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.395%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.380%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$9,000
|
0.365%
|
|
|
>$9,000-$10,000
|
0.360%
|
|
|
>$10,000-$12,000
|
0.350%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$15,000
|
0.340%
|
|
|
>$15,000-$20,000
|
0.330%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$24,000
|
0.320%
|
|
|
>$24,000-$50,000
|
0.300%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.280%
|
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.820%
|
7/1/2015
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.770%
|
10/1/2015
|
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.720%
|
|
|
>$1,500-$3,000
|
0.670%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$12,000
|
0.660%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.650%
|
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
90
|
Fund
|
Assets
(millions)
|
Annual
rate at
each asset level
|
Management
Agreement
Effective Date
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
$0-$250
|
0.470%
|
12/1/2015
|
|
>$250-$500
|
0.465%
|
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.415%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$3,000
|
0.380%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.340%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.330%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$12,000
|
0.320%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.310%
|
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.650%
|
10/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.645%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.630%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.620%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.595%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.580%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$9,000
|
0.565%
|
|
|
>$9,000-$10,000
|
0.555%
|
|
|
>$10,000-$12,000
|
0.545%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.535%
|
|
Overseas
Core Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.870%
|
2/2/2018
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.820%
|
7/1/2015
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
>$1,000-$1,500
|
0.770%
|
7/1/2015
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
>$1,500-$3,000
|
0.720%
|
7/1/2015
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.700%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.680%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.670%
|
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.500%
|
10/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.495%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.480%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.460%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.450%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.430%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$9,000
|
0.415%
|
|
|
>$9,000-$12,000
|
0.410%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$20,000
|
0.390%
|
|
|
>$20,000-$24,000
|
0.380%
|
|
|
>$24,000-$50,000
|
0.360%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.340%
|
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.770%
|
10/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.715%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$3,000
|
0.615%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.600%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.580%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.570%
|
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.870%
|
10/1/2015
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.820%
|
7/1/2015
|
|
>$1,000-$3,000
|
0.770%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$12,000
|
0.760%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.750%
|
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.915%
|
10/1/2015
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.910%
|
3/1/2016
|
|
>$1,000-$3,000
|
0.905%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$4,000
|
0.865%
|
|
|
>$4,000-$6,000
|
0.815%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$12,000
|
0.765%
|
|
|
>$12,000
|
0.755%
|
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
91
|
Fund
|
Assets
(millions)
|
Annual
rate at
each asset level
|
Management
Agreement
Effective Date
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
$0-$500
|
0.480%
|
12/1/2015
|
|
>$500-$1,000
|
0.475%
|
|
|
>$1,000-$2,000
|
0.445%
|
|
|
>$2,000-$3,000
|
0.420%
|
|
|
>$3,000-$6,000
|
0.385%
|
|
|
>$6,000-$7,500
|
0.360%
|
|
|
>$7,500-$10,000
|
0.350%
|
|
|
>$10,000-$12,000
|
0.340%
|
|
|
>$12,000-$15,000
|
0.330%
|
|
|
>$15,000-$24,000
|
0.320%
|
|
|
>$24,000-$50,000
|
0.300%
|
|
|
>$50,000
|
0.290%
|
|
(a)
|
The Investment Manager, from
the management services fee it receives from the Fund, pays all operating expenses of the Fund, with the exception of brokerage fees and commissions, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of Trustees who are not officers, directors or employees of the
Investment Manager or its affiliates, Rule 12b-1 and/or shareholder servicing fees and any extraordinary non-recurring expenses that may arise, including litigation expenses.
|
(b)
|
This fee applies to assets
invested in securities, other than underlying funds (including any exchange-traded funds (ETFs)) that pay a management services fee (or an investment advisory services fee, as applicable) to the Investment Manager, including other funds advised by
the Investment Manager that do not pay a management services fee (or an investment advisory services fee, as applicable), derivatives and individual securities. The Fund does not pay a management services fee on assets that are invested in
underlying funds, including any ETFs, that pay a management services fee (or an investment advisory services fee, as applicable) to the Investment Manager.
|
(c)
|
When calculating asset levels
for purposes of determining fee breakpoints, asset levels are based on net assets of the Fund, including assets invested in any wholly-owned subsidiary advised by the Investment Manager (“Subsidiaries”). Fees payable by the Fund under
this agreement shall be reduced by any management services fees paid to the Investment Manager by any Subsidiaries under separate management agreements with the Subsidiaries.
|
Capital Allocation Portfolios and Global Strategic
Equity Fund.
The Investment Manager has implemented a schedule for the Capital Allocation Portfolios’ and Global Strategic Equity Fund’s management services fees whereby each of the
Funds pay (i) 0.02% on net assets invested in funds advised by the Investment Manager (excluding any underlying funds that do not pay a management services fee (or investment advisory services fee, as applicable) to the Investment Manager), (ii)
0.12% on net assets invested in non-exchange-traded third-party advised mutual funds and (iii) 0.57% on net assets invested in securities, other than third-party advised mutual funds, and in the Investment Manager’s proprietary funds that do
not pay a management services fee (or investment advisory services fee, as applicable) (including exchange-traded funds, derivatives and individual securities).
Income Builder Fund.
Effective June 1, 2016, the Investment Manager implemented a schedule for Income Builder Fund’s management services fee whereby the Fund pays 0.02% on all net assets.
Under the Management Agreement, each Fund also pays
taxes, brokerage commissions and nonadvisory expenses, which include custodian fees and charges; fidelity bond premiums; certain legal fees; registration fees for shares; consultants’ fees; compensation of Board members, officers and employees
not employed by the Investment Manager or its affiliates; corporate filing fees; organizational expenses; expenses incurred in connection with lending securities; interest and fee expense related to a Fund’s participation in inverse floater
structures; and expenses properly payable by a Fund, approved by the Board.
Management Services Fees Paid.
The table below shows the total management services fees paid by each Fund, as applicable, under the Management Agreement for the last three fiscal periods (net of management services fee waivers).
Amounts shown for the first period that management services fees were paid for each Fund are for the period from the Fund’s Management Agreement Effective Date through the applicable fiscal year end. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
For more information about fees waived or Fund expenses reimbursed by the Investment Manager, see
Expense Limitations
.
Management Services Fees
|
Management
Services Fees
|
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$550,729
|
$311,820
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
262,528
|
171,139
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
2,140,761
|
1,246,595
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
529,708
|
342,957
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
1,072,621
|
566,230
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
92
|
|
Management
Services Fees
|
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
$579,896
|
$304,984
|
N/A
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
248,390
|
163,112
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
6,298,642
|
5,551,577
|
$5,972,086
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
5,833,496
|
5,677,091
|
4,248,921
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
2,959,095
|
3,134,413
|
2,365,143
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
12,456,364
|
7,391,898
|
4,396,858
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
7,433,824
|
7,076,399
|
4,590,574
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
9,335,783
|
7,665,983
|
4,777,939
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
7,249,344
|
5,921,257
|
3,577,195
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
542,892
|
530,300
|
400,424
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
2,923,737
|
3,705,800
|
3,063,926
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
4,907,133
|
4,290,986
|
2,709,619
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
18,186,128
|
19,546,167
|
14,287,231
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
7,788,648
|
6,522,513
|
4,017,529
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
13,164,448
|
12,974,319
|
8,180,417
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
6,440,283
|
7,941,686
|
5,575,272
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
2,008,129
|
2,106,368
|
1,309,349
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
299,260
|
356,944
|
240,970
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
328,101
|
426,149
|
276,125
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
830,014
|
1,037,000
|
627,858
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
559,179
|
648,545
|
424,784
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
874,358
|
1,000,226
|
680,257
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
1,766,999
|
1,493,551
|
1,178,822
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
5,698,822
|
7,003,233
|
5,076,291
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
2,820,639
|
1,690,239
|
195,028
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
22,432,462
|
25,751,034
|
18,083,150
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
3,675,394
|
3,049,059
|
2,230,150
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
12,207,243
|
12,921,347
|
7,902,289
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
14,909,707
|
14,901,267
|
9,865,401
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
16,987,596
|
15,128,810
|
7,754,741
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
1,810,263
|
1,720,548
|
980,392
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
10,134,090
|
10,727,410
|
6,533,862
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
7,131,722
|
5,711,399
|
4,067,063
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
5,773,779
|
6,021,127
|
2,688,711
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
51,768,789
|
39,762,531
|
23,179,334
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
6,638,540
|
6,791,447
|
4,739,461
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
93
|
|
Management
Services Fees
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
$25,653,152
|
$16,625,979
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
3,726,582
|
2,485,526
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
6,395,621
|
4,383,841
|
N/A
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
6,604,375
|
3,424,387
|
N/A
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
3,991,826
|
2,803,671
|
N/A
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
4,586,355
|
3,882,166
|
N/A
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
15,524,274
|
11,054,310
|
N/A
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
811,619
|
554,045
|
N/A
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
3,237,055
|
2,403,458
|
N/A
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
2,714,625
|
1,622,216
|
N/A
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
4,331,040
|
2,253,125
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
2,199,218
(b)
|
1,753,043
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
256,657
|
219,365
|
N/A
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
3,374,641
|
2,782,742
|
N/A
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
404,963
|
367,631
|
N/A
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
3,417,153
|
2,381,227
|
N/A
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
8,528,231
|
3,916,986
|
N/A
|
(a)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
|
(b)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
Investment Management Services Agreement
Prior to the Management Agreement Effective Date listed for each
Fund in the
Management Agreement Fee Rates
section above, each Fund, except Overseas Core Fund, was party to the Investment Management Services Agreement and the Administrative Services
Agreement with the Investment Manager for advisory and administrative services, respectively. Each Fund party to these agreements paid the Investment Manager an annual fee for advisory services, as set forth in the Investment Management Services
Agreement, and a separate fee for administrative services under the Administrative Services Agreement. See
Investment Management and Other Services – The Administrator
for information
with respect to the Administrative Services Agreement. As of the Management Agreement Effective Date listed for each Fund, these services have been combined under the Management Agreement as described above.
Services Provided Under the Investment Management
Services Agreement
Under the Investment Management Services
Agreement, the Investment Manager was contracted to furnish each Fund with investment research and advice. For these services, unless otherwise noted, each Fund paid a monthly fee to the Investment Manager based on the daily closing value of the
total net assets of a Fund. Under the Investment Management Services Agreement, any liability of the Investment Manager to the Trusts, a Fund and/or its shareholders is limited to situations involving the Investment Manager’s own willful
misfeasance, bad faith, negligence in the performance of its duties or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties.
Investment Advisory Services Fee
Prior to the Management Agreement Effective Date,
the investment advisory services fee was calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of each Fund and was paid monthly at the annual rates set forth in the Investment Management Services Agreement.
Investment Advisory Services Fees Paid.
The table below shows the total investment advisory services fees paid by each Fund under the Investment Management Services Agreement for the last three fiscal periods (net of investment advisory
services fee waivers). Beginning with the fiscal year ended February 29, 2016, amounts shown are for the period from the first day of the
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
94
|
applicable fiscal year through the Fund's Management Agreement
Effective Date (see
Management Agreement Fee Schedule
). As of each Fund's Management Agreement Effective Date, the Fund no longer paid these fees. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
For more information about fees waived or Fund expenses reimbursed by the Investment Manager, see
Expense Limitations
.
Investment Advisory Services Fees
|
Investment
Advisory Services Fees
|
Fund
|
|
|
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
N/A
|
$118,623
|
$401,992
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
N/A
|
55,598
|
154,823
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
N/A
|
488,858
|
1,571,091
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
N/A
|
103,979
|
347,094
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
N/A
|
175,134
|
793,979
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
133,498
|
227,275
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
N/A
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
3,355,564
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,205,910
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,032,142
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,426,665
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,247,854
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,355,862
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,812,605
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
162,765
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,683,225
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,176,823
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
8,110,237
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,120,310
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
4,226,817
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,586,348
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
529,540
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
104,676
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
120,101
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
247,175
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
179,119
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
298,140
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
774,298
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,278,923
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
87,216
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
9,681,220
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,392,346
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
3,647,195
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
95
|
|
Investment
Advisory Services Fees
|
Fund
|
|
|
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
4,988,283
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
3,555,830
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
427,931
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,760,910
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,246,081
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,312,061
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
11,444,815
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,643,727
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
N/A
|
7,974,794
|
24,409,533
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
N/A
|
1,371,566
|
4,427,170
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
N/A
|
2,135,743
|
6,327,050
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
N/A
|
1,763,604
|
5,574,076
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
N/A
|
1,378,722
|
4,648,782
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
N/A
|
1,710,367
|
5,435,872
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
N/A
|
5,456,672
|
17,817,834
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
N/A
|
260,455
|
1,038,993
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
N/A
|
1,268,257
|
4,186,864
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
N/A
|
634,080
|
1,815,243
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
N/A
|
854,785
|
2,435,643
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
762,653
|
3,059,414
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
N/A
|
147,642
|
7,913,996
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
N/A
|
1,383,075
|
4,364,342
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
169,200
|
644,858
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
1,066,294
|
3,069,683
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
N/A
|
1,667,188
|
4,860,066
|
(a)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31.
|
Manager of Managers Exemption
The SEC has issued an order that permits the Investment Manager,
subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint an unaffiliated subadviser or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement for a Fund without first obtaining shareholder approval. The order permits a Fund to add or to change unaffiliated
subadvisers or to change the fees paid to such subadvisers from time to time without the expense and delays associated with obtaining shareholder approval of the change. The Investment Manager and the Columbia Funds have applied to amend this order.
If issued, the updated order would permit the Investment Manager, subject to the approval of the Board, to appoint not only unaffiliated subadvisers but also affiliated subadvisers without first obtaining shareholder approval.
In order for Seligman Communications and Information
Fund to rely on the order, holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities would first need to approve operating the Fund in this manner. There is no assurance shareholder approval, if sought, will be received, and no changes
will be made without shareholder approval until that time.
The Investment Manager and its affiliates may have
other relationships, including significant financial relationships, with current or potential subadvisers or their affiliates, which may create certain conflicts of interest. When making recommendations to the Board to appoint or to change a
subadviser, or to change the terms of a subadvisory agreement, the Investment Manager discloses to the Board the nature of any such material relationships
.
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
96
|
Subadvisory Agreements
The assets of certain Funds are managed by subadvisers that have
been selected by the Investment Manager, subject to the review and approval of the Board. Generally, the Investment Manager recommends a subadviser to the Board based upon its assessment of the skills of the subadvisers in managing other assets in
accordance with objectives and investment strategies substantially similar to those of the applicable Fund. Among other responsibilities, the Investment Manager (i) monitors on a daily basis the compliance of the subadviser with the investment
objectives and related policies of the Fund, (ii) assesses changes to the subadvisers' business brought to the Investment Manager’s attention by subadviser or otherwise publicly announced, (iii) performs due diligence reviews of the
subadviser, (iv) monitors the performance of each subadviser and (v) regularly provides reports on such performance to the Board. However, short-term investment performance is not the only factor in selecting or terminating a subadviser, and the
Investment Manager does not expect to make frequent changes of subadvisers. Subadvisers affiliated with the Investment Manager must be approved by shareholders.
The Investment Manager allocates the assets of a
Fund with multiple subadvisers among the subadvisers. Each subadviser has discretion, subject to oversight by the Board and the Investment Manager, to purchase and sell portfolio assets, consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives,
policies, and restrictions. Generally, the services that a subadviser provides to the Fund are limited to asset management and related recordkeeping services.
The Investment Manager has entered into a
subadvisory agreement with each subadviser under which the subadviser provides investment advisory and portfolio management assistance to some or all of the Fund’s portfolio, as well as investment research and statistical information, subject
to the oversight by the Investment Manager. A subadviser may also serve as a discretionary or non-discretionary investment adviser to management or advisory accounts that are unrelated in any manner to the Investment Manager or its affiliates.
With respect to Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund, the
Fund's Board of Trustees and initial shareholder have approved a subadvisory agreement between the Investment Manager and Threadneedle, an affiliate of the Investment Manager and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. As of the
date of this SAI, Threadneedle is not providing services to the Fund pursuant to the subadvisory agreement. To the extent Threadneedle begins to provide services to the Fund pursuant to the subadvisory agreement, subadvisory fees will be paid at the
rate included in the following table.
The
following table shows the subadvisory fee schedules for fees paid by the Investment Manager to subadvisers for Funds that have subadvisers. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of the applicable Fund (or portion thereof
subadvised by the applicable subadviser), subject to any exceptions as noted in the table below, and is paid monthly. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
Subadvisers and Subadvisory Agreement Fee Schedules
Fund
|
Subadviser
|
Parent
Company/Other
Information
|
Fee
Schedule
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
Threadneedle
(effective April 11, 2011)
|
A
|
0.35%
on the first $150 million declining to 0.20% as assets increase
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
Threadneedle
(effective July 28, 2011)
|
A
|
0.25%
on all assets
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
DFA
(effective December 11, 2013)
|
B
|
0.20%
on the first $100 million, reducing to 0.10% as assets increase
|
Diamond
Hill
(effective October 1, 2016)
|
C
|
0.30%
on the first $100 million, reducing to 0.25% as assets increase
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
(a)
|
Threadneedle
(effective July 15, 2009)
|
A
|
0.45%
on all assets
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
Threadneedle
(effective July 9, 2004)
|
A
|
0.35%
on all assets
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
Threadneedle
(effective July 9, 2004)
|
A
|
0.35%
on all as assets
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
97
|
(a)
|
As of January 22, 2018,
Threadneedle is no longer providing services to the Fund pursuant to the subadvisory agreement and therefore Threadneedle no longer receives fees paid by the Fund.
|
A – Threadneedle is a direct subsidiary of
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited and an affiliate of the Investment Manager, and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial. Threadneedle and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited are located at Cannon Place,
78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AG, United Kingdom.
B – DFA, located at 6300 Bee Cave Road,
Building One, Austin, Texas 78746, is controlled and operated by its general partner, Dimensional Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.
C – Diamond Hill, located at 325 John H.
McConnell Boulevard, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43215, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., an Ohio corporation.
The following table shows the subadvisory fees paid
by the Investment Manager to subadvisers in the last three fiscal periods or, if shorter, since the Fund’s commencement of operations. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
|
|
Subadvisory
Fees Paid
|
Fund
|
Subadviser
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
Former
subadviser: Marsico Capital (through November 20, 2015)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$2,692,856
(a)
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
Former
subadviser: Marsico Capital (through November 20, 2015)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
152,297
(a)
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
Threadneedle
|
$1,082,962
|
$1,316,516
|
1,559,218
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
Threadneedle
|
1,124,379
|
672,699
|
116,536
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
DFA
|
1,262,470
|
1,264,013
|
1,148,135
|
Diamond
Hill
|
2,498,644
|
1,428,652
(b)
|
N/A
|
Fund
|
Subadviser
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
131,334
|
193,781
|
4,745,849
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
Threadneedle
|
1,356,269
|
1,730,940
|
1,953,925
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
Threadneedle
|
1,373,704
|
1,424,788
|
1,361,961
|
(a)
|
For the period from March 1,
2015 to November 20, 2015.
|
(b)
|
For the period from October 1,
2016 to May 31, 2017.
|
(c)
|
As of January 22, 2018,
Threadneedle is no longer providing services to the Fund pursuant to the subadvisory agreement and therefore Threadneedle no longer receives fees paid by the Fund.
|
Portfolio Managers.
The following table provides information about the portfolio managers of each Fund (other than Government Money Market Fund). The references in the Potential Conflicts of Interest and the Structure of
Compensation columns in the table below refer, respectively, to the descriptions in the
Potential Conflicts of Interest
and
Structure of Compensation
subsections immediately following the table. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending January 31 – Information is as of January 31, 2018, unless otherwise noted
|
Capital
Allocation
Aggressive Portfolio
|
Anwiti
Bahuguna
|
22
RICs
19 PIVs
17 other accounts
|
$72.67
billion
$2.89 billion
$102.84 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
- FoF
|
Columbia
Management
|
Dan
Boncarosky
|
8
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$5.69
billion
$2.30 million
|
None
|
None
|
Capital
Allocation
Conservative Portfolio
|
Anwiti
Bahuguna
|
22
RICs
19 PIVs
17 other accounts
|
$73.20
billion
$2.89 billion
$102.84 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
- FoF
|
Columbia
Management
|
Dan
Boncarosky
|
8
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$6.23
billion
$2.30 million
|
None
|
None
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
98
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
Capital
Allocation
Moderate Aggressive
Portfolio
|
Anwiti
Bahuguna
|
22
RICs
19 PIVs
17 other accounts
|
$71.14
billion
$2.89 billion
$102.84 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
- FoF
|
Columbia
Management
|
Dan
Boncarosky
|
8
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$4.17
billion
$2.30 million
|
None
|
$1-
$10,000
(a)
|
Capital
Allocation
Moderate Conservative
Portfolio
|
Anwiti
Bahuguna
|
22
RICs
19 PIVs
17 other accounts
|
$72.85
billion
$2.89 billion
$102.84 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
- FoF
|
Columbia
Management
|
Dan
Boncarosky
|
8
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$5.88
billion
$2.30 million
|
None
|
None
|
Capital
Allocation
Moderate Portfolio
|
Anwiti
Bahuguna
|
22
RICs
19 PIVs
17 other accounts
|
$71.81
billion
$2.89 billion
$102.84 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
- FoF
|
Columbia
Management
|
Dan
Boncarosky
|
8
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$4.83
billion
$2.30 million
|
None
|
None
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
Melda
Mergen
|
4
RICs
13 other accounts
|
$1.98
billion
$553.45 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
- FoF
|
Columbia
Management
|
Mark
Burgess
|
3
PIVs
13 other accounts
|
$3.59
billion
$26.22 billion
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
Colin
Lundgren
|
2
RICs
68 other accounts
|
$4.29
billion
$1.20 billion
|
None
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
– IB
|
Columbia
Management
|
Gene
Tannuzzo
|
9
RICs
1 PIV
79 other accounts
|
$12.13
billion
$62.62 million
$2.06 billion
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(a)
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending February 28/29 – Information is as of February 28, 2018, unless otherwise noted
|
Convertible
Securities
Fund
|
David
L. King
|
2
RICs
6 other accounts
|
$2.24
billion
$27.10 million
|
None
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Yan
Jin
|
3
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$2.24
billion
$3.97 million
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(a)
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Global
Equity
Value Fund
|
Fred
Copper
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
6 other accounts
|
$1.36
billion
$113.57 million
$28.95 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Melda
Mergen
|
4
RICs
13 other accounts
|
$1.74
billion
$521.68 million
|
None
|
None
|
Peter
Santoro
|
7
RICs
1 PIV
57 other accounts
|
$13.62
billion
$14.43 million
$1.98 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Peter
Schroeder
|
1
RIC
3 other accounts
|
$0.00
$0.59 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Large
Cap
Enhanced Core
Fund
|
Brian
M. Condon
|
22
RICs
3 PIVs
60 other accounts
|
$14.07
billion
$135.49 million
$6.95 billion
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(a)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Peter
Albanese
|
16
RICs
3 PIVs
58 other accounts
|
$14.01
billion
$135.49 million
$6.95 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
99
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
John
Wilson
|
2
RICs
10 other accounts
|
$5.54
billion
$323.93 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Tchintcia
S. Barros
|
2
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$5.54
billion
$307.58 million
|
None
|
None
|
Large
Cap
Index
Fund
|
Christopher
Lo
|
13
RICs
1 PIV
52 other accounts
|
$10.56
billion
$229.51 million
$544.65 million
|
None
|
$50,001-
$100,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Vadim
Shteyn
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
296 other accounts
|
$9.32
billion
$229.51 million
$460.11 million
|
None
|
None
|
Mid
Cap Index
Fund
|
Christopher
Lo
|
13
RICs
1 PIV
52 other accounts
|
$9.61
billion
$229.51 million
$544.65 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Vadim
Shteyn
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
296 other accounts
|
$8.37
billion
$229.51 million
$460.11 million
|
None
|
None
|
Overseas
Core
Fund
|
Fred
Copper
(d)
|
4
RICs
1 PIV
6 other accounts
|
$2.03
billion
$115.48 million
$29.65 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Daisuke
Nomoto
(d)
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
3 other accounts
|
$1.33
billion
$115.48 million
$1.06 million
|
None
|
None
|
Overseas
Value
Fund
|
Fred
Copper
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
6 other accounts
|
$990.88
million
$113.57 million
$28.95 million
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Daisuke
Nomoto
|
2
RICs
1 PIV
3 other accounts
|
$324.32
million
$113.57 million
$1.16 million
|
None
|
$50,001-
$100,000
(b)
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
Thomas
Galvin
|
6
RICs
2 PIVs
1,305 other accounts
|
$5.81
billion
$565.49 million
$4.27 billion
|
3
other
accounts
($772.89 M)
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Richard
Carter
|
6
RICs
2 PIVs
1,306 other accounts
|
$5.81
billion
$565.49 million
$4.25 billion
|
3
other
accounts
($772.89 M)
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Todd
Herget
|
6
RICs
2 PIVs
1,309 other accounts
|
$5.81
billion
$565.49 million
$4.25 billion
|
3
other
accounts
($772.89 M)
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Select
International Equity
Fund
|
Threadneedle:
Simon Haines
|
1 PIV
1 other account
|
$11.70 million
$61.10 million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
William
Davies
|
2
PIVs
1 other account
|
$2.09
billion
$452.82 million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
David
Dudding
|
1
RIC
3 PIVs
2 other accounts
|
$427.64
million
$4.85 billion
$1.20 billion
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
100
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
Select
Large
Cap Equity
Fund
|
Peter
Santoro
|
7
RICs
1 PIV
57 other accounts
|
$13.79
billion
$14.43 million
$1.98 billion
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(a)
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Melda
Mergen
|
4
RICs
13 other accounts
|
$1.91
billion
$521.68 million
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(a)
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Select
Mid Cap Value
Fund
|
Kari
Montanus
(g)
|
4
RICs
1 PIV
488 other accounts
|
$3.09
billion
$32.22 million
$2.85 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
David
Hoffman
|
3
RICs
2 PIVs
8 other accounts
|
$1.32
billion
$245.76 million
$19.79 million
|
None
|
$500,001-
$1,000,000
(a)
$10,001
$50,000
(b)
|
Jonas
Patrikson
|
1
RIC
2 PIVs
7 other accounts
|
$296.73
million
$245.76 million
$15.82 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Small
Cap
Index Fund
|
Christopher
Lo
|
13
RICs
1 PIV
52 other accounts
|
$10.34
billion
$229.51 million
$544.65 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Vadim
Shteyn
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
296 other accounts
|
$9.10
billion
$229.51 million
$460.11 million
|
None
|
None
|
Small
Cap
Value Fund II
|
Christian
K.
Stadlinger
|
4
RICs
36 other accounts
|
$1.47
billion
$72.15 million
|
None
|
$500,001-
$1,000,000
(a)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Jarl
Ginsberg
|
4
RICs
43 other accounts
|
$1.47
billion
$67.34 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(a)
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending March 31 – Information is as of March 31, 2018, unless otherwise noted
|
Short
Term
Bond Fund
|
Leonard
Aplet
(h)
|
6
RICs
13 PIVs
61 other accounts
|
$19.80
billion
$1.99 billion
$5.48 billion
|
None
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
$50,001-
$100,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Gregory
Liechty
|
3
RICs
13 PIVs
44 other accounts
|
$4.31
billion
$1.99 billion
$4.57 billion
|
None
|
$1-
$10,000
(b)
|
Ronald
Stahl
|
3
RICs
13 PIVs
46 other accounts
|
$4.31
billion
$1.99 billion
$4.43 billion
|
None
|
$1-
$10,000
(b)
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending April 30 – Information is as of April 30, 2018, unless otherwise noted
|
AMT-Free
CA
Intermediate
Muni Bond Fund
|
Paul
Fuchs
|
10
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$3.21
billion
$54.54 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Deborah
Vargo
|
10
RICs
129 other accounts
|
$3.21
billion
$1.66 billion
|
None
|
None
|
AMT-Free
GA
Intermediate
Muni Bond Fund
|
Paul
Fuchs
|
10
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$3.57
billion
$54.54 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Deborah
Vargo
|
10
RICs
129 other accounts
|
$3.57
billion
$1.66 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
101
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
AMT-Free
MD
Intermediate
Muni Bond Fund
|
Paul
Fuchs
|
10
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$3.56
billion
$54.54 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Deborah
Vargo
|
10
RICs
129 other accounts
|
$3.56
billion
$1.66 billion
|
None
|
None
|
AMT-Free
NC
Intermediate
Muni Bond Fund
|
Paul
Fuchs
|
10
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$3.46
billion
$54.54 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Deborah
Vargo
|
10
RICs
129 other accounts
|
$3.46
billion
$1.66 billion
|
None
|
None
|
AMT-Free
SC
Intermediate
Muni Bond Fund
|
Paul
Fuchs
|
10
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$3.51
billion
$54.54 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Deborah
Vargo
|
10
RICs
129 other accounts
|
$3.51
billion
$1.66 billion
|
None
|
None
|
AMT-Free
VA
Intermediate
Muni Bond Fund
|
Paul
Fuchs
|
10
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$3.46
billion
$54.54 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Deborah
Vargo
|
10
RICs
129 other accounts
|
$3.46
billion
$1.66 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Global
Infrastructure
Fund
|
Peter
Santoro
|
7
RICs
1 PIV
57 other accounts
|
$13.80
billion
$14.04 million
$1.89 billion
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Craig
Leopold
|
11
other accounts
|
$3.51
million
|
None
|
$50,001-
$100,000
(a)
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Tiffany
Wade
|
4
other accounts
|
$0.39
million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Kirk
Moore
|
3
other accounts
|
$2.60
million
|
None
|
None
|
Short
Term
Municipal Bond
Fund
|
Catherine
Stienstra
|
5
RICs
2 PIVs
3 other accounts
|
$3.36
billion
$1.70 billion
$1.08 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Anders
Myhran
|
3
RICs
2 PIVs
4 other accounts
|
$1.31
billion
$1.70 billion
$168.45 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending May 31 – Information is as of May 31, 2018, unless otherwise noted
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
Threadneedle:
David Donora
|
1 RIC
2 PIVs
|
$554.40 million
$664.30 million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
Nicolas
Robin
|
1
RIC
2 PIVs
|
$554.40
million
$664.30 million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
David
King
|
4
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$4.97
billion
$111.16 million
|
None
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Yan
Jin
|
4
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$4.97
billion
$95.92 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)
|
Harrison
Chan
|
1
RIC
4 other accounts
|
$1.76
billion
$91.97 million
|
None
|
None
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
102
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
Flexible
Capital
Income Fund
|
David
King
|
4
RICs
7 other accounts
|
$7.50
billion
$111.16 million
|
None
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
$100,001 –
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Yan
Jin
|
4
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$7.50
billion
$95.92 million
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(a)
$10,001-$50,000
(b)
|
High
Yield Bond
Fund
|
Jennifer
Ponce
de Leon
(i)
|
2
RICs
3 PIVs
48 other accounts
|
$415.18
million
$703.86 million
$10.04 billion
|
None
|
$500,001-$1,000,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Brian
Lavin
|
7
RICs
12 other accounts
|
$2.28
billion
$1.37 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
Hugh
H. Mullin
|
5
other accounts
|
$3.86
million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
Columbia
Management:
Scott Davis
|
2 RICs
1 PIV
76 other accounts
|
$11.40 billion
$14.66 million
$1.42 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia Management
|
Columbia Management
|
Michael
Barclay
|
2
RICs
1 PIV
72 other accounts
|
$11.40
billion
$14.66 million
$1.42 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Peter
Santoro
|
7
RICs
1 PIV
57 other accounts
|
$13.48
billion
$14.66 million
$1.92 billion
|
None
|
None
|
DFA:
Joseph Chi
|
119 RICs
22 PIVs
84 other accounts
|
$405.79 billion
$17.02 billion
$31.52 billion
|
1 PIV
($200.00 M);
6 other
accounts
($3.17 B)
|
None
|
DFA
|
DFA
|
Jed
Fogdall
|
119
RICs
22 PIVs
84 other accounts
|
$405.79
billion
$17.02 billion
$31.52 billion
|
1
PIV
($200.00 M);
6 other
accounts
($3.17 B)
|
None
|
Lukas
Smart
|
35
RICs
9 PIVs
10 other accounts
|
$131.85
billion
$2.47 billion
$8.42 billion
|
1
other
account
($50.15 M)
|
None
|
Diamond
Hill:
Charles Bath
|
3 RICs
2 PIVs
412 other accounts
|
$10.09 billion
$32.23 million
$3.81 billion
|
4 other
accounts
($399.46 M)
|
None
|
Diamond
Hill
|
Diamond
Hill
|
Austin
Hawley
|
3
RICs
3 PIVs
432 other accounts
|
$6.16
billion
$124.47 million
$3.97 billion
|
5
other
accounts
($412.12 M)
|
None
|
Christopher
Welch
|
7
RICs
3 PIVs
435 other accounts
|
$10.28
billion
$241.97 million
$4.23 billion
|
4
other
accounts
($399.46 M)
|
None
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
103
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
Jason
Callan
|
12
RICs
4 PIVs
4 other accounts
|
$18.00
billion
$166.76 million
$1.74 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)
$500,001 –
$1,000,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Tom
Heuer
|
3
RICs
5 other accounts
|
$2.97
billion
$2.58 million
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(a)
$50,001-$100,000
(b)
|
Quality Income Fund
|
Jason
J. Callan
|
12
RICs
4 PIVs
4 other accounts
|
$16.47
billion
$166.76 million
$1.74 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Tom
Heuer
|
3
RICs
5 other accounts
|
$1.43
billion
$2.58 million
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(b)
|
Select
Large Cap
Value Fund
|
Richard
Rosen
|
2
RICs
1 PIV
484 other accounts
|
$1.65
billion
$32.86 million
$2.56 billion
|
None
|
$50,001-
$100,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Richard
Taft
|
2
RICs
1 PIV
481 other accounts
|
$1.65
billion
$32.86 million
$2.56 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Select
Small Cap
Value Fund
|
Kari
Montanus
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
26 other accounts
|
$2.39
billion
$223.74 million
$38.72 million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
David
Hoffman
|
5
RICs
1 PIV
28 other accounts
|
$3.42
billion
$223.74 million
$42.29 million
|
None
|
None
|
Jonas
Patrikson
|
3
RICs
1 PIV
27 other accounts
|
$2.39
billion
$223.74 million
$38.29 million
|
None
|
None
|
Seligman Communications
and Information
Fund
|
Paul
Wick
|
5
RICs
3 PIVs
6 other accounts
|
$1.77
billion
$891.90 million
$412.94 million
|
1
PIV
($274.37 M)
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
– Tech Team
|
Sanjay
Devgan
|
3
RICs
3 other accounts
|
$1.42
billion
$0.61 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)
|
Shekhar
Pramanick
|
4
RICs
5 other accounts
|
$1.76
billion
$5.29 million
|
None
|
$500,001
–
$1,000,000
(a)
|
Jeetil
Patel
|
4
RICs
6 other accounts
|
$1.76
billion
$3.69 million
|
None
|
None
|
Christopher
Boova
|
4
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$1.76
billion
$6.28 million
|
None
|
None
|
Vimal
Patel
|
4
RICs
5 other accounts
|
$1.76
billion
$2.82 million
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(a)
|
Small/
Mid Cap
Value Fund
|
Jarl
Ginsberg
|
4
RICs
48 other accounts
|
$2.25
billion
$67.47 million
|
None
|
$100,001-
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Christian
Stadlinger
|
4
RICs
41 other accounts
|
$2.25
billion
$72.31 million
|
None
|
None
|
David
Hoffman
|
5
RICs
1 PIV
28 other accounts
|
$3.26
billion
$223.74 million
$42.29 million
|
None
|
$10,001-
$50,000
(b)
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
104
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending July 31 – Information is as of July 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
Brian
M. Condon
|
24
RICs
4 PIVs
52 other accounts
|
$9.63
billion
$132.99 million
$6.31 billion
|
None
|
$50,001
–
$100,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Peter
Albanese
|
18
RICs
4 PIVs
51 other accounts
|
$9.57
billion
$132.99 million
$6.31 billion
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(b)
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
Brian
M. Condon
|
24
RICs
4 PIVs
52 other accounts
|
$13.25
billion
$132.99 million
$6.31 billion
|
None
|
$50,001
–
$100,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Peter
Albanese
|
18
RICs
4 PIVs
51 other accounts
|
$13.19
billion
$132.99 million
$6.31 billion
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(b)
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
Brian
M. Condon
|
24
RICs
4 PIVs
52 other accounts
|
$12.95
billion
$132.99 million
$6.31 billion
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)
$50,001 –
$100,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Peter
Albanese
|
18
RICs
4 PIVs
51 other accounts
|
$12.89
billion
$132.99 million
$6.31 billion
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(b)
|
Floating
Rate
Fund
|
Ronald
Launsbach
|
7
other accounts
|
$2.65
million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
– Floating Rate
|
Steve
Staver
|
2
other accounts
|
$3.27
million
|
None
|
None
|
Global
Opportunities
Fund
|
Anwiti
Bahuguna
|
20
RICs
21 PIVs
16 other accounts
|
$68.45
billion
$2.70 billion
$100.20 million
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Dan
Boncarosky
|
8
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$5.54
billion
$2.14 million
|
None
|
$1
–
$10,000
(b)
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
Brian
Lavin
|
13
RICs
1 PIV
10 other accounts
|
$17.33
billion
$62.10 million
$635.75 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)
$100,001 –
$500,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Inflation
Protected
Securities Fund
|
David
Kennedy
|
19
other accounts
|
$212.54
million
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Limited
Duration
Credit Fund
|
Tom
Murphy
|
12
RICs
28 PIVs
37 other accounts
|
$2.46
billion
$34.94 billion
$5.32 billion
|
None
|
Over
$1,000,000
(a)
$500,001 –
$1,000,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Timothy
J. Doubek
|
10
RICs
34 other accounts
|
$2.42
billion
$4.98 billion
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(b)
|
Royce
Wilson
|
1
RIC
3 other accounts
|
$830.52
million
$0.43 million
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(a)
$50,001 –
$100,000
(b)
|
MN
Tax-Exempt
Fund
|
Catherine
Stienstra
|
5
RICs
2 PIVs
3 other accounts
|
$3.93
billion
$1.75 billion
$0.75 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)(e)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Anders
Myhran
|
3
RICs
2 PIVs
3 other accounts
|
$2.15
billion
$1.75 billion
$4.01 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
105
|
|
|
Other
Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund)
|
Ownership
of Fund
Shares
|
Potential
Conflicts
of Interest
|
Structure
of
Compensation
|
Fund
|
Portfolio
Manager
|
Number
and Type
of Account
*
|
Approximate
Total Net
Assets
|
Performance-
Based
Accounts
**
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
Catherine
Stienstra
|
5
RICs
2 PIVs
3 other accounts
|
$3.54
billion
$1.75 billion
$0.75 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)(e)
$50,001 –
$100,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Chad
Farrington
|
2
RICs
10 other accounts
|
$828.68
million
$175.43 million
|
None
|
$10,001
–
$50,000
(a)(f)
$10,001 –
$50,000
(b)
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending August 31 – Information is as of August 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted
|
Emerging
Markets
Bond Fund
|
Jim
Carlen
|
3
RICs
14 PIVs
6 other accounts
|
$206.82
million
$15.98 billion
$5.69 million
|
None
|
$100,001
–
$500,000
(a)
$10,001 –
$50,000
(b)
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Christopher
Cooke
|
2
RICs
|
$206.82
million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
For
Funds with fiscal year ending October 31 – Information is as of October 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
Threadneedle:
Soo Nam Ng
|
2 PIVs
|
$175.00 million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
Christine
Seng
|
2
PIVs
|
$175.00
million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
Threadneedle:
Dan Ison
|
1 PIV
2 other accounts
|
$86.00 million
$1.90 billion
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
Ann
Steele
|
1
PIV
9 other accounts
|
$452.00
million
$1.99 billion
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Global
Bond
Fund
|
Gene
Tannuzzo
|
5
RICs
73 other accounts
|
$5.46
billion
$1.24 billion
|
None
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
|
Adrian
Hilton
|
1
RIC
7 PIVs
3 other accounts
|
$141.97
million
$1.22 billion
$8.12 million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
Select
Global Equity
Fund
|
Threadneedle:
David Dudding
|
3 PIVs
2 other accounts
|
$4.81 billion
$1.17 billion
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Threadneedle
|
Threadneedle
|
Pauline
Grange
|
2
other accounts
|
$151.00
million
|
None
|
None
(c)
|
Seligman
Global
Technology Fund
|
Paul
Wick
|
5
RICs
2 PIVs
5 other accounts
|
$6.70
billion
$894.03 million
$86.37 million
|
1
PIV
($735.01 M)
|
None
|
Columbia
Management
|
Columbia
Management
– Tech Team
|
Shekhar
Pramanick
|
3
RICs
5 other accounts
|
$6.33
billion
$2.24 million
|
None
|
None
|
Sanjay
Devgan
|
3
RICs
3 other accounts
|
$6.33
billion
$0.74 million
|
None
|
None
|
Jeetil
Patel
|
4
RICs
6 other accounts
|
$6.68
billion
$3.34 million
|
None
|
None
|
Christopher
Boova
|
4
RICs
8 other accounts
|
$6.68
billion
$5.89 million
|
None
|
None
|
Vimal
Patel
(d)
|
6
other accounts
|
$2.49
million
|
None
|
None
|
*
|
RIC refers to a Registered
Investment Company; PIV refers to a Pooled Investment Vehicle.
|
**
|
Number and type of accounts
for which the advisory fee paid is based in part or wholly on performance and the aggregate net assets in those accounts.
|
(a)
|
Excludes any notional
investments.
|
(b)
|
Notional investments through a
deferred compensation account.
|
(c)
|
The Fund is available for sale
only in the U.S. The portfolio managers do not reside in the U.S. and therefore do not hold any shares of the Fund.
|
(d)
|
The portfolio manager began
managing the Fund after its last fiscal year end; reporting information is provided as of December 31, 2017.
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
106
|
(e)
|
The portfolio manager’s
ownership information (excluding any notional investments) is provided as of April 11, 2018. As of July 31, 2017, the portfolio manager’s ownership (excluding any notional investments) was $0.
|
(f)
|
The portfolio manager’s
ownership information (excluding any notional investments) is provided as of May 8, 2018. As of July 31, 2017, the portfolio manager’s ownership (excluding any notional investments) was $0.
|
(g)
|
The portfolio manager began
managing the Fund after its last fiscal year end; reporting information is provided as of March 31, 2018.
|
(h)
|
Leonard Aplet expects to
retire effective December 31, 2018. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2019, all references to Leonard Aplet in the SAI for the above mentioned fund are hereby removed.
|
(i)
|
Jennifer Ponce de Leon is on a
medical leave of absence and while she is expected to return, a timetable for her return is not set. Until such time, Brian Lavin will serve as lead portfolio manager of the Fund with continued support from the Investment Manager’s High Yield
research analyst team.
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Potential
Conflicts of Interest
|
Columbia Management:
Like other investment professionals with multiple clients, a Fund’s portfolio manager(s) may face certain potential conflicts of interest in connection with managing both the Fund and other accounts at the same
time. The Investment Manager and the Funds have adopted compliance policies and procedures that attempt to address certain of the potential conflicts that portfolio managers face in this regard. Certain of these conflicts of interest are summarized
below.
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|
The management of
accounts with different advisory fee rates and/or fee structures, including accounts that pay advisory fees based on account performance (performance fee accounts), may raise potential conflicts of interest for a portfolio manager by creating an
incentive to favor higher fee accounts.
|
|
Potential
conflicts of interest also may arise when a portfolio manager has personal investments in other accounts that may create an incentive to favor those accounts. As a general matter and subject to the Investment Manager’s Code of Ethics and
certain limited exceptions, the Investment Manager’s investment professionals do not have the opportunity to invest in client accounts, other than the funds.
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|
A portfolio
manager who is responsible for managing multiple funds and/or accounts may devote unequal time and attention to the management of those Funds and/or accounts. The effects of this potential conflict may be more pronounced where Funds and/or accounts
managed by a particular portfolio manager have different investment strategies.
|
|
A portfolio
manager may be able to select or influence the selection of the broker/dealers that are used to execute securities transactions for the Funds. A portfolio manager’s decision as to the selection of broker/dealers could produce disproportionate
costs and benefits among the Funds and the other accounts the portfolio manager manages.
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|
A potential
conflict of interest may arise when a portfolio manager buys or sells the same securities for a Fund and other accounts. On occasions when a portfolio manager considers the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interests of a Fund as well
as other accounts, the Investment Manager’s trading desk may, to the extent consistent with applicable laws and regulations, aggregate the securities to be sold or bought in order to obtain the best execution and lower brokerage commissions,
if any. Aggregation of trades may create the potential for unfairness to a Fund or another account if a portfolio manager favors one account over another in allocating the securities bought or sold. The Investment Manager and its Participating
Affiliates (including Threadneedle) may coordinate their trading operations for certain types of securities and transactions pursuant to personnel-sharing agreements or similar intercompany arrangements. However, typically the Investment Manager
does not coordinate trading activities with a Participating Affiliate with respect to accounts of that Participating Affiliate unless such Participating Affiliate is also providing trading services for accounts managed by the Investment Manager.
Similarly, a Participating Affiliate typically does not coordinate trading activities with the Investment Manager with respect to accounts of the Investment Manager unless the Investment Manager is also providing trading services for accounts
managed by such Participating Affiliate. As a result, it is possible that the Investment Manager and its Participating Affiliates may trade in the same instruments at the same time, in the same or opposite direction or in different sequence, which
could negatively impact the prices paid by the Fund on such instruments. Additionally, in circumstances where trading services are being provided on a coordinated basis for the Investment Manager’s accounts (including the Funds) and the
accounts of one or more Participating Affiliates in accordance with applicable law, it is possible that the allocation opportunities available to the Funds may be decreased, especially for less actively traded securities, or orders may take longer
to execute, which may negatively impact Fund performance.
|
|
“Cross
trades,” in which a portfolio manager sells a particular security held by a Fund to another account (potentially saving transaction costs for both accounts), could involve a potential conflict of interest if, for example, a portfolio manager
is permitted to sell a security from one account to another account at a higher price than an independent third party would pay. The Investment Manager and the Funds have adopted compliance procedures that provide that any transactions between a
Fund and another account managed by the Investment Manager are to be made at a current market price, consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
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Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
107
|
|
Another potential
conflict of interest may arise based on the different investment objectives and strategies of a Fund and other accounts managed by its portfolio manager(s). Depending on another account’s objectives and other factors, a portfolio manager may
give advice to and make decisions for a Fund that may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of decisions made, with respect to another account. A portfolio manager’s investment decisions are the product of many factors in addition
to basic suitability for the particular account involved. Thus, a portfolio manager may buy or sell a particular security for certain accounts, and not for a Fund, even though it could have been bought or sold for the Fund at the same time. A
portfolio manager also may buy a particular security for one or more accounts when one or more other accounts are selling the security (including short sales). There may be circumstances when a portfolio manager’s purchases or sales of
portfolio securities for one or more accounts may have an adverse effect on other accounts, including the Funds.
|
|
To the extent a
Fund invests in underlying funds, a portfolio manager will be subject to the potential conflicts of interest described in
Potential Conflicts of Interest – Columbia Management – FOF (Fund-of-Funds)
below.
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|
A
Fund’s portfolio manager(s) also may have other potential conflicts of interest in managing the Fund, and the description above is not a complete description of every conflict that could exist in managing the Fund and other accounts. Many of
the potential conflicts of interest to which the Investment Manager’s portfolio managers are subject are essentially the same or similar to the potential conflicts of interest related to the investment management activities of the Investment
Manager and its affiliates.
|
|
Columbia Management
– FoF (Fund-of-Funds):
Management of funds-of-funds differs from that of the other Funds. The portfolio management process is set forth generally below and in more detail in the Funds’ prospectus.
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|
Portfolio
managers of the fund-of-funds may be involved in determining each funds-of-fund’s allocation among the three main asset classes (equity, fixed income and cash) and the allocation among investment categories within each asset class, as well as
each funds-of-fund’s allocation among the underlying funds.
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■
|
Because of the
structure of the funds-of-funds, the potential conflicts of interest for the portfolio managers may be different than the potential conflicts of interest for portfolio managers who manage other Funds.
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■
|
The
Investment Manager and its affiliates may receive higher compensation as a result of allocations to underlying funds with higher fees.
|
In addition to the accounts
above, portfolio managers may manage accounts in a personal capacity that may include holdings that are similar to, or the same as, those of the Fund. The Investment Manager has in place a Code of Ethics that is designed to address conflicts and
that, among other things, imposes restrictions on the ability of the portfolio managers and other “investment access persons” to invest in securities that may be recommended or traded in the Fund and other client accounts.
To the extent a fund-of-funds
invest in securities and instruments other than other Funds, the portfolio manager is subject to the potential conflicts of interest described in
Potential Conflicts of Interest – Columbia Management
above.
A Fund’s
portfolio manager(s) also may have other potential conflicts of interest in managing the Fund, and the description above is not a complete description of every conflict that could exist in managing the fund and other accounts. Many of the potential
conflicts of interest to which the Investment Manager’s portfolio managers are subject are essentially the same or similar to the potential conflicts of interest related to the Investment Management activities of the Investment Manager and its
affiliates.
Columbia
Management – IB:
Management of the Income Builder Fund-of-Funds differs from that of the other funds. The portfolio management process is set forth generally below and in more detail in the Fund’s
prospectus.
The
Investment Manager uses quantitative models combined with qualitative factors to determine the Funds’ allocations to the underlying funds. Using these methodologies, a group of the Investment Manager’s investment professionals allocates
the Fund’s assets within and across different asset classes in an effort to achieve the Fund’s objective of providing a high level of current income and growth of capital. The Fund will typically be rebalanced monthly in an effort to
maximize the level of income and capital growth, incorporating various measures of relative value subject to constraints that set minimum or maximum exposure within asset classes, as set forth in the prospectus. Within the equity and fixed income
asset classes, the Investment Manager establishes allocations for the Funds, seeking to achieve each Fund’s objective by investing in defined investment categories. The target allocation range constraints are intended, in part, to promote
diversification within the asset classes.
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
108
|
Because of the structure of
funds-of-funds, the potential conflicts of interest for the portfolio managers may be different than the potential conflicts of interest for portfolio managers who manage other funds. These potential conflicts of interest include:
■
|
In certain cases,
the portfolio managers of the underlying funds are the same as the portfolio managers of the Income Builder Fund-of-Funds, and could influence the allocation of fund-of-funds assets to or away from the underlying funds that they manage.
|
■
|
The
Investment Manager and its affiliates may receive higher compensation as a result of allocations to underlying funds with higher fees.
|
The Investment Manager monitors
the performance of the underlying funds and may, from time to time, recommend to the Board of Trustees of the funds a change in portfolio management or fund strategy or the closure or merger of an underlying fund. In addition, the Investment Manager
may believe that certain funds may benefit from additional assets or could be harmed by redemptions. All of these factors may also influence decisions in connection with the allocation of funds-of-funds assets to or away from certain underlying
funds.
In addition to the
accounts above, portfolio managers may manage accounts in a personal capacity that may include holdings that are similar to, or the same as, those of the Fund. The Investment Manager has in place a Code of Ethics that is designed to address
conflicts and that, among other things, imposes restrictions on the ability of the portfolio managers and other “investment access persons” to invest in securities that may be recommended or traded in the Fund and other client
accounts.
DFA:
Actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio manager has the primary day-to-day responsibilities with respect to a mutual fund and other accounts. Other accounts include registered mutual funds
(including proprietary mutual funds advised by DFA or its affiliates), other unregistered pooled investment vehicles, and other accounts managed for organizations and individuals (“Accounts”). An Account may have similar investment
objectives to the Fund, or may purchase, sell or hold securities that are eligible to be purchased, sold or held by the Fund. Actual or apparent conflicts of interest include:
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|
Time Management.
The management of the Fund and other Accounts may result in a portfolio manager devoting unequal time and attention to the management of the Fund and/or Accounts. DFA seeks to manage such competing interests for the
time and attention of portfolio managers by having portfolio managers focus on a particular investment discipline. Accounts managed by a portfolio manager within an investment discipline may be managed using the same investment approach.
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■
|
Investment
Opportunities.
It is possible that at times identical securities will be held by the Fund and one or more Accounts. However, positions in the same security may vary and the length of time that the Fund may hold
investments in the same security may likewise vary. If a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be suitable for the Fund and one or more Accounts, the Fund may not be able to take full advantage of that opportunity
due to an allocation of filled purchase or sale orders across all eligible Accounts. To address these situations, DFA has adopted procedures for allocating portfolio transactions across multiple Accounts.
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■
|
Broker Selection.
With respect to securities transactions for the Fund, DFA determines which broker to use to execute each order, consistent with its duty to seek best execution of the transaction. However, with respect to certain
Accounts (such as separately managed accounts), DFA may be limited by the client with respect to the selection of brokers or may be instructed to direct trades through a particular broker. In these cases, DFA or its affiliates may place separate,
non-simultaneous, transactions for the Fund and another Account that may temporarily affect the market price of the security or the execution of the transaction, or both, to the detriment of the Fund or the Account.
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■
|
Performance-Based
Fees.
For some Accounts, DFA may be compensated based on the profitability of the Account, such as by a performance-based management fee. These incentive compensation structures may create a conflict of interest for
DFA with regard to Accounts where DFA is paid based on a percentage of assets because the portfolio manager may have an incentive to allocate securities preferentially to the Accounts where DFA might share in investment gains.
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■
|
Investment
in an Account.
A portfolio manager or his/her relatives may invest in an Account that he or she manages and a conflict may arise where he or she may therefore have an incentive to treat the Account in which the
portfolio manager or his/her relatives invest preferentially as compared to other Accounts for which he or she has portfolio management responsibilities.
|
DFA has adopted certain
compliance procedures that are reasonably designed to address these types of conflicts. However, there is no guarantee that such procedures will detect every situation in which a conflict arises.
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
109
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Diamond Hill:
The portfolio managers are also responsible for managing other account portfolios in addition to the respective Fund that they manage. Management of other accounts in addition to the Fund can present certain conflicts
of interest, including those associated with different fee structures, various trading practices, and the amount of time the portfolio managers may spend on other accounts versus the respective fund they manage. Diamond Hill has implemented specific
policies and procedures to address any potential conflicts.
Performance Based Fees
Diamond Hill manages certain accounts, including private investment funds (a.k.a. “Hedge Funds”), for which part of its fee is based on the performance of the account/fund (“Performance Fee
Accounts”). As a result of the performance-based fee component, Diamond Hill may receive additional revenue related to the Performance Fee Accounts. None of the portfolio managers receive any direct incentive compensation related to their
management of the Performance Fee Accounts; however, revenues from Performance Fee Accounts management will impact the resources available to compensate portfolio managers and all staff.
Side-by-Side Management
Diamond Hill has a potential conflict of interest, as an adviser to both long-only accounts and accounts that execute short sales. Diamond Hill could sell short securities in a long-short account while holding the same
security long in a long-only account. In this case, Diamond Hill could harm the performance of the long-only accounts for the benefit of accounts that execute short sales, which may include Performance Fee Accounts. For example, continually selling
a position short may depress the stock price, potentially harming a long-only account if it holds the same security. To manage this conflict, Diamond Hill has a specific policy that prohibits a long position from being held as a short position in
any actively managed client account. However, client investment mandates that generally include all securities in a broad-based market index may hold a long position, while another client account holds that same security as a short
position.
Trade
Allocation
Diamond Hill manages numerous accounts in addition to the Fund. When the Fund and another of Diamond Hill’s clients seek to purchase or sell the same security at or about the same time, Diamond
Hill may execute the transactions with the same broker on a combined or “blocked” basis. Blocked transactions can produce better execution for the Fund because of increased volume of the transaction. However, when another Diamond Hill
client specifies that trades be executed with a specific broker (“Directed Brokerage Accounts”), a potential conflict of interest exists related to the order in which those trades are executed and allocated. As a result, Diamond Hill has
adopted a trade allocation policy in which all trade orders occurring simultaneously among the Fund and one or more other accounts where Diamond Hill has the discretion to choose the execution broker are blocked and executed first. After the blocked
trades have been completed, the remaining trades for the Directed Brokerage Accounts are then executed in random order, through our portfolio management software. When a trade is partially filled, the number of filled shares is allocated on a
pro-rata basis to the appropriate client accounts. Trades are not segmented by investment product.
Unified
Managed Account (“UMA”) Programs
Diamond Hill provides its strategy model portfolio to sponsors of UMA programs. In these cases, the program sponsor has investment discretion and is responsible for
execution of client transactions. Diamond Hill is not aware of when the program sponsor executes transactions as a result of the model provided to it by Diamond Hill. As a result, both Diamond Hill and the program sponsors may be executing trades in
the same security at the same time. Therefore, Diamond Hill’s provision of model portfolios to UMA programs may create a potential conflict because Diamond Hill clients and clients of the UMA sponsor may be competing to transact the same
securities. To minimize this conflict, Diamond Hill provides the strategy model portfolio to UMA sponsors weekly and only reflects strategy model portfolio change after they have been fully implemented.
Personal Security Trading by the
Portfolio Managers
Diamond Hill has adopted a Code of Ethics designed to: (1) demonstrate Diamond Hill’s duty at all times to place the interest of clients and Fund shareholders first; (2) align the
interests of the portfolio managers with clients and Fund shareholders, and (3) mitigate inherent conflicts of interest associated with personal securities transactions. The Code of Ethics prohibits all employees of Diamond Hill, including the
portfolio managers, from purchasing any individual equity or fixed income securities that are eligible to be purchased by client portfolios. The Code of Ethics also prohibits the purchase of certain third party mutual funds that invest primarily in
U.S. equity or corporate bond securities.
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Threadneedle:
Threadneedle portfolio managers may manage one or more mutual funds as well as other types of accounts, including proprietary accounts, separate accounts for institutions, and other pooled investment vehicles. Portfolio
managers make investment decisions for an account or portfolio based on its investment objectives and policies, and other relevant investment considerations. A portfolio manager may manage a separate account or other pooled investment vehicle whose
fees may be materially greater than the management fees paid by the Fund and may include a performance-based fee. Management of multiple funds and accounts may create potential conflicts of interest relating to the allocation of investment
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Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
110
|
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opportunities, and
the aggregation and allocation of trades. In addition, a portfolio manager’s responsibilities at Threadneedle include working as a securities analyst. This dual role may give rise to conflicts with respect to making investment decisions for
accounts that he/she manages versus communicating his/her analyses to other portfolio managers concerning securities that he/she follows as an analyst.
|
|
Threadneedle
has a fiduciary responsibility to all of the clients for which it manages accounts. Threadneedle seeks to provide best execution of all securities transactions and to aggregate securities transactions and then allocate securities to client accounts
in a fair and timely manner. Threadneedle has developed policies and procedures, including brokerage and trade allocation policies and procedures, designed to mitigate and manage the potential conflicts of interest that may arise from the management
of multiple types of accounts for multiple clients.
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Structure of Compensation
Columbia Management
: Portfolio manager direct compensation is typically comprised of a base salary, and an annual incentive award that is paid either in the form of a cash bonus if the size of the award is under a specified threshold, or,
if the size of the award is over a specified threshold, the award is paid in a combination of a cash bonus, an equity incentive award, and deferred compensation. Equity incentive awards are made in the form of Ameriprise Financial restricted stock,
or for more senior employees both Ameriprise Financial restricted stock and stock options. The investment return credited on deferred compensation is based on the performance of specified Columbia Funds, in most cases including the Columbia Funds
the portfolio manager manages.
Base salary is typically
determined based on market data relevant to the employee’s position, as well as other factors including internal equity. Base salaries are reviewed annually, and increases are typically given as promotional increases, internal equity
adjustments, or market adjustments.
Annual incentive awards are
variable and are based on (1) an evaluation of the employee’s investment performance and (2) the results of a peer and/or management review of the employee, which takes into account skills and attributes such as team participation, investment
process, communication, and professionalism. Scorecards are used to measure performance of Columbia Funds and other accounts managed by the employee versus benchmarks and/or peer groups. Performance versus benchmark and peer group is generally
weighted for the rolling one, three, and five year periods. One year performance is weighted 10%, three year performance is weighted 60%, and five year performance is weighted 30%. Relative asset size is a key determinant for fund weighting on a
scorecard. Typically, weighting would be proportional to actual assets. Consideration may also be given to performance in managing client assets in sectors and industries assigned to the employee as part of his/her investment team responsibilities,
where applicable. For leaders who also have group management responsibilities, another factor in their evaluation is an assessment of the group’s overall investment performance.
Equity incentive awards are
designed to align participants’ interests with those of the shareholders of Ameriprise Financial. Equity incentive awards vest over multiple years, so they help retain employees.
Deferred compensation awards are
designed to align participants’ interests with the investors in the Columbia Funds and other accounts they manage. The value of the deferral account is based on the performance of Columbia Funds. Employees have the option of selecting from
various Columbia Funds for their deferral account, however portfolio managers must allocate a minimum of 25% of their incentive awarded through the deferral program to the Columbia Fund(s) they manage. Deferrals vest over multiple years, so they
help retain employees.
Exceptions to this general
approach to bonuses exist for certain teams and individuals. Funding for the bonus pool is determined by management and depends on, among other factors, the levels of compensation generally in the investment management industry taking into account
investment performance (based on market compensation data) and both Ameriprise Financial and Columbia Management profitability for the year, which is largely determined by assets under management.
For all employees the benefit
programs generally are the same, and are competitive within the financial services industry. Employees participate in a wide variety of plans, including options in Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Spending Accounts, Life Insurance,
Long Term Disability Insurance, 401(k), and a cash balance pension plan.
Columbia Management –
Floating Rate:
Portfolio manager compensation is typically comprised of (i) a base salary, and (ii) an annual cash bonus. The annual cash bonus is paid from team bonus pools. Funding for two of the bonus pools is
based upon a percentage of profits or revenue generated by the institutional portfolios they manage. The portfolio managers may also be paid from a separate bonus pool based upon the performance of the mutual fund(s) they manage. Funding for this
bonus pool is determined by a percentage of the aggregate assets under management in the mutual fund(s) they manage, and by the one, three and five year performance of the mutual fund(s) in relation to the relevant peer group universe.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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Senior management of Columbia
Management has the discretion to increase or decrease the size of the bonus pool related to mutual funds and to determine the exact amount of each portfolio manager’s bonus paid from this portion of the bonus pool based on his/her performance
as an employee. Senior management of Columbia Management does not have discretion over the size of the bonus pool related to institutional portfolios.
For all employees the benefit
programs generally are the same, and are competitive within the financial services industry. Employees participate in a wide variety of plans, including options in Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Spending Accounts, Life Insurance,
Long Term Disability Insurance, 401(k), and a cash balance pension plan.
Columbia Management – Tech
Team:
Portfolio manager compensation is typically comprised of (i) a base salary and (ii) an annual cash bonus. The annual cash bonus, and in some instances the base salary, are paid from a team bonus pool that is
based on fees and performance of the accounts managed by the portfolio management team, which might include mutual funds, wrap accounts, institutional portfolios and hedge funds.
The percentage of management fees
on mutual funds and long-only institutional portfolios that fund the bonus pool is based on the short term (typically one-year) and long-term (typically three-year and five-year) performance of those accounts in relation to the relevant peer group
universe.
A fixed
percentage of management fees on hedge funds and separately managed accounts that follow a hedge fund mandate fund the bonus pool.
The percentage of performance
fees on hedge funds and separately managed accounts that follow a hedge fund mandate that fund the bonus pool is based on the absolute level of each hedge fund’s current year investment return.
For all employees the benefit
programs generally are the same, and are competitive within the financial services industry. Employees participate in a wide variety of plans, including options in Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Spending Accounts, Life Insurance,
Long Term Disability Insurance, 401(k), and a cash balance pension plan.
DFA:
Portfolio managers receive a base salary and bonus. Compensation of a portfolio manager is determined at the discretion of DFA and is based on a portfolio manager’s experience, responsibilities, the perception of
the quality of his or her work efforts and other subjective factors. The compensation of portfolio managers is not directly based upon the performance of the mutual funds or other accounts that the portfolio managers manage. DFA reviews the
compensation of each portfolio manager annually and may make modifications in compensation as it deems necessary to reflect changes in the market. Each portfolio manager’s compensation consists of the following:
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Base salary. Each
portfolio manager is paid a base salary. DFA considers the factors described above to determine each portfolio manager’s base salary.
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|
Semi-Annual
Bonus. Each portfolio manager may receive a semi-annual bonus. The amount of the bonus paid to each portfolio manager is based upon the factors described above.
|
Portfolio managers may be
awarded the right to purchase restricted shares of the stock of DFA as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors of DFA or its delegees. Portfolio managers also participate in benefit and retirement plans and other programs available
generally to all employees.
In addition, portfolio managers
may be given the option of participating in DFA’s Long Term Incentive Plan. The level of participation for eligible employees may be dependent on overall level of compensation, among other considerations. Participation in this program is not
based on or related to the performance of any individual strategies or any particular client accounts.
Diamond Hill:
Diamond Hill portfolio managers are paid a competitive base salary based on experience, external market comparisons to similar positions, and other business factors. To align their interests with those of clients and
shareholders, all portfolio managers also participate in an annual cash and equity incentive compensation program that is based on:
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The long-term
pre-tax investment performance of the fund(s) that they manage,
|
■
|
Diamond
Hill’s assessment of the investment contribution they make to strategies they do not manage,
|
■
|
Diamond
Hill’s assessment of each portfolio manager’s overall contribution to the development of the investment team through ongoing discussion, interaction, feedback and collaboration, and
|
■
|
Diamond
Hill’s assessment of each portfolio manager’s contribution to client service, marketing to prospective clients and investment communication activities.
|
Long-term performance is defined
as the trailing five years (performance of less than five years is judged on a subjective basis). Investment performance is measured against an absolute return target for each strategy, the respective strategy’s benchmark and its Morningstar
or Lipper peer group.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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Incentive compensation is paid
annually from an incentive pool that is determined based on several factors including investment results in client portfolios, revenues, employee performance, and industry operating margins. Portfolio Manager compensation is not directly tied to
product asset growth or revenue, however, both of these factors influence the size of the incentive pool and therefore indirectly contribute to portfolio manager compensation. Incentive compensation is subject to review and oversight by the
compensation committee of Diamond Hill’s parent firm, Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. The compensation committee is comprised of independent outside members of the board of directors. The portfolio managers are also eligible to participate
in the Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. 401(k) plan and related company match. Diamond Hill also offers a Deferred Compensation Plan, whereby each portfolio manager may voluntarily elect to defer a portion of their incentive compensation. Any
deferral of incentive compensation must be invested in Diamond Hill Funds for the entire duration of the deferral.
|
Threadneedle:
Direct compensation is typically comprised of a base salary, and an annual incentive award that is paid either in the form of a cash bonus if the size of the award is under a specified threshold, or, if the size of the
award is over a specified threshold, the award is paid in a combination of a cash bonus, an equity incentive award, and deferred compensation. Equity incentive awards are made in the form of Ameriprise Financial restricted stock, or for more senior
employees both Ameriprise Financial restricted stock and stock options. The investment return credited on deferred compensation is based on the performance of specified Threadneedle funds, in most cases including the funds the portfolio manager
manages.
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|
Base salary is
typically determined based on market data relevant to the employee’s position, as well as other factors including internal equity. Base salaries are reviewed annually, and increases are typically given as promotional increases, internal equity
adjustments, or market adjustments.
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|
Annual
incentive awards and pool funding are variable and are designed to reward:
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|
Investment
performance, both at the individual and team levels
|
■
|
Client
requirements, in particular the alignment with clients through a mandatory deferral into the company’s own products
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Team
cooperation and Values
|
Scorecards are used to measure
performance of Threadneedle funds and other accounts managed by the employee. Prior to 2016, the primary measurement of performance was return versus the relevant benchmark on a 1- and 3-year basis, with a bias towards 3-year performance in order to
incentivize delivery of longer-term performance. In order to provide an integrated global compensation framework to investment employees across all locations, in 2016 performance will be measured versus peer performance wherever appropriate, in
addition to return versus benchmark. In addition, longer-term performance will be incorporated, using 1-year, 3-year, and 4-year performance in 2016, and 1-year, 3-year, 5-year performance from 2017 onwards, both weighted 10% on the 1-year, 60% on
the 3-year, and 30% on the 4 or 5-year. Consideration may also be given to performance in managing client assets in sectors and industries assigned to the employee as part of his/her investment team responsibilities, where applicable.
Equity incentive awards are
designed to align participants’ interests with those of the shareholders of Ameriprise Financial. Equity incentive awards vest over multiple years, so they help retain employees.
Deferred compensation awards are
designed to align participants’ interests with the investors in the funds and other accounts they manage. The value of the deferral account is based on the performance of those funds. Employees have the option of selecting from various
internal funds for their deferral account. Deferrals vest over multiple years, so they help to retain employees and to align their longer-term interests with those of the investor.
Exceptions to this general
approach to bonuses exist for certain teams and individuals. Funding for the bonus pool is determined by management and overseen by the EMEA Remuneration Committee, and depends on, among other factors, the levels of compensation generally in the
investment management industry taking into account investment performance (based on market compensation data) and both Ameriprise Financial and the asset management business profitability for the year, which is largely determined by assets under
management.
For all
employees the benefit programs generally are the same, and are competitive within the Financial Services Industry. Employees participate in a wide variety of plans, including options in Medical, Health Care, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability
Insurance, and retirement savings plans.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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The Administrator
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (which
is also the Investment Manager) serves as administrator of the Funds.
Administrative Services Agreement
Prior to the Management Agreement Effective Date listed for each
Fund in the
Investment Management and Other Services – The Investment Manager and Subadvisers – Management Agreement Fee Rates
section, each Fund, except Overseas Core Fund, was
party to the Investment Management Services Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement with the Investment Manager for advisory and administrative services, respectively. Each Fund party to these agreements paid the Investment Manager an
annual fee for advisory services, as set forth in the Investment Management Services Agreement, and a separate fee for administrative services under the Administrative Services Agreement. See
Investment Management and Other Services – The Investment Manager and Subadvisers – Investment Management Services Agreement
for information with respect to the Investment
Management Services Agreement. As of the Management Agreement Effective Date for each Fund, these services have been combined under the Management Agreement as described in the
Investment Management
and Other Services – The Investment Manager and Subadvisers
section.
Services Provided Under the Administrative Services
Agreement
Pursuant to the terms of the Administrative
Services Agreement, the Investment Manager has agreed to provide all of the services necessary for, or appropriate to, the business and effective operation of each Fund that are not (a) provided by employees or other agents engaged by the Fund or
(b) required to be provided by any person pursuant to any other agreement or arrangement with the Fund.
Administrative Services Fee
Prior to the Management Agreement Effective Date, the
administrative services fee was calculated as a percentage of the daily net assets of each Fund and was paid monthly at the annual rates as set forth in the Administrative Services Agreement.
Administrative Services Fees Paid.
The table below shows the total administrative services fees paid by each Fund under the Administrative Services Agreement for the last three fiscal periods. Beginning with the fiscal year ended
February 29, 2016, amounts shown are for the period from the first day of the applicable fiscal year through the Fund's Management Agreement Effective Date (see
Management Agreement Fee Schedule
). As of each Fund's Management Agreement Effective Date, the Fund no longer paid these fees. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
Administrative Services Fees
|
Administrative
Services Fees
|
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
N/A
|
$43,727
|
$135,323
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
N/A
|
18,281
|
58,025
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
N/A
|
142,763
|
457,297
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
N/A
|
42,256
|
132,333
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
N/A
|
102,783
|
325,491
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
43,306
|
152,348
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
N/A
|
80,447
|
262,998
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
258,714
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
198,822
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
96,763
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
202,628
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,247,854
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,355,862
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
183,269
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
16,483
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
170,244
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
114
|
|
Administrative
Services Fees
|
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$99,434
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
618,630
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1,120,310
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
425,209
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
459,847
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
90,263
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
18,318
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
21,018
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
43,256
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
31,346
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
52,175
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
71,474
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
407,596
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
12,686
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
840,746
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
139,237
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
414,567
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
458,573
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
320,837
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
60,061
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
415,042
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
188,674
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
132,861
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
668,142
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
205,625
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
N/A
|
$673,359
|
2,055,336
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
N/A
|
118,898
|
383,325
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
N/A
|
184,061
|
545,298
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
N/A
|
207,726
|
655,573
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
N/A
|
124,931
|
420,623
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
N/A
|
290,034
|
921,758
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
N/A
|
614,797
|
1,989,596
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
N/A
|
41,436
|
165,294
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
N/A
|
236,597
|
774,188
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
N/A
|
107,216
|
307,477
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
N/A
|
143,871
|
411,139
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
100,728
|
400,535
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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115
|
|
Administrative
Services Fees
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
N/A
|
$14,764
|
$802,067
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
N/A
|
140,369
|
442,667
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
23,747
|
90,506
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
107,916
|
310,437
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
N/A
|
115,591
|
337,564
|
(a)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31.
|
The Distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
(the Distributor), 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial and an affiliate of the Investment Manager, serves as the principal underwriter and distributor for the continuous offering of
shares of the Funds pursuant to a Distribution Agreement. The Distribution Agreement obligates the Distributor to use reasonable efforts to find purchasers for the shares of the Funds.
Distribution Obligations
Pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, the Distributor, as agent,
sells shares of the Funds on a continuous basis and transmits purchase and redemption orders that it receives to the Trusts or the Transfer Agent, or their designated agents. Additionally, the Distributor has agreed to use reasonable efforts to
solicit orders for the sale of shares and to undertake advertising and promotion as it believes appropriate in connection with such solicitation. Pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, the Distributor, at its own expense, finances those activities
as it deems reasonable and which are primarily intended to result in the sale of shares of the Funds, including, but not limited to, advertising, compensation of underwriters, dealers and sales personnel, the printing and mailing of prospectuses to
other than existing shareholders, and the printing and mailing of sales literature. The Distributor, however, may be compensated or reimbursed for all or a portion of such expenses to the extent permitted by a Distribution Plan adopted by the Trusts
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. See
Investment Management and Other Services – Distribution and/or Servicing Plans
for more information about the share classes for which the
Trusts have adopted a Distribution Plan.
See
Investment Management and Other Services – Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates – Certain Conflicts of Interest
for more information about conflicts
of interest, including those that relate to the Investment Manager and its affiliates.
The Distribution Agreement became effective with
respect to each Fund after approval by its Board, and, after an initial two-year period, continues from year to year, provided that such continuation of the Distribution Agreement is specifically approved at least annually by the Board, including
its Independent Trustees. The Distribution Agreement terminates automatically in the event of its assignment, and is terminable with respect to each Fund at any time without penalty by the Trusts (by vote of the Board or by vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund) or by the Distributor on 60 days’ written notice.
Underwriting Commissions Paid by the Funds
The Distributor received commissions and other compensation for its
services as reflected in the following charts, which show amounts paid to the Distributor, as well as amounts the Distributor retained, after paying commissions, for the three most recently completed fiscal years.
Sales Charges Paid to, and Retained by, Distributor
|
Sales
Charges Paid to Distributor
|
Amount
Retained by Distributor
After Paying Commissions
|
Fund
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$977,579
|
$1,038,147
|
$1,231,226
|
$148,246
|
$152,907
|
$183,377
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
179,588
|
201,726
|
236,675
|
29,584
|
35,918
|
40,374
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
1,857,317
|
1,936,479
|
2,445,860
|
285,813
|
291,794
|
368,391
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
432,743
|
512,428
|
571,496
|
68,958
|
80,919
|
89,155
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
1,610,425
|
1,531,414
|
2,044,056
|
260,414
|
235,851
|
313,092
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
466,304
|
427,552
|
596,170
|
68,735
|
65,299
|
89,626
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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116
|
|
Sales
Charges Paid to Distributor
|
Amount
Retained by Distributor
After Paying Commissions
|
Fund
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
$1,376,629
|
$1,093,677
|
$1,157,299
|
$223,751
|
$190,293
|
$199,061
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
293,284
|
163,692
|
638,840
|
43,796
|
31,872
|
122,742
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
106,664
|
136,551
|
186,142
|
16,133
|
20,182
|
28,645
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
98,075
|
65,521
|
164,315
|
18,328
|
13,336
|
27,037
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
13
|
7
|
116
|
13
|
7
|
116
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
808,177
|
161,483
|
182,933
|
119,882
|
23,748
|
27,745
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
56,082
|
41,972
|
193,332
|
8,813
|
7,610
|
29,742
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
32,197
|
58,284
|
73,074
|
6,141
|
8,549
|
11,441
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
65,786
|
48,640
|
62,100
|
10,604
|
7,290
|
9,194
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
173,230
|
230,671
|
299,542
|
27,021
|
36,480
|
46,426
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
0
|
508
|
376
|
0
|
508
|
376
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
8,214
|
5,762
|
5,271
|
1,095
|
806
|
758
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
108,329
|
123,558
|
90,304
|
42,999
|
41,734
|
26,640
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
23,030
|
39,538
|
29,517
|
8,801
|
17,145
|
11,890
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
182
|
8,948
|
3,381
|
32
|
1,831
|
1,447
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
10,814
|
8,804
|
22,821
|
1,602
|
1,503
|
4,140
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
13,013
|
13,069
|
13,172
|
2,117
|
2,501
|
2,645
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
18,752
|
47,756
|
29,289
|
3,653
|
7,501
|
4,613
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
25,845
|
6,174
|
6,484
|
4,080
|
1,377
|
1,402
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
323,221
|
197,828
|
79,259
|
48,046
|
28,732
|
16,297
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
22,352
|
26,444
|
34,853
|
8,146
|
9,001
|
18,928
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
16,375
|
10,100
|
13,811
|
2,236
|
1,464
|
2,068
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
915,096
|
1,858,857
|
1,700,429
|
148,038
|
283,538
|
281,811
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
892,834
|
443,128
|
382,932
|
137,046
|
68,564
|
90,314
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
381,184
|
576,939
|
613,591
|
67,337
|
104,061
|
101,395
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
542,691
|
791,463
|
909,129
|
82,884
|
115,987
|
134,347
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
56,918
|
13,776
|
22,928
|
9,172
|
2,216
|
5,322
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
160,363
|
330,336
|
366,020
|
36,822
|
68,437
|
59,850
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
320,297
|
231,453
|
107,161
|
48,136
|
35,048
|
21,366
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
127,552
|
154,591
|
216,535
|
18,621
|
24,095
|
35,683
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
4,574,802
|
3,510,993
|
1,939,763
|
687,292
|
516,150
|
292,834
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
204,087
|
228,491
|
282,557
|
30,042
|
35,771
|
43,008
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
808,170
|
1,331,334
|
1,678,963
|
117,993
|
195,542
|
248,353
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
226,004
|
249,475
|
159,176
|
34,580
|
37,550
|
24,435
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
72,000
|
98,164
|
345,446
|
11,121
|
16,626
|
51,174
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
370,382
|
210,695
|
283,396
|
64,691
|
42,436
|
70,885
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
117
|
|
Sales
Charges Paid to Distributor
|
Amount
Retained by Distributor
After Paying Commissions
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
$250,940
|
$303,614
|
$404,059
|
$38,303
|
$45,961
|
$62,652
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
12,126
|
6,867
|
7,497
|
12,126
|
6,867
|
7,497
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
331,526
|
422,906
|
354,290
|
54,643
|
68,204
|
60,969
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
30,720
|
16,774
|
37,397
|
5,312
|
2,803
|
7,546
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
164,378
|
136,727
|
272,173
|
26,731
|
25,273
|
54,801
|
Minnesota
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
496,264
|
496,864
|
392,198
|
110,270
|
78,656
|
58,396
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
606,706
|
421,956
|
344,257
|
119,560
|
67,660
|
54,274
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
50,883
(b)
|
70,258
|
121,452
|
10,986
(b)
|
16,250
|
26,085
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
3,124
|
978
|
5,544
|
439
|
156
|
769
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
110,721
|
128,038
|
394,465
|
17,688
|
22,259
|
73,891
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
9,662
|
14,947
|
22,140
|
1,397
|
2,233
|
3,709
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
118,566
|
109,872
|
119,818
|
17,378
|
16,112
|
18,365
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
1,106,649
|
440,341
|
413,638
|
163,810
|
67,381
|
61,197
|
(a)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
|
(b)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
Part of the sales charge may be paid to selling
dealers who have agreements with the Distributor. The Distributor will retain the balance of the sales charge. At times the entire sales charge may be paid to selling dealers. See the prospectus for amounts retained by financial intermediaries as a
percentage of the offering price.
Distribution and/or
Servicing Plans
The Trustees have adopted
distribution and/or shareholder servicing plans for certain share classes. See the cover of this SAI for the share classes offered by the Funds.
The table below shows the annual distribution and/or
services fees (payable monthly and calculated based on an annual percentage of average daily net assets) and the combined amount of such fees applicable to each share class. The Trust is not aware as to what amount, if any, of the distribution and
service fees paid to the Distributor were, on a Fund-by-Fund basis, used for advertising, printing and mailing of prospectuses to other than current shareholders, compensation to broker-dealers, compensation to sales personnel, or interest, carrying
or other financing charges.
|
Distribution
Fee
|
Service
Fee
|
Combined
Total
|
Class
A
|
—
|
—
|
0.25%
(a)(b)
|
Class
Adv
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
C
|
0.75%
(c)
|
0.25%
|
1.00%
(b)
|
Class
Inst
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst2
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
Inst3
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Class
R (Series of CFST)
|
0.50%
|
—
(d)
|
0.50%
|
Class
R (Series of CFST II)
|
up
to 0.50%
(b)
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.50%
(d)
|
Class
T
|
up
to 0.25%
|
up
to 0.25%
|
0.25%
(b)
|
Class
V
|
None
|
0.50%
(e)
|
0.50%
(e)
|
(a)
|
All Funds, other than
Government Money Market Fund, pay a combined distribution and service fee for Class A shares.
|
(b)
|
Government Money Market Fund,
for each of Class A and Class T shares, pays distribution and service fees of 0.10%, and for Class C shares pays distribution fees of 0.75%. The Distributor has currently agreed not to be reimbursed by the Fund for 0.25% of the 0.50% fee for Class R
shares of Columbia Government Money Market Fund. The Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive the Rule 12b-1 fees it receives from Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares of Government Money Market Fund. This arrangement may be modified or
terminated by the Distributor at any time. Compensation paid to financial intermediaries may be suspended to the extent of the Distributor’s waiver of the Rule 12b-1 fees on these specific share classes of these Funds.
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
118
|
(c)
|
For Short Term Bond Fund, the
Distributor has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the distribution fee for Class C shares so that the distribution fee does not exceed 0.60% annually.
|
(d)
|
Class R shares of series of
CFST pay a distribution fee pursuant to a Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan for Class R shares and do not have a shareholder service plan for Class R shares. Series of CFST II have a distribution and shareholder service plan for Class R shares pursuant
to which the maximum fee under the plan reimbursed for distribution expenses is equal on an annual basis to 0.50% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class R shares of the Funds, of which amount, up to 0.25% may be reimbursed for
shareholder service expense.
|
(e)
|
The shareholder servicing fees
for Class V shares are up to 0.50% of average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares for equity Funds and 0.40% for fixed income Funds. In general, the Funds currently limit such fees to a maximum of 0.25% for equity Funds and 0.15% for
fixed income Funds. These fees for Class V shares are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. See
Class V Shares Shareholder Service Fees
below for more information.
|
If you maintain shares of a Fund directly with the
Fund, without working directly with a financial advisor or financial intermediary, distribution and service fees, as applicable, are retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring certain distribution and shareholder service
related expenses.
Over time, these
distribution and/or shareholder service fees will reduce the return on your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Fund will pay these fees to the Distributor and/or to eligible financial intermediaries for as
long as the distribution and/or shareholder servicing plans continue in effect. The Fund may reduce or discontinue payments at any time. Your financial intermediary may also charge you other additional fees for providing services to your account,
which may be different from those described here.
Plans for Series of CFST.
The shareholder servicing plans permit the Funds to compensate or reimburse financial intermediaries for the shareholder services they have provided. The Distribution Plans permit the Funds to
compensate or reimburse the Distributor and/or financial intermediaries for activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of the classes’ shares. Payments are made at an annual rate and paid monthly, as a percentage of
average daily net assets, set from time to time by the Board, and are charged as expenses of each Fund directly to the applicable share class. A substantial portion of the expenses incurred pursuant to these plans may be paid to affiliates of the
Distributor and Ameriprise Financial.
Under the shareholder servicing plan, the Board must
review, at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts paid under the servicing agreements and the purposes for which those expenditures were made. The initial term of the shareholder servicing plan is one year and it will continue in effect
from year to year provided that its continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a majority of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the
shareholder servicing plan or in any agreement related to it. Any material amendment to the shareholder servicing plan must be approved in the same manner. The shareholder servicing plan is terminable at any time with respect to the Funds by a vote
of a majority of the Independent Trustees.
The
Trustees believe the Distribution Plans could be a significant factor in the growth and retention of a Fund’s assets resulting in more advantageous expense ratios and increased investment flexibility which could benefit each class of Fund
shareholders. The Distribution Plans will continue in effect from year to year so long as continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees. The Distribution Plans may not be amended
to increase the fee materially without approval by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the relevant class of shares, and all material amendments of the Distribution Plans must be approved by the Trustees in the manner provided
in the foregoing sentence. The Distribution Plans may be terminated at any time by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the relevant class of shares.
Plans for Series of CFST II
.
The distribution and/or shareholder service fees for Class A, Class C, Class R and Class T shares, as applicable, are to reimburse the Distributor for certain
expenses it incurs in connection with distributing the Fund’s shares or directly or indirectly providing services to Fund shareholders. These payments or expenses include providing distribution and/or shareholder service fees to financial
intermediaries that sell shares of the Fund or provide services to Fund shareholders. The Distributor may retain these fees otherwise payable to financial intermediaries if the amounts due are below an amount determined by the Distributor in its
discretion. The maximum fee for services under the plan for series of CFST II is the lesser of the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement (including any unreimbursed expenses) and the rate set forth in the table above. If the flat rate
exceeds the expenses eligible for reimbursement, then the maximum Rule 12b-1 fee amount accrued for such share class is applied on a going forward basis to reflect the actual amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement for the prior quarter.
Similarly, if the flat rate is less than expenses eligible for reimbursement, then the flat rate will be the maximum Rule 12b-1 fee amount on a going forward basis. This determination and calculation is re-applied each subsequent quarter. If a share
class of a series of CFST II has no reimbursable distribution or shareholder servicing expenses, it will suspend the payment of any such fee.
Class V Shares Shareholder Service Fees
The Funds that offer Class V shares have adopted a shareholder
services plan that permits them to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their financial intermediaries. Equity Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily
net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25%
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
119
|
for shareholder liaison services and up to 0.25% for administrative
support services). Fixed income Funds may pay shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of an annual rate of up to 0.20% for shareholder
liaison services and up to 0.20% for administrative support services). These fees are currently limited to an aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% for equity Funds and not more than 0.15% for fixed income Funds. These fees for Class V shares
are not paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. With respect to those Funds that declare dividends on a daily basis, the shareholder servicing fee shall be waived by the financial intermediaries to the extent necessary to prevent net investment income
from falling below 0.00% on a daily basis. The Funds consider “administrative support services” to include, without limitation, (i) aggregating and processing purchase and redemption orders, (ii) providing beneficial owners with
statements showing their positions in the Funds, (iii) processing dividend payments, (iv) providing sub-accounting services for Fund shares held beneficially, (v) forwarding shareholder communications, such as proxies, shareholder reports, dividend
and tax notices, and updating prospectuses to beneficial owners, (vi) receiving, tabulating and transmitting proxies executed by the beneficial owners, (vii) sub-transfer agent services for beneficial owners of Fund shares and (viii) other similar
services. If you maintain shares of a Fund directly with the Fund, without working directly with a financial advisor or other intermediary, shareholder services fees may be retained by the Distributor as payment or reimbursement for incurring
certain shareholder service related expenses.
Fees Paid
The table below shows the distribution and/or servicing fees paid
by each Fund during the Fund's last fiscal year (or period). The table is organized by fiscal year end.
Rule 12b-1 Fees
Fund
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Class
V
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$1,535,332
|
$807,797
|
$11,402
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
508,744
|
396,932
|
3,578
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
4,314,774
|
2,112,672
|
22,890
|
N/A
|
$223,206
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
1,207,249
|
828,768
|
11,790
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
3,325,578
|
1,924,191
|
12,281
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
1,386,043
|
697,811
|
4,081
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
1,982,138
|
2,317,540
|
8,836
|
$25
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
606,566
|
394,563
|
16,012
|
123
|
N/A
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
1,763,248
|
199,239
|
4,676
|
20
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
158,225
|
N/A
|
190,285
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
2,085,602
|
3,342,740
|
129,182
|
10
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
2,463,937
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
3,993,824
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
717,440
|
257,573
|
7,744
|
5,921
|
N/A
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
70,753
|
109,987
|
2,765
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
541,807
|
126,570
|
5,023
|
5,311
|
N/A
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
354,172
|
66,824
|
N/A
|
7
|
N/A
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
1,995,973
|
821,619
|
237,748
|
597
|
N/A
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
3,849,190
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2,522
|
N/A
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
446,850
|
94,925
|
49,288
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
662,547
|
421,100
|
14,707
|
962
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
75,758
|
143,095
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
120
|
Fund
|
Class
A
|
Class
C
|
Class
R
|
Class
T
|
Class
V
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$40,732
|
$34,459
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
36,494
|
27,411
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
46,806
|
57,256
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
55,286
|
123,527
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
70,776
|
44,489
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
248,800
|
0
|
$5,246
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
247,436
|
119,294
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
5,561
|
2,599
|
1,144
|
$4
|
N/A
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
4,566,506
|
3,596,531
|
225,904
|
132
|
N/A
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
360,722
|
1,438,194
|
3,996
|
14
|
N/A
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
2,181,440
|
770,025
|
123,072
|
530
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
4,960,051
|
640,979
|
26,474
|
7
|
N/A
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
26,834
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
29,472
|
29,489
|
N/A
|
25
|
N/A
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
1,329,284
|
367,594
|
4,250
|
907
|
N/A
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
563,914
|
680,871
|
120,530
|
608
|
N/A
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
1,202,768
|
330,765
|
51,593
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
9,063,814
|
9,200,032
|
368,519
|
22
|
N/A
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
1,424,571
|
269,887
|
30,224
|
6
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
8,648,658
|
576,462
|
23,874
|
70,294
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
323,845
|
217,056
|
3,909
|
120,003
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
212,799
|
153,853
|
14,166
|
268,190
|
$201,314
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
1,108,274
|
988,724
|
34,862
|
6
|
N/A
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
1,434,440
|
262,799
|
4,162
|
6
|
N/A
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N/A
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
2,888,428
|
964,011
|
8,158
|
3,276
|
N/A
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
145,670
|
72,443
|
29,492
|
555
|
N/A
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
786,577
|
494,109
|
N/A
|
1,485
|
N/A
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
1,134,184
|
726,651
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
1,638,897
|
405,916
|
N/A
|
9
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
(b)
|
201,009
|
174,490
|
110,012
|
5,473
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
1,824
|
3,960
|
1,534
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
227,961
|
143,945
|
N/A
|
5
|
N/A
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
141,840
|
19,708
|
140
|
91
|
N/A
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
761,813
|
128,491
|
974
|
7
|
N/A
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
1,579,919
|
1,223,015
|
71,720
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
(a)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
|
(b)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
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For Series of CFST II Funds with Class C shares:
The following table
provides the amount of distribution expenses, as a dollar amount and as a percentage of net assets, incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (“unreimbursed expense”) for Class C shares of series of CFST II. These amounts are
based on the most recent information available as of June 30, 2018 and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or CDSC. To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution fee is reduced.
Unreimbursed Distribution Expenses
Fund
|
Class
C
|
Percentage
of Class C
net assets
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$338,000
|
0.42%
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
286,000
|
0.89%
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
1,705,000
|
0.94%
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
3,000
|
1.39%
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
4,000
|
0.86%
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
167,000
|
1.34%
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
1,267,000
|
2.43%
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
62,000
|
0.28%
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
67,000
|
0.45%
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
969,000
|
0.33%
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
345,000
|
1.92%
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
1,019,000
|
0.59%
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
845,000
|
0.95%
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
68,000
|
6.52%
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
56,000
|
0.34%
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
718,000
|
2.54%
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
444,000
|
2.40%
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
782,000
|
6.32%
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
7,503,000
|
13.08%
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
1,344,000
|
0.63%
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
1,024,000
|
1.59%
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
159,000
|
3.16%
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
631,000
|
1.69%
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
639,000
|
2.08%
|
Minnesota
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
402,000
|
0.61%
|
Mortgage
Opportunities
|
46,000
|
0.65%
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
265,000
|
0.95%
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
1,351,000
|
11.14%
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
2,976,000
|
4.23%
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
2,470,000
|
9.87%
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
16,812,000
|
1.83%
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
4,205,000
|
3.10%
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
307,000
|
1.82%
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
246,000
|
0.42%
|
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Other Services Provided
The Transfer Agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. is the transfer agent
for the Funds. The Transfer Agent is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. Under the Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent provides transfer agency, dividend disbursing and shareholder services to the Funds, for which the Funds
pay transfer agency fees based on the cost of servicing the Funds and a target profit margin. The Funds pay the Transfer Agent an annual fee payable monthly that varies by account type (on a per account or asset-based basis). With respect to Class
Inst3 shares, the annual rate for transfer agency fees is currently capped at 0.02%. As described below under
Other Practices – Additional Shareholder Servicing Payments
, transfer agency
fees for Class Inst2 shares are also subject to an expense limitation.
In addition to the fees above, the Funds pay a fee
for shareholder services provided by financial intermediaries who maintain shares through omnibus or networked accounts. See
Other Practices – Additional Shareholder Servicing Payments
for more information.
The Funds also pay
certain reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses of the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent also may retain as additional compensation for its services revenues for fees for wire, telephone and redemption orders, IRA trustee agent fees and account
transcripts due the Transfer Agent from Fund shareholders and credits (net of bank charges) earned with respect to balances in accounts the Transfer Agent maintains in connection with its services to the Funds. Transfer agency costs for each Fund
are calculated separately for each of (i) Class Inst2 shares, (ii) Class Inst3 shares, and (iii) all other share classes.
The fees paid to the Transfer Agent may be changed
by the Board without shareholder approval.
The
Transfer Agent retains DST, 2000 Crown Colony Drive, Quincy, MA 02169 as the Funds’ sub-transfer agent. DST assists the Transfer Agent in carrying out its duties.
The Custodian
The Funds' securities and cash are held pursuant to a custodian
agreement with JPMorgan, 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10005. JPMorgan is responsible for safeguarding the Funds' cash and securities, receiving and delivering securities and collecting the Funds' interest and dividends. The
custodian is permitted to deposit some or all of its securities in central depository systems as allowed by federal law. For its services, each Fund pays its custodian a maintenance charge and a charge per transaction in addition to reimbursing the
custodian’s out-of-pocket expenses.
As
part of this arrangement, securities purchased outside the United States are maintained in the custody of various foreign branches of JPMorgan or in other financial institutions as permitted by law and by the Funds' custodian agreement.
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
PwC, which is located at 45 South Seventh Street, Suite 3400,
Minneapolis, MN 55402, is the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm. The financial statements contained in each Fund’s Annual Report were audited by PwC. The Board has selected PwC as the independent registered public accounting
firm to audit the Funds' books and review their tax returns for their respective fiscal years.
The
Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
and the audited financial statements are included in the annual report to shareholders of each Fund, and are incorporated herein by reference. No other parts of the annual or semi-annual reports
to shareholders are incorporated by reference herein. The audited financial statements incorporated by reference into the Funds' prospectuses and this SAI have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of the independent registered public
accounting firm, given on its authority as an expert in auditing and accounting.
Counsel
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP serves as counsel to the
Independent Trustees of the Trusts. Its address is 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. Goodwin Procter LLP serves as legal counsel to the Trusts. Its address is 901 New York Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20001.
Expense Limitations
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates
have agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse certain expenses, subject to certain exclusions described in a Fund’s prospectus, so that certain Funds’ net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any
balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed specified rates for specified time periods, also as described in a Fund’s prospectus.
The table below shows the total Fund level expenses
reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates for the last three fiscal periods. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
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Expenses Reimbursed
|
Amounts
Reimbursed
|
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
756,975
|
834,088
|
1,457,434
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
0
|
29,250
|
0
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
1,344,982
|
1,426,994
|
1,585,278
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
0
|
54,911
|
130,998
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
125,671
|
95,053
|
88,551
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
5,631,382
|
5,774,688
|
7,142,608
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
76,710
|
0
|
288
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
186,453
|
109,338
|
67,388
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
313,653
|
428,181
|
121,134
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
341,985
|
191,327
|
275,109
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
121,212
|
0
|
0
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
125,880
|
87,038
|
81,848
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
427,843
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
848,588
|
1,335,975
|
1,718,552
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
605,380
|
798,915
|
837,581
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
109,359
|
163,717
|
180,727
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
131,322
|
182,646
|
201,269
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
126,744
|
326,612
|
321,931
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
140,635
|
234,631
|
242,847
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
143,250
|
307,843
|
336,395
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
1,832,498
|
2,644,451
|
3,096,375
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
0
|
0
|
3,738
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
1,274
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
0
|
0
|
328,042
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
285,628
|
277,122
|
315,924
|
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|
|
Amounts
Reimbursed
|
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
$139,746
|
$439,474
|
$1,075,707
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
1,257,794
|
184,063
|
156,775
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
5,184
|
3,566
|
8,402
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
77,796
|
192,638
|
0
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
223,726
|
97,869
|
65,160
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
186,133
|
354,608
|
162,326
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
1,823,532
|
2,354,423
|
3,247,015
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
584,582
|
1,424,515
|
1,138,782
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
443,788
|
393,548
|
799,875
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
156,623
|
460,042
|
295,544
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
92,295
|
251,237
|
207,506
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
0
(b)
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
155,238
|
116,660
|
108,290
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
19,793
|
0
|
0
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
338,780
|
306,001
|
319,808
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(a)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
|
(b)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
The table below shows the total fees waived by the
Investment Manager and its affiliates for the last three fiscal periods. If a Fund is not shown, there were no fees waived for the relevant fiscal periods. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
Fees Waived
|
Fees
Waived
|
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
$0
|
$0
|
$80,416
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
75,529
|
105,827
|
116,748
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
25,952
|
0
|
0
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
1,121
|
0
|
0
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
2,147
|
0
|
0
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
4,593
|
0
|
0
|
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|
|
Fees
Waived
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
$4,843
|
$3,213,551
|
$7,023,170
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
12,673
(a)
|
0
|
0
|
(a)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
Expense Reimbursement Arrangements
Effective July 1, 2018, the voluntary fee waiver/expense
reimbursement arrangements for Global Strategic Equity Fund as described in the
“More Information About the Fund – Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and Impact on Past
Performance”
section of the Fund’s prospectus have become contractual obligations. The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and
expenses described below) through May 31, 2019, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance
credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates as described in the
“More Information About the Fund – Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Arrangements and
Impact on Past Performance”
section of the Fund’s prospectus.
Under the agreement, the following fees and expenses
are excluded from the Fund’s operating expenses when calculating the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investment in
affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities
sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Fund’s Board.
This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from all parties.
Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and Its
Affiliates —
Certain Conflicts of Interest
As described above in the
Investment Management and Other Services
section of this SAI, and in the
More Information About the Fund – Primary Service Providers
section of each
Fund's prospectus, the Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, all affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, receive compensation from the Funds for the various services they provide to the Funds. Additional information as to the specific
terms regarding such compensation is set forth in these affiliated service providers’ contracts with the Funds, each of which typically is included as an exhibit to Part C of each Fund's registration statement.
In many instances, the compensation paid to the
Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates for the services they provide to the Funds is based, in some manner, on the size of the Funds' assets under management. As the size of the Funds' assets under management grows, so does the
amount of compensation paid to the Investment Manager and, as the case may be, other Ameriprise Financial affiliates for providing services to the Funds. This relationship between Fund assets and any affiliated service provider compensation may
create economic and other conflicts of interests of which Fund investors should be aware. These potential conflicts of interest, as well as additional ones, are discussed in detail below and also are addressed in other disclosure materials,
including the Funds' prospectuses. Many of these conflicts of interest also are highlighted in account documentation and other disclosure materials of Ameriprise Financial affiliates that make available or offer the Columbia Funds as investments in
connection with their respective products and services. In addition, Parts 1A and 2A of the Investment Manager’s Form ADV, which it must file with the SEC as an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, provide
information about the Investment Manager’s business, assets under management, affiliates and potential conflicts of interest. Parts 1A and 2A of the Investment Manager’s Form ADV are available online through the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Additional actual or
potential conflicts of interest and certain investment activity limitations that could affect the Funds may arise from the financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including, for example, the investment
advisory/management services provided for clients and customers other than the Funds. Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates are engaged in a wide range of financial activities beyond the fund-related activities of the Investment Manager,
including, among others, broker-dealer (sales and trading), asset management, insurance and other financial activities. The broad range of
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financial services activities of Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates may involve multiple advisory, transactional, lending, financial and other interests in securities and other instruments, and in companies, that may be bought, sold or held by the Funds. The following describes certain actual and
potential conflicts of interest that may be presented.
Actual and Potential Conflicts of Interest Related to
the Investment Advisory/Management Activities of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates in Connection With Other Advised/Managed Funds and Accounts
The Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial and other affiliates
of Ameriprise Financial may advise or manage funds and accounts other than the Funds. In this regard, Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates may provide investment advisory/management and other services to other advised/managed funds and accounts
that are similar to those provided to the Funds. The Investment Manager and Ameriprise Financial’s other investment adviser affiliates (including, for example, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC) will give investment advice to and make
investment decisions for advised/managed funds and accounts, including the Funds, as they believe to be in that fund’s and/or account’s best interests, consistent with their fiduciary duties. The Funds and the other advised/managed funds
and accounts of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates are separately and potentially divergently managed, and there is no assurance that any investment advice Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates give to other advised/managed funds and accounts
will also be given simultaneously or otherwise to the Funds.
A variety of other actual and potential conflicts of
interest may arise from the advisory relationships of the Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates with other clients and customers. Advice given to the Funds and/or investment decisions made for the Funds
by the Investment Manager or other Ameriprise Financial affiliates may differ from, or may conflict with, advice given to and/or investment decisions made by the Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates for
other advised/managed funds and accounts. As a result, the performance of the Funds may differ from the performance of other funds or accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial or other Ameriprise Financial affiliates.
Similarly, a position taken by Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the Investment Manager, on behalf of other funds or accounts may be contrary to a position taken on behalf of the Funds. Moreover, Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates, including the Investment Manager, may take a position on behalf of other advised/managed funds and accounts, or for their own proprietary accounts, that is adverse to companies or other issuers in which the Funds are invested. For
example, the Funds may hold equity securities of a company while another advised/managed fund or account may hold debt securities of the same company. If the portfolio company were to experience financial difficulties, it might be in the best
interest of the Funds for the company to reorganize while the interests of the other advised/managed fund or account might be better served by the liquidation of the company. This type of conflict of interest could arise as the result of
circumstances that cannot be generally foreseen within the broad range of investment advisory/management activities in which Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates engage.
Investment transactions made on behalf of other
funds or accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial or other Ameriprise Financial affiliates also may have a negative effect on the value, price or investment strategies of the Funds. For example, this could occur if
another advised/managed fund or account implements an investment decision ahead of, or at the same time as, the Funds and causes the Funds to experience less favorable trading results than they otherwise would have experienced based on market
liquidity factors. In addition, the other funds and accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, including the other Columbia Funds and accounts of Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates, may have the same or very similar investment objective and strategies as the Funds. In this situation, the allocation of, and competition for, investment opportunities among the Funds and other funds and/or accounts advised/managed by
the Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial or other Ameriprise Financial affiliates may create conflicts of interest especially where, for example, limited investment availability is involved. The Investment Manager has adopted policies and
procedures designed to address the allocation of investment opportunities among the Funds and other funds and accounts advised by the Investment Manager, Ameriprise Financial and other affiliates of Ameriprise Financial. For more information, see
Investment Management and Other Services – The Investment Manager and Subadvisers – Portfolio Managers – Potential Conflicts of Interest
.
Sharing of Information among Advised/Managed
Accounts
Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including
the Investment Manager, also may possess information that could be material to the management of a Fund and may not be able to, or may determine not to, share that information with the Fund, even though the information might be beneficial to the
Fund. This information may include actual knowledge regarding the particular investments and transactions of other advised/managed funds and accounts, as well as proprietary investment, trading and other market research, analytical and technical
models, and new investment techniques, strategies and opportunities. Depending on the context, Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates generally will have no obligation to share any such information with the Funds. In general, employees of
Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including the portfolio managers of the Investment Manager, will make investment decisions without regard to information otherwise known by other employees of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, and
generally will have no obligation to access any such information and may, in some instances, not be able to access such information because of legal and regulatory constraints or the internal policies and procedures of Ameriprise Financial and
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its affiliates. For example, if the Investment Manager or another
Ameriprise Financial affiliate, or their respective employees, come into possession of non-public information regarding another advised/managed fund or account, they may be prohibited by legal and regulatory constraints, or internal policies and
procedures, from using that information in connection with transactions made on behalf of the Funds. For more information, see
Investment Management and Other Services – The Investment Manager
and Subadvisers – Portfolio Managers – Potential Conflicts of Interest
.
Soft Dollar Benefits
Certain products and services, commonly referred to as “soft
dollar services” (including, to the extent permitted by law, research reports, economic and financial data, financial publications, proxy analysis, computer databases and other research-oriented materials), that the Investment Manager may
receive in connection with brokerage services provided to a Fund may have the inadvertent effect of disproportionately benefiting other advised/managed funds or accounts. This could happen because of the relative amount of brokerage services
provided to a Fund as compared to other advised/managed funds or accounts, as well as the relative compensation paid by a Fund. It is possible that the Investment Manager or an investment subadviser subject to the recent revisions to the EU’s
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ("MiFID II") will cause a Fund to pay for research services with soft dollars in circumstances where it may not use soft dollars with respect to other advised/managed funds or accounts, although those other
advised/managed funds or accounts might nonetheless benefit from those research services.
Services Provided to Other Advised/Managed
Accounts
Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including
the Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent, also may act as an investment adviser, investment manager, administrator, transfer agent, custodian, trustee, broker-dealer, agent, or in another capacity, for advised/managed funds and
accounts other than the Funds, and may receive compensation for acting in such capacity. This compensation that the Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates receive could be greater than the
compensation Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates receive for acting in the same or similar capacity for the Funds. In addition, the Investment Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates may receive other
benefits, including enhancement of new or existing business relationships. This compensation and/or the benefits that Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates may receive from other advised/managed funds and accounts and other relationships could
potentially create incentives to favor other advised/managed funds and accounts over the Funds. Trades made by Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates for the Funds may be, but are not required to be, aggregated with trades made for other funds and
accounts advised/managed by the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates. If trades are aggregated among the Funds and those other funds and accounts, the various prices of the securities being traded may be averaged, which could
have the potential effect of disadvantaging the Funds as compared to the other funds and accounts with which trades were aggregated.
Proxy Voting
The Investment Manager has adopted proxy voting policies and
procedures that are designed to provide that all proxy voting is done in the best economic interests of its clients, including the Funds, without regard to any resulting benefit or detriment to the Investment Manager and/or its affiliates, including
Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Although the Investment Manager endeavors to make all proxy voting decisions with respect to the interests of the Funds for which it is responsible in accordance with its proxy voting policies and procedures,
the Investment Manager’s proxy voting decisions with respect to a Fund’s portfolio securities may or may not benefit Ameriprise Financial or other affiliates of the Investment Manager or other advised/managed funds and accounts, and/or
clients, of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. For more information about the Funds' proxy voting policies and procedures, see
Investment Management and Other Services – Proxy Voting
Policies and Procedures
.
Certain Trading
Activities
The directors/trustees, officers and employees of
Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates may buy and sell securities or other investments for their own accounts, and in doing so may take a position that is adverse to the Funds. In order to reduce the possibility that such personal investment
activities of the directors/trustees, officers and employees of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates will materially adversely affect the Funds, Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates have adopted policies and procedures, and the Funds, the
Board, the Investment Manager and the Distributor have each adopted a Code of Ethics that addresses such personal investment activities. For more information, see
Investment Management and Other
Services – Codes of Ethics
.
Affiliate Transactions
Subject to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, a Fund may
enter into transactions in which Ameriprise Financial and/or its affiliates, or companies that are deemed to be affiliates of a Fund because of, among other factors, their or their affiliates’ ownership or control of shares of the Fund, may
have an interest that potentially conflicts with the interests of the Fund. For example, an affiliate of Ameriprise Financial may sell securities to a Fund from an offering in which it is an underwriter or that it
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owns as a dealer, subject to applicable legal and regulatory
requirements. Applicable legal and regulatory requirements also may prevent a Fund from engaging in transactions with an affiliate of the Fund, which may include Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, or from participating in an investment
opportunity in which an affiliate of a Fund participates.
Certain Investment Limitations
Regulatory and other restrictions may limit a Fund’s
investment activities in various ways. For example, certain securities may be subject to ownership limitations due to regulatory limits on investments in certain industries (such as, for example, banking and insurance) and markets (such as emerging
or international markets), or certain transactions (such as those involving certain derivatives or other instruments) or mechanisms imposed by certain issuers (such as, among others, poison pills). Certain of these restrictions may impose limits on
the aggregate amount of investments that may be made by affiliated investors in the aggregate or in individual issuers. In these circumstances, the Investment Manager may be prevented from acquiring securities for a Fund (that it might otherwise
prefer to acquire) if the acquisition would cause the Fund and its affiliated investors to exceed an applicable limit. These types of regulatory and other applicable limits are complex and vary significantly in different contexts including, among
others, from country to country, industry to industry and issuer to issuer. The Investment Manager has policies and procedures designed to monitor and interpret these limits. Nonetheless, given the complexity of these limits, the Investment Manager
and/or its affiliates may inadvertently breach these limits, and a Fund may therefore be required to sell securities that it might otherwise prefer to hold in order to comply with such limits. In addition, aggregate ownership limitations could cause
performance dispersion among funds and accounts managed by the Investment Manager with similar investment objectives and strategies and portfolio management teams. For example, if further purchases in an issuer are restricted due to regulatory or
other reasons, a portfolio manager would not be able to acquire securities or other assets of an issuer for a new Fund that may already be held by other funds and accounts with the same/similar investment objectives and strategies that are managed
by the same portfolio management team. The Investment Manager may also choose to limit purchases in an issuer to a certain threshold for risk management purposes. If the holdings of the Investment Manager’s affiliates are included in that
limitation, a Fund may be more limited in its ability to purchase a particular security or other asset than if the holdings of the Investment Manager’s affiliates had been excluded from the limitation. At certain times, a Fund may be
restricted in its investment activities because of relationships that an affiliate of the Fund, which may include Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, may have with the issuers of securities. This could happen, for example, if a Fund desired to
buy a security issued by a company for which Ameriprise Financial or an affiliate serves as underwriter. In any of these scenarios, a Fund’s inability to participate (or participate further) in a particular investment, despite a portfolio
manager’s desire to so participate, may negatively impact Fund performance. The internal policies and procedures of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates covering these types of restrictions and addressing similar issues also may at times
restrict a Fund’s investment activities. See also
About Fund Investments – Certain Investment Activity Limits
.
Actual and Potential Conflicts of Interest Related to
Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates’ Non-Advisory Relationships with Clients and Customers other than the Funds
The financial relationships that Ameriprise Financial and its
affiliates may have with companies and other entities in which a Fund may invest can give rise to actual and potential conflicts of interest. Subject to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, a Fund may invest (a) in the securities of
Ameriprise Financial and/or its affiliates and/or in companies in which Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates have an equity, debt or other interest, and/or (b) in the securities of companies held by other Columbia Funds. The purchase, holding and
sale of such securities by a Fund may enhance the profitability and the business interests of Ameriprise Financial and/or its affiliates and/or other Columbia Funds. There also may be limitations as to the sharing with the Investment Manager of
information derived from the non-investment advisory/management activities of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates because of legal and regulatory constraints and internal policies and procedures (such as information barriers and ethical walls).
Because of these limitations, Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates generally will not share information derived from its non-investment advisory/management activities with the Investment Manager.
Actual and Potential Conflicts of Interest Related to
Ameriprise Financial Affiliates’ Marketing and Use of the Columbia Funds as Investment Options
Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates also provide a variety of
products and services that, in some manner, may utilize the Columbia Funds as investment options. For example, the Columbia Funds may be offered as investments in connection with brokerage and other securities products offered by Ameriprise
Financial and its affiliates, and may be utilized as investments in connection with fiduciary, investment management and other accounts offered by affiliates of Ameriprise Financial, as well as for other Columbia Funds structured as
“funds-of-funds.” The use of the Columbia Funds in connection with other products and services offered by Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates may introduce economic and other conflicts of interest. These conflicts of interest are
highlighted in account documentation and other disclosure materials for the other products and services offered by Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates.
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Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates, including
the Investment Manager, may, subject to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, make payments to their affiliates in connection with the promotion and sale of the Funds' shares, in addition to the sales-related and other compensation that
these parties may receive from the Funds, if any. As a general matter, personnel of Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates do not receive compensation in connection with their sales or use of the Funds that is greater than that paid in connection
with their sales of other comparable products and services. Nonetheless, because the compensation that the Investment Manager and other affiliates of Ameriprise Financial may receive for providing services to the Funds is generally based on the
Funds' assets under management and those assets will grow as shares of the Funds are sold, potential conflicts of interest may exist. See
Other Practices – Additional Shareholder Servicing
Payments
and
–
Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries
for more information.
Actual or Potential Conflicts of Interest Related to
Affiliated Indexes
Columbia Management and its
affiliates may develop, own and operate stock market and other indexes (each, an Affiliated Index) based on investment and trading strategies developed by Columbia Management and/or its affiliates (Affiliated Index Strategies). Some of the ETFs for
which Columbia Management acts as investment adviser (the Affiliated Index ETFs) seek to track the performance of the Affiliated Indexes. Columbia Management and/or its affiliates may, from time to time, manage other funds or accounts that invest in
these Affiliated Index ETFs. In the future, Columbia Management and/or its affiliates may manage client accounts that track the same Affiliated Indexes used by the Affiliated Index ETFs or which are based on the same, or substantially similar,
Affiliated Index Strategies that are used in the operation of the Affiliated Indexes and the Affiliated Index ETFs. The operation of the Affiliated Indexes, the Affiliated Index ETFs and other accounts managed in this manner may give rise to
potential conflicts of interest.
For example,
any accounts managed by Columbia Management and/or its affiliates that seek to track the same Affiliated Indexes may engage in purchases and sales of securities at different times. These differences may result in certain accounts having more
favorable performance relative to that of the Affiliated Index or other accounts that seek to track the Affiliated Index. Other potential conflicts include (i) the potential for unauthorized access to Affiliated Index information, allowing
Affiliated Index changes that benefit Columbia Management and/or its affiliates or other accounts managed by Columbia Management and/or its affiliates and not the clients in the accounts seeking to track the Affiliated Index, and (ii) the
manipulation of Affiliated Index pricing to present the performance of accounts seeking to track the Affiliated Index, or the firm’s tracking ability, in a preferential light.
Columbia Management has adopted policies and
procedures that are designed to address potential conflicts that may arise in connection with the operation of the Affiliated Indexes, the Affiliated Index ETFs and other accounts.
To the extent it is intended that an account managed
by Columbia Management and/or its affiliates seeks to track an Affiliated Index, the account may not match (performance or holdings), and may vary substantially from, such index for any period of time. An account that seeks to track an index may
purchase, hold and sell securities at times when another client would not do so. Columbia Management and its affiliates do not guarantee that any tracking error targets will be achieved. Accounts managed by Columbia Management and/or its affiliates
that seek to track an index may be negatively impacted by errors in the index, either as a result of calculation errors, inaccurate data sources or otherwise. Columbia Management and its affiliates do not guarantee the timeliness, accuracy and/or
completeness of an index and are not responsible for errors, omissions or interruptions in the index (including when Columbia Management or an affiliate acts as the index provider) or the calculation thereof (including when Columbia Management or an
affiliate acts as the calculation agent).
Columbia Management and its affiliates are not
obligated to license the Affiliated Indexes to clients or other third-parties.
Codes of Ethics
The Funds, the Investment Manager, the subadvisers
and the Distributor have adopted Codes of Ethics pursuant to the requirements of the 1940 Act, including Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act. These Codes of Ethics permit personnel subject to the Codes of Ethics to invest in securities, including
securities that may be bought or held by the Funds. These Codes of Ethics are included as exhibits to Part C of the Funds' registration statement. These Codes of Ethics can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room and may be
obtained by calling the SEC at 202.551.8090; they also are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request to publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC’s Public
Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
General
. The Funds have delegated to the Investment Manager the responsibility to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Funds, including Funds managed by subadvisers. In deciding to
delegate this responsibility to the Investment Manager, the Board reviewed the policies adopted by the Investment Manager. These included the procedures that the Investment Manager follows when a vote presents a conflict between the interests of the
Funds and their shareholders and the Investment Manager and its affiliates.
The Investment Manager’s policy is to vote all
proxies for Fund securities in a manner considered by the Investment Manager to be in the best economic interests of its clients, including the Funds, without regard to any benefit or detriment to the Investment Manager, its employees or its
affiliates. The best economic interests of clients is defined for this purpose as the interest of enhancing or protecting the value of client accounts, considered as a group rather than individually, as the Investment Manager determines in its
discretion. The Investment Manager endeavors to vote all proxies of which it becomes aware prior to the vote deadline; provided, however, that in certain circumstances the Investment Manager may refrain from voting securities. For instance, the
Investment Manager may refrain from voting foreign securities if it determines that the costs of voting outweigh the expected benefits of voting and typically will not vote securities if voting would impose trading restrictions.
The Board may, in its discretion, vote proxies for
the Funds. For instance, the Board may determine to vote on matters that may present a material conflict of interest to the Investment Manager.
Oversight.
The operation of the Investment Manager’s proxy voting policy and procedures is overseen by a committee (the Proxy Voting Committee) composed of representatives of the Investment Manager’s
equity investments, equity research, responsible investment, compliance, legal and operations functions. The Proxy Voting Committee has the responsibility to review, at least annually, the Investment Manager’s proxy voting policies to ensure
consistency with internal policies, regulatory requirements, conflicts of interest and client disclosures. The Board reviews on an annual basis, or more frequently as determined appropriate, the Investment Manager’s administration of the proxy
voting process.
Corporate Governance and
Proxy Voting Principles (the Principles).
The Investment Manager has adopted the Principles, which set out the Investment Manager’s views on key issues and the broad principles shaping its
approach, as well as the types of related voting action the Investment Manager may take. The Principles also provide indicative examples of key guidelines used in any given region, which illustrate the standards against which voting decisions are
considered. The Investment Manager has developed voting stances that align with the Principles and will generally vote in accordance with such voting stances. The Proxy Voting Committee or investment professionals may determine to vote differently
from the voting stances on particular proposals in the event it determines that doing so is in the clients’ best economic interests. The Investment Manager may also consider the voting recommendations of analysts, portfolio managers,
subadvisers and information obtained from outside resources, including one or more third party research providers. When proposals are not covered by the voting stances or a voting determination must be made on a case-by-case basis, a portfolio
manager, subadviser or analyst will make the voting determination based on his or her determination of the clients’ best economic interests; provided, however, for securities held in Funds managed in traditional index or certain quantitative
strategies and not in any other fund or account managed by the Investment Manager, proxies will generally be voted in accordance with the recommendation of a third party research provider if the proposal is not covered by a voting stance or a voting
determination must be made on a case-by-case basis. In addition, the Proxy Voting Committee may determine proxy votes when proposals require special consideration.
Addressing Conflicts of Interest.
The Investment Manager seeks to address potential material conflicts of interest by voting in accordance with predetermined voting stances. In addition, if the Investment Manager determines that a
material conflict of interest exists, the Investment Manager will invoke one or more of the following conflict management practices: (i) causing the proxies to be voted in accordance with the recommendations of an independent third party (which may
be the Investment Manager’s proxy voting administrator or research provider); (ii) causing the proxies to be delegated to an independent third party (which may be the Investment Manager’s proxy voting administrator or research provider);
and (iii) in infrequent cases, forwarding the proxies to an Independent Trustee authorized to vote the proxies for the Funds. A member of the Proxy Voting Committee is prohibited from voting on any proposal for which he or she has a conflict of
interest by reason of a direct relationship with the issuer or other party affected by a given proposal. Persons making recommendations to the Proxy Voting Committee or its members are required to disclose to the committee any relationship with a
party making a proposal or other matter known to the person that would create a potential conflict of interest.
Voting Proxies of Affiliated Underlying Funds.
Certain Funds may invest in shares of other Columbia Funds (referred to in this context as “underlying funds”) and may own substantial portions of these underlying funds. If such Funds are
in a master-feeder structure, the feeder fund will either seek instructions from its shareholders with regard to the voting of proxies with respect to the master fund’s shares and vote such proxies in accordance with such instructions or vote
the shares held by it in the same
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proportion as the vote of all other master fund shareholders. With
respect to Funds that hold shares of underlying funds other than in a master-feeder structure, the holding Funds will typically vote proxies of the underlying funds in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of the underlying
fund’s shares, unless the Board otherwise instructs.
Proxy Voting Agents.
The Investment Manager has retained Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., a third-party vendor, as its proxy voting administrator to implement its proxy voting process and to provide recordkeeping
and vote disclosure services. The Investment Manager has retained both Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis & Company, LLC to provide proxy research services.
Additional Information.
Information regarding how the Columbia Funds (except certain Columbia Funds that do not invest in voting securities) voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve month
period ended June 30 will be available by August 31 of this year free of charge: (i) through the Columbia Funds’ website at columbiathreadneedleus.com and/or (ii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. For a copy of the Investment
Manager’s Principles in effect on the date of this SAI, see Appendix B to this SAI.
Organization and Management of Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
Commodity Strategy Fund (for purposes of this
section, referred to as a “Fund”) may invest a portion of its assets, within the limitations of Subchapter M and Section 817(h) of the Code, as applicable, in one or more of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (previously defined collectively
as the “Subsidiary”). The Subsidiary is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered office is located at P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman Islands.
The Subsidiary is overseen by its own board of
directors and is not registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund, as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, does not have all of the protections offered by the 1940 Act to shareholders of investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. However, the
Fund’s Board maintains oversight responsibility for investment activities of the Subsidiary as if the Subsidiary’s investments were held directly by the Fund. The Investment Manager and the Fund’s subadvisers are responsible for
the Subsidiary’s day-to-day business pursuant to their separate agreements with, or in respect of, the Subsidiary. The following individuals serve as a director of the Subsidiary:
Name,
address, year of birth
|
Position
held with Subsidiary
and length of service
|
Principal
occupation during past five years
|
Anthony
P. Haugen
807 Ameriprise
Financial Center,
Minneapolis, MN 55474-2405
Born 1964
|
Director
since
November 2013
|
Vice
President – Finance, Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
since June 2004
|
Amy
K. Johnson
5228 Ameriprise
Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474-2405
Born 1965
|
Director
since
November 2013
|
See
Fund Governance – Fund Officers
.
|
Christopher
O. Petersen
5228 Ameriprise
Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474-2405
Born 1970
|
Director
since
January 2015
|
See
Fund Governance – Fund Officers
.
|
The Subsidiary has entered into a separate
management agreement for the provision of advisory and administrative services with the Investment Manager. Under this agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Subsidiary with the same type of management services, under the same terms, as are
provided to the Fund. The Subsidiary pays the Investment Manager an annual fee for its management services, as set forth in the management agreement and the table below.
Management Agreement Fee Schedule
Subsidiary
|
Assets
(millions)
|
Annual
rate at
each asset level
(a)
|
CCSF
Offshore Fund, Ltd.
(Subsidiary of Commodity Strategy Fund)
|
$0
- $500
|
0.630%
|
>$500
- $1,000
|
0.580%
|
>$1,000
- $3,000
|
0.550%
|
>$3,000
- $6,000
|
0.520%
|
>$6,000
- $12,000
|
0.500%
|
>$12,000
|
0.490%
|
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(a)
|
When calculating asset levels
for purposes of determining fee rate breakpoints, asset levels are based on aggregate net assets of the Fund and the Parent Fund. When calculating the fee payable under this agreement, the annual rates are based on a percentage of the daily net
assets of the Fund.
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The
Subsidiary has entered into a separate contract for the provision of custody services with the same service providers who provide those services to the Fund. Threadneedle selects the Subsidiary’s investments pursuant to an addendum to the
subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager. The Subsidiary has also entered into arrangements with PwC to serve as the Subsidiary’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Subsidiary bears the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the services that it receives pursuant to each of these separate agreements and arrangements. The Fund expects that the expenses borne by the Subsidiary will not be material in relation of the value of the Fund’s assets.
For purposes of adhering to the
Fund’s compliance policies and procedures, the Investment Manager treats the assets of the Subsidiary as if the assets were held directly by the Fund. The Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund makes periodic reports to the Fund’s Board
regarding the management and operations of the Subsidiary.
The financial information of the Subsidiary is
consolidated into the Fund’s financial statements, as contained within the Fund’s annual and semiannual reports provided to shareholders.
Please refer to the section titled “
Taxation – The Subsidiary
” for information about certain tax considerations relating to the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary.
By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is
indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary are subject to the same risks that would apply to similar investments if held directly by the Fund. The
Subsidiary is subject to the same principal risks to which the Fund is subject (as described in the Fund’s prospectus). There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Subsidiary will be achieved. The Subsidiary is not
registered under the 1940 Act and, except as otherwise noted, is not subject to the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the Fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the Fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by the Investment
Manager, making it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund’s Board has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the Fund, including its investment in
the Subsidiary, and the Fund’s role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. In managing the Subsidiary’s investment portfolio, the Investment Manager manages the Subsidiary’s portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment
policies and restrictions.
The Investment
Manager and any subadviser, if applicable, as it relates to the Subsidiary, complies with provisions of the 1940 Act relating to investment advisory contracts under Section 15 as an investment adviser to the Fund under Section 2(a)(20) of the 1940
Act. The Fund complies with the provisions of the 1940 Act, including those relating to investment policies (Section 8) and capital structure and leverage (Section 18) on an aggregate basis with the Subsidiary, and the Subsidiary complies with the
provisions relating to affiliated transactions and custody (Section 17).
Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the
Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized, could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in the applicable prospectus and this SAI and could adversely affect the
Fund and its shareholders. For example, the Cayman Islands laws currently do not impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax on the Subsidiary. If Cayman Islands law were changed and
the Subsidiary was required to pay Cayman Islands taxes, the investment returns of the Fund would likely decrease.
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FUND GOVERNANCE
Board of Trustees and Officers
Shareholders elect the Board that oversees the
Funds' operations. The Board appoints officers who are responsible for day-to-day business decisions based on policies set by the Board. The following table provides basic biographical information about the Funds' Trustees as of the date of this
SAI, including their principal occupations during the past five years, although specific titles for individuals may have varied over the period. Under current Board policy, Trustees not affiliated with the Investment Manager generally may serve
through the end of the calendar year in which they reach either the mandatory retirement age established by the Board or the fifteenth anniversary of the first Columbia Funds Board meeting they attended as a member of the Board.
Trustees
Independent Trustees
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position
Held
with the Trusts and Length of Service
|
Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number
of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds Complex
Overseen
|
Other
Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
|
Committee
Assignments
|
George
S. Batejan
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1953
|
Trustee
since 1/17
|
Executive
Vice President, Global Head of Technology and Operations, Janus Capital Group, Inc., 2010-2016
|
124
|
Advisory
Board Member, University of Colorado Business School since November 2015; former Chairman of the Board, NICSA (National Investment Company Services Association) (Executive Committee, Nominating Committee and Governance Committee), 2014-2016; former
Director, Intech Investment Management, 2011-2016; former Board Member, Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, 2015-2016
|
Compliance,
Contracts, Investment Review
|
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Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position
Held
with the Trusts and Length of Service
|
Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number
of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds Complex
Overseen
|
Other
Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
|
Committee
Assignments
|
Kathleen
Blatz
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1954
|
Trustee
since 1/06 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds
|
Attorney,
specializing in arbitration and mediation; Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (health care insurance) since February 2018; Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1998-2006; Associate Justice,
Minnesota Supreme Court, 1996-1998; Fourth Judicial District Court Judge, Hennepin County, 1994-1996; Attorney in private practice and public service, 1984-1993; State Representative, Minnesota House of Representatives, 1979-1993, which included
service on the Tax and Financial Institutions and Insurance Committees; Interim Chair, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, March 2017-July 2017
|
124
|
Trustee,
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota since 2009 (Chair of the Business Development Committee 2014-2017; Chair of the Governance Committee since 2017); Chair of the Robina Foundation since August 2013; former Member of the Board, Minnesota Sports
Facilities Authority, January 2017-July 2017
|
Board
Governance, Compliance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
|
Edward
J. Boudreau, Jr.
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1944
|
Chair
of the Board since 1/18; Trustee since 6/11 for RiverSource Funds and since 1/05 for Nations Funds
|
Managing
Director, E.J. Boudreau & Associates (consulting) since 2000; FINRA Industry Arbitrator, 2002 – present; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Hancock Investments (asset management), Chairman and Interested Trustee for open-end and
closed-end funds offered by John Hancock, 1989-2000; John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, including Senior Vice President and Treasurer and Senior Vice President Information Technology, 1968-1988
|
124
|
Former
Trustee, Boston Museum of Science (Chair of Finance Committee), 1985-2013; former Trustee, BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds), 2005-2011
|
Board
Governance, Compliance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
|
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Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position
Held
with the Trusts and Length of Service
|
Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number
of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds Complex
Overseen
|
Other
Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
|
Committee
Assignments
|
Pamela
G. Carlton
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1954
|
Trustee
since 7/07 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds
|
President,
Springboard- Partners in Cross Cultural Leadership (consulting company) since 2003; Managing Director of US Equity Research, JP Morgan Chase, 1999-2003; Director of US Equity Research, Chase Asset Management, 1996- 1999; Co-Director Latin America
Research, 1993-1996, COO Global Research, 1992-1996, Co-Director of US Research, 1991-1992, Investment Banker, Morgan Stanley, 1982-1991
|
124
|
Trustee,
New York Presbyterian Hospital Board (Executive Committee and Chair of Human Resources Committee) since 1996; Director, Darien Rowayton Bank (Audit Committee) since 2017
|
Audit,
Board Governance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
|
William
P. Carmichael
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1943
|
Trustee
since 6/11 for RiverSource Funds and since 2003 for Nations Funds
|
Retired;
Co-founder, The Succession Fund (provides exit strategies to owners of privately held companies), 1998-2007; Adjunct Professor of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 1993-2007; Senior Vice President, Sara Lee Corporation,
1991-1993; Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Beatrice Foods Company, 1984-1990; Vice President, Esmark, Inc., 1973-1984; Associate, Price Waterhouse, 1968-1972
|
124
|
Director,
The Finish Line (athletic shoes and apparel) since July 2003; former Director, Cobra Electronics Corporation (electronic equipment manufacturer), 1994-August 2014; former Director, Spectrum Brands, Inc. (consumer products), 2002-2009; former
Director, Simmons Company (bedding), 2004-2010; former Trustee, BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds) 2003-2011; former Director, McMoRan Exploration Company (oil and gas exploration and development) 2010-2013; former Director, International Textile
Corp., 2012-2016; former Director, hhgregg 2015-2017
|
Audit,
Board Governance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
|
Patricia
M. Flynn
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1950
|
Trustee
since 11/04 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds
|
Trustee
Professor of Economics and Management, Bentley University since 1976 (also teaches and conducts research on corporate governance); Dean, McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley University, 1992-2002
|
124
|
Trustee,
MA Taxpayers Foundation since 1997; Board of Directors, The MA Business Roundtable since 2003; Board of Governors, Innovation Institute, MA Technology Collaborative since 2010
|
Audit,
Board Governance, Contracts, Investment Review
|
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Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position
Held
with the Trusts and Length of Service
|
Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number
of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds Complex
Overseen
|
Other
Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
|
Committee
Assignments
|
Brian
J. Gallagher
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1954
|
Trustee
since 12/17
|
Retired;
Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and its predecessors, 1977-2016
|
122
|
Trustee,
Catholic Schools Foundation since 2004
|
Audit,
Contracts, Investment Review
|
Catherine
James Paglia
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1952
|
Trustee
since 11/04 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds
|
Director,
Enterprise Asset Management, Inc. (private real estate and asset management company) since September 1998; Managing Director and Partner, Interlaken Capital, Inc., 1989-1997; Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, 1982-1989; Vice President, Investment
Banking, 1980-1982, Associate, Investment Banking, 1976-1980, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
|
124
|
Director,
Valmont Industries, Inc. (irrigation systems manufacturer) since 2012; Trustee, Carleton College (on the Investment Committee); Trustee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (on the Investment Committee)
|
Audit,
Board Governance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
|
Minor
M. Shaw
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1947
|
Trustee
since 6/11 for RiverSource Funds and since 2003 for Nations Funds
|
President,
Micco LLC (private investments) since 2011; President, Micco Corp. (family investment business), 1998-2011
|
124
|
Director,
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina since April 2008; Director, National Association of Corporate Directors, Carolinas Chapter, since 2013; Board Chair, Hollingsworth Funds since 2016; Advisory Board member, Duke Energy Corp. since October 2016;
Chair of the Duke Endowment; Chair of Greenville – Spartanburg Airport Commission; former Trustee, BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds), 2003-2011; former Director, Piedmont Natural Gas, 2004-2016
|
Board
Governance, Compliance, Contracts, Investment Review
|
Sandra
Yeager
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1964
|
Trustee
since 12/17
|
Retired;
President and founder, Hanoverian Capital, LLC (SEC registered investment advisor firm), 2008-2016
|
122
|
Director,
NAPE Education Foundation since October 2016
|
Compliance,
Contracts, Investment Review
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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Interested Trustee Not Affiliated with Investment
Manager*
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position
Held
with the Trusts and Length of Service
|
Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number
of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds Complex
Overseen
|
Other
Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
|
Committee
Assignments
|
Anthony
M. Santomero
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin Street,
Mail Drop BX32 05228,
Boston, MA 02110
1946
|
Trustee
since 6/11 for RiverSource Funds and since 1/08 for Nations Funds
|
Richard
K. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, since 2002; Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company (consulting), 2006-2008; President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 2000-2006; Professor of Finance,
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1972-2002
|
122
|
Trustee,
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company since March 2008; Director, Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. since May 2008; Director, Citigroup Inc. since 2009; Director, Citibank, N.A. since 2009; former Trustee, BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds), 2008-2011
|
Compliance,
Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
|
*
|
Dr. Santomero is not an
affiliated person of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial. However, he is currently deemed by the Funds to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Funds because he serves as a Director of Citigroup Inc.
and Citibank, N.A., companies that may directly or through subsidiaries and affiliates engage from time-to-time in brokerage execution, principal transactions and lending relationships with the Funds or accounts advised/managed by the Investment
Manager.
|
Interested Trustee
Affiliated with Investment Manager*
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position
Held
with the Trusts and Length of Service
|
Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number
of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds Complex
Overseen
|
Other
Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years
|
Committee
Assignments
|
William
F. Truscott
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
225 Franklin St.
Boston, MA 02110
1960
|
Trustee
since 11/01 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds; Senior Vice President since 2002 for RiverSource Funds and since 5/10 for Nations Funds
|
Chairman
of the Board and President, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC since May 2010 and February 2012, respectively; Chief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since September 2012 (previously Chief Executive
Officer, U.S. Asset Management & President, Annuities, May 2010 - September 2012); Director and Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. since May 2010 and February 2012, respectively; Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer, RiverSource Distributors, Inc. since 2006; Director, Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings, SARL since 2014; President and Chief Executive Officer, Ameriprise Certificate Company, 2006 - August 2012.
|
194
|
Chairman
of the Board, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC since May 2010; Director, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. since May 2010; former Director, Ameriprise Certificate Company, 2006 - January 2013
|
None
|
*
|
Interested person (as defined
under the 1940 Act) by reason of being an officer, director, security holder and/or employee of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial.
|
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The Officers
The Board has appointed officers who are responsible
for day-to-day business decisions based on policies it has established. The officers serve at the pleasure of the Board. The following table provides basic information about the Officers of the Trusts as of the date of this SAI, including principal
occupations during the past five years, although their specific titles may have varied over the period. In addition to Mr. Truscott, who is Senior Vice President, the Funds' other officers are:
Fund Officers
Name,
Address
and Year of Birth
|
Position
and Year
First Appointed to
Position for any Fund in the
Columbia Funds Complex
or a Predecessor Thereof
|
Principal
Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
|
Christopher
O. Petersen
5228 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474
Born 1970
|
President
and Principal Executive Officer (2015)
|
Vice
President and Lead Chief Counsel, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since January 2015 (previously, Vice President and Chief Counsel, January 2010 – December 2014); officer of Columbia Funds and affiliated funds since 2007.
|
Michael
G. Clarke
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
Born 1969
|
Treasurer
(2011), Chief Financial Officer (2009) and Chief Accounting Officer (2015)
|
Vice
President – Mutual Fund Administration, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, since May 2010; senior officer of Columbia Funds and affiliated funds since 2002.
|
Paul
B. Goucher
100 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Born 1968
|
Senior
Vice President (2011) and Assistant Secretary (2008)
|
Senior
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since January 2017 (previously Vice President and Lead Chief Counsel, November 2008 – January 2017 and January 2013 – January 2017, respectively); Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC since May 2010.
|
Thomas
P. McGuire
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
Born 1972
|
Senior
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (2012)
|
Vice
President – Asset Management Compliance, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., since May 2010; Chief Compliance Officer, Ameriprise Certificate Company since September 2010.
|
Colin
Moore
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
Born 1958
|
Senior
Vice President (2010)
|
Executive
Vice President and Global Chief Investment Officer, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., since July 2013; Executive Vice President and Global Chief Investment Officer, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC since July 2013.
|
Ryan
C. Larrenaga
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
Born 1970
|
Senior
Vice President (2017), Chief Legal Officer (2017) and Secretary (2015)
|
Vice
President and Chief Counsel, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since August 2018 (previously, Vice President and Group Counsel, August 2011 – August 2018); officer of Columbia Funds and affiliated funds since 2005.
|
Michael
E. DeFao
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
Born 1968
|
Vice
President (2011) and Assistant Secretary (2010)
|
Vice
President and Chief Counsel, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since May 2010.
|
Amy
Johnson
5228 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474
Born 1965
|
Vice
President (2006)
|
Managing
Director and Global Head of Operations, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC since April 2016 (previously Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, 2010 – 2016).
|
Lyn
Kephart-Strong
5228 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474
Born 1960
|
Vice
President (2015)
|
President,
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. since October 2014; Vice President & Resolution Officer, Ameriprise Trust Company since August 2009.
|
Responsibilities of Board with respect to Fund
Management
The Board is chaired by an Independent Trustee who
has significant additional responsibilities compared to the other Board members, including, among other things: setting the agenda for Board meetings, communicating and meeting regularly with Board members between Board and committee meetings on
Fund-related matters, with the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer, counsel to the Independent Trustees, and representatives of the Funds' service providers.
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The Board initially approves an investment
management services agreement and other contracts with the Investment Manager and its affiliates, and other service providers. Once the contracts are approved, the Board monitors the level and quality of services including commitments of service
providers to achieve expected levels of investment performance and shareholder services. Annually, the Board evaluates the services received under the contracts by reviewing, among other things, reports covering investment performance, shareholder
services, marketing, and the Investment Manager’s profitability in order to determine whether to continue existing contracts or negotiate new contracts. The Investment Manager is responsible for day-to-day management and administration of the
Funds and management of the risks that arise from the Funds' investments and operations. The Board’s oversight of the Investment Manager and other service providers in the operation of the Funds includes oversight with respect to various risk
management functions. The Funds are subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational, and valuation risks, among others. Day-to-day risk management functions are subsumed within the responsibilities of the Investment
Manager, the subadvisers and other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk) who carry out the Funds' investment management and business affairs. Each of the Investment Manager, the subadvisers and other service providers has its own,
independent interest in risk management, and its policies and methods of carrying out risk management functions will depend, in part, on its analysis of the risks, functions and business models.
Risk oversight forms part of the
Board’s general oversight of the Funds and is addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities. As part of its regular oversight of the trusts, the Board, directly or through a committee, interacts with and reviews reports from,
among others, the Investment Manager, subadvisers, if applicable, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds, and internal auditors for the Investment Manager or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Funds
and relevant risk functions. The Board also meets periodically with the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer, to receive reports regarding the compliance of the Funds and their principal service providers with the federal securities laws and their
internal compliance policies and procedures. The Board, with the assistance of the Investment Review Committee, reviews investment policies in connection with its review of the Funds' performance, and meets periodically with the portfolio managers
of the Funds to receive reports regarding the management of the Funds, including various investment risks. As part of the Board’s periodic review of the Funds' advisory, subadvisory, if applicable, and other service provider agreements, as
applicable, the Board may consider risk management aspects of their operations and the functions for which they are responsible. In addition, the Board oversees processes that are in place addressing compliance with applicable rules, regulations and
investment policies and addresses possible conflicts of interest.
The Board recognizes that not all risks that may
affect the Funds can be identified in advance; that it may not be practical or cost-effective to eliminate or mitigate certain risks; that it may be necessary to bear certain risks (such as various investment-related risks) in seeking to achieve the
Funds' investment objectives; and that the processes and controls employed to address certain risks may be limited in their effectiveness. As a result of the foregoing and other factors, the Board’s risk management oversight is subject to
substantial limitations.
Trustee Biographical
Information and Qualifications
The following
provides an overview of the considerations that led the Board to conclude that each individual serving as a Trustee should so serve. Generally, no one factor was decisive in the selection of an individual to join the Board. Among the factors the
Board considered when concluding that an individual should serve on the Board were the following: (i) the individual’s business and professional experience and accomplishments; (ii) the individual’s ability to work effectively with the
other Trustees; (iii) the individual’s prior experience, if any, serving on the boards of public companies (including, where relevant, other investment companies) and other enterprises and organizations; and (iv) how the individual’s
skills, experience and attributes would contribute to an appropriate mix of relevant skills and experience on the Board.
In respect of each current Trustee, the
individual’s substantial professional accomplishments and experience were a significant factor in the determination that, in light of the business and structure of the Funds, the individual should serve as a Trustee. Following is a summary of
each Trustee’s particular professional experience and additional considerations that contributed to or support the Board’s conclusion that an individual should serve as a Trustee:
George S. Batejan
– Mr. Batejan has over 40 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including service as a former Executive Vice President and Global Head of Technology and Operations of Janus Capital Group, Inc. He has also served as Senior
Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Evergreen Investments, Inc., Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., and Head of Global Operations and Systems/Senior Vice President of American International
Group. Mr. Batejan is an 18-year veteran of Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. where he progressed to the Private Banking Vice President and Division Executive of the Americas’ Service Delivery Group. He has also served on numerous corporate and
non-profit boards. Additionally, Mr. Batejan has managed operational units supporting the mutual fund business. These functions include fund accounting, fund treasury, fund tax, transfer agent, trade processing and settlement, proxy voting,
corporate actions, operational risk, business continuity, and cyber security. He was also a member of the Ethics Committee, Global Risk Committee, and Cyber Security Committee of a major investment manager.
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Kathleen Blatz
– Ms. Blatz has had a successful legal and judicial career, including serving for eight years as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Prior to being a judge, she practiced law and also served in the Minnesota House of Representatives
having been elected to eight terms. While in the legislature she served on various committees, including the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee and the Tax Committee. Since retiring from the Bench, she has been appointed as an arbitrator
on many cases involving business to business disputes, including some pertaining to shareholder rights issues. She also has been appointed to two Special Litigation Committees by boards of Fortune 500 Companies to investigate issues relating to
cyber-security and stock options. In February 2018, she was appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. She also serves on the boards of directors of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, as
well as several non-profit organizations.
Edward J. Boudreau, Jr.
– Prior to the establishment of E. J. Boudreau & Associates, Mr. Boudreau left a successful 32-year career at John Hancock Financial Services, the last 11 years of which he served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of John Hancock Investments. He spent the first 18 years of his career at John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in its treasury and financial management areas, progressing to Senior Vice President and Treasurer. For the following three
years he worked on special assignments for the Chairman, including acting as temporary head of the Information Technology Department for two years. During his time as CEO of John Hancock Investments, Mr. Boudreau also served on the Investment
Company Institute’s Board of Governors. He also has experience on other boards of directors of other companies. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board to the Mutual Fund Directors Forum and serves as a FINRA Industry
Arbitrator.
Pamela G. Carlton
– Ms. Carlton has over 20 years’ experience in the investment banking industry, as a former Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase and a 14-year veteran of Morgan Stanley Investment Banking and Equity Research.
She is currently the President of Springboard Partners in Cross Cultural Leadership, a consulting firm that she founded. Ms. Carlton also serves on the Board of Directors of Darien Rowayton Bank, a privately held community bank, where she serves on
the Audit Committee. She also has experience on other boards of directors of non-profit organizations, including the Board of Trustees of New York Presbyterian Hospital where she is on the Executive Committee and Chair of the Human Resources
Committee.
William P. Carmichael
– Prior to forming The Succession Fund more than 15 years ago, Mr. Carmichael, a Certified Public Accountant and attorney, had 4 years of experience with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) and 21
years of experience in various financial positions with global consumer product companies, including: Senior Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Beatrice Foods Company. He has been
Treasurer and Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Indiana University Foundation, and has been an adjunct professor of finance for the I.U. Kelley School of Business. Mr. Carmichael has also been a member of the board and the Investment
Committee of the Virginia Law School Foundation, and has served on numerous public company boards. His experience covers strategic planning, corporate governance and multiple financial functions, including investments.
Patricia M. Flynn
– Dr. Flynn is a Trustee Professor of Economics and Management at Bentley University, where she previously served as Dean of the McCallum Graduate School of Business. Her research and teaching focus on technology-based economic development,
corporate governance and women in business, which she has also written on extensively. She has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards, including Boston Fed Bancorp Inc., U.S. Trust and The Federal Savings Bank.
Brian J. Gallagher
– Mr. Gallagher has 40 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 30 years of service as an audit partner in the financial services practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP. During his tenure at Deloitte, Mr. Gallagher
served as the Industry Professional Practice Director for the Investment Management Audit Practice, and oversaw the development of the firm’s audit approach for clients in the industry, consulted on technical issues, and interacted with
standard setters and regulators. He also has experience on other boards of directors of non-profit organizations.
Catherine James Paglia
– Ms. Paglia has been a Director of Enterprise Asset Management, Inc., a real estate and asset management company, for over 15 years. She previously spent eight years as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, 10
years as a Managing Director of Interlaken Capital and served as Chief Financial Officer of two public companies. She also has experience on other boards of directors of public and non-profit organizations.
Anthony M.
Santomero
– Dr. Santomero is the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He holds the title of Richard K. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania and serves on the boards of several public companies, including the Board of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank N.A., Renaissance Reinsurance Company Ltd and the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. He previously served as Senior Advisor at
McKinsey & Company and was the Richard K. Mellon Professor of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. During his 30-year tenure at Wharton, he held a number of academic and managerial positions, including Deputy Dean of
the School. He has written approximately 150 articles, books and monographs on financial sector regulation and economic performance. The Board has concluded that, despite his lack of technical independence (as an “interested person”) of
the Funds under the 1940 Act arising solely due to his board service for Citigroup, Inc. and Citibank N.A., he could serve with “substantive independence” primarily
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since he has no financial interest or relationship with the
Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial. The Board also took into account Dr. Santomero’s broad array of experiences from management consulting to academia to public service, which complements the mix of experiences represented by the other
Board members.
Minor M. Shaw
– Ms. Shaw is President of Micco, LLC, a private investment company, and past president of Micco Corporation and Mickel Investment Group. She is chairman of the Daniel-Mickel Foundation, The Duke Endowment, and the
Hollingsworth Funds. She currently serves as chairman of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission. She holds numerous civic and business board memberships and is a past chair of Wofford College Board of Trustees. Ms. Shaw serves on the board of
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and on the advisory board of Duke Energy Corp. She has also served on the boards of Citizens & Southern Bank of SC, Interstate Johnson Lane and Piedmont Natural Gas.
William F. Truscott
– Mr. Truscott has served on the Board of Trustees of various Columbia Funds since 2001. He has served as Chairman of the Board of the Investment Manager since May 2010 and since February 2012 has served as its President. From 2001 to April
2010, Mr. Truscott served as the President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Manager. He has served as Director of the Distributor since May 2010 and since February 2012 has served as its Chief Executive Officer.
The Board has concluded that having a senior member of the Investment Manager serve on the Board can facilitate increased access to information regarding the Funds’ Investment Manager for the Independent Trustees, which is the Funds’
most significant service provider.
Sandra Yeager
– Ms. Yeager has over 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. In August of 2008 she founded Hanoverian Capital, LLC, an investment boutique specializing in international equities for institutional clients, where she served
as President and Chief Investment Officer through December 2016. Prior to that, Ms. Yeager served as Head of International Equities for DuPont Capital and Head of Global Equity Research for Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where she led a team
of thirty people. Ms. Yeager began her investment career at AllianceBernstein as an equity analyst and advanced to become a global portfolio manager for institutional and mutual fund clients.
Committees of the Board
For purposes of this section, the term Independent
Trustees includes Interested Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial.
The Board has organized the following standing
committees to facilitate its work: Board Governance Committee, Compliance Committee, Contracts Committee, Executive Committee, Investment Review Committee and Audit Committee. These Committees are comprised solely of Independent Trustees. The table
above providing background on each Trustee also includes their respective committee assignments. The duties of these committees are described below.
Mr. Boudreau, as Chair of the Board, acts as a point
of contact between the Independent Trustees and the Investment Manager between Board meetings in respect of general matters.
Board Governance Committee.
Recommends to the Board the size, structure and composition of the Board and its committees; the compensation to be paid to members of the Board; and a process
for evaluating the Board’s performance. The committee also reviews candidates for Board membership, including candidates recommended by shareholders. The committee also makes recommendations to the Board regarding responsibilities and duties
of the Board, oversees proxy voting and supports the work of the Board Chair in relation to furthering the interests of the Funds and other funds in the Columbia Funds Complex overseen by the Board and their shareholders.
To be considered as a candidate for Trustee,
recommendations must include a curriculum vitae and be mailed to Edward J. Boudreau, Jr., Chair of the Board, Columbia Funds Complex, 225 Franklin Street, Mail Drop BX32 05228, Boston, MA 02110. To be timely for consideration by the committee, the
submission, including all required information, must be submitted in writing by the date disclosed in a Fund’s proxy statement soliciting proxies to be voted at a meeting of shareholders, if such a meeting is held (mutual funds, including
ETFs, are not required to hold annual shareholder meetings). The committee will consider only one candidate submitted by such a shareholder or group for nomination for election at a meeting of shareholders. The committee will not consider
self-nominated candidates or candidates nominated by members of a candidate’s family, including such candidate’s spouse, children, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, nieces and nephews.
The committee will consider and evaluate candidates
submitted by the nominating shareholder or group on the basis of the same criteria as those used to consider and evaluate candidates submitted from other sources. The committee may take into account a wide variety of factors in considering trustee
candidates, including (but not limited to): (i) the candidate’s knowledge in matters relating to the investment company industry; (ii) any experience possessed by the candidate as a director or senior officer of other public or private
companies; (iii) the candidate’s educational background; (iv) the candidate’s reputation for high ethical standards and personal and professional integrity; (v) any specific financial, technical or other expertise possessed by the
candidate, and the extent to which such expertise would complement the Board’s existing mix of skills and qualifications; (vi) the candidate’s perceived ability to contribute to the ongoing functions of the Board, including the
candidate’s ability and
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commitment to attend meetings regularly, work collaboratively with
other members of the Board and carry out his or her duties in the best interests of the Funds; (vii) the candidate’s ability to qualify as an independent trustee; and (viii) such other criteria as the committee determines to be relevant in
light of the existing composition of the Board and any anticipated vacancies or other factors.
Members of the committee (and/or the Board) also
meet personally with each nominee to evaluate the candidate’s ability to work effectively with other members of the Board, while also exercising independent judgment. Although the Board does not have a formal diversity policy, the Board
endeavors to comprise itself of members with a broad mix of professional and personal backgrounds. Thus, the committee and the Board accorded particular weight to the individual professional background of each Independent Trustee.
Compliance Committee.
Supports the Funds' maintenance of a strong compliance program by providing a forum for Independent Trustees to consider compliance matters impacting the Funds or their key service providers;
developing and implementing, in coordination with the Chief Compliance Officer, a process for the review and consideration of compliance reports that are provided to the Board; and providing a designated forum for the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer
to meet with Independent Trustees on a regular basis to discuss compliance matters.
Contracts Committee.
Reviews and oversees the contractual relationships with service providers. Receives and analyzes reports covering the level and quality of services provided under contracts with the Funds and advises
the Board regarding actions taken on these contracts during the annual review process. Reviews and considers, on behalf of all Trustees, the Funds' investment advisory, subadvisory (if any), administrative services and principal underwriting
contracts to assists the Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities relating to the Board’s evaluation and consideration of these arrangements.
Executive Committee.
Acts, as needed, for the Board between meetings of the Board, and can meet in advance of, and/or for planning, regularly scheduled meetings or other Board matters.
Investment Review Committee.
Reviews and oversees the management of the Funds' assets. Considers investment management policies and strategies; investment performance; risk management techniques; and securities trading practices
and reports areas of concern to the Board.
Audit Committee.
Oversees the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Funds and internal controls over financial reporting. Oversees the quality and integrity of the Funds' financial statements and
independent audits as well as the Funds' compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relating to the Funds' accounting and financial reporting, internal controls over financial reporting and independent audits. The committee also makes
recommendations regarding the selection of the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm (
i.e.
, independent auditors) and reviews and
evaluates the qualifications, independence and performance of the auditor. The committee oversees the Funds' risks by, among other things, meeting with the Funds' internal auditors, establishing procedures for the confidential, anonymous submission
by employees of concerns about accounting or audit matters, and overseeing the Funds' Disclosure Controls and Procedures. This committee acts as a liaison between the independent auditors and the full Board and must prepare an audit committee
report.
The table below shows the
number of times each committee met during the indicated fiscal years. The Table is organized by fiscal year end.
Committee Meetings
Fiscal
Period
|
Audit
Committee
|
Compliance
Committee
|
Contracts
Committee
|
Executive
Committee
|
Board
Governance
Committee
|
Investment
Review
Committee
|
For
the fiscal year
ending January 31, 2018
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
12
|
5
|
For
the fiscal year
ending February 28, 2018
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
11
|
5
|
For
the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2018
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
11
|
5
|
For
the fiscal year
ending April 30, 2018
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
11
|
5
|
For
the fiscal year
ending May 31, 2018
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
11
|
5
|
For
the fiscal year
ending July 31, 2017
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
11
|
5
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
143
|
Fiscal
Period
|
Audit
Committee
|
Compliance
Committee
|
Contracts
Committee
|
Executive
Committee
|
Board
Governance
Committee
|
Investment
Review
Committee
|
For
the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2017
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
10
|
5
|
For
the fiscal year
ending October 31, 2017
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
12
|
5
|
Beneficial Equity
Ownership
The tables below show, for each Trustee, the amount
of Fund equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustee and the aggregate value of all investments in equity securities of all Funds in the Columbia Funds Complex overseen by the Trustee, including notional amounts through the Deferred
Compensation Plan, where noted, stated as one of the following ranges: A = $0; B = $1-$10,000; C = $10,001-$50,000; D = $50,001-$100,000; and E = over $100,000. The information is provided as of December 31, 2017.
The tables only include ownership of Columbia Funds
overseen by the Trustees; the Trustees and Officers may own shares of other Columbia Funds they do not oversee.
Independent Trustee Ownership
|
Batejan
|
Blatz
|
Boudreau
|
Carlton
|
Carmichael
|
Flynn
|
Gallagher
|
Paglia
|
Shaw
|
Yeager
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
C
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
D
|
A
|
A
|
C
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
D
(b)
|
A
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
B
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
C
(b)
|
A
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
D
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
D
(b)
|
A
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
C
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
A
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
E
(a)
|
D
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
A
|
C
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
C
(a)
|
A
|
C
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
A
|
A
|
C
(a)
|
C
(a)
|
B
(a)
|
C
(a)
|
A
|
D
(a)
|
C
(a)(b)
|
A
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
D
(a)
|
E
(a)
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
144
|
|
Batejan
|
Blatz
|
Boudreau
|
Carlton
|
Carmichael
|
Flynn
|
Gallagher
|
Paglia
|
Shaw
|
Yeager
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
C
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
B
(b)
|
A
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
D
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
D
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(b)
|
A
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)(b)
|
A
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Overseas
Core Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
D
(a)
|
E
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
A
|
C
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
C
(b)
|
A
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
C
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
E
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
A
|
E
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
A
|
B
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
B
(b)
|
A
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
E
(a)(b)
|
A
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Aggregate
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in all Funds in the Columbia Funds Complex Overseen by the Trustee
|
E
|
E
|
E
(a)
|
E
(a)
|
E
(a)
|
E
(a)
|
E
|
E
(a)
|
E
(a)(b)
|
A
|
(a)
|
Includes the value of
compensation payable under a Deferred Compensation Plan that is determined as if the amounts deferred had been invested, as of the date of deferral, in shares of one or more funds in the Columbia Funds Complex overseen by the Trustee as specified by
the Trustee.
|
(b)
|
Ms. Shaw invests in a Section
529 Plan managed by the Investment Manager that allocates assets to various open-end funds, including Columbia Funds. The amount shown in the table includes the value of her interest in this plan determined as if her investment in the plan were
invested directly in the Columbia Fund pursuant to the plan’s target allocations.
|
Interested Trustee Ownership
|
Santomero
|
Truscott
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
145
|
|
Santomero
|
Truscott
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
A
|
A
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
A
|
D
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
A
|
D
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
B
(a)
|
A
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
A
|
A
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
E
(a)
|
E
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
A
|
A
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
A
|
A
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Overseas
Core Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
A
|
C
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
A
|
C
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
A
|
D
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
146
|
|
Santomero
|
Truscott
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
E
(a)
|
A
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
A
|
D
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
A
|
A
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
A
|
E
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
A
|
A
|
Aggregate
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in all Funds in the
Columbia Funds Complex Overseen by the Trustee
|
E
(a)
|
E
|
(a)
|
Includes the value of
compensation payable under a Deferred Compensation Plan that is determined as if the amounts deferred had been invested, as of the date of deferral, in shares of one or more funds in the Columbia Funds Complex overseen by the Trustee as specified by
the Trustee.
|
Compensation
For purposes of this section, the term Independent
Trustees includes Interested Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial.
Total compensation.
The following table shows the total compensation paid to Independent Trustees for their services from all the Funds in the Columbia Funds Complex overseen by the Trustee for the fiscal year ended
May
31, 2018.
Mr. Truscott is not compensated for his services on
the Board.
Trustees
(a)
|
Total
Cash Compensation
from the Columbia
Funds
Complex
Paid to Trustee
(b)
|
Amount
Deferred
from Total
Compensation
(c)
|
George
Batejan
|
$294,167
|
$0
|
Kathleen
Blatz
|
$334,167
|
$0
|
Edward
Boudreau
|
$359,167
|
$197,042
|
Pamela
Carlton
|
$331,667
|
$45,625
|
William
Carmichael
|
$321,667
|
$0
|
Patricia
Flynn
|
$306,667
|
$179,583
|
Brian
Gallagher
(d)
|
$124,583
|
$62,292
|
William
Hawkins
(e)
|
$247,917
|
$61,979
|
Catherine
Paglia
|
$326,667
|
$245,000
|
Anthony
Santomero
|
$309,167
|
$18,458
|
Minor
Shaw
|
$306,667
|
$153,333
|
John
Taft
(f)
|
$169,583
|
$0
|
Alison
Taunton-Rigby
(e)
|
$192,083
|
$0
|
Sandra
Yeager
(d)
|
$124,583
|
$62,292
|
(a)
|
Trustee compensation is paid
by the Funds and is comprised of a combination of a base fee and meeting fees, with the exception of the Chair of the Board, who receives a base annual compensation.
|
(b)
|
Includes any portion of cash
compensation Trustees elected to defer during the fiscal period.
|
(c)
|
The Trustees may elect to defer
a portion of the total cash compensation payable. Additional information regarding the Deferred Compensation Plan is described below.
|
(d)
|
Mr. Gallagher and Ms. Yeager
each became a Trustee effective December 31, 2017. Each of these Trustees received no compensation from the Funds or the Columbia Funds Complex prior to such date.
|
(e)
|
Mr. Hawkins and Ms.
Taunton-Rigby each served as Trustee until January 1, 2018. Each former Trustee stopped receiving compensation from the Funds and the Columbia Funds Complex as of such date.
|
(f)
|
Mr. Taft served as a Trustee
from January 1, 2017 through January 1, 2018. Mr. Taft received no compensation from the Funds or the Columbia Funds Complex prior to January 1, 2017 or subsequent to January 1, 2018.
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
147
|
In addition to the above compensation, all
Independent Trustees receive reimbursements for reasonable expenses related to their attendance at meetings of the Board or standing committees, which are not included in the amounts shown.
Independent Trustees did not accrue any pension or
retirement benefits as part of Fund expenses, nor will they receive any annual benefits upon retirement.
Deferred Compensation
Plan
.
The Independent Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of the compensation they receive in accordance with a Deferred Compensation
Plan (the Deferred Plan). Under the Deferred Plan, a Trustee may elect to have his or her deferred compensation treated as if it had been invested in shares of one or more eligible funds in the Columbia Funds Complex, and the amount paid to the
Trustee under the Deferred Plan will be determined based on the performance of such investments. Distributions may be taken in a lump sum or over a period of years. The Deferred Plan will remain unfunded for federal income tax purposes under the
Code, and all amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Funds. It is anticipated that deferral of Trustee compensation in accordance with the Deferred Plan will have, at most, a negligible impact on
Fund assets and liabilities.
The
Independent Trustees have a policy that each Trustee invests in shares of one or more of the Funds (including the Columbia closed-end funds) overseen by the Trustee (including shares held in the Deferred Compensation Plan) in an aggregate amount
that is at least equal to the annual total compensation received by the Trustee from the Columbia Fund Complex. All Independent Trustees meet this standard.
Compensation from each Fund
.
The following table shows the compensation paid to Independent Trustees from each Fund during its last fiscal year (or period), as well as the amount deferred
from each Fund, which is included in the total. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
Fund
|
Aggregate
Compensation from Fund
Independent Trustees
|
Batejan
(a)
|
Blatz
|
Boudreau
|
Carlton
|
Carmichael
|
Flynn
|
Gallagher
(b)
|
Hawkins
(c)
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$1,497
|
$1,654
|
$1,663
|
$1,654
|
$1,576
|
$1,497
|
$95
|
$1,983
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$785
|
$175
|
$0
|
$1,402
|
$47
|
$494
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
$1,046
|
$1,156
|
$1,161
|
$1,156
|
$1,101
|
$1,046
|
$65
|
$1,388
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$548
|
$122
|
$0
|
$981
|
$32
|
$345
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
$2,965
|
$3,275
|
$3,292
|
$3,275
|
$3,120
|
$2,965
|
$186
|
$3,929
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,553
|
$346
|
$0
|
$2,780
|
$93
|
$978
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
$1,393
|
$1,538
|
$1,545
|
$1,538
|
$1,466
|
$1,393
|
$86
|
$1,847
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$728
|
$162
|
$0
|
$1,307
|
$43
|
$460
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
$2,345
|
$2,590
|
$2,604
|
$2,590
|
$2,468
|
$2,345
|
$147
|
$3,108
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,229
|
$274
|
$0
|
$2,199
|
$73
|
$774
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
$1,439
|
$1,590
|
$1,599
|
$1,590
|
$1,515
|
$1,439
|
$91
|
$1,906
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$755
|
$168
|
$0
|
$1,348
|
$46
|
$474
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
$2,029
|
$2,241
|
$2,252
|
$2,241
|
$2,135
|
$2,029
|
$126
|
$2,691
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,062
|
$237
|
$0
|
$1,903
|
$63
|
$670
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
$1,567
|
$1,730
|
$1,750
|
$1,730
|
$1,649
|
$1,567
|
$281
|
$1,876
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$864
|
$201
|
$0
|
$1,286
|
$141
|
$467
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
$1,619
|
$1,788
|
$1,807
|
$1,788
|
$1,704
|
$1,619
|
$288
|
$1,941
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$891
|
$208
|
$0
|
$1,331
|
$144
|
$483
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
$1,185
|
$1,309
|
$1,321
|
$1,309
|
$1,247
|
$1,185
|
$207
|
$1,425
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$651
|
$152
|
$0
|
$978
|
$104
|
$355
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
$2,559
|
$2,827
|
$2,851
|
$2,827
|
$2,694
|
$2,559
|
$442
|
$3,089
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,403
|
$327
|
$0
|
$2,118
|
$221
|
$768
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
$4,496
|
$4,962
|
$5,017
|
$4,962
|
$4,729
|
$4,496
|
$796
|
$5,395
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$2,475
|
$576
|
$0
|
$3,700
|
$398
|
$1,342
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
$5,426
|
$5,990
|
$6,060
|
$5,990
|
$5,710
|
$5,426
|
$975
|
$6,490
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$2,992
|
$697
|
$0
|
$4,451
|
$488
|
$1,615
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(d)
|
$950
|
$997
|
$1,293
|
$997
|
$838
|
$950
|
$950
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$840
|
$199
|
$0
|
$0
|
$475
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
$1,610
|
$1,774
|
$1,804
|
$1,774
|
$1,692
|
$1,610
|
$319
|
$1,883
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
148
|
Fund
|
Aggregate
Compensation from Fund
Independent Trustees
|
Batejan
(a)
|
Blatz
|
Boudreau
|
Carlton
|
Carmichael
|
Flynn
|
Gallagher
(b)
|
Hawkins
(c)
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$898
|
$209
|
$0
|
$1,291
|
$159
|
$469
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
$852
|
$941
|
$951
|
$941
|
$897
|
$852
|
$151
|
$1,023
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$469
|
$109
|
$0
|
$701
|
$75
|
$255
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
$1,128
|
$1,246
|
$1,258
|
$1,246
|
$1,187
|
$1,128
|
$196
|
$1,359
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$619
|
$144
|
$0
|
$932
|
$98
|
$338
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
$1,431
|
$1,581
|
$1,598
|
$1,581
|
$1,506
|
$1,431
|
$255
|
$1,715
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$788
|
$184
|
$0
|
$1,176
|
$128
|
$427
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
$3,327
|
$3,680
|
$3,692
|
$3,680
|
$3,506
|
$3,327
|
$523
|
$4,090
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,805
|
$420
|
$0
|
$2,803
|
$262
|
$1,018
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
$4,663
|
$5,144
|
$5,206
|
$5,144
|
$4,904
|
$4,663
|
$839
|
$5,574
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$2,571
|
$598
|
$0
|
$3,824
|
$419
|
$1,387
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
$2,411
|
$2,660
|
$2,688
|
$2,660
|
$2,536
|
$2,411
|
$423
|
$2,898
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,325
|
$308
|
$0
|
$1,988
|
$211
|
$721
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
$2,382
|
$2,627
|
$2,716
|
$2,609
|
$2,525
|
$2,401
|
$561
|
$2,602
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,380
|
$317
|
$0
|
$1,821
|
$281
|
$647
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$1,235
|
$1,362
|
$1,421
|
$1,352
|
$1,309
|
$1,245
|
$446
|
$1,176
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$755
|
$180
|
$0
|
$789
|
$223
|
$292
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$869
|
$959
|
$1,000
|
$952
|
$922
|
$876
|
$313
|
$830
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$531
|
$126
|
$0
|
$556
|
$157
|
$206
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$875
|
$966
|
$1,007
|
$958
|
$928
|
$882
|
$316
|
$835
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$535
|
$127
|
$0
|
$559
|
$158
|
$207
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$982
|
$1,084
|
$1,130
|
$1,076
|
$1,042
|
$991
|
$352
|
$940
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$600
|
$143
|
$0
|
$630
|
$176
|
$234
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$924
|
$1,019
|
$1,063
|
$1,011
|
$980
|
$932
|
$334
|
$880
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$565
|
$135
|
$0
|
$590
|
$167
|
$219
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$993
|
$1,096
|
$1,141
|
$1,087
|
$1,053
|
$1,001
|
$355
|
$952
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$606
|
$144
|
$0
|
$638
|
$177
|
$237
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
$1,051
|
$1,159
|
$1,212
|
$1,150
|
$1,114
|
$1,061
|
$390
|
$987
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$646
|
$154
|
$0
|
$662
|
$195
|
$245
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$2,173
|
$2,402
|
$2,490
|
$2,385
|
$2,306
|
$2,190
|
$732
|
$2,152
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,311
|
$312
|
$0
|
$1,441
|
$366
|
$535
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
$1,250
|
$1,367
|
$1,517
|
$1,356
|
$1,318
|
$1,262
|
$561
|
$986
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$838
|
$192
|
$0
|
$690
|
$280
|
$245
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
$4,609
|
$5,098
|
$5,531
|
$5,061
|
$4,894
|
$4,646
|
$1,851
|
$3,959
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$3,003
|
$691
|
$0
|
$2,758
|
$926
|
$984
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
$1,367
|
$1,506
|
$1,654
|
$1,494
|
$1,448
|
$1,379
|
$590
|
$1,118
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$908
|
$208
|
$0
|
$778
|
$295
|
$278
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
$2,791
|
$3,082
|
$3,360
|
$3,059
|
$2,961
|
$2,814
|
$1,149
|
$2,359
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,832
|
$421
|
$0
|
$1,643
|
$574
|
$586
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
$3,198
|
$3,526
|
$3,852
|
$3,499
|
$3,390
|
$3,225
|
$1,339
|
$2,670
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$2,105
|
$484
|
$0
|
$1,859
|
$669
|
$663
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
$1,271
|
$1,392
|
$1,537
|
$1,374
|
$1,345
|
$1,288
|
$636
|
$913
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$863
|
$201
|
$0
|
$635
|
$318
|
$227
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
$3,507
|
$3,854
|
$4,249
|
$3,823
|
$3,711
|
$3,538
|
$1,552
|
$2,808
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$2,342
|
$537
|
$0
|
$1,955
|
$776
|
$698
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
$2,918
|
$3,221
|
$3,516
|
$3,196
|
$3,094
|
$2,942
|
$1,208
|
$2,457
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,918
|
$440
|
$0
|
$1,710
|
$604
|
$611
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
$1,752
|
$1,926
|
$2,124
|
$1,910
|
$1,855
|
$1,768
|
$774
|
$1,408
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
149
|
Fund
|
Aggregate
Compensation from Fund
Independent Trustees
|
Batejan
(a)
|
Blatz
|
Boudreau
|
Carlton
|
Carmichael
|
Flynn
|
Gallagher
(b)
|
Hawkins
(c)
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,171
|
$268
|
$0
|
$978
|
$387
|
$350
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
$1,492
|
$1,645
|
$1,798
|
$1,633
|
$1,582
|
$1,504
|
$627
|
$1,242
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$983
|
$226
|
$0
|
$865
|
$314
|
$309
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
$6,763
|
$7,435
|
$8,186
|
$7,376
|
$7,149
|
$6,822
|
$2,971
|
$5,450
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$4,505
|
$1,035
|
$0
|
$3,792
|
$1,485
|
$1,354
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
$1,648
|
$1,817
|
$1,986
|
$1,803
|
$1,747
|
$1,662
|
$692
|
$1,372
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,086
|
$250
|
$0
|
$955
|
$346
|
$341
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
$2,919
|
$5,309
|
$5,183
|
$5,309
|
$4,845
|
$4,845
|
N/A
|
$6,954
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$2,333
|
$322
|
$0
|
$4,845
|
N/A
|
$1,699
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
$756
|
$1,395
|
$1,361
|
$1,395
|
$1,272
|
$1,272
|
N/A
|
$1,827
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$613
|
$83
|
$0
|
$1,272
|
N/A
|
$446
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
$969
|
$1,822
|
$1,776
|
$1,822
|
$1,665
|
$1,665
|
N/A
|
$2,395
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$799
|
$107
|
$0
|
$1,665
|
N/A
|
$584
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
$1,128
|
$1,963
|
$1,921
|
$1,963
|
$1,788
|
$1,788
|
N/A
|
$2,506
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$864
|
$125
|
$0
|
$1,788
|
N/A
|
$626
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
$829
|
$1,526
|
$1,490
|
$1,526
|
$1,392
|
$1,392
|
N/A
|
$1,985
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$670
|
$92
|
$0
|
$1,392
|
N/A
|
$488
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
$1,104
|
$2,208
|
$2,148
|
$2,208
|
$2,024
|
$2,024
|
N/A
|
$2,921
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$967
|
$121
|
$0
|
$2,024
|
N/A
|
$712
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
$1,920
|
$3,647
|
$3,554
|
$3,647
|
$3,355
|
$3,355
|
N/A
|
$4,832
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,599
|
$209
|
$0
|
$3,355
|
N/A
|
$1,179
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
$560
|
$1,024
|
$1,000
|
$1,024
|
$935
|
$935
|
N/A
|
$1,344
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$450
|
$62
|
$0
|
$935
|
N/A
|
$328
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
$913
|
$1,681
|
$1,641
|
$1,681
|
$1,534
|
$1,534
|
N/A
|
$2,204
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$738
|
$101
|
$0
|
$1,534
|
N/A
|
$538
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
$818
|
$1,495
|
$1,460
|
$1,495
|
$1,363
|
$1,363
|
N/A
|
$1,957
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$657
|
$90
|
$0
|
$1,363
|
N/A
|
$478
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
$1,014
|
$1,833
|
$1,791
|
$1,833
|
$1,670
|
$1,670
|
N/A
|
$2,395
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$806
|
$112
|
$0
|
$1,670
|
N/A
|
$585
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
(e)
|
$803
|
$1,338
|
$1,242
|
$1,338
|
$1,286
|
$1,221
|
N/A
|
$1,749
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$559
|
$88
|
$0
|
$1,221
|
N/A
|
$429
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
$658
|
$889
|
$845
|
$889
|
$846
|
$803
|
N/A
|
$1,168
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$380
|
$74
|
$0
|
$803
|
N/A
|
$289
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
$948
|
$1,288
|
$1,226
|
$1,288
|
$1,227
|
$1,165
|
N/A
|
$1,693
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$552
|
$106
|
$0
|
$1,165
|
N/A
|
$418
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
$686
|
$928
|
$883
|
$928
|
$884
|
$839
|
N/A
|
$1,220
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$397
|
$77
|
$0
|
$839
|
N/A
|
$301
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
$954
|
$1,291
|
$1,228
|
$1,291
|
$1,229
|
$1,166
|
N/A
|
$1,695
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$553
|
$107
|
$0
|
$1,166
|
N/A
|
$419
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
$1,393
|
$1,850
|
$1,754
|
$1,850
|
$1,757
|
$1,661
|
N/A
|
$2,428
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$0
|
$789
|
$157
|
$0
|
$1,661
|
N/A
|
$600
|
(a)
|
Mr. Batejan became a Trustee
effective January 1, 2017, and as such he received no compensation from the Funds or the Columbia Funds Complex prior to such date.
|
(b)
|
Mr. Gallagher and Ms. Yeager
each became a Trustee effective December 31, 2017, and as such have received no compensation from the Funds or the Columbia Funds Complex prior to such date.
|
(c)
|
Mr. Hawkins and Ms.
Taunton-Rigby each served as Trustee until January 1, 2018, and stopped receiving compensation from the Funds and the Columbia Funds Complex as of such date.
|
(d)
|
This Fund has not completed
its first full year of operations since its organization. The compensation shown for this Fund is the estimated amount that will be paid from March 5, 2018 to February 28, 2019.
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
150
|
(e)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
Fund
|
Aggregate
Compensation from Fund
Independent Trustees
|
Hilliard
(a)
|
Paglia
|
Richie
(b)
|
Santomero
|
Shaw
|
Taft
(c)
|
Taunton-Rigby
(d)
|
Yeager
(e)
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
N/A
|
$1,614
|
N/A
|
$1,575
|
$1,497
|
$1,402
|
$1,481
|
$95
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,211
|
N/A
|
$148
|
$748
|
$0
|
$0
|
$47
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
N/A
|
$1,129
|
N/A
|
$1,101
|
$1,046
|
$981
|
$1,036
|
$65
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$847
|
N/A
|
$104
|
$523
|
$0
|
$0
|
$32
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
N/A
|
$3,197
|
N/A
|
$3,120
|
$2,965
|
$2,780
|
$2,934
|
$186
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$2,398
|
N/A
|
$293
|
$1,483
|
$0
|
$0
|
$93
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
N/A
|
$1,502
|
N/A
|
$1,466
|
$1,393
|
$1,307
|
$1,379
|
$86
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,127
|
N/A
|
$138
|
$696
|
$0
|
$0
|
$43
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
N/A
|
$2,529
|
N/A
|
$2,468
|
$2,345
|
$2,199
|
$2,321
|
$147
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,897
|
N/A
|
$232
|
$1,173
|
$0
|
$0
|
$73
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,552
|
N/A
|
$1,515
|
$1,439
|
$1,348
|
$1,423
|
$91
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,164
|
N/A
|
$142
|
$720
|
$0
|
$0
|
$46
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
N/A
|
$2,188
|
N/A
|
$2,135
|
$2,029
|
$1,903
|
$2,009
|
$126
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,641
|
N/A
|
$201
|
$1,014
|
$0
|
$0
|
$63
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,688
|
N/A
|
$1,648
|
$1,567
|
$1,286
|
$1,368
|
$281
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,266
|
N/A
|
$137
|
$784
|
$0
|
$0
|
$141
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,745
|
N/A
|
$1,703
|
$1,619
|
$1,331
|
$1,415
|
$288
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,309
|
N/A
|
$142
|
$810
|
$0
|
$0
|
$144
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,278
|
N/A
|
$1,247
|
$1,185
|
$978
|
$1,039
|
$207
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$958
|
N/A
|
$104
|
$592
|
$0
|
$0
|
$104
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
N/A
|
$2,761
|
N/A
|
$2,694
|
$2,559
|
$2,118
|
$2,250
|
$442
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$2,071
|
N/A
|
$225
|
$1,280
|
$0
|
$0
|
$221
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
$4,844
|
N/A
|
$4,729
|
$4,496
|
$3,700
|
$3,933
|
$796
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$3,633
|
N/A
|
$393
|
$2,248
|
$0
|
$0
|
$398
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
$5,847
|
N/A
|
$5,709
|
$5,426
|
$4,451
|
$4,732
|
$975
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$4,385
|
N/A
|
$473
|
$2,713
|
$0
|
$0
|
$488
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(f)
|
N/A
|
$997
|
N/A
|
$997
|
$950
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$950
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$748
|
N/A
|
$0
|
$475
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$475
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,730
|
N/A
|
$1,691
|
$1,610
|
$1,291
|
$1,375
|
$319
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,298
|
N/A
|
$137
|
$805
|
$0
|
$0
|
$159
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
N/A
|
$919
|
N/A
|
$897
|
$852
|
$701
|
$746
|
$151
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$689
|
N/A
|
$75
|
$426
|
$0
|
$0
|
$75
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,217
|
N/A
|
$1,188
|
$1,128
|
$932
|
$990
|
$196
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$913
|
N/A
|
$99
|
$564
|
$0
|
$0
|
$98
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,543
|
N/A
|
$1,506
|
$1,431
|
$1,176
|
$1,251
|
$255
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,157
|
N/A
|
$125
|
$716
|
$0
|
$0
|
$128
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
$3,600
|
N/A
|
$3,507
|
$3,327
|
$2,803
|
$2,977
|
$523
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$2,700
|
N/A
|
$298
|
$1,663
|
$0
|
$0
|
$262
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
N/A
|
$5,021
|
N/A
|
$4,904
|
$4,663
|
$3,824
|
$4,064
|
$839
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$3,766
|
N/A
|
$407
|
$2,331
|
$0
|
$0
|
$419
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
N/A
|
$2,598
|
N/A
|
$2,536
|
$2,411
|
$1,988
|
$2,112
|
$423
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,948
|
N/A
|
$211
|
$1,205
|
$0
|
$0
|
$211
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$2,568
|
N/A
|
$2,508
|
$2,401
|
$1,821
|
$1,922
|
$561
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,926
|
N/A
|
$195
|
$1,201
|
$0
|
$0
|
$281
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,331
|
N/A
|
$1,299
|
$1,245
|
$789
|
$842
|
$446
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
151
|
Fund
|
Aggregate
Compensation from Fund
Independent Trustees
|
Hilliard
(a)
|
Paglia
|
Richie
(b)
|
Santomero
|
Shaw
|
Taft
(c)
|
Taunton-Rigby
(d)
|
Yeager
(e)
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$998
|
N/A
|
$85
|
$623
|
$0
|
$0
|
$223
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$937
|
N/A
|
$914
|
$876
|
$556
|
$593
|
$313
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$702
|
N/A
|
$60
|
$438
|
$0
|
$0
|
$157
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$943
|
N/A
|
$921
|
$882
|
$559
|
$597
|
$316
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$707
|
N/A
|
$61
|
$441
|
$0
|
$0
|
$158
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,059
|
N/A
|
$1,034
|
$991
|
$630
|
$672
|
$352
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$794
|
N/A
|
$68
|
$495
|
$0
|
$0
|
$176
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$996
|
N/A
|
$972
|
$932
|
$590
|
$630
|
$334
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$747
|
N/A
|
$64
|
$466
|
$0
|
$0
|
$167
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,070
|
N/A
|
$1,045
|
$1,001
|
$638
|
$681
|
$355
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$803
|
N/A
|
$69
|
$500
|
$0
|
$0
|
$177
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,132
|
N/A
|
$1,105
|
$1,061
|
$662
|
$706
|
$390
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$849
|
N/A
|
$72
|
$530
|
$0
|
$0
|
$195
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$2,347
|
N/A
|
$2,291
|
$2,190
|
$1,441
|
$1,536
|
$732
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,760
|
N/A
|
$156
|
$1,095
|
$0
|
$0
|
$366
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,333
|
N/A
|
$1,304
|
$1,262
|
$690
|
$742
|
$561
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,000
|
N/A
|
$74
|
$631
|
$0
|
$0
|
$280
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
N/A
|
$4,981
|
N/A
|
$4,862
|
$4,646
|
$2,758
|
$2,957
|
$1,851
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$3,736
|
N/A
|
$301
|
$2,323
|
$0
|
$0
|
$926
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,471
|
N/A
|
$1,436
|
$1,379
|
$778
|
$835
|
$590
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,103
|
N/A
|
$85
|
$690
|
$0
|
$0
|
$295
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$3,011
|
N/A
|
$2,939
|
$2,814
|
$1,643
|
$1,763
|
$1,149
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$2,258
|
N/A
|
$179
|
$1,407
|
$0
|
$0
|
$574
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
$3,444
|
N/A
|
$3,363
|
$3,225
|
$1,859
|
$1,995
|
$1,339
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$2,583
|
N/A
|
$202
|
$1,612
|
$0
|
$0
|
$669
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,364
|
N/A
|
$1,328
|
$1,288
|
$635
|
$682
|
$636
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,023
|
N/A
|
$69
|
$644
|
$0
|
$0
|
$318
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
N/A
|
$3,767
|
N/A
|
$3,679
|
$3,538
|
$1,955
|
$2,099
|
$1,552
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$2,825
|
N/A
|
$213
|
$1,769
|
$0
|
$0
|
$776
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
N/A
|
$3,146
|
N/A
|
$3,070
|
$2,942
|
$1,710
|
$1,836
|
$1,208
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$2,359
|
N/A
|
$186
|
$1,471
|
$0
|
$0
|
$604
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,881
|
N/A
|
$1,837
|
$1,768
|
$978
|
$1,052
|
$774
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,411
|
N/A
|
$106
|
$884
|
$0
|
$0
|
$387
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,607
|
N/A
|
$1,569
|
$1,504
|
$865
|
$928
|
$627
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,205
|
N/A
|
$94
|
$752
|
$0
|
$0
|
$314
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
N/A
|
$7,253
|
N/A
|
$7,091
|
$6,822
|
$3,792
|
$4,077
|
$2,971
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$5,440
|
N/A
|
$412
|
$3,411
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,485
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,775
|
N/A
|
$1,733
|
$1,662
|
$955
|
$1,025
|
$692
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,331
|
N/A
|
$104
|
$831
|
$0
|
$0
|
$346
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
$1,182
|
$5,309
|
$1,609
|
$5,099
|
$4,845
|
$2,919
|
$5,055
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$3,459
|
$0
|
$317
|
$2,422
|
$0
|
$2,094
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
$316
|
$1,395
|
$442
|
$1,339
|
$1,272
|
$756
|
$1,327
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$906
|
$0
|
$82
|
$636
|
$0
|
$561
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
$428
|
$1,822
|
$592
|
$1,747
|
$1,665
|
$969
|
$1,739
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$1,177
|
$0
|
$105
|
$832
|
$0
|
$756
|
N/A
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
$395
|
$1,963
|
$557
|
$1,889
|
$1,788
|
$1,128
|
$1,862
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$1,293
|
$0
|
$123
|
$894
|
$0
|
$718
|
N/A
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
$346
|
$1,526
|
$482
|
$1,466
|
$1,392
|
$829
|
$1,453
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$992
|
$0
|
$90
|
$696
|
$0
|
$611
|
N/A
|
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Fund
|
Aggregate
Compensation from Fund
Independent Trustees
|
Hilliard
(a)
|
Paglia
|
Richie
(b)
|
Santomero
|
Shaw
|
Taft
(c)
|
Taunton-Rigby
(d)
|
Yeager
(e)
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
$565
|
$2,208
|
$777
|
$2,112
|
$2,024
|
$1,104
|
$2,121
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$1,406
|
$0
|
$119
|
$1,012
|
$0
|
$1,000
|
N/A
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
$877
|
$3,647
|
$1,208
|
$3,492
|
$3,355
|
$1,920
|
$3,510
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$2,346
|
$0
|
$206
|
$1,677
|
$0
|
$1,560
|
N/A
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
$229
|
$1,024
|
$325
|
$984
|
$935
|
$560
|
$976
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$666
|
$0
|
$61
|
$468
|
$0
|
$407
|
N/A
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
$379
|
$1,681
|
$529
|
$1,614
|
$1,534
|
$913
|
$1,601
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$1,092
|
$0
|
$99
|
$767
|
$0
|
$675
|
N/A
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
$332
|
$1,495
|
$466
|
$1,436
|
$1,363
|
$818
|
$1,422
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$973
|
$0
|
$89
|
$682
|
$0
|
$592
|
N/A
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
$394
|
$1,833
|
$555
|
$1,762
|
$1,670
|
$1,014
|
$1,741
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$1,197
|
$0
|
$111
|
$835
|
$0
|
$712
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
(g)
|
$227
|
$1,338
|
$349
|
$1,285
|
$1,221
|
$803
|
$1,273
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
$0
|
$889
|
$0
|
$87
|
$610
|
$0
|
$460
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
N/A
|
$889
|
$96
|
$846
|
$803
|
$658
|
$845
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$628
|
$0
|
$70
|
$401
|
$0
|
$152
|
N/A
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,288
|
$141
|
$1,227
|
$1,165
|
$948
|
$1,226
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$909
|
$0
|
$101
|
$582
|
$0
|
$227
|
N/A
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
N/A
|
$928
|
$101
|
$884
|
$839
|
$686
|
$883
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$656
|
$0
|
$73
|
$419
|
$0
|
$161
|
N/A
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,291
|
$138
|
$1,229
|
$1,166
|
$954
|
$1,228
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$912
|
$0
|
$102
|
$583
|
$0
|
$222
|
N/A
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
N/A
|
$1,850
|
$171
|
$1,757
|
$1,661
|
$1,393
|
$1,754
|
N/A
|
Amount
Deferred
|
N/A
|
$1,317
|
$0
|
$149
|
$831
|
$0
|
$281
|
N/A
|
(a)
|
Mr. Hilliard served as Trustee
until October 28, 2016, and stopped receiving compensation from the Funds and the Columbia Funds Complex as of such date.
|
(b)
|
Mr. Richie served as Trustee
until December 31, 2016, and stopped receiving compensation from the Funds and the Columbia Funds Complex as of such date.
|
(c)
|
Mr. Taft served as a Trustee
from January 1, 2017 through January 1, 2018. Mr. Taft received no compensation from the Funds or the Columbia Funds Complex prior to January 1, 2017 or subsequent to January 1, 2018.
|
(d)
|
Mr. Hawkins and Ms.
Taunton-Rigby each served as Trustee until January 1, 2018, and stopped receiving compensation from the Funds and the Columbia Funds Complex as of such date.
|
(e)
|
Mr. Gallagher and Ms. Yeager
each became a Trustee effective December 31, 2017, and as such have received no compensation from the Funds or the Columbia Funds Complex prior to such date.
|
(f)
|
This Fund has not completed
its first full year of operations since its organization. The compensation shown for this Fund is the estimated amount that will be paid from March 5, 2018 to February 28, 2019.
|
(g)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
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BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND RELATED
PRACTICES
General Brokerage Policy, Brokerage
Transactions and Broker Selection
Subject to
policies established by the Board, as well as the terms of the Investment Management Services Agreement, Management Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement, as applicable, the Investment Manager (and/or the investment subadviser(s) who makes the
day-to-day investment decisions for all or a portion of a Fund’s net assets) is responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities and other instruments and assets for a Fund, for the selection of broker-dealers, for the execution of a
Fund’s transactions and for the allocation of brokerage commissions in connection with such transactions. The Investment Manager effects transactions for the Fund consistent with its duty to seek best execution of client (including Fund)
orders under the circumstances of the particular transaction. Purchases and sales of securities on a securities exchange are effected through broker-dealers who charge negotiated commissions for their services. Orders may be directed to any
broker-dealer to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law and by the policies and procedures of the Investment Manager and/or any investment subadvisers.
In the over-the-counter market, securities generally
are traded on a “net” basis with dealers acting as principals for their own accounts without stated commissions, although the price of a security usually includes a profit to the dealer. In underwritten offerings, securities are bought
at a fixed price that includes an amount of compensation to the underwriter, generally referred to as the underwriter’s “concession” or “discount.” On occasion, certain money market instruments may be bought directly
from an issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are paid.
The Investment Manager effects security transactions
for the Funds consistent with its duty to seek best execution of client (including the Funds) orders under the circumstances of the particular transaction. In seeking such execution, the Investment Manager will use its best judgment in evaluating
the terms of a transaction, and will give consideration to various relevant factors, including, without limitation, the size and type of the transaction, the nature and character of the market for the security or other instrument or asset, the
confidentiality, speed and certainty of effective execution required for the transaction, the general execution and operational capabilities of the broker-dealer, the reputation, reliability, experience and financial condition of the broker-dealer,
the value and quality of the services rendered by the broker-dealer in this instance and other transactions and the reasonableness of the spread or commission, if any. Research services received from broker-dealers supplement the Investment
Manager’s own research and may include the following types of information: statistical and background information on industry groups and individual companies; forecasts and interpretations with respect to U.S. and foreign economies,
securities, markets, specific industry groups and individual companies; information on political developments; Fund management strategies; performance information on securities and other instruments and assets and information concerning prices of
same; and information supplied by specialized services to the Investment Manager and to the Board with respect to the performance, investment activities and fees and expenses of other funds. Such information may be communicated electronically,
orally or in written form.
Broker-dealers may,
from time to time, arrange meetings with management of companies and provide access to consultants who supply research information. The outside research is useful to the Investment Manager since, in certain instances, the broker-dealers utilized by
the Investment Manager may follow a different universe of issuers and other matters than those that the Investment Manager’s staff follow. In addition, this research provides the Investment Manager with a different perspective on investment
matters, even if the securities research obtained relates to issuers followed by the Investment Manager.
Investment managers subject to MiFID II, which may
include certain investment subadvisers to the Funds, may not receive investment research from brokers unless the investment manager pays for such research directly from its own resources, or from a separate, dedicated account paid for with client
funds with client permission (or a combination of these methods). MiFID II is expected to limit the use of soft dollars by investment subadvisers located in the EU and in certain circumstances may result in the Investment Manager or investment
subadvisers reducing the use of soft dollars with respect to certain groups of clients, which may or may not include the Funds.
Research services that are provided to the
Investment Manager by broker-dealers are available for the benefit of all accounts managed or advised by the Investment Manager. In some cases, the research services are available only from the broker-dealer providing such services. In other cases,
the research services may be obtainable from alternative sources. Broker-dealer research typically supplements rather than replaces the Investment Manager’s own research, tending to improve the quality of its investment advice. However, to the
extent that the Investment Manager would have bought any such research services had such services not been provided by broker-dealers, the expenses of such services to the Investment Manager could be considered to have been reduced accordingly.
Certain research services furnished by broker-dealers may be useful to the clients of the Investment Manager other than the Funds. Conversely, any research services received by the Investment Manager through the placement of transactions of other
clients may be of value to the Investment Manager in fulfilling its obligations to the Funds.
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The Investment Manager is of the opinion that this material is
beneficial in supplementing its research and analysis; and, therefore, it may benefit the Funds by improving the quality of the Investment Manager’s investment advice. The advisory fees paid by the Funds are not reduced because the Investment
Manager receives such services.
Unless
prohibited by applicable law, such as MiFID II, under Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act, the Investment Manager shall not be “deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached its fiduciary duty” solely because under certain circumstances
it has caused the account to pay a higher commission than the lowest available. To obtain the benefit of Section 28(e), the Investment Manager must make a good faith determination that the commissions paid are “reasonable in relation to the
value of the brokerage and research services provided by such member, broker, or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or his overall responsibilities with respect to the accounts as to which he exercises investment
discretion.” Accordingly, the price to a Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that available from another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified by other aspects of the portfolio execution services offered. Some
broker-dealers may indicate that the provision of research services is dependent upon the generation of certain specified levels of commissions and underwriting concessions by the Investment Manager’s clients, including the Funds.
The Investment Manager does not consider sales of
shares of the Funds as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers through which to execute securities transactions on behalf of the Funds. On a periodic basis, the Investment Manager makes a comprehensive review of the broker-dealers and the
overall reasonableness of their commissions, which evaluates execution, operational efficiency, and research services. Certain limited reviews are also conducted by an independent third-party evaluator.
Commission rates are established pursuant to
negotiations with broker-dealers based on the quality and quantity of execution services provided by broker-dealers in light of generally prevailing rates. On exchanges on which commissions are negotiated, the cost of transactions may vary among
different broker-dealers. Transactions on foreign stock exchanges involve payment of brokerage commissions that generally are fixed. Transactions in both foreign and domestic over-the-counter markets generally are principal transactions with
dealers, and the costs of such transactions involve dealer spreads rather than brokerage commissions. With respect to over-the-counter transactions, the Investment Manager, where possible, will deal directly with dealers who make a market in the
securities involved, except in those circumstances in which better prices and execution are available elsewhere.
The Investment Manager or a subadviser, if
applicable, may use step-out transactions. A “step-out” is an arrangement in which the Investment Manager or subadviser executes a trade through one broker-dealer but instructs that broker-dealer to step-out all or a part of the trade to
another broker-dealer. The second broker-dealer will clear and settle, and receive commissions for, the stepped-out portion. The Investment Manager or subadviser may receive research products and services in connection with step-out
transactions.
Use of Fund commissions may
create potential conflicts of interest between the Investment Manager or subadviser and a Fund. However, the Investment Manager and each subadviser has policies and procedures in place intended to mitigate these conflicts and ensure that the use of
fund commissions falls within the “safe harbor” of Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act. Some products and services may be used for both investment decision-making and non-investment decision-making purposes (“mixed use” items). The
Investment Manager and each subadviser, to the extent it has mixed use items, has procedures in place to assure that Fund commissions pay only for the investment decision-making portion of a mixed-use item.
Some broker-dealers with whom the Investment
Manager’s Fixed Income Department executes trades provide the Fixed Income Department with proprietary research products and services, though the Fixed Income Department does not put in place any client commission arrangements with such
broker-dealers. However, such research may be considered by the Fixed Income Department when determining which broker-dealers to include on its approved broker-dealer list. It is the Investment Manager’s policy not to execute a fixed income
trade with a broker-dealer at a lower bid/higher offer than that provided by another broker-dealer in consideration of the value of research products and services received by the Fixed Income Department.
In certain instances, there may be securities that
are suitable for a Fund as well as for one or more of the other clients of the Investment Manager. Investment decisions for the Funds and for the Investment Manager’s other clients are made with the goal of achieving their respective
investment objectives. A particular security may be bought or sold for only one client even though it may be held by, or bought or sold for, other clients. Likewise, a particular security may be bought for one or more clients when one or more other
clients are selling that same security. Some simultaneous transactions are inevitable when a number of accounts receive investment advice from the same investment adviser, particularly when the same security is suitable for the investment objectives
of more than one client. When two or more clients are engaged simultaneously in the purchase or sale of the same security, the securities are allocated among clients in a manner believed to be equitable to each. In some cases, this policy could have
a detrimental effect on the price or volume of the security in a particular transaction that may affect the Funds.
The Investment Manager operates several separate
trading desks in different geographic locations in the United States. The trading desks support different portfolio management teams managing a variety of accounts and products. The Funds may forego certain opportunities including the aggregation of
trades across accounts that trade on different trading desks, which could result
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in one trading desk competing with another in the market for
similar trades. In addition, it is possible that the separate trading desks may be on opposite sides of a trade at the same time. While the trading desks operate in several locations, the desks do have linkages in oversight and reporting lines and
are generally conducted under similar policies and procedures. In addition, certain fixed income portfolio managers currently have the authority to execute trades themselves.
As the Investment Manager seeks to enhance its
investment capabilities and services to its clients, including the Funds, the Investment Manager may engage certain of its investment advisory affiliates (Participating Affiliates) around the world to provide a variety of services. For example, the
Investment Manager may engage Participating Affiliates and their personnel to provide (jointly or in coordination with the Investment Manager) services relating to client relations, investment monitoring, account administration, trading and
discretionary investment management (including portfolio management and risk management) to certain accounts the Investment Manager manages, including the Funds, other pooled vehicles and separately managed accounts. In some circumstances, a
Participating Affiliate may delegate responsibility for providing those services to another Participating Affiliate. In addition, the Investment Manager may provide certain similar services to its Participating Affiliates for accounts they
manage.
The Investment Manager believes that
harnessing the collective expertise of the firm and its Participating Affiliates will benefit its clients. In this regard, the Investment Manager has certain portfolio management and client servicing teams at both the firm and at Participating
Affiliates (through subadvisory or other intercompany arrangements) operating jointly to provide a better client experience. These joint teams use expanded and shared capabilities that the Investment Manager and its Participating Affiliates provide,
including the sharing of research and other information by investment personnel (
e.g.
, portfolio managers and analysts) across the firm and at its Participating Affiliates relating to economic perspectives,
market analysis and equity and fixed income securities analysis.
Participating Affiliates may provide certain
advisory and trading-related services to certain of the Investment Manager’s accounts, including the Funds. The Investment Manager may also provide similar services to certain accounts of Participating Affiliates. The Investment Manager
believes that local trading in certain local markets will benefit its clients, including the Funds. However, such services may result in potential conflicts of interest to such accounts.
The Investment Manager has portfolio management
teams in its multiple geographic locations that may share research information regarding leveraged loans. The Investment Manager operates separate and independent trading desks in these locations for the purpose of purchasing and selling leveraged
loans. As a result, the Investment Manager does not aggregate orders in leveraged loans across portfolio management teams. For example, funds and other client accounts being managed by these portfolio management teams may purchase and sell the same
leveraged loan in the secondary market on the same day at different times and at different prices. There is also the potential for a particular account or group of accounts, including a Fund, to forego an opportunity or to receive a different
allocation (either larger or smaller) than might otherwise be obtained if the Investment Manager were to aggregate trades in leveraged loans across the portfolio management teams. Although the Investment Manager does not aggregate orders in
leveraged loans across its portfolio management teams in the multiple geographic locations, it operates in this structure subject to its duty to seek best execution.
The Funds may participate, if and when practicable,
in bidding for the purchase of portfolio securities directly from an issuer in order to take advantage of the lower purchase price available to members of a bidding group. A Fund will engage in this practice, however, only when the Investment
Manager, in its sole discretion, believes such practice to be otherwise in such Fund’s interests.
The Funds will not execute portfolio transactions
through, or buy or sell portfolio securities from or to the Investment Manager and its affiliates acting as principal (including repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements), except to the extent permitted by applicable law, regulation or order.
However, the Investment Manager is authorized to allocate buy and sell orders for portfolio securities to certain broker-dealers and financial institutions, including, in the case of agency transactions, broker-dealers and financial institutions
that are affiliated with Ameriprise Financial. To the extent that a Fund executes any securities trades with an affiliate of Ameriprise Financial, such Fund does so in conformity with Rule 17e-1 under the 1940 Act and the procedures that such Fund
has adopted pursuant to the rule. In this regard, for each transaction, the Board will determine that the transaction is effected in accordance with the Funds’ Rule 17e-1 procedures, which require: (i) the transaction resulted in prices for
and execution of securities transactions at least as favorable to the particular Fund as those likely to be derived from a non-affiliated qualified broker-dealer; (ii) the affiliated broker-dealer charged the Fund commission rates consistent with
those charged by the affiliated broker-dealer in similar transactions to clients comparable to the Fund and that are not affiliated with the broker-dealer in question; and (iii) the fees, commissions or other remuneration paid by the Fund did not
exceed 2% of the sales price of the securities if the sale was effected in connection with a secondary distribution, or 1% of the purchase or sale price of such securities if effected in other than a secondary distribution.
Certain affiliates of Ameriprise Financial may have
deposit, loan or commercial banking relationships with the corporate users of facilities financed by industrial development revenue bonds or private activity bonds bought by certain of the Funds. Ameriprise Financial or certain of its affiliates may
serve as trustee, custodian, tender agent, guarantor, placement agent,
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underwriter, or in some other capacity, with respect to certain
issues of securities. Under certain circumstances, a Fund may buy securities from a member of an underwriting syndicate in which an affiliate of Ameriprise Financial is a member. The Funds have adopted procedures pursuant to Rule 10f-3 under the
1940 Act, and intend to comply with the requirements of Rule 10f-3, in connection with any purchases of securities that may be subject to Rule 10f-3.
Given the breadth of the Investment Manager’s
investment management activities, investment decisions for the Funds are not always made independently from those other investment companies and accounts advised or managed by the Investment Manager. To the extent permitted by law, when a purchase
or sale of the same security is made at substantially the same time on behalf of one or more of the Funds and another investment portfolio, investment company or account, the Investment Manager may aggregate the securities to be sold or bought for
the Funds with those to be sold or bought for other investment portfolios, investment companies or accounts in executing transactions, and such transactions will be averaged as to price and available investments allocated as to amount in a manner
which the Investment Manager believes to be equitable to the Funds and such other investment portfolio, investment company or account. In some instances, this investment procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by a Fund or the size
of the position obtained or sold by the Fund.
See
Investment
Management and Other Services – Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates – Certain Conflicts of Interest
for more information about these and other conflicts of interest.
Brokerage Commissions
The following charts reflect the amounts of
brokerage commissions paid by the Funds for the three most recently completed fiscal years. In certain instances, the Funds may pay brokerage commissions to broker-dealers that are affiliates of Ameriprise Financial. As indicated above, all such
transactions involving the payment of brokerage commissions to affiliates are done in compliance with Rule 17e-1 under the 1940 Act.
Aggregate Brokerage Commissions Paid by the
Funds
The following chart reflects the aggregate amount of
brokerage commissions paid by the Funds for the three most recently completed fiscal years. Differences, year to year, in the amount of brokerage commissions paid by a Fund were primarily the result of increased market volatility as well as
shareholder purchase and redemption activity in the Fund. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
Total Brokerage Commissions
|
Total
Brokerage Commissions
|
Fund
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$52,011
|
$43,196
|
$81,810
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
13,296
|
14,626
|
31,835
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
134,582
|
124,712
|
257,660
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
28,241
|
31,168
|
106,439
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
98,484
|
89,450
|
259,720
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
121,138
|
214,031
|
111,720
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
26,201
|
59,787
|
50,209
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
476,271
|
564,661
|
1,702,510
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
235,270
|
281,680
|
374,605
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
440,798
|
350,175
|
763,283
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
94,678
|
40,009
|
64,864
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
157,834
|
82,253
|
77,274
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
1,226,674
|
1,151,141
|
811,428
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
42,742
|
44,478
|
106,481
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
226,255
|
691,211
|
1,581,643
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
157
|
|
Total
Brokerage Commissions
|
Fund
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
$358,470
|
$297,715
|
$421,649
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
2,017,947
|
1,755,839
|
2,502,535
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
77,566
|
151,667
|
104,818
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
1,822,605
|
2,410,619
|
1,939,036
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
7,442
|
13,117
|
6,180
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
175,556
|
145,990
|
319,634
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
760
|
463
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
2,948,160
|
2,383,253
|
4,643,851
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
151,250
|
132,207
|
278,619
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
14,553
|
7,865
|
4,931
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
569,649
|
1,016,121
|
1,304,955
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
516,248
|
1,314,613
|
1,897,862
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
122,445
|
140,893
|
87,801
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
162,474
|
237,721
|
203,550
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
173,234
|
199,959
|
310,097
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
398,562
|
415,534
|
339,767
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
2,632,123
|
3,511,773
|
2,776,342
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
818,161
|
1,260,099
|
1,633,040
|
Fund
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
2,442,698
|
2,109,841
|
1,189,786
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
229,056
|
352,378
|
514,195
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
764,077
|
723,310
|
831,852
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
5,936
|
1,340
|
28,166
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
396,313
|
1,272,120
|
1,572,579
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
15,972
|
6,948
|
6,042
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
10,475
|
16,879
|
65,209
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
36,493
|
53,368
|
43,400
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
0
|
993
|
0
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
15,122
|
3,408
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
494
(b)
|
832
|
7,551
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
158
|
|
Total
Brokerage Commissions
|
Fund
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
$59,274
|
$72,428
|
$2,061,817
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
432,394
|
594,925
|
578,874
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
12,685
|
19,217
|
11,042
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
434,078
|
571,796
|
634,101
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
989,119
|
521,091
|
643,771
|
(a)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
|
(b)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
Brokerage Commissions Paid to Brokers Affiliated with
the Investment Manager
Affiliates of the Investment Manager
may engage in brokerage and other securities transactions on behalf of a Fund according to procedures adopted by the Board and to the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the federal securities laws. Subject to approval by the Board, the
same conditions apply to transactions with broker-dealer affiliates of any Fund subadviser. The Investment Manager will use an affiliate only if (i) the Investment Manager determines that the Fund will receive prices and executions at least as
favorable, under the circumstances, as those offered by qualified independent brokers performing similar brokerage and other services for the Fund and (ii) the affiliate charges the Fund commission rates consistent with those the affiliate charges
comparable unaffiliated customers in similar transactions and if such use is consistent with terms of the Investment Management Services Agreement or Management Agreement, as applicable.
No brokerage commissions were paid by the Funds in
the last three fiscal periods to brokers affiliated with the Funds' Investment Manager or any subadvisers.
Directed Brokerage
The Funds or the Investment Manager, through an
agreement or understanding with a broker-dealer, or otherwise through an internal allocation procedure, may direct, subject to applicable legal requirements, the Funds' brokerage transactions to a broker-dealer because of the research services it
provides the Funds or the Investment Manager.
Reported numbers include third party soft dollar
commissions and portfolio manager directed commissions directed for research. The Investment Manager also receives proprietary research from brokers, but these amounts have not been included in the table.
During each Fund’s last fiscal year (or
period), the Funds directed certain brokerage transactions and paid related commissions in the amounts as follows:
Brokerage Directed for Research
|
Brokerage
directed for research
|
Fund
|
Amount
of Transactions
|
Amount
of Commissions Imputed or Paid
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
$6,425,197
(a)
|
$6,236
(a)
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
1,490,562
(a)
|
1,341
(a)
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
13,249,192
(a)
|
12,496
(a)
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
2,468,807
(a)
|
2,236
(a)
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
12,452,506
(a)
|
11,858
(a)
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
8,699,086
(a)
|
6,452
(a)
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
0
(a)
|
0
(a)
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
45,648,557
|
16,681
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
379,497,318
|
210,821
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
216,411,554
|
80,212
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
159
|
|
Brokerage
directed for research
|
Fund
|
Amount
of Transactions
|
Amount
of Commissions Imputed or Paid
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
$773,598,243
|
$190,426
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
39,831
|
10
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(b)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
232,609,434
|
315,703
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
31,021,214
|
19,683
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
38,979,126
|
45,993
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
476,012,951
|
191,778
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
1,226,936,168
|
626,391
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
1,112
|
3
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
502,650,042
|
465,714
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
121,299,189
|
84,497
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
2,696,032,605
|
1,722,193
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
181,354,545
|
89,575
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
760,389,454
|
299,397
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
419,220,898
|
96,975
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
17,356,278
|
8,626
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
5,602,183
|
5,080
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
498,286,466
|
375,509
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
376,921,314
|
330,357
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
2,486,539,890
|
981,739
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
241,577,386
|
82,655
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
413,465,017
|
232,593
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
1,715,507
|
2,149
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
127,231,106
|
82,203
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
160
|
|
Brokerage
directed for research
|
Fund
|
Amount
of Transactions
|
Amount
of Commissions Imputed or Paid
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
$0
|
$0
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
0
|
0
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
1,484
|
1
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
(c)
|
0
|
0
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
25,567,809
|
54,369
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
187,020,173
|
238,136
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
0
|
0
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
103,949,444
|
165,403
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
100,171,115
|
80,730
|
(a)
|
The underlying funds may have
directed transactions to firms in exchange for research services.
|
(b)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
|
(c)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
|
Securities of Regular Broker-Dealers
In certain cases, the Funds, as part of their
principal investment strategies, or otherwise as a permissible investment, will invest in the common stock or debt obligations of the regular broker-dealers that the Investment Manager uses to transact brokerage for the Funds.
As of each Fund’s last fiscal year (or period)
end, the Funds owned securities of their “regular brokers or dealers” or their parents, as defined in Rule 10b-1 under the 1940 Act, as shown in the table below:
Investments in Securities of Regular Brokers or Dealers
Fund
|
Issuer
|
Value
of securities owned
at end of fiscal period
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending January 31, 2018
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
None
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
None
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
None
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
None
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
None
|
N/A
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$245,957
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$18,854
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29, 2018
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$17,511,868
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$32,582,435
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$19,418,773
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$6,424,199
|
Franklin
Resources, Inc.
|
$684,459
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$9,909,900
|
PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc.(The)
|
$1,308,578
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
161
|
Fund
|
Issuer
|
Value
of securities owned
at end of fiscal period
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$16,491,394
|
The
Charles Schwab Corp.
|
$14,616,766
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
Affiliated
Managers Group, Inc.
|
$1,667,883
|
Ameriprise
Financial, Inc.
|
$3,666,484
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$31,623,516
|
E*TRADE
Financial Corp.
|
$2,239,936
|
Franklin
Resources, Inc.
|
$2,002,371
|
The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
$14,614,438
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$63,495,432
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$12,355,547
|
PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc.(The)
|
$11,885,987
|
Raymond
James Financial, Inc. (subsidiary)
|
$1,887,668
|
The
Charles Schwab Corp.
|
$10,022,530
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
Eaton
Vance Corp.
|
$16,499,975
|
Legg
Mason, Inc.
|
$8,907,912
|
Primerica,
Inc.
|
$11,389,462
|
Stifel
Financial Corp.
|
$11,545,141
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
The
Charles Schwab Corp.
|
$1,047,145
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$22,770,941
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$13,137,978
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
E*TRADE
Financial Corp.
|
$16,773,664
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
Investment
Technology Group, Inc.
|
$3,316,144
|
Piper
Jaffray Companies
|
$6,001,813
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
Stifel
Financial Corp.
|
$14,562,360
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31, 2018
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$7,922,320
|
Credit
Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
|
$1,099,717
|
The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
$7,603,538
|
GS
Mortgage Securities Corp. II
|
$5,385,260
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$8,953,470
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$7,947,368
|
PNC
Bank NA
|
$4,923,655
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30, 2018
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31, 2018
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
Credit
Suisse AG
|
$16,278,297
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$66,142,774
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$37,487,372
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
162
|
Fund
|
Issuer
|
Value
of securities owned
at end of fiscal period
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
Citigroup
Capital XIII
|
$3,894,700
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$7,758,225
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$59,077,937
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$96,963,366
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$33,982,535
|
PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc.(The)
|
$37,216,616
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$64,920,914
|
Franklin
Resources, Inc.
|
$9,874,649
|
Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
|
$9,892,866
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$107,271,425
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$28,559,594
|
PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc.(The)
|
$40,133,575
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
Citigroup
Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.
|
$7,451,846
|
Credit
Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
|
$3,228,841
|
Credit
Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates OA LLC
|
$9,047,981
|
Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
|
$1,849,574
|
Jefferies
Resecuritization Trust
|
$94,052
|
Morgan
Stanley Resecuritization Trust
|
$12,891,500
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
Citigroup
Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.
|
$12,198,313
|
Credit
Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
|
$30,312,866
|
Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
|
$1,464,400
|
Banc
of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
|
$6,924,845
|
Morgan
Stanley Resecuritization Trust Pass-Through
|
$4,721,500
|
UBS
Commercial Mortgage Trust
|
$12,302,962
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$32,011,200
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$31,668,004
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$28,197,182
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
E*TRADE
Financial Corp.
|
$15,140,650
|
Stifel
Financial Corp.
|
$5,703,600
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31, 2017
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
Franklin
Resources, Inc.
|
$14,213,172
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$130,411,080
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$27,328,630
|
PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc.(The)
|
$16,318,960
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$23,081,340
|
The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
$9,463,860
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$35,866,260
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$7,217,910
|
PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc.(The)
|
$14,979,440
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
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Fund
|
Issuer
|
Value
of securities owned
at end of fiscal period
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$3,935,738
|
Citigroup
Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.
|
$119,064
|
The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
$1,041,909
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$4,564,663
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
$2,623,117
|
Piper
Jaffray Companies
|
$120,432
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
$512,577
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
|
$524,423
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Minnesota
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31, 2017
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31, 2017
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
Citigroup
Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.
|
$498,115
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
Charles
Schwab
|
$6,839,266
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
None
|
N/A
|
(a)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
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OTHER PRACTICES
Performance Disclosure
Effective beginning with performance reporting for
the December 31, 2011 year end, in presenting performance information for newer share classes, if any, of a Fund, the Fund typically includes, for periods prior to the offering of such share classes, the performance of the Fund’s oldest share
class (except as otherwise disclosed), adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable, based on the expense ratios of those share classes for the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal
year for which data was available at December 31, 2011 or, for Funds and classes first offered after January 1, 2011, the expected expense differential at the time the newer share class is first offered. Actual expense differentials across classes
will vary over time. The performance of the Fund’s newer share classes would have been substantially similar to the performance of the Fund’s oldest share class because all share classes of a Fund are invested in the same portfolio of
securities, and would have differed only to the extent that the classes do not have the same sales charges and/or expenses (and any differences in expenses between share classes may change over time).
Prior to December 31, 2011, in presenting
performance information for a newer share class of a Fund, series of CFST would typically include, for periods prior to the offering of such newer share class, the performance of an older share class, the class-related operating expense structure of
which was most similar to that of the newer share class, and for periods prior to the initial offering of such older share class, would include the performance of successively older share classes with successively less similar expense structures.
Such performance information was not restated to reflect any differences in expenses between share classes and if such differences had been reflected, the performance shown might have been lower. Because, prior to December 31, 2011, series of CFST
used a different methodology for presenting performance information for a newer share class, such performance information published before December 31, 2011 may differ from corresponding performance information published after December 31,
2011.
Disclosure of Financial Support for
Columbia Government Money Market Fund
Disclosure of Financial Support.
Effective on October 1, 2016, the Fund is required to disclose any occasions on which an affiliated person, promoter or principal underwriter of the Fund, or an affiliated person of such person, provided any form of
financial support to the Fund. For these purposes, the term ‘‘financial support’’ includes any capital contribution, purchase of a security from the Fund in reliance on Rule 17a–9 under the 1940 Act, purchase of any
defaulted or devalued security at par, execution of letter of credit or letter of indemnity, capital support agreement (whether or not the Fund ultimately received support), performance guarantee, or any other similar action reasonably intended to
increase or stabilize the value or liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio; excluding, however, any routine waiver of fees or reimbursement of Fund expenses, routine inter-fund lending, routine inter-fund purchases of Fund shares, or any action that
would qualify as financial support as defined above, that the Board has otherwise determined not to be reasonably intended to increase or stabilize the value or liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund is required to disclose additional
information about the receipt of any such financial support on Form N-CR and to file this form with the SEC. Any Form N-CR filing submitted by the Fund is available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at www.sec.gov.
Portfolio Turnover
A change in the securities held by a Fund is known
as “portfolio turnover.” High portfolio turnover involves correspondingly greater expenses to the Fund, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestments in other
securities. Such sales may also result in adverse tax consequences to a Fund’s shareholders. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect a Fund’s performance. For each Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate, see the
Fees and Expenses of the Fund — Portfolio Turnover
section in the prospectuses for that Fund.
In any particular year, market conditions may result
in greater rates than are presently anticipated. The rate of a Fund’s turnover may vary significantly from time to time depending on, among other factors, economic, market and other conditions.
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings Information
The Board and the Investment Manager believe that
the investment ideas of the Investment Manager and any subadviser with respect to portfolio management of a Fund should seek to benefit the Fund and its shareholders, and do not want to afford speculators an opportunity to profit by anticipating
Fund trading strategies. However, the Board also believes that selective disclosure of a Fund’s portfolio holdings can, under appropriate circumstances, be made for purposes beneficial to the Fund and its shareholders or for other purposes
under conditions that are designed to protect the interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
The Board has therefore adopted policies and
procedures relating to disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio securities. These policies and procedures are intended to protect the confidentiality of Fund portfolio holdings information and generally prohibit the release of such information until
such information is made available to the general public, unless such persons have been
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authorized to receive such information on a selective basis, as
described below. It is the policy of the Fund not to provide or permit others to provide portfolio holdings on a selective basis, and the Investment Manager does not intend to selectively disclose portfolio holdings or expect that such holdings
information will be selectively disclosed, except where necessary for the Fund’s operation or where there are other legitimate business purposes for doing so and, in any case, where conditions are met that are designed to protect the interests
of the Funds and their shareholders.
Although
the Investment Manager seeks to limit the selective disclosure of portfolio holdings information and such selective disclosure is monitored under the Fund’s compliance program for conformity with the policies and procedures, there can be no
assurance that these policies will protect the Fund from the potential misuse of holdings information by individuals or firms in possession of that information. Under no circumstances may the Investment Manager, its affiliates or any employee
thereof receive any consideration or compensation for disclosing such holdings information.
Public Disclosures
The Funds’ portfolio holdings are currently
disclosed to the public through filings with the SEC and postings on the Funds’ website. The information is available on the Funds’ website as described below.
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For equity,
alternative and flexible funds (other than the equity funds identified below) and funds-of-funds (equity and fixed income), a complete list of Fund portfolio holdings as of month-end is posted approximately, but no earlier than, 15 calendar days
after such month-end.
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For Columbia Small
Cap Growth Fund I and Columbia Variable Portfolio – Small Company Growth Fund, a complete list of Fund portfolio holdings as of month-end is posted approximately, but no earlier than, 30 calendar days after such month-end.
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For fixed-income
Funds (other than money market funds), a complete list of Fund portfolio holdings as of calendar quarter-end is posted approximately, but no earlier than, 30 calendar days after such quarter-end.
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|
For money market
Funds, a complete list of Fund portfolio holdings as of month-end is posted no later than five business days after such month-end. Such month-end holdings are continuously available on the website for at least six months, together with a link to an
SEC webpage where a user of the website may obtain access to the Fund’s most recent 12 months of publicly available filings on Form N-MFP. Money market Fund portfolio holdings information posted on the website, at minimum, includes with
respect to each holding, the name of the issuer, the category of investment (
e.g.
, Treasury debt, government agency debt, asset backed commercial paper, structured investment vehicle note), the CUSIP number
(if any), the principal amount, the maturity date (as determined under Rule 2a-7 for purposes of calculating weighted average maturity), the final maturity date (if different from the maturity date previously described), coupon or yield and the
value. The money market Funds will also disclose on the website its overall weighted average maturity, weighted average life maturity, percentage of daily liquid assets, percentage of weekly liquid assets and daily inflows and outflows.
|
Portfolio holdings of
Funds owned solely by the Investment Manager or its affiliates are not disclosed on the website. A complete schedule of each Fund’s portfolio holdings is available semiannually and annually in shareholder reports filed on Form N-CSR and, after
the first and third fiscal quarters, in regulatory filings on Form N-Q. These shareholder reports and regulatory filings are filed with the SEC in accordance with federal securities laws. Shareholders may obtain each Fund’s Form N-CSR and N-Q
filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, each Fund’s Form N-CSR and N-Q filings may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. You may call the SEC at 202.551.8090 for information
about the SEC’s website or the operation of the public reference room.
In addition, the Investment Manager makes publicly
available information regarding certain Fund’s largest five to fifteen holdings, as a percentage of the market value of the Funds’ portfolios as of a month-end. This holdings information is made publicly available through the website
columbiathreadneedleus.com, approximately 15 calendar days following the month-end. The scope of the information that is made available on the Funds’ websites pursuant to the Funds’ policies may change from time to time without prior
notice. Certain fund marketing material, such as fund fact sheets, containing the largest five to fifteen holdings may be made available earlier than 15 days following month end. This information may not be available on the website for all Funds
included in this SAI.
The Investment Manager
may also disclose more current portfolio holdings information as of specified dates on the Funds’ website.
The Funds, the Investment Manager and their
affiliates may include portfolio holdings information that already has been made public through a website posting or SEC filing in marketing literature and other communications to shareholders, advisors or other parties, provided that the
information is disclosed no earlier than when the information is disclosed publicly on the funds’ website or no earlier than the time a fund files such information in a publicly available SEC filing required to include such information.
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Other Disclosures
The Funds’ policies and procedures provide
that no disclosures of the Funds’ portfolio holdings may be made prior to the portfolio holdings information being made available to the general public unless (i) the Funds have a legitimate business purpose for making such disclosure, (ii)
the Funds or their authorized agents authorize such non-public disclosure of information, and (iii) the party receiving the non-public information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement or is otherwise subject to a confidentiality
obligation.
In determining the existence of a
legitimate business purpose for making portfolio disclosures, the following factors, among others, are considered: (i) any prior disclosure must be consistent with the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws and the fiduciary duties of
the Investment Manager; (ii) any conflicts of interest between the interests of Fund shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Investment Manager, the Funds’ Distributor or any affiliated person of a Fund, the Investment Manager or
Distributor on the other; and (iii) any prior disclosure to a third party, although subject to a confidentiality agreement, would not make conduct lawful that is otherwise unlawful.
Fund complete portfolio holdings may be disclosed
between and among the following persons (collectively, Affiliates and Agents) for legitimate business purposes within the scope of their official duties and responsibilities, subject to Fund policies and procedures designed to prevent the misuse of
inside information, by agreement, or under applicable laws, rules, and regulations: (1) persons who are subject to the Code of Ethics or policies and procedures designed to prevent the misuse of inside information; (2) an investment adviser,
distributor, administrator, transfer agent, or custodian to the Fund; (3) an accounting firm, an auditing firm, or outside legal counsel retained by the Investment Manager or its affiliates, or the Fund; (4) an investment adviser to whom complete
portfolio holdings are disclosed for due diligence purposes when the adviser is in merger or acquisition talks with a the Investment Manager or its parent company; and (5) a newly hired subadviser to whom complete portfolio holdings are disclosed
prior to the time it commences its duties.
The
frequency with which complete portfolio holdings may be disclosed between and among Affiliates and Agents, and the length of the lag, if any, between the date of the information and the date on which the information is disclosed between and among
the Affiliates and Agents, is determined by such Affiliates and Agents based on the facts and circumstances, including, without limitation, the nature of the portfolio holdings information to be disclosed, the risk of harm to the Funds and their
shareholders, and the legitimate business purposes served by such disclosure. The frequency of disclosure between and among Affiliates and Agents varies and may be as frequent as daily, with no lag. Any disclosure of Fund complete portfolio holdings
to any Affiliates and Agents as previously described may also include a list of the other investment positions that make up the Fund, such as cash investments and derivatives.
The Funds also disclose portfolio holdings
information as required by federal, state or international securities laws, and may disclose portfolio holdings information in response to requests by governmental authorities, or in connection with litigation or potential litigation, a
restructuring of a holding, where such disclosure is necessary to participate or explore participation in a restructuring of the holding (
e.g.
, as part of a bondholder group), or to the issuer of a holding,
pursuant to a request of the issuer or any other party who is duly authorized by the issuer.
In certain limited situations, the Funds may provide
portfolio holdings to an institutional client (or its custodian or other agent) when the client is effecting a redemption in-kind from a Fund and the Investment Manager believes that such disclosure will not be harmful to the Fund. In these
situations, the Investment Manager makes it clear through non-disclosure agreements or other means that the recipient must ensure that the confidential information is used only as necessary to effect the redemption-in-kind and will maintain the
information in a manner designed to protect against unauthorized access or misuse.
The Board has adopted policies to ensure that the
Fund’s portfolio holdings information is only disclosed in accordance with these policies. Before any selective disclosure of portfolio holdings information is permitted, the person seeking to disclose such holdings information must submit a
written request to the Portfolio Holdings Committee (“PHC”). The PHC, which is chaired by the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, is comprised of members from the Investment Manager’s legal department and compliance department,
and the Funds’ President. The PHC is authorized by the Board to perform an initial review of requests for disclosure of holdings information to evaluate whether there is a legitimate business purpose for selective disclosure, whether selective
disclosure is in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders, to consider any potential conflicts of interest between the Fund, the Investment Manager, and its affiliates, and to safeguard against improper use of holdings information. Factors
considered in this analysis are whether the recipient has agreed to or has a duty to keep the holdings information confidential and whether risks have been mitigated such that the recipient has agreed or has a duty to use the holdings information
only as necessary to effectuate the purpose for which selective disclosure may be authorized. Before portfolio holdings may be selectively disclosed, requests approved by the PHC must also be authorized by the Funds’ President, Chief
Compliance Officer or General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer or their respective designees. On at least an annual basis, the PHC reviews the approved recipients of selective disclosure and may require a resubmission of the request, in order to
re-authorize certain ongoing arrangements. These procedures are intended to be reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of Fund holdings
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information and to prohibit their release to individual investors,
institutional investors, intermediaries that distribute the Fund’s shares, and other parties, until such holdings information is made public or unless such persons have been authorized to receive such holdings information on a selective basis,
as set forth above.
Ongoing Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
Arrangements:
The Funds currently have ongoing
arrangements with certain approved recipients with respect to the disclosure of portfolio holdings information prior to such information being made public. Portfolio holdings information disclosed to such recipients is current as of the time of its
disclosure, is disclosed to each recipient solely for purposes consistent with the services described below and has been authorized in accordance with the policy. No compensation or consideration is received in exchange for this information. In
addition to the daily information provided to a Fund’s custodians, subcustodians, Investment Manager and subadvisers, the following disclosure arrangements are in place:
Identity
of Recipient
|
|
Conditions/restrictions
on use of information
|
|
Frequency
of
Disclosure
|
Recipients
under arrangements with the Funds or Investment Manager:
|
|
|
BlackRock,
Inc.
|
|
Used
for fixed income trading and decision support.
|
|
Daily
|
Bloomberg,
L.P.
|
|
Used
for portfolio analytics, statistical analysis and independent research.
|
|
Daily,
Monthly and Quarterly
|
Bolger,
Inc.
|
|
Used
for commercial printing.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Boston
Investors Communications Group, LLC (BICG)
|
|
Used
for writing services that require disclosing portfolio holdings in advance of their dissemination to the general public.
|
|
Monthly
|
Capital
Markets Services (CMS) Group
|
|
Used
for intraday post-trade information when equity exposures (either via futures or options trades) are modified beyond certain limits for VP – Managed Volatility Funds.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Catapult
|
|
Used
for commercial printing.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Citigroup,
Inc.
|
|
Used
for mortgage decision support.
|
|
Daily
|
Donnelley
Financial Solutions
|
|
Used
to provide Edgar filing and typesetting services, and printing of prospectuses, factsheets, annual and semi-annual reports. Used for commercial printing.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Elevation
Exhibits & Events
|
|
Used
for trade show exhibits.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Equifax,
Inc.
|
|
Used
to ensure that Columbia Management does not violate the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanction requirements.
|
|
Daily
|
Ernst
& Young, LLP
|
|
Used
to analyze PFIC investments.
|
|
Monthly
|
Eva
Dimensions
|
|
Used
as a research service for small cap stock.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Eze
Software Group, LLC
|
|
Used
to facilitate the evaluation of commission rates and to provide flexible commission reporting.
|
|
Daily
|
FactSet
Research Systems, Inc.
|
|
Used
for provision of quantitative analytics, charting and fundamental data and for portfolio analytics. Used to cover product and marketing developments related to index funds, ETFs, index derivatives, and other sophisticated investment strategies.
|
|
Daily
or Monthly
|
Fidelity
National Information Services, Inc.
|
|
Used
as portfolio accounting system.
|
|
Daily
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
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|
Identity
of Recipient
|
|
Conditions/restrictions
on use of information
|
|
Frequency
of
Disclosure
|
Goldman
Sachs Asset Management, L.P., as agent to KPMG LLP
|
|
Holdings
by Columbia Contrarian Core Fund and Columbia High Yield Bond Fund in certain audit clients of KPMG LLP to assist the accounting firm in complying with its regulatory obligations relating to independence of its audit clients.
|
|
Monthly
|
Harte-Hanks
|
|
Used
for printing of prospectuses, factsheets, annual and semi-annual reports.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Imagine
Print Solutions
|
|
Used
for commercial printing.
|
|
Daily,
Monthly and Quarterly
|
Institutional
Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS)
|
|
Used
for proxy voting administration and research on proxy matters.
|
|
Daily
|
Intex
Solutions Inc.
|
|
Used
to provide mortgage analytics.
|
|
Periodic
|
Investment
Technology Group, Inc.
|
|
Used
to evaluate and assess trading activity, execution and practices.
|
|
Quarterly
|
Investor
Tools
|
|
Used
for municipal bond analytics, research and decision support.
|
|
As
Needed
|
JDP
Marketing Services
|
|
Used
to write or edit Columbia Fund shareholder reports, quarterly fund commentaries, and communications, including shareholder letters and management’s discussion of Columbia Fund performance.
|
|
Monthly,
as needed
|
John
Roberts, Inc.
|
|
Used
for commercial printing.
|
|
Daily,
Monthly and Quarterly
|
Kendall
Press
|
|
Used
for commercial printing.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Kynex
|
|
Used
to provide portfolio attribution reports for the Columbia Convertible Securities Fund. Used also for portfolio analytics.
|
|
Daily
|
Malaspina
Communications
|
|
Used
to facilitate writing management’s discussion of Columbia Fund performance for Columbia Fund shareholder reports and periodic marketing communications.
|
|
Monthly
|
Markit
|
|
Used
for an asset database for analytics and investor reporting. Used to reconcile client commission trades with broker-dealers.
|
|
As
Needed and Monthly
|
Merrill
Corporation
|
|
Used
for printing of prospectuses, factsheets, annual and semi-annual reports.
|
|
As
Needed
|
MoneyMate,
Inc.
|
|
Used
to report returns and analytics to client facing materials.
|
|
Monthly
|
Morningstar,
Inc.
|
|
Used
for independent research and ranking of funds. Used also for statistical analysis.
|
|
Monthly,
Quarterly or As Needed
|
MSCI,
Inc.
|
|
Used
as a hosted portfolio management platform designed for research, reporting, strategy development, portfolio construction and performance and risk attribution, and used for risk analysis and reporting.
|
|
Daily
|
Print
Craft
|
|
Used
to assemble kits and mailing that include the fact sheets.
|
|
As
Needed
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
Identity
of Recipient
|
|
Conditions/restrictions
on use of information
|
|
Frequency
of
Disclosure
|
R.
R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
|
|
Used
to provide printing and mailing services for prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and supplements. Used for commercial printing.
|
|
As
Needed
|
RegEd,
Inc.
|
|
Used
to review external and certain internal communications prior to dissemination.
|
|
Daily
|
SEI
Investments Company
|
|
Used
for trading wrap accounts and to reconcile wrap accounts.
|
|
Daily
|
SS&C
Technologies, Inc.
|
|
Used
to translate account positions for reconciliations.
|
|
Daily
|
Sustainalytics
US Inc.
|
|
Used
to affirm and validate social scoring methodology of Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund’s investment strategy.
|
|
Quarterly
|
S.W.I.F.T.
Scrl.
|
|
Used
to send trade messages via SWIFT to custodians.
|
|
Daily
|
Thomson
Reuters
|
|
Used
for statistical analysis.
|
|
Monthly
|
Threadneedle
Investments
|
|
Used
by portfolio managers and research analysts in supporting certain management strategies, and by shared support partners (legal, operations, compliance, risk, etc.) to provide Fund maintenance and development.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Universal
Wilde
|
|
Used
to provide printing and mailing services for prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports, and supplements.
|
|
As
Needed
|
Visions,
Inc.
|
|
Used
for commercial printing.
|
|
Daily,
Monthly and Quarterly
|
Wilshire
Associates, Inc.
|
|
Used
to provide daily performance attribution reporting based on daily holdings to the investment and investment analytics teams.
|
|
Daily
|
Wolters
Kluwer
|
|
Used
to perform tax calculations specific to wash sales and used to analyze tax straddles (diminution of risk).
|
|
Monthly
|
Identity
of Recipient
|
|
Conditions/restrictions
on use of information
|
|
Frequency
of
Disclosure
|
Recipients
under arrangements with subadvisers:
|
|
|
Advent
Software, Inc.
|
|
Used
by certain subadvisers for portfolio accounting.
|
|
Daily
|
Ashland
Partners & Co., LLP
|
|
Used
by certain subadvisers for performance evaluation.
|
|
Annually
|
Eze
Software Group, LLC
|
|
Used
by certain subadvisers for order management and compliance.
|
|
Daily
|
FactSet
Research Systems, Inc.
|
|
Used
by certain subadvisers for analytics security master data.
|
|
Daily
|
In addition, portfolio
holdings information may be provided from time to time to the Funds’ counsel, counsel to the independent trustees and the Funds’ independent auditors in connection with the services they provide to the Funds or the trustees. Portfolio
holdings information may also be provided to affiliates of the Investment Manager to monitor risks and various holdings limitations that must be aggregated with affiliated funds and accounts, among other purposes. The Investment Manager and the
subadvisers use a variety of broker-dealers and other agents to effect securities transactions on behalf of the Funds. These broker-dealers may become aware of the Funds’ intentions, transactions and positions in performing their
functions.
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Additional Shareholder Servicing Payments
The Funds, along with the Transfer Agent, the
Distributor and the Investment Manager, may pay significant amounts to financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for providing shareholder services, including the types of services that would otherwise be provided
directly by a mutual fund’s transfer agent. The level of payments made to financial intermediaries may vary by financial intermediary and according to distribution channel. A number of factors may be considered in determining payments to a
financial intermediary, including, without limitation, the nature of the services provided to shareholders or retirement plan participants that invest in the Funds through retirement plans. These services may include sub-accounting, sub-transfer
agency, participant recordkeeping, shareholder or participant reporting, shareholder or participant transaction processing, maintaining shareholder records, preparing account statements and/or the provision of call center support and other customer
services.
Effective October 1, 2016, the Board
authorized each Fund to pay up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary for such services or such fees up to a channel-specific cap established by the Board from time to time. For certain distribution channels, the
reimbursement is set at a per account amount for accounts of intermediaries that charge a per account fee. The amounts in excess of the amount reimbursed by a Fund are borne by the Transfer Agent, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates.
These payments are in addition to the annual transfer agency fees paid by a Fund to the Transfer Agent, as described in the
Investment Management and Other Services – Other Services Provided
– The Transfer Agent
section above, and may include payments to financial intermediaries that charge networking fees for certain services provided in connection with the maintenance of shareholder accounts through the NSCC. With respect
to Class Inst2 shares, the annual rate for transfer agency fees and reimbursement of fees for additional shareholder services is currently capped at 0.07%. With respect to Class Inst3 shares, the Transfer Agent does not currently pay financial
intermediaries for shareholder services and the Fund does not currently pay the Transfer Agent for any shareholder services provided by financial intermediaries. Payments for these additional shareholder services are made by a Fund to the Transfer
Agent who in turn makes payments to the financial intermediary for the provision of such services. The Funds’ Transfer Agent, Distributor and/or their affiliates will pay, from its or their own resources, amounts in excess of the amount paid
by the Funds to financial intermediaries in connection with the provision of these additional shareholder services and other services.
The Funds also may make additional payments to
financial intermediaries that charge networking fees for certain services provided in connection with the maintenance of shareholder accounts through the NSCC. A significant portion of these networking account fees are paid to financial
intermediaries affiliated with Ameriprise Financial.
In addition, the Transfer Agent, the Distributor and
other Ameriprise Financial affiliates may make lump sum payments to selected financial intermediaries receiving shareholder servicing payments as compensation for the costs of printing literature for participants, account maintenance fees or fees
for establishment of the Funds on the financial intermediary’s system or other similar services.
As of April 2018, the Transfer Agent and/or other
Ameriprise Financial affiliates had agreed to make shareholder servicing payments with respect to the Funds to the financial intermediaries or their affiliates shown below.
Recipients of Shareholder Servicing Payments Relating to the
Funds from the Transfer Agent and/or other Ameriprise Financial Affiliates
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ADP Broker-Dealer,
Inc.
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American
Enterprise Investment Services Inc.*
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American United
Life Insurance Co.
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Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.*
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AXA Equitable Life
Insurance
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Benefit Plan
Administrators
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BMO Harris Bank
(f/k/a Marshall & Illsley Trust Company)
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Charles Schwab
& Co., Inc.
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Charles Schwab
Trust Co.
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Conduent HR
Services LLC
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Daily Access
Concepts, Inc.
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Digital Retirement
Solutions
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Edward D. Jones
& Co., LP
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Fidelity Brokerage
Services, Inc.
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Fidelity
Investments Institutional Operations Co.
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First Mercantile
Trust Co.
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Guardian Insurance
and Annuity Company Inc.
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Genworth Life and
Annuity Insurance Company
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Genworth Life
Insurance Co. of New York
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Hartford Life
Insurance Company
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ICMA Retirement
Corporation
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Janney Montgomery
Scott, Inc.
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John Hancock Life
Insurance Company (USA)
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John Hancock Life
Insurance Company of New York
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John Hancock Trust
Company
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Lincoln Life &
Annuity Company of New York
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Lincoln National
Life Insurance Company
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Lincoln Retirement
Services
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LPL Financial
Corporation
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Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company
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Mercer HR
Services, LLC
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Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
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Mid Atlantic
Capital Corporation
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Minnesota Life
Insurance Co.
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Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney
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MSCS Financial
Services Division of Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing LLC
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National Financial
Services
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Nationwide
Investment Services
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Newport Retirement
Services, Inc.
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New York State
Deferred Compensation Plan
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Oppenheimer &
Co., Inc.
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Plan
Administrators, Inc.
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Principal Life
Insurance Company of America
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Prudential
Insurance Company of America
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Prudential
Retirement Insurance & Annuity Company
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Raymond James
& Associates
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Robert W. Baird
& Co., Inc.
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Sammons Retirement
Solutions
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SEI Private Trust
Company
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Standard Insurance
Company
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TD Ameritrade
Clearing, Inc.
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TD Ameritrade
Trust Company
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The Retirement
Plan Company
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Teachers Insurance
and Annuity Association of America
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Transamerica
Advisors Life Insurance Company
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Transamerica
Advisors Life Insurance Company of New York
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Transamerica
Financial Life Insurance Company
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T. Rowe Price
Group, Inc.
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UBS Financial
Services, Inc.
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Unified Trust
Company, N.A.
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Upromise
Investments, Inc.
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VALIC Retirement
Services Company
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Voya Retirement
Insurance and Annuity Company
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Voya Institutional
Plan Services, LLP
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Voya Investments
Distributors, LLC
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Voya Financial
Partners, LLC
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Wells Fargo
Clearing Services, LLC
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Wilmington Trust
Retirement & Institutional Services Company
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Ameriprise Financial affiliate
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The Transfer
Agent, the Distributor, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates may enter into similar arrangements with other financial intermediaries from time to time. Therefore, the preceding list is subject to change at any time without notice.
Additional Payments to Financial Intermediaries
Financial intermediaries may receive
different commissions, sales charge reallowances and other payments with respect to sales of different classes of shares of the Funds. These other payments may include shareholder servicing payments to retirement plan administrators and other
institutions in amounts described above under
Other Practices – Additional Shareholder Servicing Payments.
The Distributor and other Ameriprise
Financial affiliates may pay additional compensation to selected financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, under the categories described below. These categories are not mutually exclusive, and a single financial
intermediary may receive payments under all categories. A financial intermediary also may receive lump sum payments described above under
Other Practices – Additional Shareholder Servicing
Payments.
Such payments may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its representatives to recommend or offer shares of a Fund to its customers. The amount of payments made to financial intermediaries may vary. In determining the
amount of payments to be made, the Distributor and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates may consider a number of factors, including, without limitation, asset mix and length of relationship with the financial intermediary, the size of the
customer/shareholder base of the financial intermediary, the manner in which customers of the financial intermediary make investments in the Funds, the nature and scope of marketing support or services provided by the financial intermediary (as
described more fully below) and the costs incurred by the financial intermediary in connection with maintaining the infrastructure necessary or desirable to support investments in the Funds.
These additional payments by the
Distributor and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates are made pursuant to agreements between the Distributor and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates and financial intermediaries, and do not change the price paid by investors for the purchase of a
Fund share, or the amount a Fund will receive as proceeds from such sales or the distribution fees and expenses paid by the Fund as shown under the heading
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
in the
Fund’s prospectuses.
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Marketing Support Payments
The Distributor, the Investment Manager and/or their
affiliates make payments, from their own resources, to certain financial intermediaries, including other Ameriprise Financial affiliates, for marketing support services relating to the Columbia Funds, including, but not limited to, business planning
assistance, educating financial intermediary personnel about the Funds and shareholder financial planning needs, placement on the financial intermediary’s preferred or recommended fund list or otherwise identifying the Funds as being part of a
complex to be accorded a higher degree of marketing support than complexes not making such payments, access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the financial intermediary, client servicing and systems
infrastructure support and data analytics. Not all financial intermediaries receive marketing support payments. These payments are generally based upon one or more of the following factors: average net assets of the Columbia Funds distributed by the
Distributor attributable to that financial intermediary, gross sales of the Columbia Funds distributed by the Distributor attributable to that financial intermediary, compensation for ticket charges (fees that a financial intermediary firm charges
its representatives for effecting transactions in Fund shares) or a negotiated lump sum payment.
While the financial arrangements may vary for each
financial intermediary, the marketing support payments to each financial intermediary generally are expected to be between 0.05% and 0.40% on an annual basis for payments based on average net assets of the Funds attributable to the financial
intermediary and between 0.05% and 0.25% on an annual basis for firms receiving a payment based on gross sales of the Funds attributable to the financial intermediary. The Distributor, the Investment Manager and other Ameriprise Financial affiliates
make payments with respect to a Fund or the Columbia Funds in materially larger amounts or on a basis materially different from those described above when dealing with certain financial intermediaries. Such increased payments may enable the
financial intermediaries to offset credits that they may provide to their customers.
As of April 2018, the Distributor, the Investment
Manager or their affiliates had agreed to make marketing support payments relating to the Funds to the following financial intermediaries or their affiliates.
Recipients of Marketing Support Payments Relating to the Funds
from the Distributor and/or other Ameriprise Financial Affiliates
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Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.*
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Cetera Financial
Group, Inc.
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Citigroup Global
Markets Inc./Citibank
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Commonwealth
Financial Network
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J.J.B. Hilliard,
W.L. Lyons, Inc.
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Lincoln Financial
Advisors Corp.
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LPL Financial
Corporation
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Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
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Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney
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Northwestern
Mutual Investment Services, LLC
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Oppenheimer &
Co., Inc.
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Raymond James
& Associates, Inc.
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Raymond James
Financial Services, Inc.
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UBS Financial
Services Inc.
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Unified Trust
Company, N.A.
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US Bancorp
Investments, Inc.
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Vanguard Marketing
Corp.
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Voya Financial
Advisors, LLC
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Wells Fargo
Advisors Financial Network, LLC
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Wells Fargo
Clearing Services, LLC
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Ameriprise Financial affiliate
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The
Distributor, the Investment Manager and/or their affiliates may enter into similar arrangements with other financial intermediaries from time to time. Therefore, the preceding list is subject to change at any time without notice.
Other Payments
From time to time, the Distributor, from
its own resources and not as an expense of the Fund, typically provides additional compensation to certain financial intermediaries that sell or arrange for the sale of shares of the Funds to the extent not prohibited by laws or the rules of any
self-regulatory agency, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Such compensation provided by the Distributor includes financial assistance to financial intermediaries that enable the Distributor to participate in and/or present
at financial intermediary-sponsored conferences or seminars, sales or training programs for invited registered representatives and other financial intermediary employees, financial intermediary entertainment and other financial
intermediary-sponsored events, and travel expenses, including lodging incurred by registered representatives and other employees in connection with prospecting, retention and due diligence trips. The Distributor makes payments for entertainment
events it deems appropriate, subject to the Distributor’s internal guidelines and applicable law. These payments may vary depending upon the nature of the event. Your financial intermediary may charge you fees or commissions in addition to
those disclosed in this SAI. You should consult with your financial intermediary and review carefully any disclosure your financial intermediary provides regarding its services and compensation. Depending on the financial arrangement in place at any
particular time, a financial intermediary and its financial consultants may have a financial incentive for recommending a
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particular fund, including the Funds, or a particular share class
over other funds or share classes. See
Investment Management and Other Services — Other Roles and Relationships of Ameriprise Financial and its Affiliates — Certain Conflicts of Interest
for more information.
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CAPITAL STOCK AND OTHER
SECURITIES
Description of the Trusts'
Shares
The Trusts may issue an unlimited
number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest of each Fund, without par value, and to divide or combine the shares of any series into a greater or lesser number of shares of that Fund without thereby changing the proportionate
beneficial interests in that Fund and to divide such shares into classes. Most of the Funds are authorized to issue multiple classes of shares. Such classes are designated as Class A, Class Adv, Class C, Class Inst, Class Inst2, Class Inst3, Class
R, Class T, and Class V. A Fund offers only those classes of shares listed on the cover of its prospectuses. Each share of a class of a Fund represents an equal proportional interest in that Fund with each other share in the same class and is
entitled to such distributions out of the income earned on the assets belonging to that Fund as are declared in the discretion of the Board. However, different share classes of a Fund pay different distribution amounts because each share class has
different expenses. Each time a distribution is made, the net asset value per share of the share class is reduced by the amount of the distribution.
Subject to certain limited exceptions discussed in
each Fund’s prospectuses and in this SAI, a Fund may no longer be accepting new investments from current shareholders or prospective investors in general or with respect to one or more classes of shares. The Funds, however, may at any time and
without notice, accept new investments in general or with respect to one or more previously closed classes of shares.
Restrictions on Holding or Disposing of Shares
There are no restrictions on the right of shareholders to retain or
dispose of the Funds' shares, other than the possible future termination of the Funds or the relevant class. The Funds or any class of shares of the Funds may be terminated by reorganization into another mutual fund or by liquidation and
distribution of their assets. Unless terminated by reorganization or liquidation, the Funds and classes will continue indefinitely.
Shareholder Liability
CFST.
The Trust
is organized under Delaware law. The Declaration of Trust of the Trust disclaims liability of the shareholders or the officers of the Trust for acts or obligations of the Trust which are binding only on the assets and property of the Trust. The
Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification out of a Fund’s property for all loss and expense of a Fund’s shareholders being held personally liable solely by reason of his or her being or having been a shareholder and not because
of his or her acts or omissions or for some other reason. The risk of a Trust shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which a Fund itself would not be able to meet the Trust’s
obligations and this risk should be considered remote. The risk of a Fund incurring financial loss on account of another series of the Trust also is believed to be remote, because it would be limited to circumstances in which the disclaimer was
inoperative and the other series of the Trust was unable to meet its obligations.
CFST II.
The Trust is organized as a business trust under Massachusetts law. Under Massachusetts law, shareholders could, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable for the obligations of the Trust.
However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust disclaims any shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Funds and the Trust and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or
executed by a Fund or the Trustees. The Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification out of Fund property for all loss and expense of any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of a Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder
incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances (which are considered remote) in which a Fund would be unable to meet its obligations and the disclaimer was inoperative. The risk of a Fund incurring financial
loss on account of another series of the Trust also is believed to be remote, because it would be limited to circumstances in which the disclaimer was inoperative and the other series of the Trust was unable to meet its obligations.
Dividend Rights
The shareholders of a Fund are entitled to receive any dividends or
other distributions declared for the Fund. No shares have priority or preference over any other shares of the Funds with respect to distributions. Distributions will be made from the assets of the Funds, and will be paid pro rata to all shareholders
of each Fund (or class) according to the number of shares of each Fund (or class) held by shareholders on the record date. The amount of income dividends per share may vary between separate share classes of the Funds based upon differences in the
way that expenses are allocated between share classes pursuant to a multiple class plan.
Voting Rights and Shareholder Meetings
Shareholders have the power to vote only as expressly granted under
the 1940 Act or under Delaware statutory trust law (in the case of CFST) or Massachusetts business trust law (in the case of CFST II). Each whole share (or fractional share) outstanding on the record date shall be entitled to (for CFST) one vote as
to any matter on which it is entitled to vote, and each fractional
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share shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote; and
(for CFST II) a number of votes on any matter on which it is entitled to vote equal to the net asset value of the share (or fractional share) in U.S. dollars determined at the close of business on the record date (for example, a share having a net
asset value of $10.50 would be entitled to 10.5 votes).
Shareholders have no independent right to vote on
any matter, including the creation, operation, dissolution or termination of the Trust. Shareholders have the right to vote on other matters only as the Board authorizes. Currently, the 1940 Act requires that shareholders have the right to vote,
under certain circumstances, to: (i) elect Trustees; (ii) approve investment advisory agreements; (iii) approve a change in subclassification of a Fund; (iv) approve any change in fundamental investment policies; (v) approve a distribution plan
under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act; and (vi) to terminate the independent accountant. With respect to matters that affect one class but not another, shareholders vote as a class; for example, the approval of a distribution plan applicable to that
class is voted on by holders of that class of shares. Subject to the foregoing, all shares of a Trust have equal voting rights and will be voted in the aggregate, and not by Fund, except where voting by Fund is required by law or where the matter
involved only affects one Fund. For example, a change in a Fund’s fundamental investment policy affects only one Fund and would be voted upon only by shareholders of the Fund involved. Additionally, approval of an investment advisory agreement
or, if shareholder approval is required under exemptive relief, investment subadvisory agreement, since it only affects one Fund, is a matter to be determined separately by each Fund. Approval by the shareholders of one Fund is effective as to that
Fund whether or not sufficient votes are received from the shareholders of the other series to approve the proposal as to those Funds. Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each whole share held and a proportional fractional vote for each
fractional vote held, on matters on which they are entitled to vote. Fund shareholders do not have cumulative voting rights. The Trust is not required to hold, and has no present intention of holding, annual meetings of shareholders. Special
meetings may be called for certain purposes.
Previously, CFST had voluntarily undertaken to
adhere to certain governance measures contemplated by an SEC settlement order with respect to CFST’s prior investment adviser in 2005. Over the past several years, the SEC has adopted many rules under the 1940 Act and the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940 to strengthen fund governance and compliance oversight of funds and their investment advisers.
Accordingly, although CFST
may continue to follow certain
governance practices noted in the 2005 settlement order, it will do so as the Board deems appropriate and not pursuant to any voluntary undertakings. In this regard, the Board has determined that it is unnecessary to commit to holding a meeting of
shareholders to elect trustees at least every five years. Instead, the Board will convene meetings of shareholders to elect trustees as required by the 1940 Act or as deemed appropriate by the Board.
Liquidation Rights
In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the Trust or a
Fund, all shares have equal rights and shareholders of a Fund are entitled to a proportionate share of the assets of the Fund that are available for distribution and to a distribution of any general assets not attributable to a particular Fund that
are available for distribution in such manner and on such basis as the Board may determine.
Preemptive Rights
There are no preemptive rights associated with Fund shares.
Conversion Rights
Conversion features and exchange privileges, if applicable, are
described in the Funds’ prospectuses and Appendix S to this SAI.
Redemptions
Each Fund’s dividend, distribution and redemption policies
can be found in its prospectuses. However, the Board may suspend the right of shareholders to sell shares when permitted or required to do so by law or compel sales of shares in certain cases.
Sinking Fund Provisions
The Trust has no sinking fund provisions.
Calls or Assessment
All Fund shares are issued in uncertificated form only and when
issued will be fully paid and non-assessable by its Trust.
Conduct of the Trusts' Business
Forum Selection. Each Trust’s Declaration of
Trust or Bylaws, as applicable, provide that the sole and exclusive forums for any shareholder (including a beneficial owner of shares) to bring (i) any action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Trust, (ii) any action asserting a claim for
breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any Trustee, officer or employee, if any, of the Trust to the Trust or the Trust’s shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Trust or any of its Trustees, officers or employees
arising
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pursuant to any provision of the statutory or common law of the
state in which the Trust is organized or any federal securities law, in each case as amended from time to time, or the Trust’s Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall
be within the federal or state courts in the state in which the Trust is organized.
This forum selection provision may limit a
shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that the shareholder finds favorable for disputes with a Trust and/or any of its Trustees, officers, employees or service providers. If a court were to find the forum selection
provision contained in the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, as applicable, to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, the Trust may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions.
Derivative and Direct Claims of Shareholders. Each
Trust’s Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, as applicable, contain provisions regarding derivative and direct claims of shareholders. As used in the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, a “direct” shareholder claim refers to (i) a claim
based upon alleged violations of a shareholder’s individual rights independent of any harm to the Trust, including a shareholder’s voting rights under the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws; rights to receive a dividend payment as may be
declared from time to time; rights to inspect books and records; or other similar rights personal to the shareholder and independent of any harm to the Trust; and (ii) a claim for which a direct shareholder action is expressly provided under the
U.S. federal securities laws. Any other claim asserted by a shareholder, including without limitation any claims purporting to be brought on behalf of the Trust or involving any alleged harm to the Trust, is considered a “derivative”
claim as used in the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws.
A shareholder may not bring or maintain any court
action or other proceeding asserting a derivative claim or any claim asserted on behalf of the Trust or involving any alleged harm to the Trust without first making demand on the Trustees requesting the Trustees to bring or maintain such action,
proceeding or claim. Such demand shall not be excused under any circumstances, including claims of alleged interest on the part of the Trustees, unless the shareholder makes a specific showing that irreparable nonmonetary injury to the Trust would
otherwise result.
The Trustees of each Trust
shall consider any demand or request within 90 days of its receipt by the Trust or inform claimants within such time that further review and consideration is required, in which case the Trustees shall have an additional 120 days to respond. In their
sole discretion, the Trustees may submit the matter to a vote of shareholders of the Trust or of any series or class of shares, as appropriate. Any decision by the Trustees to settle or to authorize (or not to settle or to authorize) such court
action, proceeding or claim, or to submit the matter to a vote of shareholders, shall be binding upon the shareholder seeking authorization.
Any person purchasing or otherwise holding any
interest in shares of beneficial interest of the Trust will be deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing provisions. These provisions may limit a shareholder’s ability to bring a claim against the Trustees, officers or other
employees of the Trust and/or its service providers.
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Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of
Shares
Purchase and Redemption
An investor may buy, sell and transfer shares in the
Funds utilizing the methods, and subject to the restrictions, described in the Funds’ prospectuses. The following information supplements information in the Funds’ prospectuses.
Purchases and redemptions of shares of the Funds may
be effected on a Business Day. Each Trust and the Distributor reserve the right to reject any purchase or redemption order. The issuance of shares is recorded on the books of the Trust, and share certificates are not issued. Purchase orders for
shares in the Funds that are received by the Distributor or by the Transfer Agent before the end of the Business Day (typically 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) are priced according to the net asset value determined on that day but are not executed until
4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Business Day on which immediately available funds in payment of the purchase price are received by the Fund’s Custodian. Redemption orders for sales of Fund shares received in good form (as defined in the Fund's
prospectus) by the Distributor or by the Transfer Agent before the end of the Business Day are priced according to the net asset value determined on that day. The Business Day that applies to your purchase or redemption order is also called the
trade date.
The Funds have authorized one or
more broker-dealers to accept buy and sell orders on the Funds’ behalf. These broker-dealers are authorized to designate other intermediaries to accept buy and sell orders on the Funds’ behalf. The Funds will be deemed to have received a
buy or sell order when an authorized broker-dealer, or, if applicable, a broker-dealer’s authorized designee, accepts the order. Customer orders will be priced at each Fund’s net asset value next computed after they are accepted by an
authorized broker-dealer or the broker’s authorized designee.
Should a Fund stop selling shares, the Board may
make a deduction from the value of the assets held by the Fund to cover the cost of future liquidations of the assets so as to distribute these costs fairly among all shareholders.
The Trusts also may make payment for sales in
readily marketable securities or other property if it is appropriate to do so in light of the Trust’s responsibilities under the 1940 Act.
Under the 1940 Act, the Funds may suspend the right
of redemption or postpone the date of payment for shares during any period when (i) trading on the NYSE is restricted by applicable rules and regulations of the SEC; (ii) the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekend and holiday closings;
(iii) the SEC has by order permitted such suspension; (iv) an emergency exists as determined by the SEC. (The Funds may also suspend or postpone the recordation of the transfer of their shares upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing
conditions).
The Trusts have elected to be
governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, as a result of which each Fund is obligated to redeem shares, subject to the exceptions listed above, with respect to any one shareholder during any 90-day period, solely in cash up to the lesser of
$250,000 or 1% of the net asset value of each Fund at the beginning of the period. Although redemptions in excess of this limitation would normally be paid in cash, the Fund reserves the right to make these payments in whole or in part in securities
or other assets in case of an emergency, or if the payment of a redemption in cash would be detrimental to the existing shareholders of the Fund as determined by the Board. In these circumstances, the securities distributed would be valued as set
forth in this SAI. Should a Fund distribute securities, a shareholder may incur brokerage fees or other transaction costs in converting the securities to cash.
The timing and magnitude of cash inflows from
investors buying Fund shares could prevent a Fund from always being fully invested. Conversely, the timing and magnitude of cash outflows to investors redeeming Fund shares could require large ready reserves of uninvested cash to meet shareholder
redemptions. Either situation could adversely impact a Fund’s performance.
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
The Funds are required to comply with various anti-money laundering
laws and regulations. Consequently, the Funds may request additional required information from you to verify your identity. Your application will be rejected if it does not contain your name, social security number, date of birth and permanent
street address. If at any time the Funds believe a shareholder may be involved in suspicious activity or if certain account information matches information on government lists of suspicious persons, the Funds may choose not to establish a new
account or may be required to “freeze” a shareholder’s account. The Funds also may be required to provide a governmental agency with information about transactions that have occurred in a shareholder’s account or to transfer
monies received to establish a new account, transfer an existing account or transfer the proceeds of an existing account to a governmental agency. In some circumstances, the law may not permit the Funds to inform the shareholder that it has taken
the actions described above.
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Pay-out Plans
You can use any of several pay-out plans to redeem your investment
in regular installments. If you redeem shares, you may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge as discussed in the prospectus. While the plans differ on how the pay-out is figured, they all are based on the redemption of your investment.
Net investment income dividends and any capital gain distributions will automatically be reinvested, unless you elect to receive them in cash. If you redeem an IRA or a qualified retirement account, certain restrictions, federal tax penalties, and
special federal income tax reporting requirements may apply. You should consult your tax advisor about this complex area of the tax law.
Applications for a systematic investment in a class
of a Fund subject to a sales charge normally will not be accepted while a pay-out plan for any of those Funds is in effect. Occasional investments, however, may be accepted.
To start any of these plans, please consult your
financial intermediary. Your authorization must be received at least five days before the date you want your payments to begin. Payments will be made on a monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual basis. Your choice is effective until you
change or cancel it.
Offering Price
The share price of each Fund is based on each
Fund’s net asset value (NAV) per share, which is calculated separately for each class of shares as of the end of the Business Day.
For Funds Other than Money Market Funds.
The value of each Fund’s portfolio securities is determined in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures, which are approved by the Board. Except as described below under “Fair
Valuation of Portfolio Securities,” the Fund’s portfolio securities are typically valued using the following methodologies:
Equity Securities.
Equity securities (including common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, warrants and ETFs) listed on an exchange are valued at the closing price on their primary exchange (which, in the case of foreign securities, may be a foreign
exchange) or, if a closing price is not readily available, at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities not listed on any national exchange but included in the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the
NASDAQ Official Closing Price or, if the official closing price is not readily available, at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices. Equity securities and ETFs that are not listed on any national exchange and are not included in the
NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices. Shares of other open-end investment companies (other than ETFs) are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation
time.
Fixed Income Securities.
Debt securities with remaining maturities in excess of 60 days are valued at market value based on an evaluated bid, which may be obtained from a pricing service. If pricing information is unavailable from a pricing
service or is not believed to be reflective of market value, then a security may be valued at a bid quote from a broker-dealer, or, if a bid quote from a broker-dealer is not available, at fair value. Debt securities with remaining maturities of 60
days or less are valued at their amortized cost value if such value is approximately the same as market value. If the amortized cost value of such securities is not reflective of market value, then the valuation process for debt securities with
remaining maturities in excess of 60 days will be applied. Amortized cost is determined by systematically increasing the carrying value of a security if acquired at a discount, or reducing the carrying value if acquired at a premium, so that the
carrying value is equal to maturity value on the maturity date. Short-term variable rate demand notes are typically valued at par value. Newly issued debt securities may be valued at purchase price for up to two days following purchase or at fair
value if the purchase price is not believed to be reflective of market value.
Futures, Options and Other Derivatives.
Futures and options on futures are valued based on the settle price at the close of regular trading on their principal exchange or, in the absence of transactions, they are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked
prices closest to the last reported sale price. Listed options are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. If market quotations are not readily available, futures and options are valued using quotations from broker-dealers.
Customized derivative products are valued at a price provided by a pricing service or, if such a price is unavailable, a broker quote or at a price derived from an internal valuation model.
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements.
Repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements are generally valued at a price equal to the amount of cash invested in the repurchase agreement, or borrowed in the reverse repurchase agreement, respectively, at the time of
valuation.
Bank Loans.
Bank loans purchased in the primary market are typically valued at acquisition cost for up to two days, and are then valued using a market quotation from a pricing service or quote from a broker-dealer, or if such quotes
are unavailable, fair value. For bank loans trading in the secondary market, prices are obtained from a pricing service and are based upon the average of one or more indicative bids from broker-dealers.
Private Placement Securities.
Private placement securities requiring fair valuation are typically valued utilizing prices from broker-dealers or using internal analysis and any issuer-provided financial information.
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Foreign Currencies.
Foreign currencies, securities denominated in foreign currencies and payables/receivables denominated in foreign currencies are valued in U.S. dollars utilizing spot exchange rates at the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Forward foreign
currency contracts are valued in U.S. dollars utilizing the applicable forward currency exchange rate as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
For Money Market Funds.
In accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, the securities in the portfolio of a money market fund are generally valued at amortized cost if such value is approximately the same as market value or
at market value (based on market-based prices); or, if market value is not available, fair value. The amortized cost method of valuation is an approximation of market value determined by systematically increasing the carrying value of a security if
acquired at a discount, or reducing the carrying value if acquired at a premium, so that the carrying value is equal to maturity value on the maturity date. Amortized cost does not take into consideration unrealized capital gains or
losses.
The Board has established
procedures designed to stabilize the Fund’s price per share for purposes of sales and redemptions at $1.00, to the extent that it is reasonably possible to do so. These procedures include review of the Fund’s securities by the Board, at
intervals deemed appropriate by it, to determine whether the Fund’s net asset value per share computed by using available market quotations deviates from a share value of $1.00 as computed using the amortized cost method. Deviations are
reported to the Board periodically and, if any such deviation exceeds 0.5%, the Board must determine what action, if any, needs to be taken. If the Board determines that a deviation exists that may result in a material dilution or other unfair
results for shareholders or investors, the Board must cause the Fund to undertake such remedial action as the Board deems appropriate to eliminate or reduce to the extent reasonably practicable such dilution or unfair results.
Such action may include withholding dividends,
calculating net asset value per share for purposes of sales and redemptions using available market quotations, making redemptions in kind, and/or selling securities before maturity in order to realize capital gains or losses or to shorten average
portfolio maturity.
While the amortized cost
method provides certainty and consistency in portfolio valuation, it may result in valuations of securities that are either somewhat higher or lower than the prices at which the securities could be sold. This means that during times of declining
interest rates the yield on the Fund’s shares may be higher than if valuations of securities were made based on actual market prices and estimates of market prices. Accordingly, if using the amortized cost method were to result in a lower
portfolio value, a prospective investor in the Fund would be able to obtain a somewhat higher yield than the investor would receive if portfolio valuations were based on actual market values. Existing shareholders, on the other hand, would receive a
somewhat lower yield than they would otherwise receive. The opposite would happen during a period of rising interest rates.
Fair Valuation of Portfolio Securities.
In the event that (i) market quotations or valuations from other sources are not readily available, such as when trading is halted or securities are not actively
traded; (ii) market quotations or valuations from other sources are not reflective of market value (i.e., such prices or values are deemed unreliable in the judgment of the Investment Manager); or (iii) a significant event has been recognized in
relation to a security or class of securities that is not reflected in market quotations or valuations from other sources, such as when an event impacting a foreign security occurs after the closing of the security’s foreign exchange but
before the closing of the NYSE, a fair value for each such security is determined in accordance with valuation procedures approved by the Board. The fair value of a security is likely to be different from the quoted or published price and fair value
determinations often require significant judgment.
In general, any relevant factors may be taken into
account in determining fair value, including but not limited to the following, among others: the fundamental analytical data relating to the security; the value of other financial instruments, including derivative securities traded on other markets
or among dealers; trading volumes on markets, exchanges, or among dealers; values of baskets of securities traded on other markets, exchanges, or among dealers; changes in interest rates; observations from financial institutions; government actions
or pronouncements; other news events; information as to any transactions or offers with respect to the security; price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; nature and expected duration of the
event, if any, giving rise to the valuation issue; pricing history; the relative size of the position in the portfolio; internal models; and other relevant information.
With respect to securities traded on foreign
markets, relevant factors may include, but not be limited to, the following: the value of foreign securities traded on other foreign markets; ADR and/or GDR trading; closed-end fund trading; foreign currency exchange activity and prices; and the
trading of financial products that are tied to baskets of foreign securities, such as certain exchange-traded index funds. A systematic independent fair value pricing service assists in the fair valuation process for foreign securities in order to
adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign exchange and the time at which a Fund’s NAV is determined. Although the use of this service is intended to decrease opportunities for time zone arbitrage
transactions, there can be no assurance that it will successfully decrease arbitrage opportunities.
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TAXATION
The following information supplements and should be
read in conjunction with the section in the Funds’ prospectuses entitled
Distributions and Taxes
. The prospectuses generally describe the U.S. federal income tax treatment of distributions by the Funds.
This section of the SAI provides additional information concerning U.S. federal income taxes. It is based on the Code, applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations, judicial authority, and administrative rulings and practice, all as in effect as of the date
of this SAI and all of which are subject to change, including changes with retroactive effect. Except as specifically set forth below, the following discussion does not address any state, local or foreign tax matters. The Funds may or may not invest
in all of the securities or other instruments described in this
Taxation
section. Please see the Funds' prospectuses for information about a Fund's investments, as well as each Fund’s
semiannual and annual shareholder reports.
A
shareholder’s tax treatment may vary depending upon his or her particular situation. This discussion applies only to shareholders holding Fund shares as capital assets within the meaning of the Code. Except as otherwise noted, it may not apply
to certain types of shareholders who may be subject to special rules, such as insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, shareholders holding Fund shares through tax-advantaged accounts (such as 401(k) Plan Accounts or Individual Retirement
Accounts, variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance contracts), financial institutions, broker-dealers, entities that are not organized under the laws of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, persons who are neither
citizens nor residents of the United States, shareholders holding Fund shares as part of a hedge, straddle, or conversion transaction, shareholders who are subject to the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax, trusts, estates, pass-through entities
or investors in such entities, “controlled foreign corporations,” “passive foreign investment companies,” persons eligible for benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, or persons otherwise
subject to special treatment under the Code.
The Trusts have not requested and will not request
an advance ruling from the IRS as to the U.S. federal income tax matters described below. The IRS could adopt positions contrary to those discussed below and such positions could be sustained. In addition, the following discussion and the
discussions in the prospectuses address only some of the U.S. federal income tax considerations generally affecting investments in the Funds. Prospective shareholders are urged to consult with their own tax advisors and financial planners regarding
the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in a Fund, the application of state, local, or foreign laws, and the effect of any possible changes in applicable tax laws on their investment in the Funds.
Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company
It is intended that each Fund qualify as a “regulated
investment company” under Subchapter M of Subtitle A, Chapter 1 of the Code. Each Fund will be treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, the provisions of the Code applicable to regulated investment companies
generally will apply separately to each Fund, even though each Fund is a series of a Trust. Furthermore, each Fund will separately determine its income, gains, losses, and expenses for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
In order to qualify for the special tax treatment
accorded regulated investment companies and their shareholders under the Code, each Fund must, among other things, derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year generally from (i) dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to
securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income attributable to its business of investing in such stock, securities or foreign currencies (including, but not limited to, gains
from options, futures or forward contracts) and (ii) net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership, as defined below. In general, for purposes of this 90% gross income requirement, income derived from a partnership
(other than a qualified publicly traded partnership) will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be qualifying income if realized directly by the regulated
investment company. However, 100% of the net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership (generally, defined as a partnership (x) the interests in which are traded on an established securities market or readily
tradable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof, and (y) that derives less than 90% of its gross income from the qualifying income described in clause (i) above) will be treated as qualifying income. In general, such entities
will be treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes if they meet the passive income requirement under Section 7704(c)(2) of the Code. Certain of a Fund’s investments in master limited partnerships ("MLPs") and ETFs, if any,
may qualify as interests in qualified publicly traded partnerships. In addition, although in general the passive loss rules do not apply to a regulated investment company, such rules do apply to a regulated investment company with respect to items
attributable to an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership.
Each Fund must also diversify its holdings so that,
at the end of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year: (i) at least 50% of the fair market value of its total assets consists of (A) cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. Government securities and securities of other regulated
investment companies, and (B) other securities, of any one issuer (other than those described in clause (A)) to the extent such securities do not exceed 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets and are not more than 10% of the outstanding
voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund’s total assets is invested in, including through corporations in which the Fund owns a 20% or more voting stock interest, the securities of any one
issuer
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(other than those described in clause (i)(A)), the securities
(other than securities of other regulated investment companies) of two or more issuers the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar, or related trades or businesses, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded
partnerships.
In addition, for purposes of
meeting this diversification requirement, the term “outstanding voting securities of such issuer” includes the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership and in the case of a Fund’s investments in loan
participations, the Fund shall treat both the financial intermediary and the issuer of the underlying loan as an issuer. The qualifying income and diversification requirements described above may limit the extent to which a Fund can engage in
certain derivative transactions, as well as the extent to which it can invest in MLPs and certain commodity-linked ETFs.
In addition, each Fund generally must distribute to
its shareholders at least 90% of its investment company taxable income for the taxable year, which generally includes its ordinary income and the excess of any net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss, and at least 90% of its net
tax-exempt interest income (if any) for the taxable year.
If a Fund qualifies as a regulated investment
company that is accorded special tax treatment, it generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any of the investment company taxable income and net capital gain (
i.e.
, the excess of net
long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) it distributes to its shareholders. Each Fund generally intends to distribute at least annually substantially all of its investment company taxable income (computed without regard to the
dividends-paid deduction) and its net capital gain. However, no assurance can be given that a Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation. Any investment company taxable income or net capital gain retained by a Fund will be subject to
tax at regular corporate rates.
If a Fund
retains any net capital gain, it will be subject to a tax at regular corporate rates on the amount retained, but may designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gains in a timely notice to its shareholders, who (i) will be required to
include in income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as long-term capital gain, their shares of such undistributed amount, and (ii) will be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the tax paid by the Fund on such undistributed amount
against their U.S. federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim refunds to the extent the credit exceeds such liabilities. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax basis of shares owned by a shareholder of a Fund will be increased by an
amount equal under current law to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gains included in the shareholder’s gross income under clause (i) of the preceding sentence and the tax deemed paid by the shareholder under clause
(ii) of the preceding sentence.
In determining
its net capital gain, including in connection with determining the amount available to support a Capital Gain Dividend (as defined below), its taxable income, and its earnings and profits, a regulated investment company generally may elect to treat
part or all of any post-October capital loss (defined as any net capital loss attributable to the portion, if any, of the taxable year after October 31 or, if there is no such loss, the net long-term capital loss or net short-term capital loss
attributable to such portion, if any, of the taxable year) or late-year ordinary loss (generally, the sum of its (i) net ordinary loss from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of property, attributable to the portion, if any, of the
taxable year after October 31 and its (ii) other net ordinary loss attributable to the portion, if any, of the taxable year after December 31) as if incurred in the succeeding taxable year.
In order to comply with the distribution
requirements described above applicable to regulated investment companies, a Fund generally must make the distributions in the same taxable year that it realizes the income and gain, although in certain circumstances, a Fund may make the
distributions in the following taxable year in respect of income and gains from the prior taxable year. Shareholders generally are taxed on any distributions from a Fund in the year they are actually distributed. If a Fund declares a distribution to
shareholders of record in October, November or December of one calendar year and pays the distribution in January of the following calendar year, however, the Fund and its shareholders will be treated as if the Fund paid the distribution on December
31 of the earlier year.
If a Fund were to fail
to meet the income, diversification or distribution tests described above, the Fund could in some cases cure such failure including by paying a fund-level tax or interest, making additional distributions, or disposing of certain assets. If the Fund
were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure for any year, or were otherwise to fail to qualify and be eligible for treatment as a regulated investment company accorded special tax treatment under the Code, it would be taxed in the same
manner as an ordinary corporation without any deduction for its distributions to shareholders. In this case, all distributions from the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits (including any distributions of its net tax-exempt
income and net long-term capital gains) to its shareholders would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. In addition, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest and make substantial
distributions before requalifying as a regulated investment company.
Excise Tax
If a Fund fails to distribute by December 31 of each calendar year
at least the sum of 98% of its ordinary income for that year (excluding capital gains and losses) and 98.2% of its capital gain net income (adjusted for net ordinary losses) for the 1-year period ending on October 31 of that year (or November 30 or
December 31 of that year if the Fund is permitted to elect and so elects), and any of its ordinary income and capital gain net income from previous years that were not distributed during such
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years, the Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax on
the undistributed amounts. For these purposes, ordinary gains and losses from the sale, exchange, or other taxable disposition of property that would be properly taken into account after October 31 of a calendar year (or November 30 if the Fund
makes the election described above) are generally treated as arising on January 1 of the following calendar year; in the case of a Fund with a December 31 year end that makes the election described above, no such gains or losses will be so treated.
For purposes of the excise tax, a Fund will be treated as having distributed any amount on which it has been subject to corporate income tax in the taxable year ending within the calendar year. Each Fund generally intends to actually distribute or
be deemed to have distributed substantially all of its ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, by the end of each calendar year and, thus, expects not to be subject to the excise tax. However, no assurance can be given that a Fund will
not be subject to the excise tax. Moreover, a Fund reserves the right to pay an excise tax rather than make an additional distribution when circumstances warrant (for example, if the amount of excise tax to be paid is deemed de minimis by a
Fund).
Capital Loss Carryovers
Capital losses in excess of capital gains (“net capital
losses”) are not permitted to be deducted against a Fund’s net investment income. Instead, potentially subject to certain limitations, a Fund is able to carry forward a net capital loss from any taxable year to offset its capital gains,
if any, realized during a subsequent taxable year.
If a Fund incurs or has incurred net capital losses
in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 (“post-2010 losses”), those losses will be carried forward to one or more subsequent taxable years without expiration; any such carryover losses will retain their character as short-term
or long-term. If a Fund incurred net capital losses in a taxable year beginning on or before December 22, 2010 (“pre-2011 losses”), the Fund is permitted to carry such losses forward for eight taxable years; in the year to which they are
carried over, such losses are treated as short-term capital losses that first offset short-term capital gains, and then offset any long-term capital gains. The Fund must use any post-2010 losses, which will not expire, before it uses any pre-2011
losses. This increases the likelihood that pre-2011 losses will expire unused at the conclusion of the eight-year carryover period.
Capital gains that are offset by carried forward
capital losses are not subject to fund-level U.S. federal income taxation, regardless of whether they are distributed to shareholders. Accordingly, the Funds do not expect to distribute any capital gains so offset. The Funds cannot carry back or
carry forward any net operating losses (defined as deductions and ordinary losses in excess of ordinary income).
The total capital loss carryovers below include
post-October capital losses, if applicable.
Capital Loss
Carryovers
Fund
|
Total
Capital Loss
Carryovers
|
Amount
Expiring in
|
|
Amount
not Expiring
|
2018
|
2019
|
|
Short-term
|
Long-term
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending February 28/29
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
$8,850,076
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$8,850,076
|
$0
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
$282,450,205
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$167,478
|
$282,282,727
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
$34,291,739
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$30,988,685
|
$3,303,054
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending March 31
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
$6,786,856
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$3,955,818
|
$2,831,038
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending April 30
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$4,745,707
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$4,745,707
|
$0
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$523,718
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$523,718
|
$0
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
$263,705
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$263,705
|
$0
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
$2,190,037
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$690,134
|
$1,499,903
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending May 31
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
$71,424
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$71,424
|
$0
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
$12,655,894
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
$12,655,894
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
$12,893,337
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$12,893,337
|
$0
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
$29,351,052
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
$29,351,052
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending July 31
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
$102,769,953
|
$84,190,413
|
$18,579,540
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
$53,365,932
|
$35,398,330
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
$17,967,602
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
$122,409,227
|
$101,201,205
|
$21,208,022
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
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Fund
|
Total
Capital Loss
Carryovers
|
Amount
Expiring in
|
|
Amount
not Expiring
|
2018
|
2019
|
|
Short-term
|
Long-term
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
$44,543,124
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$36,665,967
|
$7,877,157
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
$11,697,186
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$2,659,592
|
$9,037,594
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
$19,386,143
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$3,924,976
|
$15,461,167
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending August 31
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
$20,063,974
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
$20,063,974
|
For
Funds with fiscal period ending October 31
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
$91,151,572
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$91,151,572
|
$0
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
$26,484,936
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$13,732,246
|
$12,752,690
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
$3,077,136
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$1,261,417
|
$1,815,719
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
$2,817,302
|
$0
|
$2,817,302
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
Equalization
Accounting
Each Fund may use the so-called
“equalization method” of accounting to allocate a portion of its “accumulated earnings and profits,” which generally equals a Fund’s undistributed net investment income and realized capital gains, with certain
adjustments, to redemption proceeds. This method permits a Fund to achieve more balanced distributions for both continuing and redeeming shareholders. Although using this method generally will not affect a Fund’s total returns, it may reduce
the amount of income and gains that the Fund would otherwise distribute to continuing shareholders by reducing the effect of redemptions of Fund shares on Fund distributions to shareholders. The IRS has not sanctioned the particular equalization
method used by the Funds, and thus a Fund’s use of this method may be subject to IRS scrutiny.
Taxation of Fund Investments
In general, realized gains or losses on the sale of securities held
by a Fund will be treated as capital gains or losses, and long-term capital gains or losses if the Fund has held or is deemed to have held the securities for more than one year at the time of disposition.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, debt
securities purchased by the Funds may be treated as having original issue discount (“OID”) (generally a debt obligation with an issue price less than its stated principal amount, such as a zero-coupon bond), which is generally treated as
interest for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If a Fund purchases a debt obligation with OID, which exceeds a de minimis amount, the Fund may be required to annually include in its income a portion of the OID as ordinary income, even though the
Fund will not receive cash payments for such discount until maturity or disposition of the obligation, and depending on market conditions and the credit quality of the bond, might not ever receive cash for such discount. OID on tax-exempt bonds is
generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax (but may be subject to the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax or "AMT," as that term is defined below). Inflation-protected bonds generally can be expected to produce OID income as their principal
amounts are adjusted upward for inflation.
Debt securities may be purchased by the Funds at a
discount which exceeds the original issue discount remaining on the securities, if any, at the time the Funds purchased the securities. This additional discount represents market discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Generally, market
discount is accrued on a daily basis. In general, gains recognized on the disposition of (or the receipt of any partial payment of principal on) a debt obligation (including a municipal obligation) purchased by a Fund at a market discount (other
than a de minimis market discount), generally at a price less than its principal amount, will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the portion of market discount which accrued, subject to the discussion below regarding Section 451 of the
Code, but was not previously recognized pursuant to an available election, during the term that the Fund held the debt obligation. Effective for taxable years beginning after 2017, Section 451 of the Code generally requires an accrual method
taxpayer to take into account items of gross income no later than the time at which such items are taken into account as revenue in the taxpayer's financial statements. The application of Section 451 to the accrual of market discount on debt
instruments is currently unclear. If Section 451 applies to the accrual of market discount on debt instruments, a Fund must include in taxable income any market discount no later than the time at which it takes the same into account as revenue on
its financial statements. Many Funds are currently including market discount in taxable income as it accrues, however, certain Tax-Exempt Funds are not, and such Funds could be affected by the potential application of Section 451. Funds that apply
the de minimis market discount rule could also be affected by the potential application of Section 451.
A Fund generally will be required to make
distributions to shareholders representing the OID or market discount (if an election is made by the Fund to include market discount over the holding period of the applicable debt obligation, subject to the discussion above regarding Section 451 of
the Code) on debt securities that is currently includible in income, even though the cash representing such income may not have been received by the Fund, and depending on market conditions and the credit
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quality of the bond, might not ever be received. Cash to pay such
distributions may be obtained from borrowing or from sales proceeds of securities held by a Fund which the Fund otherwise might have continued to hold; obtaining such cash might be disadvantageous for the Fund. In addition, payment-in-kind
securities similarly will give rise to income which is required to be distributed and is taxable even though a Fund receives no cash interest payment on the security during the year. A portion of the interest paid or accrued on certain high-yield
discount obligations (such as high-yield corporate debt securities) may not (and interest paid on debt obligations owned by a Fund that are considered for tax purposes to be payable in the equity of the issuer or a related party will not) be
deductible to the issuer, possibly affecting the cash flow of the issuer.
If a Fund invests in debt obligations that are in
the lowest rating categories or are unrated, including debt obligations of issuers not currently paying interest or who are in default, special tax issues may exist for the Fund. Tax rules are not entirely clear about issues such as: (1) whether a
Fund should recognize market discount on a debt obligation and, if so, (2) the amount of market discount the Fund should recognize, (3) when a Fund may cease to accrue interest, OID or market discount, (4) when and to what extent deductions may be
taken for bad debts or worthless securities and (5) how payments received on obligations in default should be allocated between principal and income. These and other related issues will be addressed by a Fund when, as and if it invests in such
securities, in order to seek to ensure that it distributes sufficient income to preserve its status and eligibility for treatment as a regulated investment company and does not become subject to U.S. federal income or excise tax.
Very generally, when a Fund purchases a bond at a
price that exceeds the redemption price at maturity – that is, at a premium – the premium is amortizable over the remaining term of the bond. In the case of a taxable bond, if a Fund makes an election applicable to all such bonds it
purchases, which election is irrevocable without consent of the IRS, the Fund reduces the current taxable interest income from the bond by the amortized premium and reduces its tax basis in the bond by the amount of such offset; upon the disposition
or maturity of such bonds acquired on or after January 4, 2013, a Fund is permitted to deduct any remaining premium allocable to a prior period. In the case of a tax-exempt bond, tax rules require a Fund to reduce its tax basis and the tax-exempt
interest available for exempt-interest dividends to shareholders by the amount of the amortized premium.
If an option granted by a Fund is sold, lapses or is
otherwise terminated through a closing transaction, such as a repurchase by the Fund of the option from its holder, the Fund generally will realize a short-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the premium income is greater or less than
the amount paid by the Fund in the closing transaction, unless the option is subject to Section 1256 of the Code, described below. Some capital losses realized by a Fund in the sale, exchange, exercise or other disposition of an option may be
deferred if they result from a position that is part of a “straddle,” discussed below. If securities are sold by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a covered call option granted by it, the Fund generally will add the premium received to
the sale proceeds of the securities delivered in determining the amount of gain or loss on the sale. If securities are purchased by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a put option granted by it, the Fund generally will subtract the premium received
from its cost basis in the securities purchased.
Some regulated futures contracts, foreign currency
contracts, and non-equity, listed options that may be used by a Fund will be deemed “Section 1256 contracts.” A Fund will be required to “mark to market” any such contracts held at the end of the taxable year by treating them
as if they had been sold on the last day of that year at market value. Sixty percent of any net gain or loss realized on all dispositions of Section 1256 contracts, including deemed dispositions under the “mark-to-market” rule, generally
will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and the remaining 40% will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, although certain foreign currency gains and losses from such contracts may be treated as entirely ordinary income or loss as
described below. These provisions may require a Fund to recognize income or gains without a concurrent receipt of cash. Transactions that qualify as designated hedges are exempt from the mark-to-market rule and the “60%/40%” rule and may
require the Fund to defer the recognition of losses on certain futures contracts, foreign currency contracts, and non-equity options.
Foreign exchange gains and losses realized by a Fund
in connection with certain transactions involving foreign currency-denominated debt securities, certain options, futures contracts, forward contracts and similar instruments relating to foreign currencies, or payables or receivables denominated in a
foreign currency are subject to Section 988 of the Code, which generally causes such gains and losses to be treated as ordinary income or loss and may affect the amount and timing of recognition of the Fund’s income. Under future U.S. Treasury
Regulations, any such transactions that are not directly related to a Fund’s investments in stock or securities (or its options contracts or futures contracts with respect to stock or securities) may have to be limited in order to enable the
Fund to satisfy the 90% qualifying income test described above. If the net foreign exchange loss exceeds a Fund’s net investment company taxable income (computed without regard to such loss) for a taxable year, the resulting ordinary loss for
such year will not be available as a carryover and thus cannot be deducted by the Fund or its shareholders in future years.
Offsetting positions held by a Fund involving
certain derivative instruments, such as forward, futures and options contracts, may be considered, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to constitute “straddles.” “Straddles” are defined to include “offsetting
positions” in actively traded personal property. The tax treatment of “straddles” is governed by Section 1092 of the Code which, in certain circumstances, overrides or modifies the provisions of Section 1256. If a Fund is treated
as entering into a “straddle”
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and at least one (but not all) of the Fund’s positions in
derivative contracts comprising a part of such straddle is governed by Section 1256 of the Code, described above, then such straddle could be characterized as a “mixed straddle.” A Fund may make one or more elections with respect to
“mixed straddles.” Depending upon which election is made, if any, the results with respect to a Fund may differ. Generally, to the extent the straddle rules apply to positions established by a Fund, losses realized by the Fund may be
deferred to the extent of unrealized gain in any offsetting positions. Moreover, as a result of the straddle rules, short-term capital loss on straddle positions may be recharacterized as long-term capital loss, and long-term capital gain may be
characterized as short-term capital gain. In addition, the existence of a straddle may affect the holding period of the offsetting positions. As a result, the straddle rules could cause distributions that would otherwise constitute “qualified
dividend income” or qualify for the dividends-received deduction to fail to satisfy the applicable holding period requirements (as described below). Furthermore, the Fund may be required to capitalize, rather than deduct currently, any
interest expense and carrying charges applicable to a position that is part of a straddle, including any interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry any positions that are part of a straddle. The application of the straddle
rules to certain offsetting Fund positions can therefore affect the amount, timing, and character of distributions to shareholders, and may result in significant differences from the amount, timing and character of distributions that would have been
made by the Fund if it had not entered into offsetting positions in respect of certain of its portfolio securities.
If a Fund enters into a “constructive
sale” of any appreciated financial position in stock, a partnership interest, or certain debt instruments, the Fund will be treated as if it had sold and immediately repurchased the property and must recognize gain (but not loss) with respect
to that position. A constructive sale of an appreciated financial position occurs when a Fund enters into certain offsetting transactions with respect to the same or substantially identical property, including, but not limited to: (i) a short sale;
(ii) an offsetting notional principal contract; (iii) a futures or forward contract; or (iv) other transactions identified in future U.S. Treasury Regulations. The character of the gain from constructive sales will depend upon a Fund’s holding
period in the appreciated financial position. Losses realized from a sale of a position that was previously the subject of a constructive sale will be recognized when the position is subsequently disposed of. The character of such losses will depend
upon a Fund’s holding period in the position beginning with the date the constructive sale was deemed to have occurred and the application of various loss deferral provisions in the Code. Constructive sale treatment does not apply to certain
closed transactions, including if such a transaction is closed on or before the 30th day after the close of the Fund’s taxable year and the Fund holds the appreciated financial position unhedged throughout the 60-day period beginning with the
day such transaction was closed.
The amount of
long-term capital gain a Fund may recognize from certain derivative transactions with respect to interests in certain pass-through entities is limited under the Code’s constructive ownership rules. The amount of long-term capital gain is
limited to the amount of such gain the Fund would have had if the Fund directly invested in the pass-through entity during the term of the derivative contract. Any gain in excess of this amount is treated as ordinary income. An interest charge is
imposed on the amount of gain that is treated as ordinary income.
If a Fund makes a distribution of income received by
the Fund in lieu of dividends (a “substitute payment”) with respect to securities on loan pursuant to a securities lending transaction, such income will not constitute qualified dividend income to individual shareholders and will not be
eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. Similar consequences may apply to repurchase and other derivative transactions. Similarly, to the extent that the Funds make distributions of income received by such Fund in
lieu of tax-exempt interest with respect to securities on loan, such distributions will not constitute exempt-interest dividends (defined below) to shareholders.
In addition, a Fund’s transactions in
securities and certain types of derivatives (
e.g.,
options, futures contracts, forward contracts and swap agreements) may be subject to other special tax rules, such as the “wash sale” rules or the
short-sale rules, the effect of which may be to accelerate income to the Fund, defer losses to the Fund, cause adjustments in the holding periods of the Fund’s securities, convert long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains, and/or
convert short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and character of distributions to shareholders.
Certain of a Fund’s investments in derivative
instruments and foreign currency-denominated instruments, as well as any of its foreign currency transactions and hedging activities, are likely to produce a difference between its book income and its taxable income. If a Fund’s book income
exceeds the sum of its taxable income and net tax-exempt income (if any), the distribution (if any) of such excess generally will be treated as (i) a dividend to the extent of the Fund’s remaining earnings and profits (including earnings and
profits arising from tax-exempt income), (ii) thereafter, as a return of capital to the extent of the recipient’s basis in its shares, and (iii) thereafter, as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset. If a Fund’s book income is
less than the sum of its taxable income and net tax-exempt income (if any), the Fund could be required to make distributions exceeding book income to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company that is accorded special tax
treatment.
Rules governing the U.S. federal
income tax aspects of derivatives, including swap agreements and certain commodity-linked investments, are not entirely clear in certain respects. Accordingly, while each Fund intends to account for such transactions in a manner it deems to be
appropriate, an adverse determination or future guidance by the IRS with respect to these rules (which determination or guidance could be retroactive) may affect whether a Fund has made sufficient distributions, and otherwise
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satisfied the relevant requirements to maintain its qualification
as a regulated investment company and avoid fund-level tax. Certain requirements that must be met under the Code in order for a Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company may limit the extent to which a Fund will be able to engage in certain
derivatives or commodity-linked transactions.
Certain of the Funds employ a multi-manager approach
in which the Investment Manager and one or more investment subadvisers each provide day-to-day portfolio management for a portion (or “sleeve”) of the Fund’s assets. Due to this multi-manager approach, certain of these Funds’
investments may be more likely to be subject to one or more special tax rules (including, but not limited to, wash sale, constructive sale, short sale, and straddle rules) that may affect the timing, character and/or amount of a Fund’s
distributions to shareholders.
Any investment
by a Fund in equity securities of a REIT may result in the Fund’s receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings; if the Fund distributes these amounts, these distributions could constitute a return of capital to Fund shareholders for
U.S. federal income tax purposes. Dividends received by a Fund from a REIT generally will not constitute qualified dividend income and will not qualify for the dividends-received deduction. Subject to any future regulatory guidance to the contrary,
any Fund distribution of income attributable to qualified REIT dividends will evidently not qualify for the deduction that could be available to a non-corporate shareholder were the shareholder to own such REIT stock directly.
A Fund may invest directly or indirectly in residual
interests in REMICs or equity interests in taxable mortgage pools (“TMPs”). Under an IRS notice, and U.S. Treasury Regulations that have yet to be issued but may apply retroactively, a portion of a Fund’s income (including income
allocated to the Fund from a REIT, a regulated investment company or other pass-through entity) that is attributable to a residual interest in a REMIC or an equity interest in a TMP (referred to in the Code as an “excess inclusion”) will
be subject to U.S. federal income tax in all events. This notice also provides, and the regulations are expected to provide, that excess inclusion income of a regulated investment company, such as a Fund, will be allocated to shareholders of the
regulated investment company in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders, with the same consequences as if the shareholders held the related interest directly. As a result, the Fund may not be a suitable investment for certain
tax-exempt shareholders, as noted under
Tax-Exempt Shareholders
below.
In general, excess inclusion income allocated to
shareholders (i) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) will constitute unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) to entities (including a qualified pension plan,
an individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or certain other tax-exempt entities) subject to tax on UBTI, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and otherwise might not be required
to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case of a foreign shareholder, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax.
Some amounts received by a Fund from its investments
in MLPs will likely be treated as returns of capital because of accelerated deductions available with respect to the activities of MLPs. On the disposition of an investment in such an MLP, the Fund will likely realize taxable income in excess of
economic gain from that asset (or, in later periods, if a Fund does not dispose of the MLP, the Fund will likely realize taxable income in excess of cash flow received by the Fund from the MLP), and the Fund must take such income into account in
determining whether the Fund has satisfied its regulated investment company distribution requirements. The Fund may have to borrow or liquidate securities to satisfy its distribution requirements and meet its redemption requests, even though
investment considerations might otherwise make it undesirable for the Fund to borrow money or sell securities at the time. In addition, distributions attributable to gain from the sale of MLPs that are characterized as ordinary income under the
Code’s recapture provisions will be taxable to Fund shareholders as ordinary income. Subject to any future regulatory guidance to the contrary, any Fund distribution of income attributable to qualified publicly traded partnership income from a
Fund’s investment in an MLP, will evidently not qualify for the deduction that could be available to a non-corporate shareholder were the shareholder to own such MLP directly.
As noted above, certain of the ETFs and MLPs in
which a Fund may invest qualify as qualified publicly traded partnerships. In such cases, the net income derived from such investments will constitute qualifying income for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement described earlier for
qualification as a regulated investment company. If, however, such a vehicle were to fail to qualify as a qualified publicly traded partnership in a particular year, a Fund’s investment in that vehicle would be treated as an investment in a
publicly traded partnership subject to taxation as a corporation, which would reduce the amount of income available for distribution by the vehicle to the Fund, and could adversely affect the Fund’s qualification for the asset diversification
test, and thus could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to qualify as a regulated investment company for a particular year. In addition, as described above, the diversification requirement for regulated investment company qualification will
limit a Fund’s investments in one or more vehicles that are qualified publicly traded partnerships to 25% of the Fund’s total assets as of the end of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year.
“Passive foreign investment companies”
(“PFICs”) are generally defined as foreign corporations where at least 75% of their gross income for their taxable year is income from passive sources (such as certain interest, dividends, rents and royalties, or capital gains) or at
least 50% of their assets on average produce or are held for the production of such passive income. If a Fund acquires any equity interest in a PFIC, the Fund could be subject to U.S. federal income tax and interest charges on “excess
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distributions” received from the PFIC or on gain from the
sale of such equity interest in the PFIC, even if all income or gain actually received by the Fund is timely distributed to its shareholders. Excess distributions and gain from the sale of interests in PFICs may be characterized as ordinary income
even though, absent the application of PFIC rules, these amounts may otherwise have been classified as capital gain.
A Fund will not be permitted to pass through to its
shareholders any credit or deduction for these special taxes and interest charges incurred with respect to a PFIC. Elections may be available that would ameliorate these adverse tax consequences, but such elections would require a Fund to include
its share of the PFIC’s income and net capital gains annually, regardless of whether it receives any distribution from the PFIC (in the case of a “QEF election”), or to mark the gains (and to a limited extent losses) in its
interests in the PFIC “to the market” as though the Fund had sold and repurchased such interests on the last day of the Fund’s taxable year, treating such gains and losses as ordinary income and loss (in the case of a
“mark-to-market election”). The QEF and mark-to-market elections may require a Fund to recognize taxable income or gain without the concurrent receipt of cash and increase the amount required to be distributed by the Fund to avoid
taxation. Making either of these elections therefore may require a Fund to liquidate other investments prematurely to meet the minimum distribution requirements described above, which also may accelerate the recognition of gain and adversely affect
the Fund’s total return. Each Fund may attempt to limit and/or manage its holdings in PFICs to minimize tax liability and/or maximize returns from these investments but there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so. Moreover, because
it is not always possible to identify a foreign corporation as a PFIC, a Fund may incur the tax and interest charges described above in some instances. Dividends paid by a foreign corporation that, for its taxable year in which the dividend is paid
or the preceding taxable year, is a PFIC will not be eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income, as defined below.
A U.S. person, including a Fund, who owns (directly
or indirectly) 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a foreign corporation or 10% or more of the total value of shares of all classes of stock of a foreign corporation is a “U.S. Shareholder” for
purposes of the controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) provisions of the Code. Generally, a CFC is a foreign corporation that is owned (directly, indirectly, or constructively determined by reference to complex ownership attribution
rules under the Code) more than 50% (measured by voting power or value) by U.S. Shareholders.
Each Subsidiary of Commodity Strategy Fund is
expected to be a CFC in which the Fund owning the Subsidiary will be a U.S. Shareholder. If the Fund is a U.S. Shareholder, such Fund will be required to include in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes all of a CFC’s
“subpart F income,” whether or not such income is actually distributed by the CFC. Subpart F income generally includes net gains from the disposition of stocks or securities, receipts with respect to securities loans, net gains from
transactions (including futures, forward, and similar transactions) in commodities, and net payments received with respect to equity swaps and similar derivatives. Subpart F income is treated as ordinary income, regardless of the character of the
CFC’s underlying income. Net losses incurred by a CFC during a tax year do not flow through to the Fund and thus will not be available to offset income or capital gain generated from the Fund’s other investments. In addition, net losses
incurred by a CFC during a tax year generally cannot be carried forward by the CFC to offset gains realized by it in subsequent taxable years. The Fund will take steps to ensure that the Fund’s income in respect of the Subsidiary will
constitute qualifying income. The Subsidiary may be required to sell investments in order to make cash payments to the Fund, including at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so. Please refer to the section entitled
Taxation – The Subsidiary
for further information.
In addition, if any income earned by a Subsidiary
were treated as “effectively connected” with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States (“effectively connected income” or “ECI”), such income would be subject to both a so-called “branch
profits tax” and a U.S. federal income tax at the rates applicable to U.S. corporations, at the entity level. If, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a Subsidiary were to earn ECI in connection with its direct investment activities, a
portion or all of the Subsidiary’s income would be subject to these U.S. taxes. The Fund expects that, in general, the activities of the Subsidiary will be conducted in such a manner that it will not be treated as engaged in a U.S. trade or
business, but there can be no assurance that the entity will not recognize any effectively connected income. The imposition of U.S. taxes on ECI could significantly reduce shareholders’ returns on their investments in the Fund. The Fund does
not expect that income from any Subsidiary will be eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income. In addition, the Fund does not expect that distributions from any Subsidiary will be eligible for the dividends-received deduction.
In addition to the investments described above,
prospective shareholders should be aware that other investments made by a Fund may involve complex tax rules that may result in income or gain recognition by the Fund without corresponding current cash receipts. Although each Fund seeks to avoid
significant noncash income, such noncash income could be recognized by a Fund, in which case the Fund may distribute cash derived from other sources in order to meet the minimum distribution requirements described above. In this regard, a Fund could
be required at times to liquidate investments prematurely in order to satisfy its minimum distribution requirements, which may accelerate the recognition of gain and adversely affect the Fund’s total return.
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Taxation of Distributions
Except for exempt-interest dividends (defined below) paid by a
Fund, distributions paid out of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, whether paid in cash or reinvested in the Fund, generally are deemed to be taxable distributions and must be reported by each shareholder who is required to
file a U.S. federal income tax return. Dividends and distributions on a Fund’s shares are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax as described herein to the extent they do not exceed the Fund’s realized income and gains, even though
such dividends and distributions may economically represent a return of a particular shareholder’s investment. Such distributions are likely to occur in respect of shares purchased at a time when the Fund’s net asset value reflects
either unrealized gains, or realized but undistributed income or gains. Such realized income and gains may be required to be distributed even when the Fund’s net asset value also reflects unrealized losses. For U.S. federal income tax
purposes, a Fund’s earnings and profits, described above, are determined at the end of the Fund’s taxable year. Distributions in excess of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will first be treated as a return of
capital up to the amount of a shareholder’s tax basis in his or her Fund shares and then as capital gain. A return of capital is not taxable, but it reduces a shareholder’s tax basis in his or her Fund shares, thus reducing any loss or
increasing any gain on a subsequent taxable disposition by the shareholder of his or her shares. A Fund may make distributions in excess of its earnings and profits to a limited extent, from time to time.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions
of investment income (except for exempt-interest dividends and qualified dividend income, each defined below) are generally taxable as ordinary income, and distributions of gains from the sale of investments that a Fund owned (or is deemed to have
owned) for one year or less will be taxable as ordinary income. Distributions properly reported by a Fund as capital gain dividends (Capital Gain Dividends) will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain (to the extent such distributions
do not exceed the Fund’s actual net long-term capital gain for the taxable year), regardless of how long a shareholder has held Fund shares, and do not qualify as dividends for purposes of the dividends-received deduction or as qualified
dividend income (defined below). Each Fund will report Capital Gain Dividends, if any, in written statements furnished to its shareholders.
Some states will not tax distributions made to
individual shareholders that are attributable to interest a Fund earns on direct obligations of the U.S. Government if the Fund meets the state’s minimum investment or reporting requirements, if any. Investments in GNMA or FNMA securities,
bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities generally do not qualify for tax-free treatment. This exemption may not apply to corporate shareholders.
Sales and Exchanges of Fund Shares
Generally, if a shareholder sells or exchanges his or her Fund
shares, he or she generally will realize a taxable capital gain or loss on the difference between the amount received for the shares (or deemed received in the case of an exchange) and his or her tax basis in the shares. This gain or loss will be
long-term capital gain or loss if he or she has held (or is deemed to have held) such Fund shares for more than one year at the time of the sale or exchange, and short-term capital gain or loss otherwise.
If a shareholder incurs a sales charge in acquiring
Fund shares and sells or exchanges those Fund shares within 90 days of having acquired such shares and if, as a result of having initially acquired those shares, he or she subsequently pays a reduced sales charge on a new purchase of shares of the
Fund or a different regulated investment company, the sales charge previously incurred in acquiring the Fund’s shares generally shall not be taken into account (to the extent the previous sales charges do not exceed the reduction in sales
charges on the new purchase) for the purpose of determining the amount of gain or loss on the disposition, but generally will be treated as having been incurred in the new purchase. This sales charge basis deferral rule shall apply only when a
shareholder makes such new acquisition of Fund shares or shares of a different regulated investment company during the period beginning on the date the original Fund shares are disposed of and ending on January 31 of the calendar year following the
calendar year the original Fund shares are disposed of. If a shareholder realizes a loss on a disposition of Fund shares, the loss generally will be disallowed under the “wash sale” rules to the extent that he or she purchases (including
through the reinvestment of dividends) substantially identical shares within the 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition. Any disallowed loss generally will be reflected in an adjustment to the tax basis of
the purchased shares.
If a shareholder
receives a Capital Gain Dividend or is deemed to receive a distribution of long-term capital gain with respect to any Fund share and such Fund share is held or treated as held for six months or less, then (unless otherwise disallowed) any loss on
the sale or exchange of that Fund share will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the Capital Gain Dividend or deemed long-term capital gain distribution. If Fund shares are sold at a loss after being held for six months or less,
the loss will generally be disallowed to the extent of any exempt-interest dividends (defined below) received on those shares. However, this loss disallowance does not apply with respect to redemptions of Fund shares with a holding period beginning
after December 22, 2010 if such Fund declares substantially all of its net tax-exempt income as exempt-interest dividends on a daily basis, and pays such dividends on at least a monthly basis (as would typically be the case for tax-exempt money
market funds).
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Cost Basis Reporting
Each Fund, other than Government Money Market Fund, (or the
shareholder’s financial intermediary, if Fund shares are held through a financial intermediary) generally is required to report to shareholders and the IRS gross proceeds on the sale, redemption or exchange of Fund shares. In addition, for
shares purchased, including shares purchased through dividend reinvestment, on or after January 1, 2012, the Funds (or the shareholder’s financial intermediary) generally are required to provide the shareholders and the IRS, upon the sale,
redemption or exchange of Fund shares, with cost basis information about those shares as well as information about whether any gain or loss is short- or long-term and whether any loss is disallowed under the “wash sale” rules. This
reporting is not required for Fund shares held in a retirement or other tax-advantaged account and is not required for shares of Government Money Market Fund. With respect to Fund shares in accounts held directly with a Fund, each Fund will
calculate and report cost basis using the Fund’s default method of average cost, unless the shareholder instructs the Fund to use a different calculation method. A Fund will not report cost basis for shares whose cost basis is uncertain or
unknown to the Fund. Please visit the Columbia Funds’ website at columbiathreadneedleus.com or contact the Funds at 800.345.6611 for more information regarding average cost basis reporting and other available methods for cost basis reporting
and how to select or change a particular method or to choose specific shares to sell, redeem or exchange. If a shareholder retains Fund shares through a financial intermediary, he or she should contact such financial intermediary to learn about the
Fund’s cost basis reporting default method and the reporting elections available to his or her account. The Funds do not recommend any particular method of determining cost basis. The shareholder should consult a tax advisor to determine which
available cost basis method is best. When completing U.S. federal and state income tax returns, shareholders should carefully review the cost basis and other information provided and make any additional basis, holding period or other adjustments
that may be required. Shareholders of Government Money Market Fund should keep records sufficient to determine gains and losses on their Fund shares.
Foreign Taxes
Amounts realized by a Fund from sources within foreign countries
may be subject to withholding and other taxes imposed by such countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes. If more than 50% of the value of a Fund’s total assets at the close of
its taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations, the Fund will be eligible to file an annual election with the IRS pursuant to which the Fund may pass through to its shareholders on a pro rata basis foreign income and similar taxes
paid by the Fund with respect to foreign securities that the Fund has held for at least the minimum holding periods specified in the Code and such taxes may be claimed, subject to certain limitations, either as a tax credit or deduction by the
shareholders. In some cases, a Fund may also be eligible to pass through to its shareholders the foreign taxes paid by underlying funds (as defined below) in which it invests that themselves elected to pass through such taxes to their shareholders,
see
Special Tax Considerations Pertaining to Funds-of-Funds
below.
Certain Funds may qualify for and make the election; however, even if a Fund qualifies for the election for any
year, it may determine not to make the election for such year. If a Fund does not so qualify or qualifies but does not so elect, then shareholders will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction with respect to foreign taxes paid by or withheld
from payments to the Fund. A Fund will notify its shareholders in written statements if it has elected for the foreign taxes paid by it to “pass through” for that year.
In general, if a Fund makes the election, the Fund
itself will not be permitted to claim a credit or deduction for foreign taxes paid in that year, and the Fund’s dividends-paid deduction will be increased by the amount of foreign taxes paid that year. Fund shareholders generally shall include
their proportionate share of the foreign taxes paid by the Fund in their gross income and treat that amount as paid by them for the purpose of the foreign tax credit or deduction, provided that any applicable holding period and other requirements
have been met. If a shareholder claims a credit for foreign taxes paid, in general, the credit will be subject to certain limits. A deduction for foreign taxes paid may be claimed only by shareholders that itemize their deductions. Shareholders that
are not subject to U.S. federal income tax, and those who invest in the Fund through tax-exempt accounts (including those who invest through IRAs or other tax-advantaged retirement plans), generally will receive no benefit from any tax credit or
deduction passed through by the Fund.
Special
Tax Considerations Pertaining to Tax-Exempt Funds
If, at the
close of each quarter of a regulated investment company’s taxable year, at least 50% of the value of its total assets consists of obligations the interest on which is exempt from U.S. federal income tax under Section 103(a) of the Code, then
the regulated investment company may qualify to pay “exempt-interest dividends” and pass through to its shareholders the tax-exempt character of its income from such obligations. Certain of the Funds intend to so qualify and are designed
to provide shareholders with a high level of income in the form of exempt-interest dividends, which are generally exempt from U.S. federal income tax (each such qualifying Fund, a “Tax-Exempt Fund”). In some cases, a Fund may also be
eligible to pass through to its shareholders the tax-exempt character of any exempt-interest dividends it receives from underlying funds (as defined below) in which it invests, see
Special Tax
Considerations Pertaining to Funds-of-Funds
below.
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Distributions by a Tax-Exempt Fund, other than those
attributable to interest on the Tax-Exempt Fund’s tax-exempt obligations and properly reported as exempt-interest dividends, will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income or long-term capital gain or, in some cases, could constitute a
return of capital to shareholders. See
Taxation of Distributions
above. Each Tax-Exempt Fund will notify its shareholders in written statements of the portion of the distributions for the
taxable year that constitutes exempt-interest dividends. The percentage of a shareholder’s income reported as tax-exempt for any particular distribution may be substantially different from the percentage of the Tax-Exempt Fund’s income
that was tax-exempt during the period covered by the distribution. The deductibility of interest paid or accrued on indebtedness incurred by a shareholder to purchase or carry shares of a Tax-Exempt Fund may be limited. The portion of such interest
that is non-deductible generally equals the amount of such interest times the ratio of a Tax-Exempt Fund’s exempt-interest dividends received by the shareholder to all of the Tax-Exempt Fund’s dividends received by the shareholder
(excluding Capital Gain Dividends and any capital gains required to be included in the shareholder’s long-term capital gains in respect of capital gains retained by the Tax-Exempt Fund, as described earlier).
Although exempt-interest dividends are generally
exempt from U.S. federal income tax, there may not be a similar exemption under the laws of a particular state or local taxing jurisdiction. Thus, exempt-interest dividends may be subject to state and local taxes; however, each state-specific
Tax-Exempt Fund generally invests at least 80% of its net assets in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt not only from U.S. federal income tax, but also from the applicable state’s personal income tax (but not necessarily local
taxes or taxes of other states).
You should
consult your tax advisor to discuss the tax consequences of your investment in a Tax-Exempt Fund. Tax-exempt interest on certain “private activity bonds” has been designated as a “tax preference item” and must be added back
to taxable income for purposes of calculating U.S. federal alternative minimum tax (“AMT”). To the extent that a Tax-Exempt Fund invests in certain private activity bonds, its shareholders will be required to report that portion of the
Tax-Exempt Fund’s distributions attributable to income from the bonds as a tax preference item in determining their U.S. federal AMT, if any. Shareholders will be notified of the tax status of distributions made by a Tax-Exempt Fund. Persons
who may be “substantial users” (or “related persons” of substantial users) of facilities financed by private activity bonds should consult their tax advisors before purchasing shares in a Tax-Exempt Fund. Shareholders with
questions or concerns about the U.S. federal AMT should consult their own tax advisors.
Ordinarily, a Tax-Exempt Fund relies on an opinion
from the issuer’s bond counsel that interest on the issuer’s obligation will be exempt from U.S. federal income taxation. However, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not successfully challenge such exemption, which could cause
interest on the obligation to be taxable and could jeopardize a Tax-Exempt Fund’s ability to pay exempt-interest dividends. Similar challenges may occur as to state-specific exemptions. Also, from time to time legislation may be introduced or
litigation may arise that would change the treatment of exempt-interest dividends. Such litigation or legislation may have the effect of raising the state or other taxes payable by shareholders on such dividends. Shareholders should consult their
tax advisors for the current law on exempt-interest dividends.
A shareholder who receives Social Security or
railroad retirement benefits should consult his or her tax advisor to determine what effect, if any, an investment in a Tax-Exempt Fund may have on the U.S. federal taxation of such benefits. Exempt-interest dividends are included in income for
purposes of determining the amount of benefits that are taxable.
Special Tax Considerations Pertaining to
Funds-of-Funds
Certain Funds (each such fund, a
Fund-of-Funds) invest their assets primarily in shares of other mutual funds, ETFs or other companies that are regulated investment companies (collectively, underlying funds). Consequently, their income and gains will normally consist primarily of
distributions from underlying funds and gains and losses on the disposition of shares of underlying funds. To the extent that an underlying fund realizes net losses on its investments for a given taxable year, a Fund-of-Funds will not be able to
benefit from those losses until (i) the underlying fund realizes gains that it can reduce by those losses, or (ii) the Fund-of-Funds recognizes its share of those losses (so as to offset distributions of capital gains from other underlying funds)
when it disposes of shares of the underlying fund. Moreover, even when a Fund-of-Funds does make such a disposition, a portion of its loss may be recognized as a long-term capital loss, which will not be treated as favorably for U.S. federal income
tax purposes as a short-term capital loss or an ordinary deduction. In particular, a Fund-of-Funds will not be able to offset any capital losses from its dispositions of underlying fund shares against its ordinary income (including distributions of
any net short-term capital gains realized by an underlying fund).
In addition, in certain circumstances, the
“wash sale” rules may apply to sales of underlying fund shares by a Fund-of-Funds. As discussed above, a wash sale occurs if shares of an underlying fund are sold by a Fund-of-Funds at a loss and the Fund-of-Funds acquires additional
shares of that same underlying fund within the period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the date of the sale. The rules could defer losses of a Fund-of-Funds on sales of underlying fund shares (to the extent such sales are wash
sales) for extended (and, in certain cases, potentially indefinite) periods of time.
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As a result of the foregoing rules, and certain
other special rules, it is possible that the amounts of net investment income and net capital gain that a Fund-of-Funds will be required to distribute to shareholders will be greater than such amounts would have been had the Fund-of-Funds invested
directly in the securities held by the underlying funds, rather than investing in shares of the underlying funds. For similar reasons, the character of distributions from a Fund-of-Funds (
e.g.,
long-term
capital gain, exempt interest, eligibility for dividends-received deduction) will not necessarily be the same as it would have been had the Fund-of-Funds invested directly in the securities held by the underlying funds.
Depending on the percentage ownership of a
Fund-of-Funds in an underlying fund before and after a redemption of underlying fund shares, the redemption of shares by the Fund-of-Funds of such underlying fund may cause the Fund-of-Funds to be treated as receiving a dividend in the full amount
of the redemption proceeds instead of receiving a capital gain or loss on the redemption of shares of the underlying fund. This could be the case where a Fund-of-Funds holds a significant interest in an underlying fund that is not “publicly
offered” (as defined in the Code) and redeems only a small portion of such interest. Dividend treatment of a redemption by a Fund-of-Funds would affect the amount and character of income required to be distributed by both the Fund-of-Funds and
the underlying fund for the year in which the redemption occurred. It is possible that such a dividend would qualify as “qualified dividend income”; otherwise, it would be taxable as ordinary income and could cause shareholders of a
Fund-of-Funds to recognize higher amounts of ordinary income than if the shareholders had held shares of the underlying fund directly.
If a Fund-of-Funds receives dividends from an
underlying fund, and the underlying fund reports such dividends as “qualified dividend income,” as discussed below, then the Fund-of-Funds is permitted, in turn, to report a portion of its distributions as “qualified dividend
income,” provided the Fund-of-Funds meets the holding period and other requirements with respect to shares of the underlying fund. If a Fund-of-Funds receives dividends from an underlying fund, and the underlying fund reports such dividends as
eligible for the dividends-received deduction, then the Fund-of-Funds is permitted, in turn, to report a portion of its distributions as eligible for the dividends-received deduction, provided the Fund-of-Funds meets the holding period and other
requirements with respect to shares of the underlying fund.
If a Fund-of-Funds is a “qualified
fund-of-funds” (a regulated investment company that invests at least 50% of its total assets in other regulated investment companies at the close of each quarter of its taxable year), it will be able to distribute exempt-interest dividends and
thereby pass through to its shareholders the tax-exempt character of any interest received on tax-exempt obligations in which it directly invests or any exempt-interest dividends it receives from underlying funds in which it invests. For further
considerations pertaining to exempt-interest dividends, see
Special Tax Considerations Pertaining to Tax-Exempt Funds
above.
Further, if a Fund-of-Funds is a qualified
fund-of-funds, it will be able to elect to pass through to its shareholders any foreign income and other similar taxes paid by the Fund-of-Funds or paid by an underlying fund in which the Fund-of-Funds invests that itself elected to pass such taxes
through to shareholders, so that shareholders of the Fund-of-Funds will be eligible to claim a tax credit or deduction for such taxes, subject to applicable limitations. However, even if a Fund-of-Funds qualifies to make the election for any year,
it may determine not to do so. For further considerations pertaining to foreign taxes paid by a Fund, see
Foreign Taxes
above.
Finally, a Fund-of-Funds generally must look through
its 20 percent voting interest in a corporation, including an underlying fund, to the underlying assets thereof for purposes of the diversification test; special rules potentially provide limited relief from the application of this rule where the
Fund-of-Funds is a qualified fund-of-funds.
U.S.
Federal Income Tax
In general, “qualified dividend
income” is income attributable to dividends received by a Fund from certain domestic and foreign corporations, as long as certain holding period and other requirements are met by the Fund with respect to the dividend-paying corporation’s
stock and by the Fund's shareholders with respect to the Fund’s shares. If 95% or more of a Fund’s gross income (excluding net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) constitutes qualified dividend income, all of its
distributions (other than Capital Gain Dividends) will be generally treated as qualified dividend income in the hands of individual shareholders, as long as they have owned their Fund shares for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning
60 days before the Fund’s ex-dividend date (or, in the case of certain preferred stock, 91 days during the 181-day period beginning 90 days before such date) and meet certain other requirements specified in the Code. In general, if less than
95% of a Fund’s gross income is attributable to qualified dividend income, then only the portion of the Fund’s distributions that is attributable to qualified dividend income and reported as such in a timely manner will be so treated in
the hands of individual shareholders who meet the aforementioned holding period requirements. Qualified dividend income is taxable to individual shareholders at tax rates applicable to long-term capital gain. The rules regarding the qualification of
Fund distributions as qualified dividend income are complex, including the holding period requirements. Individual Fund shareholders therefore are urged to consult their own tax advisors and financial planners. Fixed income funds typically do not
distribute significant amounts of qualified dividend income.
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The Code generally imposes a 3.8% net investment
income tax on certain high-income individuals, trusts and estates. For individuals, the 3.8% tax applies to the lesser of (1) the amount (if any) by which the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain threshold amounts or (2)
the taxpayer’s “net investment income.” For this purpose, “net investment income” generally includes, among other things, (i) distributions paid by a Fund of net investment income and capital gains (other than
exempt-interest dividends) as described above, and (ii) any net gain recognized on the sale, redemption, exchange or other taxable disposition of Fund shares. Certain details of the implementation of the tax remain subject to future guidance.
Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of this additional tax on their investment in a Fund.
Backup Withholding
Each Fund generally is required to withhold, and remit to the U.S.
Treasury, subject to certain exemptions, a percentage of all distributions and redemption proceeds (including proceeds from exchanges and redemptions in-kind) paid or credited to a Fund shareholder if (1) the shareholder fails to furnish the Fund
with a correct “taxpayer identification number” (TIN) or has not certified to the Fund that withholding does not apply or (2) the IRS notifies the Fund that the shareholder’s TIN is incorrect or the shareholder is otherwise subject
to backup withholding. Proceeds from redemptions of Government Money Market Fund shares are not subject to backup withholding. These backup withholding rules may also apply to distributions that are properly reported as exempt-interest dividends
(defined above). This backup withholding is not an additional tax imposed on the shareholder. The shareholder may apply amounts required to be withheld as a credit against his or her future U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the
required information is furnished to the IRS. If a shareholder fails to furnish a valid TIN upon request, the shareholder can also be subject to IRS penalties.
Tax-Deferred Plans
The shares of a Fund may be available for a variety of tax-deferred
retirement and other tax-advantaged plans and accounts. Prospective investors should contact their tax advisors and financial planners regarding the tax consequences to them of holding Fund shares through such plans and/or accounts.
Corporate Shareholders
Subject to limitations and other rules, a corporate shareholder of
a Fund may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction on Fund distributions attributable to dividends received by the Fund from domestic corporations, which, if received directly by the corporate shareholder, would qualify for such a
deduction. For eligible corporate shareholders, the dividends-received deduction may be subject to certain reductions, and a distribution by a Fund attributable to dividends of a domestic corporation will be eligible for the deduction only if
certain holding period and other requirements are met. For information regarding eligibility for the dividends-received deduction of dividend income derived by an underlying fund in which a Fund-of-Funds invests, see
Special Tax Considerations Pertaining to Funds-of-Funds
above. These requirements are complex; therefore, corporate shareholders of the Funds are urged to consult their own tax advisors and
financial planners.
As discussed above, a
portion of the interest paid or accrued on certain high-yield discount obligations that a Fund may own may not be deductible to the issuer. If a portion of the interest paid or accrued on these obligations is not deductible, that portion will be
treated as a dividend. In such cases, if the issuer of the obligation is a domestic corporation, dividend payments by a Fund may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction to the extent of the dividend portion of such interest.
Foreign Shareholders
For purposes of this discussion, “foreign shareholders”
generally include: (i) nonresident alien individuals, (ii) foreign trusts (
i.e.
, a trust other than a trust with respect to which a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over administration of
that trust and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control substantial decisions of that trust), (iii) foreign estates (
i.e.
, the income of which is not subject to U.S. tax regardless of source), and
(iv) foreign corporations.
Distributions by a
Fund made to foreign shareholders that are not “U.S. persons” within the meaning of the Code properly reported by a Fund as (1) Capital Gain Dividends, (2) short-term capital gain dividends, (3) interest-related dividends or (4)
exempt-interest dividends, each as defined above or below, generally are not subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax. In general, the Code defines (1) “short-term capital gain dividends” as distributions of net short-term
capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses and (2) “interest-related dividends” as distributions from U.S. source interest income of types similar to those not subject to U.S. federal income tax if earned directly by an
individual foreign shareholder, in each case to the extent such distributions are properly reported as such by the Fund in a written notice to shareholders. The exceptions to withholding for Capital Gain Dividends and short-term capital gain
dividends do not apply to (A) distributions to an individual foreign shareholder who is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the distribution and (B) distributions attributable to gain
that is treated as effectively connected with the conduct by the foreign shareholder of a trade or business within the United States under special rules regarding the disposition of U.S. real property interests as described below. The exception to
withholding for interest-related dividends does not apply to distributions to a
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foreign shareholder (A) that has not provided a satisfactory
statement that the beneficial owner is not a U.S. person, (B) to the extent that the dividend is attributable to certain interest on an obligation if the foreign shareholder is the issuer or is a 10% shareholder of the issuer, (C) that is within
certain foreign countries that have inadequate information exchange with the United States, or (D) to the extent the dividend is attributable to interest paid by a person that is a related person of the foreign shareholder and the foreign
shareholder is a controlled foreign corporation.
If a Fund invests in a RIC that pays Capital Gain
Dividends, short-term capital gain dividends, exempt-interest dividends, or interest-related dividends to the Fund, such distributions retain their character as not subject to withholding if properly reported when paid by the Fund to foreign
shareholders (provided, in the case of exempt-interest dividends, that the Fund and the underlying RIC meet the requirements discussed in
Special Tax Considerations Pertaining to
Funds-of-Funds
above).
A Fund is
permitted to report such part of its dividends as interest-related and/or short-term capital gain dividends as are eligible, but is not required to do so. In the case of shares held through an intermediary, the intermediary may withhold even if a
Fund reports all or a portion of a payment as a short-term capital gain or interest-related dividend. Foreign shareholders should contact their intermediaries regarding the application of these rules to their accounts.
Distributions by a Fund to foreign shareholders
other than Capital Gain Dividends, short-term capital gain dividends, exempt-interest dividends, and interest-related dividends (e.g., dividends attributable to foreign-source dividend and interest income, or to short-term capital gains or U.S.
source interest income to which the exception from withholding description above does not apply) are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax withheld at a rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate).
In general, a foreign shareholder is not subject to
U.S. federal income tax and withholding on gains (and is not allowed a deduction for losses) realized on the disposition of shares of a Fund unless: (i) such gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the foreign shareholder of a trade or
business within the United States, (ii) in the case of a foreign shareholder that is an individual, the shareholder is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of disposition and certain other
conditions are met, or (iii) the special rules relating to gain attributable to the sale or exchange of “U.S. real property interests” (“USRPIs”) apply to the foreign shareholder’s sale of shares of the Fund (as
described below).
Special rules apply if a
Fund were a qualified investment entity (“QIE”) because it is either a “U.S. real property holding corporation” (“USRPHC”) or would be a USRPHC but for the operation of certain exceptions to the definition of
USRPIs described below.
Generally, a USRPHC is
a domestic corporation that holds USRPIs the fair market value of which equals or exceeds 50% of the sum of the fair market values of the corporation’s USRPIs, interests in real property located outside the United States and other trade or
business assets.
USRPIs are generally defined
as any interest in U.S. real property and any interest (other than solely as a creditor) in a USRPHC or, very generally, an entity that has been a USRPHC in the last five years. A Fund that holds, directly or indirectly, significant interests in
REITs, may be a USRPHC. Interests in: (i) domestically controlled QIEs, including REITs and RICs that are QIEs, (ii) not-greater-than 10% interests in publicly traded classes of stock in REITs, and (iii) not-greater-than-5% interests in publicly
traded classes of stock in RICs, generally are not USRPIs, but these exceptions do not apply for purposes of determining whether a Fund is a QIE.
If an interest in a Fund were a USRPI, the Fund
would be required to withhold U.S. tax on the proceeds of a share redemption by a greater-than-5% foreign shareholder, in which case such foreign shareholder generally would also be required to file U.S. tax returns and pay any additional taxes due
in connection with the redemption.
Moreover,
if a Fund were a USRPHC or, very generally, had been one in the last five years, it would be required to withhold on amounts distributed to a greater-than-5% foreign shareholder to the extent such amounts would not be treated as a dividend, i.e.,
are in excess of the Fund’s current and accumulated “earnings and profits” for the applicable tax year. Such withholding generally is not required if the Fund is a domestically controlled QIE.
If a Fund is a QIE, under a special “look
through” rule, any distributions by the Fund to a greater-than-5% foreign shareholder (including, in certain cases, distributions made by the Fund in redemption of its shares) that are attributable directly or indirectly to (i) distributions
received by the Fund from a lower-tier RIC or REIT that the Fund is required to treat as USRPI gain in its hands and (ii) gains realized on the disposition of USRPIs by the Fund will retain their character as gains realized from USRPIs in the hands
of the Fund’s foreign shareholders and will be subject to U.S. tax withholding. In addition, such distributions could result in the foreign shareholder being required to file a U.S. income tax return and pay tax on the distributions at regular
U.S. federal income tax rates. The consequences to a foreign shareholder, including the rate of such withholding and character of such distributions (e.g., as ordinary income or USRPI gain), would vary depending upon the extent of the foreign
shareholder’s current and past ownership of a Fund.
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Foreign shareholders of a Fund may also be subject
to “wash sale” rules to prevent the avoidance of the foregoing tax-filing and payment obligations discussed above through the sale and repurchase of Fund shares.
Foreign shareholders should consult their tax
advisors and, if holding shares through intermediaries, their intermediaries, concerning the application of these rules to their investment in a Fund.
Foreign shareholders with respect to whom income
from a Fund is effectively connected with a trade or business conducted by the foreign shareholder within the United States will in general be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the income derived from the Fund at the graduated rates applicable
to U.S. citizens, residents or domestic corporations, whether such income is received in cash or reinvested in shares of a Fund and, in the case of a foreign corporation, may also be subject to a branch profits tax. If a foreign shareholder is
eligible for the benefits of a tax treaty, any effectively connected income or gain will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis only if it is also attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the shareholder in the
United States. More generally, foreign shareholders who are residents in a country with an income tax treaty with the United States may obtain different tax results than those described herein, and are urged to consult their tax advisors.
In order to qualify for any exemptions from
withholding described above or for lower withholding tax rates under income tax treaties, or to establish an exemption from backup withholding, a foreign shareholder must comply with applicable certification requirements relating to its foreign
status (including, in general, furnishing an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or substitute form). Foreign shareholders should consult their tax advisors in this regard.
Special rules (including withholding and reporting
requirements) apply to foreign partnerships and those holding Fund shares through foreign partnerships. In addition, additional considerations may apply to foreign trusts and foreign estates. Investors holding Fund shares through foreign entities
should consult their tax advisors about their particular situation.
A beneficial holder of shares who is a foreign
person may be subject to state and local tax and to the U.S. federal estate tax in addition to the U.S. federal income tax referred to above.
Tax-Exempt Shareholders
Each Fund serves to “block” (that is, prevent the
attribution to shareholders of) unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) from being realized by tax-exempt shareholders. Notwithstanding this “blocking” effect, a tax-exempt shareholder could realize UBTI by virtue of its
investment in a Fund if shares in the Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt shareholder within the meaning of Section 514(b) of the Code.
It is possible that a tax-exempt shareholder will
also recognize UBTI if a Fund recognizes excess inclusion income (as described above) derived from direct or indirect investments in residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (“REMICs”) or equity interests in taxable
mortgage pools (“TMPs”). Furthermore, any investment in residual interests of a collateralized mortgage obligation ("CMO") that has elected to be treated as a REMIC can create complex tax consequences, especially if the Fund has state or
local governments or other tax-exempt organizations as shareholders.
In addition, special tax consequences apply to
charitable remainder trusts (“CRTs”) that invest in regulated investment companies that invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs. Under legislation enacted in December 2006, a CRT, as
defined in Section 664 of the Code, that realizes UBTI for a taxable year must pay an excise tax annually of an amount equal to such UBTI. Under IRS guidance issued in October 2006, a CRT will not recognize UBTI solely as a result of investing in a
Fund to the extent that it recognizes excess inclusion income. Rather, if at any time during any taxable year a CRT (or one of certain other tax-exempt shareholders, such as the United States, a state or political subdivision, or an agency or
instrumentality thereof, and certain energy cooperatives) is a record holder of a share in a Fund and the Fund recognizes excess inclusion income, then the Fund will be subject to a tax on that portion of its excess inclusion income for the taxable
year that is allocable to such shareholders at the highest U.S. federal corporate income tax rate. The extent to which the IRS guidance remains applicable in light of the December 2006 legislation is unclear. To the extent permitted under the 1940
Act, each Fund may elect to specially allocate any such tax to the applicable CRT, or other shareholder, and thus reduce such shareholder’s distributions for the year by the amount of the tax that relates to such shareholder’s interest
in the Fund. Each Fund has not yet determined whether such an election will be made. CRTs are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the consequences of investing in a Fund.
Tax Shelter Reporting Regulations
Under U.S. Treasury Regulations, if a shareholder recognizes a loss
of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on IRS Form 8886. Direct holders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted
from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a regulated investment company are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this
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reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all regulated
investment companies. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult with their tax advisors to
determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.
Shareholder Reporting Obligations With Respect to
Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
Shareholders that are
U.S. persons and own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of a Fund could be required to report annually their “financial interest” in the Fund’s “foreign financial accounts,” if any, on FinCEN Form 114, Report of
Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBAR”). Shareholders should consult a tax advisor, and persons investing in the Fund through an intermediary should contact their intermediary, regarding the applicability to them of this reporting
requirement.
Other Reporting and Withholding
Requirements
Sections 1471-1474 of the Code, and the U.S.
Treasury Regulations and IRS guidance issued thereunder (collectively, “FATCA”), generally require a Fund to obtain information sufficient to identify the status of each of its shareholders under FATCA or under an applicable
intergovernmental agreement (an “IGA”) between the United States and a foreign government, as described more fully below. If a shareholder of a Fund fails to provide the requested information or otherwise fails to comply with FATCA or an
IGA, the Fund is generally required to withhold under FATCA at a rate of 30% with respect to that shareholder on ordinary dividends it pays, and on or after January 1, 2019, 30% of certain Capital Gain Dividends and gross proceeds of the sale,
redemption or exchange of Fund shares it pays. If a payment by a Fund is subject to FATCA withholding, the Fund is required to withhold even if such payment would otherwise be exempt from withholding under the rules applicable to foreign
shareholders described above (e.g., Capital Gain Dividends, exempt-interest dividends, short-term capital gain dividends and interest-related dividends).
Payments to a shareholder will generally not be
subject to FATCA withholding, provided the shareholder provides a Fund with such certifications, waivers or other documentation or information as the Fund requires, including, to the extent required, with regard to such shareholder’s direct
and indirect owners, to establish the shareholder’s FATCA status and otherwise to comply with these rules. In order to avoid withholding, a shareholder that is a “foreign financial institution” (“FFI”) must either (i)
become a “participating FFI” by entering into a valid U.S. tax compliance agreement with the IRS, (ii) qualify for an exception from the requirement to enter into such an agreement, for example by becoming a “deemed-compliant
FFI,” or (iii) be covered by an applicable IGA between the United States and a non-U.S. government to implement FATCA and improve international tax compliance. In any of these cases, the investing FFI generally will be required to provide its
Fund with appropriate identifiers, certifications or documentation concerning its status.
A Fund may disclose the information that it receives
from (or concerning) its shareholders to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities or other parties as necessary to comply with applicable IGAs or other applicable law or regulation.
Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax
advisors regarding the applicability of FATCA and any other reporting requirements with respect to the prospective investor’s own situation, including investments through an intermediary.
Special Tax Considerations Pertaining to State
Tax-Exempt Funds
The following summaries of certain tax
considerations relating to the state tax-exempt funds set forth below are only intended as general overviews of these tax considerations. They are not intended as detailed explanations of any state’s income tax treatment of any state
tax-exempt fund or its shareholders. You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the consequences of your investment in a state tax-exempt fund.
AMT-Free California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund.
If, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the total assets of a regulated investment company consists of obligations,
which, when held by an individual, the interest therefrom is exempt from income taxation by California (California Exempt Securities), then the regulated investment company should be qualified to make distributions that are exempt from California
state individual income tax (California exempt-interest distributions). For this purpose, California Exempt Securities generally are limited to California municipal securities and certain U.S. Government and U.S. Territory obligations. The AMT-Free
California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund intends to qualify under the above requirements so that it can pay California exempt-interest distributions.
Within sixty days after the close of its taxable
year, the Fund will notify its shareholders of the portion of the distributions paid by the Fund that is exempt from California state individual income tax. The total amount of California exempt-interest distributions paid by the Fund with respect
to any taxable year generally cannot exceed the excess of the amount of interest received by the Fund for such year on California Exempt Securities over any amounts that, if the Fund were treated as an individual, would be considered expenses
related to tax exempt income or amortizable bond premium that would not be deductible under California state individual income or federal income tax law.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
196
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Interest on indebtedness incurred or continued by a
shareholder in a taxable year to purchase or carry shares of the AMT-Free California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund is generally not deductible for California state individual income tax purposes if the Fund distributes California exempt-interest
distributions during the shareholder’s taxable year.
The portion of any of the Fund’s distributions
constituting California exempt-interest distributions should be excludable from income for California state individual income tax purposes only. Any distributions paid to shareholders subject to California state franchise tax or California state
corporate income tax may be taxable for such purposes. Accordingly, potential investors in the Fund, including, in particular, corporate investors which may be subject to either California franchise tax or California corporate income tax, should
consult their own tax advisors with respect to the application of such taxes to the receipt of the Fund’s distributions and as to their own California state tax situation, in general.
AMT-Free Georgia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund.
The portion of the Fund’s exempt-interest distributions paid to residents of Georgia attributable to interest received by the Georgia Funds on tax-exempt obligations of the State of Georgia or
its political subdivision or authorities and other Fund distributions attributable to interest received from obligations issued by the U.S. Government or an authority, commission, possession, or territory thereof should be exempt from Georgia
individual and corporate income taxes. There is no Georgia intangibles tax or other personal property tax applicable to the shares of the Georgia Funds owned by investors residing in Georgia. Distributions attributable to capital gains realized from
the sale of Georgia municipal bonds and U.S. Government obligations should be subject to the State of Georgia income tax, which generally follow the federal income tax treatment. Interest received by a Georgia resident from non-Georgia municipal
state bonds and distributions received from mutual funds that derive income from non-Georgia municipal or state bonds should be subject to Georgia income tax.
AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund.
The portion of the AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund’s exempt-interest distributions attributable to interest received by the Fund on tax-exempt obligations of the state of Maryland
or its political subdivisions or authorities, or obligations issued by the U.S. Government or an authority, commission, possession, or territory thereof and distributions attributable to gains from the disposition thereof should be exempt from
Maryland individual and corporate income taxes; any other Fund distributions should be subject to Maryland income tax. Fund shareholders will be informed annually regarding the portion of the AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund’s
distributions that generally constitutes income exempt from Maryland income taxes. Maryland generally includes in Maryland taxable income a portion of certain items of tax preference as defined in the Code. Interest paid on certain private activity
bonds generally constitutes such a tax preference if the bonds are not tax-exempt obligations of the state of Maryland, a political subdivision or authority of the state of Maryland, or of any other entity authorized under Maryland law to issue
obligations the interest on which is generally excluded from gross income under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, up to 50% of any distributions from the AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund attributable to interest on
such private activity bonds may not be exempt from Maryland state and local individual income taxes. Shares of the AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund will not be subject to the Maryland personal property tax.
AMT-Free North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund.
The portion of the AMT-Free North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund’s exempt-interest distributions attributable to interest received by the Fund on tax-exempt obligations of the State of
North Carolina or its political subdivisions, commissions, authorities, agencies or non-profit educational institutions organized or chartered under the laws of North Carolina, or obligations issued by the United States or its possessions should be
exempt from North Carolina individual and corporate income taxes. Although capital gain distributions generally are subject to tax in North Carolina, individual shareholders of the AMT-Free North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund may be able to
deduct the amount of capital gain distributions (if any) attributable to the sale of certain obligations issued before July 1, 1995 for purposes of determining their North Carolina taxable income.
AMT-Free South Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund.
The portion of the AMT-Free South Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund’s exempt-interest distributions attributable to interest received by the Fund on tax-exempt obligations of the State of
South Carolina, its political subdivisions or exempt interest upon obligations of the United States should be exempt from South Carolina individual and corporate income taxes. Distributions of capital gains or income not attributable to interest
from tax-exempt obligations of the State of South Carolina, its political subdivisions or exempt interest on obligations of the United States may be subject to South Carolina income taxes.
Although distributions of capital gains and the gain
recognized with respect to the sale or exchange of shares of the Fund may be subject to the South Carolina state income tax, individuals, estates and trusts are generally entitled to a deduction for South Carolina taxable income purposes equal to
44% of the net capital gain recognized in South Carolina during a taxable year. The definition of net capital gain for federal income tax purposes is utilized for purposes of this deduction. In the case of estates or trusts, the deduction should be
applicable only to income taxed to the estate or trust or individual beneficiaries and not income passed through to non-individual beneficiaries.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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197
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AMT-Free Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund.
The portion of the AMT-Free Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund’s distributions attributable to interest on (i) obligations of Virginia or any political subdivisions or instrumentality of
Virginia, and (ii) obligations of the United States and any authority, or commission of the United States, that are, in each case, backed by the full faith and credit of the borrowing government, should be exempt from Virginia individual and
corporate income tax. Furthermore, any of the AMT-Free Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund’s distributions that are attributable to realized gains from dispositions of the foregoing debt obligations may also be exempt from Virginia income
tax.
Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund.
The portion of the Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund’s exempt-interest distributions attributable to interest received by the Fund on tax-exempt obligations of the State of Minnesota, its political or
governmental subdivisions, municipalities, governmental agencies or instrumentalities should be exempt from Minnesota personal income tax for shareholders of the Fund who are individuals, estates or trusts so long as the portion of the
exempt-interest distributions from Minnesota that are paid equals or exceeds 95% of all exempt-interest dividends paid by the Fund. In addition, distributions with respect to interest derived from obligations of any authority, or commission of the
United States should not be subject to the Minnesota personal income tax for shareholders who are individuals, estates or trusts. Distributions of income not attributable to distributions described in the preceding sentence or capital gains may be
subject to Minnesota personal income taxes. In addition, distributions to a corporation will generally be subject to the Minnesota income tax.
Distributions
Net investment income dividends (other than qualified dividend
income) received and distributions from the excess of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses should be treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes. Corporate shareholders are generally entitled to a deduction
equal to 70% of that portion of a fund’s dividend that is attributable to dividends the fund received from domestic (U.S.) securities. If there is debt-financed portfolio stock, that is, bank financing is used to purchase long securities, the
70% dividends received deduction would be reduced by the average amount of portfolio indebtedness divided by the average adjusted basis in the stock. This does not impact the qualified dividend income available to individual shareholders. For the
last fiscal year (or period), net investment income dividends qualified for the corporate deduction are shown in the following table.
Only certain dividends will be QDI eligible for the
20% maximum tax rate. QDI is dividends earned from domestic corporations and qualified foreign corporations. Qualified foreign corporations are corporations incorporated in a U.S. possession, corporations whose stock is readily tradable on an
established U.S. securities market (ADRs), and certain other corporations eligible for relief under an income tax treaty with the U.S. that includes an exchange of information agreement. PFICs are excluded from this treatment. Holding periods for
shares must also be met to be eligible for QDI treatment (more than 60 days for common stock and more than 90 days for certain preferred’s dividends).
Dividends declared in October, November or December,
payable to shareholders of record on a specified date in such a month and paid in the following January will be treated as having been paid by a Fund and received by each shareholder in December. Under this rule, therefore, shareholders may be taxed
in one year on dividends or distributions actually received in January of the following year.
The QDI for individuals for the last fiscal year (or
period) is shown in the table below. The table is organized by fiscal year end.
Corporate Deduction and Qualified Dividend Income
Fund
|
Percent
of dividends
qualifying for
corporate deduction
|
Qualified
dividend
income for individuals
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending January 31 – Information is for the period ending January 31, 2018
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
37.92%
|
51.80%
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
11.79
|
18.23
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
28.56
|
39.45
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
18.02
|
26.23
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
18.32
|
25.73
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
52.57
|
100.00
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
10.79
|
13.20
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending February 28/29 – Information is for the period ending February 28, 2018
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
22.71
|
29.44
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
70.44
|
100.00
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
59.32
|
60.88
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
198
|
Fund
|
Percent
of dividends
qualifying for
corporate deduction
|
Qualified
dividend
income for individuals
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
91.05
|
92.28
|
Overseas
Core Fund
(a)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
0.00
|
100.00
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
0.00
|
100.00
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
76.50
|
79.38
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
82.65
|
84.61
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
69.37
|
69.46
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending March 31 – Information is for the period ending March 31, 2018
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending April 30 – Information is for the period ending April 30, 2018
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
44.96
|
100.00
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending May 31 – Information is for the period ending May 31, 2018
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
83.71
|
100.00
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
35.43
|
39.25
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
85.53
|
86.50
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
43.84
|
43.94
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending July 31 – Information is for the period ending July 31, 2017
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
54.26
|
55.95
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
2.11
|
2.95
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
17.72
|
46.08
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
199
|
Fund
|
Percent
of dividends
qualifying for
corporate deduction
|
Qualified
dividend
income for individuals
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending August 31 – Information is for the period ending August 31, 2017
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
(b)
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
For
Funds with fiscal years ending October 31 – Information is for the period ending October 31, 2017
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
0.00
|
91.96
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
0.00
|
100.00
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
54.17
|
53.25
|
(a)
|
The Fund commenced operations
on March 5, 2018, and therefore has no reporting information for periods prior to such date.
|
(b)
|
The Fund changed its fiscal
year end in 2017 from October 31 to August 31. For the fiscal year ended in 2017, the information shown is for
|
the period from November 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
The Subsidiary
Commodity Strategy Fund (for purposes of this section, the
“Fund”) intends to invest a portion of its assets in one or more Subsidiaries, each of which will be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes. Foreign corporations, such as the Subsidiary, will generally not be subject
to U.S. federal income tax unless it is deemed to be engaged in a United States trade or business. The Subsidiary intends to conduct its activities in a manner that is expected to meet the requirements of a safe harbor under Section 864(b)(2) of the
Code under which the Subsidiary may engage in trading in stocks or securities or certain commodities for its own account without being deemed to be engaged in a United States trade or business. However, if certain of the Subsidiary’s
activities were deemed not to be of the type described in the safe harbor, the activities of the Subsidiary might constitute a United States trade or business.
Even if the Subsidiary is not engaged in a United
States trade or business, it will potentially be subject to a U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% on all or a portion of its United States source gross income that is not effectively connected with a United States trade or business.
The Subsidiary will be treated as a
“controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal tax purposes. The Fund will be treated as a “U.S. Shareholder” of the Subsidiary. As a result, the Fund will be required to include in its gross income all of the
Subsidiary’s “subpart F income”. It is expected that all of the Subsidiary’s income will be “subpart F income”. “Subpart F income” is generally treated as ordinary income. Under proposed regulations,
the annual net income, if any, realized by the Subsidiary and treated as received by the Fund for U.S. federal income tax purposes will constitute qualifying income for purposes of the Fund’s qualification as a RIC under the Code only to the
extent such net income is currently and timely distributed to the Fund. The Fund and the Subsidiary currently take steps, and will continue to take steps to ensure that the Fund’s income in respect of the Subsidiary will constitute qualifying
income, including but not limited to by causing the Subsidiary to distribute cash to the Fund each year in an amount equal to the Subsidiary’s “subpart F income.” The Subsidiary may be required to sell investments in order to make
such cash payments to the Fund, including at a time when it may be not advantageous to do so. Accordingly, any such cash payments may temporarily limit the Subsidiary’s or the Fund’s ability to pursue its respective investment strategy.
If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary, such loss is not generally available to offset the income of the Fund and generally is not permitted to be carried forward to offset income of the Subsidiary in future years. The recognition by the Fund
of the Subsidiary’s “subpart F income” will increase the Fund’s tax basis in the Subsidiary. Distributions by the Subsidiary to the Fund will not be taxable to the extent of its previously undistributed “subpart F
income”, and will reduce the Fund’s tax basis in the Subsidiary.
In order to qualify for the special tax treatment
accorded to RICs under the Code, the Fund must satisfy a 90% gross income requirement and an asset diversification requirement. These requirements are not applicable to the Subsidiary. For purposes of the asset diversification requirement, the Fund
will limit its investment in the Subsidiary in the aggregate to 25% or less of the Fund's total assets as of the end of every quarter of its taxable year; the asset diversification requirement applies to the Fund's interest in the Subsidiary but not
to the Subsidiary's investments.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
200
|
CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS
OF SECURITIES
Management
Ownership
As of
August 31, 2018, the Trustees and Officers of the Trusts, as a group, beneficially owned less than 1% of each class of shares of each Fund, except as set forth in the table below:
Fund
|
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
Beneficially Owned
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
Institutional
Class
|
14.47%
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
99.30%
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
Advisor
Class
|
2.65%
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
42.51%
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
Advisor
Class
|
1.57%
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
1.98%
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
1.71%
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
Institutional
Class
|
35.43%
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
1.31%
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
Institutional
2 Class
|
3.91%
|
Principal
Shareholders and Control Persons
The tables below identify
the names, address and ownership percentage of each person who owns of record or is known by the Trusts to own beneficially 5% or more of any class of a Fund’s outstanding shares (Principal Holders) or 25% or more of a Fund’s outstanding
shares (Control Persons). A shareholder who beneficially owns more than 25% of a Fund’s shares is presumed to “control” the Fund, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, and may have a significant impact on matters submitted to a
shareholder vote. A shareholder who beneficially owns more than 50% of a Fund’s outstanding shares may be able to approve proposals, or prevent approval of proposals, without regard to votes by other Fund shareholders. Additional information
about Control Persons, if any, is provided following the tables. The information provided for each Fund is as of a date no more than 30 days prior to the date of filing a post-effective amendment to the applicable Trust’s registration
statement with respect to such Fund.
The
information provided for each Fund is as of the date indicated in the table below, and certain share classes may have changed since such date as follows. Effective November 1, 2017, Class R4 shares were renamed as Class Adv shares, Class R5 shares
were renamed as Class Inst2 shares, Class Y shares were renamed as Class Inst3 shares, and Class Z shares were renamed as Class Inst shares. Effective March 9, 2018, shares held by Class K shareholders were exchanged for Class Adv shares of the same
Fund in a tax-free transaction with no impact on the fees and expenses paid by shareholders.
Funds with Fiscal Period Ending January 31:
Except as otherwise indicated, the information below is as of April
30, 2018:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Capital
Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
92.02%
|
87.27%
|
Class
C
|
81.72%
|
Class
Inst
|
24.54%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
6.83%
|
N/A
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
Inst3
|
22.01%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT
WEST TRUST CO
TRST FBO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Adv
|
5.70%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
42.02%
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
Inst2
|
18.72%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
16.24%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
201
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
Inst
|
6.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
10.58%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst3
|
52.98%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
12.79%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
63.42%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
15.19%
|
Class
Inst3
|
19.59%
|
|
PAI
TRUST COMPANY, INC.
COMPANION ANIMAL HOSPITAL OF INDIAN
1300 ENTERPRISE DR
DE PERE WI 54115-4934
|
Class
R
|
35.18%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
18.72%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.42%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
6.09%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
57.49%
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Adv
|
9.70%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.38%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE TRUST COMPANY
PO BOX 17748
DENVER CO 80217-0748
|
Class
R
|
17.52%
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
ALERUS
FINANCIAL FBO
KMK METAL FABRICATORS INC 401(K) PL
PO BOX 64535
SAINT PAUL MN 55164-0535
|
Class
R
|
6.91%
|
N/A
|
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
84.02%
|
78.62%
|
Class
C
|
83.59%
|
Class
Inst
|
42.67%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
12.33%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT
WEST TRUST CO
TRST FBO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
62.08%
|
N/A
|
|
ICMA
RETIREMENT CORPORATION
777 N CAPITOL ST NE STE 600
WASHINGTON DC 20002-4240
|
Class
Inst3
|
27.94%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.25%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
202
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
5.02%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
45.42%
|
Class
Inst
|
20.12%
|
Class
R
|
10.29%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst3
|
69.86%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
40.95%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
50.03%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.01%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
Inst
|
6.73%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Inst
|
5.10%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
22.29%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE TRUST COMPANY
PO BOX 17748
DENVER CO 80217-0748
|
Class
R
|
24.49%
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
63.74%
|
57.33%
|
Class
C
|
73.97%
|
Class
Inst
|
8.35%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.01%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB BANK CUST
WOODRIDGE CLINIC SC PS & 401K PLAN
2423 E LINCOLN DR
PHOENIX AZ 85016-1215
|
Class
R
|
18.76%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT
WEST TRUST CO
TRST FBO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
42.70%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
59.78%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
13.03%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
53.01%
|
Class
Inst
|
27.60%
|
Class
Inst3
|
77.57%
|
Class
R
|
6.82%
|
Class
V
|
16.67%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.03%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
13.55%
|
Class
R
|
7.39%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
203
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
28.51%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
10.86%
|
N/A
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
Inst
|
5.43%
|
N/A
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY
C/O JOHNSON TRUST COMPANY
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst2
|
24.18%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.64%
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
82.66%
|
78.22%
|
Class
C
|
82.88%
|
Class
Inst
|
24.70%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
25.06%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT
WEST TRUST CO
TRST FBO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
25.39%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
39.77%
|
|
ICMA
RETIREMENT CORPORATION
777 N CAPITOL ST NE STE 600
WASHINGTON DC 20002-4240
|
Class
Adv
|
11.42%
|
N/A
|
|
JOHN
HANCOCK TRUST COMPANY LLC
690 CANTON ST STE 100
WESTWOOD MA 02090-2324
|
Class
Adv
|
10.89%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
7.02%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
10.48%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
7.87%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
8.76%
|
Class
Inst
|
45.41%
|
Class
R
|
15.75%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst3
|
59.06%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
41.79%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
36.77%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
27.29%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
204
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
PAI
TRUST COMPANY, INC.
COMPANION ANIMAL HOSPITAL OF INDIAN
1300 ENTERPRISE DR
DE PERE WI 54115-4934
|
Class
R
|
18.64%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
30.21%
|
N/A
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY
C/O JOHNSON TRUST COMPANY
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.50%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
14.54%
|
N/A
|
Capital
Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
91.91%
|
89.40%
|
Class
C
|
88.88%
|
Class
Inst
|
47.61%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
9.44%
|
N/A
|
|
CBNA
AS CUSTODIAN FBO
FRINGE BENEFITS DESIGNS RETIREMENT
6 RHOADS DR STE 7
UTICA NY 13502-6317
|
Class
R
|
8.17%
|
N/A
|
|
DEBORAH
ALEYNE LAPEYRE BARBARA
TOMMIE USDIN FBO
MULBERRY TECHNOLOGIES INC 401 K
PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST
17 W JEFFERSON ST STE 207
ROCKVILLE MD 20850-4227
|
Class
Adv
|
11.17%
|
N/A
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
Inst3
|
11.26%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT
WEST TRUST CO
TRST FBO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
86.78%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
36.97%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
Inst
|
19.34%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
20.00%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst3
|
81.39%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
70.64%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
11.50%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
205
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
Inst
|
6.83%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Adv
|
6.12%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE TRUST COMPANY
PO BOX 17748
DENVER CO 80217-0748
|
Class
R
|
19.57%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
Inst
|
14.56%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
5.29%
|
N/A
|
Global
Strategic Equity Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
64.01%
|
58.12%
|
Class
C
|
42.51%
|
Class
Inst
|
14.62%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
70.15%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.37%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
5.56%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY AS AGENT FOR
NEWPORT TRUST COMPANY
LCM ARCHITECTS, LLC RETIREMENT PLAN
35 IRON POINT CIR STE 300
FOLSOM CA 95630-8589
|
Class
R
|
21.20%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
19.72%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
78.31%
|
Class
C
|
7.44%
|
Class
Inst
|
55.33%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
18.93%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
C
|
5.89%
|
N/A
|
|
PENCHECKS
TRUST COMPANY OF AMERICA
PITTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
NICHOLAS P CAMAROTA
324 STATHAMS WAY
WARNER ROBINS GA 31088-7563
|
Class
R
|
32.32%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
206
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
10.06%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.06%
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY
C/O JOHNSON TRUST COMPANY
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.10%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
R
|
22.99%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
7.25%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.43%
|
Income
Builder Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
82.45%
|
76.67%
|
Class
C
|
70.89%
|
Class
Inst
|
72.01%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
27.08%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
95.89%
|
N/A
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
R
|
6.83%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT
WEST TRUST CO
TRST FBO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.24%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
Inst
|
5.61%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
12.66%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
5.36%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
44.40%
|
Class
Inst2
|
49.65%
|
|
NATIONWIDE
TRUST COMPANY/FSB
C/O IPO PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTING
PO BOX 182029
COLUMBUS OH 43218-2029
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.65%
|
N/A
|
|
PAI
TRUST COMPANY, INC.
COMPANION ANIMAL HOSPITAL OF INDIAN
1300 ENTERPRISE DR
DE PERE WI 54115-4934
|
Class
R
|
11.82%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
40.91%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
17.66%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
207
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST
2100 PONTIAC LAKE ROAD
BLDG 34 EAST
WATERFORD MI 48328-2762
|
Class
Adv
|
11.97%
|
N/A
|
|
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC
4546 CORPORATE DR STE 100
WEST DES MOINES IA 50266-5911
|
Class
R
|
31.47%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
6.62%
|
N/A
|
Funds with Fiscal Period
Ending February 28/29:
Except as otherwise indicated, the
information below is as of May 31, 2018:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Convertible
Securities Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
13.71%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
20.17%
|
Class
Inst
|
19.97%
|
Class
T
|
92.64%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
6.92%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
5.20%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
14.61%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
7.36%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
J
P MORGAN SECURITIES LLC OMNIBUS
ACCOUNT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT
OF CUSTOMERS
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER
3RD FL MUTUAL FUND DEPARTMENT
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Adv
|
14.29%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
26.44%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
69.22%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
7.45%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
5.45%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.22%
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
5.23%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
208
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
35.64%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
13.12%
|
Class
Inst
|
28.92%
|
Class
R
|
80.79%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
12.65%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.75%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
10.85%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
61.35%
|
Class
Inst2
|
51.44%
|
|
NATIONWIDE
TRUST COMPANY/FSB
C/O IPO PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTING
PO BOX 182029
COLUMBUS OH 43218-2029
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.12%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
21.68%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
6.92%
|
Class
Inst2
|
13.47%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
8.63%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.21%
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
7.23%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.85%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
5.54%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
13.73%
|
Class
Inst
|
7.93%
|
Global
Equity Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
48.67%
|
42.92%
|
Class
C
|
21.12%
|
Class
Inst
|
11.20%
|
Class
T
|
67.79%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst
|
13.93%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
57.60%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
32.21%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
COMMUNITY
BANK NA AS CUST
FBO SIMED RETIREMENT PLAN
6 RHOADS DR STE 7
UTICA NY 13502-6317
|
Class
R
|
38.19%
|
N/A
|
|
DCGT
AS TTEE AND/OR CUST
FBO PLIC VARIOUS RETIREMENT PLANS
OMNIBUS
ATTN NPIO TRADE DESK
711 HIGH ST
DES MOINES IA 50392-0001
|
Class
R
|
15.62%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
96.56%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
209
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
5.26%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
Adv
|
28.35%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
6.80%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
14.43%
|
Class
R
|
8.88%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
18.57%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
7.15%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
33.38%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
7.57%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
18.80%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
18.49%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
R
|
8.15%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
23.25%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO BANK FBO
1525 W W T HARRIS BLVD
CHARLOTTE NC 28262-8522
|
Class
Adv
|
12.91%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
7.54%
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
15.94%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.26%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.08%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.03%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Adv
|
38.75%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
THERMOSTAT FUND
ATTN STEVEN SWINHART
225 FRANKLIN ST FL 25
BOSTON MA 02110-2888
|
Class
Inst3
|
52.56%
|
N/A
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
Inst3
|
11.22%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
210
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS 401K
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.66%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
5.80%
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
5.78%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
17.55%
|
46.92%
|
Class
Inst
|
63.74%
|
Class
R
|
42.23%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
36.22%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
15.78%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
27.12%
|
Class
Inst
|
9.29%
|
Class
Inst2
|
60.39%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
A
|
10.97%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
23.50%
|
Class
Inst2
|
14.69%
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Adv
|
10.42%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.45%
|
|
STATE
STREET BK & TR CO AS CUST
FOR MML FBO ITS CLIENTS
ATTN
1200 CROWN COLONY DR
QUINCY MA 02169-0938
|
Class
Inst3
|
6.31%
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Growth Fund III
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
5.89%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
14.85%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
Inst3
|
84.71%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
6.39%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
31.54%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
Adv
|
5.75%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
10.43%
|
|
HARTFORD
LIFE INS. CO.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT
ATTN UIT OPERATIONS
PO BOX 2999
HARTFORD CT 06104-2999
|
Class
R
|
42.95%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
5.71%
|
N/A
(a)
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
211
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
9.99%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.75%
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
10.36%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
36.66%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.81%
|
Class
Inst
|
17.79%
|
Class
R
|
7.01%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
20.84%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.28%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
7.47%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
23.09%
|
Class
C
|
7.01%
|
Class
Inst2
|
15.52%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
66.26%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.47%
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.95%
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.19%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
9.58%
|
N/A
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
R
|
14.82%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.84%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
21.03%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
11.00%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
14.78%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
5.68%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
11.83%
|
Class
Inst
|
7.16%
|
Large
Cap Index Fund
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
6.30%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
THERMOSTAT FUND
ATTN STEVEN SWINHART
225 FRANKLIN ST FL 25
BOSTON MA 02110-2888
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.05%
|
N/A
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
A
|
5.75%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.03%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
212
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS 401K
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
A
|
9.88%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.69%
|
|
JOHN
HANCOCK TRUST COMPANY LLC
690 CANTON ST STE 100
WESTWOOD MA 02090-2344
|
Class
Inst2
|
9.10%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
23.77%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LINCOLN
RETIREMENT SERVICES CO
FBO
PO BOX 7876
FORT WAYNE IN 46801-7876
|
Class
A
|
7.12%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.44%
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
7.54%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
15.17%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
15.10%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
9.78%
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
A
|
7.60%
|
N/A
|
|
SUNTRUST
BANK FBO
VARIOUS SUNTRUST OMNIBUS ACCOUNTS
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.15%
|
N/A
|
|
UNIFIED
TRUST COMPANY TTEE FBO
2353 ALEXANDRIA DRIVE SUITE 100
LEXINGTON KY 40504-3208
|
Class
Inst
|
10.20%
|
N/A
|
|
VRSCO
FBO
2727A ALLEN PKWY # 4-D1
HOUSTON TX 77019-2107
|
Class
Inst2
|
32.96%
|
N/A
|
Mid
Cap Index Fund
|
AUL
AMERICAN GROUP RETIREMENT ANNUITY
ATTN SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
PO BOX 368
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46206-0368
|
Class
A
|
7.46%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
6.28%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.78%
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.16%
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
A
|
6.66%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.10%
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS 401K
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.18%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.29%
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
12.75%
|
N/A
(a)
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
213
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
18.16%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
27.21%
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.42%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
5.09%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.72%
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.26%
|
Class
Inst3
|
39.74%
|
|
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST PL
AHS 403(B)
7677 OAKPORT ST STE 1200
OAKLAND CA 94621-1975
|
Class
Inst3
|
29.97%
|
N/A
|
|
STANDARD
INSURANCE COMPANY
1100 SW 6TH AVE
ATTN: SEP ACCT
PORTLAND OR 97204-1093
|
Class
Inst2
|
26.80%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Inst3
|
5.61%
|
N/A
|
|
TAYNIK
& CO
C/O INVESTORS BANK & TRUST CO
1200 CROWN COLONY DR # CC10313
QUINCY MA 02169-0938
|
Class
A
|
5.80%
|
N/A
|
|
TIAA
FSB CUST/TTEE FBO
RETIREMENT PLANS FOR WHICH
TIAA ACTS AS RECORDKEEPER
ATTN TRUST OPERATIONS
211 N BROADWAY STE 1000
SAINT LOUIS MO 63102-2748
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.82%
|
N/A
|
|
UNIFIED
TRUST COMPANY TTEE FBO
2353 ALEXANDRIA DRIVE SUITE 100
LEXINGTON KY 40504-3208
|
Class
Inst
|
5.60%
|
N/A
|
Overseas
Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
61.88%
|
29.70%
|
Class
C
|
27.93%
|
Class
Inst
|
31.09%
|
Class
T
|
99.69%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.50%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
16.42%
|
N/A
|
|
HARTFORD
LIFE INS. CO.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT
ATTN UIT OPERATIONS
PO BOX 2999
HARTFORD CT 06104-2999
|
Class
R
|
6.72%
|
N/A
|
|
JOHN
HANCOCK LIFE INS CO USA
601 CONGRESS ST
ST4 TRADING OPS
BOSTON MA 02210-2805
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.73%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
214
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.73%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
15.02%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.58%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
27.56%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
9.71%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
R
|
20.11%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
17.33%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
16.89%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
5.95%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
34.53%
|
Class
Inst2
|
43.64%
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.84%
|
Class
R
|
6.71%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
61.34%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.69%
|
Class
R
|
7.05%
|
|
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST PL
GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM
701 GROVE RD
GREENVILLE SC 29605-4210
|
Class
Inst3
|
5.68%
|
N/A
|
|
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST PL
WAYNE COUNTY
28 W ADAMS AVE STE 1900
DETROIT MI 48226-1610
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.26%
|
N/A
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
17.48%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.11%
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
R
|
33.01%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.26%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
215
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
Inst
|
9.18%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
10.44%
|
N/A
|
Select
Global Growth Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
50.57%
|
47.53%
|
Class
C
|
43.65%
|
Class
Inst
|
64.69%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
43.57%
|
N/A
|
|
BEAU
BALTZELL SHERRY GILBERT TTEE F
GLADWIN A READ COMPANY 401K
C/O FASCORE LLC
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
6.88%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.93%
|
N/A
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
R
|
9.84%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
Inst
|
10.04%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
36.43%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
23.49%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
39.99%
|
Class
Inst2
|
34.00%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
59.78%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
6.44%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
17.61%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
15.48%
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.31%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE TRUST COMPANY
ATTN HOUSE
PO BOX 17748
DENVER CO 80217-0748
|
Class
Inst2
|
49.93%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
8.76%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
216
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Select
International Equity Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
45.15%
|
36.10%
|
Class
C
|
15.94%
|
Class
Inst
|
21.22%
|
Class
T
|
99.65%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
C
|
5.95%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
24.91%
|
|
BNY
MELLON CUST
FBO EVERSOURCE NON UNION
MEDICAL TRUST
107 SELDEN ST
BERLIN CT 06037-1616
|
Class
Inst3
|
97.01%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Adv
|
5.67%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.21%
|
|
J
P MORGAN SECURITIES LLC OMNIBUS
ACCOUNT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT
OF CUSTOMERS
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER
3RD FL MUTUAL FUND DEPARTMENT
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Adv
|
19.71%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
19.00%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
8.60%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
9.92%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
11.78%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
11.64%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
17.87%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
9.27%
|
Class
Inst2
|
32.74%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
49.96%
|
N/A
|
|
RAPHAEL
MD FBO
RPLMD ENTERPRISES INC 401(K)
PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST
3300 CASCADE RD SW
ATLANTA GA 30311-3636
|
Class
R
|
5.06%
|
N/A
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
5.90%
|
N/A
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
R
|
27.15%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
64.83%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
217
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
6.35%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
14.00%
|
N/A
|
Select
Large Cap Equity Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
5.44%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
30.96%
|
Class
Inst
|
5.47%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst
|
17.25%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
79.76%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
47.93%
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
16.83%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
31.35%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.42%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
20.10%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
21.56%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
68.06%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
10.61%
|
Class
Inst
|
35.66%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
15.38%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
74.10%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.91%
|
Class
Inst
|
5.70%
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.38%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
25.47%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
218
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
12.11%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
8.77%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
6.76%
|
N/A
|
Select
Mid Cap Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
8.49%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
9.35%
|
Class
T
|
98.83%
|
|
CAPITAL
BANK & TRUST COMPANY TTEE F
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.24%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Adv
|
5.27%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.82%
|
Class
Inst2
|
35.50%
|
|
DCGT
AS TTEE AND/OR CUST
FBO PLIC VARIOUS RETIREMENT PLANS
OMNIBUS
ATTN NPIO TRADE DESK
711 HIGH ST
DES MOINES IA 50392-0001
|
Class
Adv
|
7.25%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
A
|
6.44%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
18.31%
|
|
GREAT
WEST LIFE & ANNUITY
C/O FASCORE LLC
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
15.91%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS 401K
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Adv
|
7.18%
|
N/A
|
|
HARTFORD
LIFE INS. CO.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT
ATTN UIT OPERATIONS
PO BOX 2999
HARTFORD CT 06104-2999
|
Class
R
|
23.61%
|
N/A
|
|
ING
LIFE INSURANCE & ANNUITY CO
ING FUND OPERATIONS
1 ORANGE WAY
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
Inst
|
5.47%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
8.56%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
7.85%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
6.84%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.31%
|
Class
Inst3
|
43.40%
|
Class
R
|
5.62%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
5.30%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
11.76%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
10.63%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
7.11%
|
Class
C
|
7.08%
|
Class
Inst
|
6.68%
|
Class
Inst2
|
25.56%
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.69%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
7.51%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
7.66%
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.42%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
7.38%
|
N/A
|
|
RBC
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
MUTUAL FUND OMNIBUS PROCESSING
OMNIBUS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPS MANAGER
510 MARQUETTE AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-1110
|
Class
C
|
6.67%
|
N/A
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
R
|
11.34%
|
N/A
|
|
STANDARD
INSURANCE COMPANY
1100 SW 6TH AVE
ATTN: SEP ACCT
PORTLAND OR 97204-1093
|
Class
Adv
|
52.87%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
5.82%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
14.44%
|
N/A
|
Small
Cap Index Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
24.13%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.55%
|
Class
T
|
99.09%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
5.56%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.63%
|
Class
Inst2
|
10.01%
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY # KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
A
|
6.04%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.89%
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS 401K
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.69%
|
N/A
|
|
JOHN
HANCOCK TRUST COMPANY LLC
690 CANTON ST STE 100
WESTWOOD MA 02090-2344
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.95%
|
N/A
|
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Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
21.19%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
19.52%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.32%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
38.77%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
7.66%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
14.09%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
24.96%
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.51%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Inst
|
8.56%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
17.97%
|
Small
Cap Value Fund II
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
C
|
5.44%
|
N/A
|
|
CAPITAL
BANK & TRUST COMPANY TTEE F
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
13.78%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
C
|
5.34%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
21.67%
|
|
DCGT
AS TTEE AND/OR CUST
FBO PLIC VARIOUS RETIREMENT PLANS
OMNIBUS
ATTN NPIO TRADE DESK
711 HIGH ST
DES MOINES IA 50392-0001
|
Class
Adv
|
7.71%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
23.75%
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
42.76%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS 401K
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
27.47%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
13.96%
|
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Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
HARTFORD
LIFE INS. CO.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT
ATTN UIT OPERATIONS
PO BOX 2999
HARTFORD CT 06104-2999
|
Class
R
|
25.38%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
9.86%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
12.23%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT CUSTOMER
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
5.52%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
14.08%
|
Class
Inst
|
17.99%
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.63%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
7.13%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
5.23%
|
27.61%
|
Class
Adv
|
10.18%
|
Class
C
|
7.90%
|
Class
Inst
|
42.74%
|
Class
Inst2
|
23.95%
|
Class
Inst3
|
16.41%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
C
|
7.30%
|
N/A
|
|
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST PL
WAYNE COUNTY
28 W ADAMS AVE STE 1900
DETROIT MI 48226-1610
|
Class
Adv
|
24.13%
|
N/A
|
|
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST PL
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS
20 ARCHBISHOP MAY DR
SAINT LOUIS MO 63119-5738
|
Class
Adv
|
6.41%
|
N/A
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
11.75%
|
N/A
|
|
RBC
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
MUTUAL FUND OMNIBUS PROCESSING
OMNIBUS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPS MANAGER
510 MARQUETTE AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-1110
|
Class
C
|
10.79%
|
N/A
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
Adv
|
11.84%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.28%
|
Class
R
|
14.86%
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
INCOME TRUST FUND
PO BOX 8338
BOSTON MA 02266-8338
|
Class
A
|
32.31%
|
N/A
|
|
THOMAS
EVANS TTEE FBO
ADVENTIST RETIREMENT PLAN
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Adv
|
9.62%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
5.58%
|
N/A
|
|
VANGUARD
FDUCIARY TRUST CO
PO BOX 2600
ATTN: OUTSIDE FUNDS
VALLEY FORGE PA 19482-2600
|
Class
Inst3
|
5.98%
|
N/A
|
|
VRSCO
FBO
2727A ALLEN PKWY # 4-D1
HOUSTON TX 77019-2107
|
Class
A
|
5.89%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO BANK FBO
1525 W W T HARRIS BLVD
CHARLOTTE NC 28262-8522
|
Class
Inst
|
7.82%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.39%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
19.89%
|
N/A
|
|
WILMINGTON
TRUST RISC TTEE FBO
AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS 401(K)
PLAN
PO BOX 52129
PHOENIX AZ 85072-2129
|
Class
A
|
7.01%
|
N/A
|
Funds with Fiscal Period
Ending March 31:
Except as otherwise indicated, the
information below is as of June 30, 2018:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Short
Term Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
63.24%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
15.56%
|
Class
Inst
|
15.78%
|
Class
T
|
95.05%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
WALTERS CONTROLS, INC 401(K) PLAN
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
21.43%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FOR
BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst
|
8.68%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.27%
|
|
COLUMBIA
THERMOSTAT FUND
ATTN STEVEN SWINHART
225 FRANKLIN ST FL 25
BOSTON MA 02110-2888
|
Class
Inst3
|
22.19%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA AS CUST FOR THE SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA MODERATE GROWTH
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11201
DALLAS TX 75254
|
Class
Inst
|
18.01%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER&SMITH
FOR SOLE BENFIT OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
9.26%
|
48.92%
|
Class
C
|
22.64%
|
Class
Inst
|
10.81%
|
Class
Inst3
|
74.86%
|
Class
R
|
60.44%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
7.75%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
5.77%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
79.81%
|
Class
Inst
|
10.79%
|
Class
Inst2
|
49.77%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
19.40%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.87%
|
Class
Inst2
|
32.52%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
14.21%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
9.72%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
10.71%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.39%
|
Funds with Fiscal Period
Ending April 30:
Except as otherwise indicated, the
information below is as of July 31, 2018:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
AMT-Free
CA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
24.47%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
17.23%
|
Class
Inst
|
5.26%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
71.92%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.53%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
10.67%
|
68.24%
|
Class
C
|
24.18%
|
Class
Inst
|
76.98%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
6.70%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
15.53%
|
Class
Inst2
|
24.92%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
A
|
10.44%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
81.54%
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
A
|
27.09%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
24.99%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
224
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
10.50%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
22.94%
|
AMT-Free
GA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
C
|
10.58%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst
|
5.52%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
Adv
|
7.47%
|
N/A
(a)
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.10%
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
92.90%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
A
|
22.36%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
7.54%
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
28.03%
|
66.35%
|
Class
C
|
12.81%
|
Class
Inst
|
82.92%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
A
|
11.47%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
16.02%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
10.27%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
75.64%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
9.25%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
44.20%
|
AMT-Free
MD Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
C
|
7.57%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.35%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
C
|
10.15%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.90%
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
9.76%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
225
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
52.50%
|
75.60%
|
Class
C
|
10.68%
|
Class
Inst
|
18.43%
|
Class
Inst3
|
97.95%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
7.86%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.43%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
83.62%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.29%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
A
|
5.59%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.16%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
Adv
|
13.84%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.13%
|
|
RBC
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
MUTUAL FUND OMNIBUS PROCESSING
OMNIBUS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPS MANAGER
510 MARQUETTE AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-1110
|
Class
C
|
7.92%
|
N/A
|
|
THOMAS
MULE &
BRENDA D MULE JT WROS
232 WATERFALL CIR
LITTLE RIVER SC 29566-7465
|
Class
C
|
10.44%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
6.06%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
16.57%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
33.78%
|
Class
Inst
|
14.63%
|
AMT-Free
NC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
A
|
12.66%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
9.65%
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
6.22%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.52%
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
21.37%
|
72.44%
|
Class
C
|
9.81%
|
Class
Inst
|
11.40%
|
Class
Inst3
|
96.78%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
35.88%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
8.35%
|
Class
Inst
|
10.89%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
A
|
11.64%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
226
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
9.38%
|
N/A
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST CO
C/O FRANKLIN STREET
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS ADMIN
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Adv
|
60.82%
|
N/A
|
|
STIFEL
NICOLAUS & CO INC
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
501 N BROADWAY
SAINT LOUIS MO 63102-2188
|
Class
C
|
9.50%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
Inst
|
5.90%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
35.03%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
26.52%
|
Class
Inst
|
46.45%
|
AMT-Free
SC Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
9.70%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
6.84%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
5.10%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
A
|
17.47%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
8.90%
|
Class
Inst3
|
98.73%
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
A
|
5.93%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
18.97%
|
54.30%
|
Class
C
|
22.59%
|
Class
Inst
|
70.63%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
A
|
7.58%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
20.58%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
14.91%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.27%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
83.70%
|
N/A
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
A
|
10.40%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
14.24%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
227
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FBO
OUR CUSTOMERS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
A
|
8.15%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
16.42%
|
N/A
|
AMT-Free
VA Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
6.81%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
21.50%
|
Class
Inst
|
33.27%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
7.86%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
12.01%
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
A
|
6.22%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
36.76%
|
69.63%
|
Class
C
|
10.57%
|
Class
Inst
|
14.12%
|
Class
Inst3
|
97.06%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
Inst
|
7.40%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
98.89%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.42%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
A
|
12.57%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
6.26%
|
|
RBC
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
MUTUAL FUND OMNIBUS PROCESSING
OMNIBUS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND OPS MANAGER
510 MARQUETTE AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-1110
|
Class
C
|
8.27%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
9.24%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
23.30%
|
Class
Inst
|
15.11%
|
Global
Infrastructure Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
81.96%
|
51.71%
|
Class
C
|
63.64%
|
Class
Inst
|
68.11%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
17.38%
|
N/A
|
|
CAPITAL
BANK & TRUST COMPANY TTEE F
THE MASA CORPORATION 401K PSP
8515 E ORCHARD RD 2T2
GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
5.96%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
228
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.60%
|
N/A
|
|
JANA
MARTIN TTEE FBO
AMERICAN INSURANCE TRUST 401K
C/O FASCORE LLC
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
7.33%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
89.40%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
12.69%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
R
|
24.48%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
7.37%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
6.70%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
29.35%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
68.06%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
94.18%
|
Class
R
|
22.47%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
8.39%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.51%
|
Short
Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
13.00%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
12.81%
|
Class
Inst
|
10.54%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
7.33%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.47%
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.85%
|
|
COMERICA
BANK FBO CALHOUN
PO BOX 75000 MSC 3446
DETROIT MI 48275-0001
|
Class
Adv
|
35.05%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
7.19%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
229
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
13.34%
|
82.63%
|
Class
C
|
34.33%
|
Class
Inst
|
16.24%
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.51%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
A
|
6.60%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.95%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
7.00%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
29.68%
|
Class
Inst
|
6.81%
|
Class
Inst2
|
36.51%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
32.15%
|
N/A
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
7.81%
|
N/A
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST CO
C/O FRANKLIN STREET
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS ADMIN
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst2
|
50.42%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
A
|
28.22%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
22.59%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
8.38%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
20.05%
|
Class
Inst
|
8.14%
|
Funds with Fiscal Period
Ending May 31:
Except as otherwise indicated, the
information below is as of August 31, 2018:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Commodity
Strategy Fund
|
ADVANCED
SERIES TRUST AST COLUMBIA
ADAPATIVE RISK ALLOCATION
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
Inst
|
59.90%
|
N/A
|
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
31.52%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
29.73%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
11.22%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
99.30%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
82.16%
(a)
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
230
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA ADAPTIVE RISK ALLOCATION
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
52.98%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
6.99%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
16.34%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.58%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.49%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
17.37%
|
N/A
|
|
MASSACHUSETTS
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
1295 STATE STREET
SPRINGFIELD MA 01111-0001
|
Class
A
|
6.81%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
35.33%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
19.88%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
19.15%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
A
|
17.45%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
96.60%
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO MASSMUTUAL OMNIBUS
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
R
|
13.63%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
C
|
27.27%
|
N/A
|
|
THE
HARTFORD
1 HARTFORD PLZ
HARTFORD CT 06155-0001
|
Class
A
|
10.35%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
33.43%
|
|
UMB
BANK NA
CUST IRA FBO
RONALD G DURSO
PO BOX 201
MARQUAND MO 63655-0201
|
Class
Inst
|
7.20%
|
N/A
|
|
UMB
BANK NA
CUST SIMPLE IRA FBO
HELEN KIM
1183 PINES LAKE DR W
WAYNE NJ 07470-6152
|
Class
C
|
5.48%
|
N/A
|
|
UMB
BANK NA
CUST SIMPLE IRA FBO
JAMES CHOE MD
1183 PINES LAKE DR W
WAYNE NJ 07470-6152
|
Class
C
|
8.17%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
231
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Dividend
Opportunity Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
78.86%
|
55.66%
|
Class
C
|
36.34%
|
Class
Inst
|
46.07%
|
Class
T
|
94.39%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
16.16%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
5.61%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
DCGT
AS TTEE AND /OR CUST
FBO PLIC VARIOUS RETIREMENT PLANS
OMNIBUS
ATTN NPIO TRADE DESK
711 HIGH ST
DES MOINES IA 50392-0001
|
Class
Inst3
|
5.78%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
7.14%
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
5.98%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
CARTER MACHINERY COMPANY INC EMPLOY
RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.66%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
TRIHEALTH 401K RETIREMENT SAVINGS P
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Adv
|
6.18%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
53.10%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
5.68%
|
N/A
|
|
MARIL
& CO FBO
C/O BMO HARRIS BANK NA ATTN MF
480 PILGRIM WAY, SUITE 1000
GREEN BAY WI 54304-5280
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.84%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
5.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.98%
|
Class
R
|
7.80%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
7.87%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.78%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
45.38%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.01%
|
Class
Inst
|
6.74%
|
Class
Inst2
|
15.44%
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.01%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
29.78%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
232
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL
RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST
WME IMG PROFIT SHARING &
9601 WILSHIRE BLVD
BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210-5213
|
Class
Inst2
|
30.16%
|
N/A
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
19.31%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.77%
|
|
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC
4546 CORPORATE DR STE 100
WEST DES MOINES IA 50266-5911
|
Class
R
|
65.99%
|
N/A
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST CO
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS ADMIN
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.32%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.00%
|
N/A
|
|
VANGUARD
FIDUCIARY TRUST CO
PO BOX 2600
ATTN: OUTSIDE FUNDS
VALLEY FORGE PA 19482-2600
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.68%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
6.87%
|
N/A
|
Flexible
Capital Income Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
59.16%
|
42.12%
|
Class
C
|
31.11%
|
Class
Inst
|
46.07%
|
Class
T
|
50.39%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Adv
|
5.93%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.20%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
49.61%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.56%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
5.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.40%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
9.12%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
15.51%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
10.04%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
33.95%
|
Class
Inst2
|
54.53%
|
Class
R
|
11.47%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
233
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
59.48%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.47%
|
Class
Inst2
|
20.39%
|
Class
R
|
31.10%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
16.72%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.14%
|
Class
R
|
18.34%
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
16.62%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
Inst
|
5.32%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
29.37%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
5.11%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
13.34%
|
Class
Inst
|
8.88%
|
High
Yield Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
71.16%
|
39.65%
|
Class
C
|
64.44%
|
Class
Inst
|
42.89%
|
Class
T
|
94.24%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
8.23%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
22.18%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
5.76%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
ING
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CO
ONE ORANGE WAY
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
Adv
|
13.43%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
39.66%
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
6.17%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.48%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
33.41%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MAC
& CO
FBO
500 GRANT ST RM 151-1010
PITTSBURGH PA 15219-2502
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.51%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
234
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.39%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
20.82%
|
|
MINNESOTA
LIFE INS COMPANY
ATTN KENNETH MONTAGUE
400 ROBERT STREET NORTH
ST PAUL MN 55101-2099
|
Class
Adv
|
19.18%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
Inst
|
6.83%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
22.87%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.83%
|
Class
Inst2
|
60.64%
|
|
NATIONWIDE
TRUST COMPANY FSB
FBO PARTICIPATING RETIREMENT PLANS
C/O IPO PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTING
PO BOX 182029
COLUMBUS OH 43218-2029
|
Class
Adv
|
26.45%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.27%
|
|
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC
4546 CORPORATE DR STE 100
WEST DES MOINES IA 50266-5911
|
Class
R
|
22.92%
|
N/A
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST CO
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS ADMIN
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst
|
9.88%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
7.16%
|
N/A
|
Large
Cap Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
88.36%
|
85.30%
|
Class
C
|
78.74%
|
Class
Inst
|
87.50%
|
|
AMERIPRISE
TRUST COMPANY AS TR
OF THE VENTUREDYNE LTD SAL DEF
INVEST PL
990 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0009
|
Class
Inst2
|
41.79%
|
N/A
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
7.25%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
14.80%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
44.88%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
235
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
TRIHEALTH 401K RETIREMENT SAVINGS P
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Adv
|
11.34%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
20.40%
|
Class
Inst3
|
45.68%
|
|
ING
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CO
ONE ORANGE WAY
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
Adv
|
45.51%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
18.70%
|
|
ING
NATIONAL TRUST
ONE ORANGE WAY
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
Adv
|
5.24%
|
N/A
|
|
MASSACHUSETTS
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
1295 STATE STREET
SPRINGFIELD MA 01111-0001
|
Class
Adv
|
6.43%
|
N/A
|
|
MG
TRUST COMPANY CUST
FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
5.41%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.31%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
9.40%
|
N/A
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO MASSMUTUAL OMNIBUS
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
R
|
8.25%
|
N/A
|
|
THE
HARTFORD
1 HARTFORD PLZ
HARTFORD CT 06155-0001
|
Class
R
|
43.12%
|
N/A
|
MM
Value Strategies Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
99.95%
|
100.00%
|
Class
Inst
|
100.00%
|
Mortgage
Opportunities Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
12.25%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
49.14%
|
Class
Inst
|
27.78%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
50.13%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
21.20%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
26.32%
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.70%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
13.48%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
5.88%
|
N/A
(a)
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
236
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
62.46%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
5.13%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
27.92%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
6.98%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
57.40%
|
Class
C
|
11.81%
|
Class
Inst2
|
32.37%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
42.57%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
16.04%
|
Class
Inst
|
8.24%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
11.07%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.65%
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
A
|
25.66%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
42.95%
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
5.92%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
24.91%
|
Quality
Income Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
14.17%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
34.68%
|
Class
Inst
|
17.44%
|
Class
T
|
95.78%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
39.37%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
6.39%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
23.44%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
28.84%
(a)
|
|
COLUMBIA
THERMOSTAT FUND
ATTN STEVEN SWINHART
225 FRANKLIN ST FL 25
BOSTON MA 02110-2888
|
Class
Inst3
|
17.67%
|
N/A
|
|
FRANCIS
MD FBO
ASSOCIATES IN PLASTIC SURGERY 401(K
1088 W BALTIMORE PIKE
MEDIA PA 19063-5146
|
Class
R
|
10.98%
|
N/A
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
TRIHEALTH 401K RETIREMENT SAVINGS P
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
18.81%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
16.19%
|
N/A
(a)
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
237
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.27%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.19%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
30.91%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA CONSERVATIVE
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
8.83%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
12.58%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
28.54%
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
25.42%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
34.86%
|
Class
C
|
6.23%
|
Class
Inst
|
31.80%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
16.46%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
7.76%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
25.89%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.52%
|
Class
Inst2
|
25.83%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
20.59%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.59%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
6.06%
|
N/A
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO MASSMUTUAL OMNIBUS
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
Adv
|
8.27%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.09%
|
|
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC
4546 CORPORATE DR STE 100
WEST DES MOINES IA 50266-5911
|
Class
R
|
20.71%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
R
|
9.96%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
238
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.40%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
8.02%
|
N/A
|
Select
Large Cap Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
10.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
8.30%
|
Class
Inst
|
10.82%
|
Class
T
|
98.40%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
6.80%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
8.40%
|
N/A
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.84%
|
N/A
|
|
JOHN
HANCOCK TRUST COMPANY LLC
690 CANTON ST STE 100
WESTWOOD MA 02090-2344
|
Class
Adv
|
10.84%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
18.53%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
41.79%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
22.14%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
6.27%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
18.64%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
24.20%
|
Class
Inst
|
14.07%
|
Class
R
|
51.95%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
8.34%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
A
|
5.25%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
17.23%
|
Class
Inst
|
38.79%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
239
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
14.90%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
61.04%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
71.95%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.64%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
Inst
|
7.70%
|
N/A
|
|
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC
4546 CORPORATE DR STE 100
WEST DES MOINES IA 50266-5911
|
Class
R
|
19.65%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
17.56%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
A
|
7.97%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
6.22%
|
Class
Inst
|
9.06%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
7.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
18.03%
|
Class
Inst
|
6.27%
|
Select
Small Cap Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
75.76%
|
60.45%
|
Class
C
|
38.60%
|
Class
Inst
|
20.34%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
C
|
10.20%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
7.27%
|
|
AUL
AMERICAN GROUP RETIREMENT ANNUITY
ATTN SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
PO BOX 368
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46206-0368
|
Class
Adv
|
28.78%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.04%
|
N/A
|
|
DCGT
AS TTEE AND /OR CUST
FBO PLIC VARIOUS RETIREMENT PLANS
OMNIBUS
ATTN NPIO TRADE DESK
711 HIGH ST
DES MOINES IA 50392-0001
|
Class
R
|
10.60%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
56.70%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
41.59%
|
N/A
(a)
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
240
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
7.47%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
60.83%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
Inst
|
8.62%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
13.06%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
13.86%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.57%
|
|
THE
TRUST COMPANY OF KNOXILLE 1
4823 OLD KINGSTON PIKE STE 100
KNOXVILLE TN 37919-6499
|
Class
Adv
|
10.05%
|
N/A
|
|
VRSCO
FBO
2727A ALLEN PKWY # 4-D1
HOUSTON TX 77019-2107
|
Class
Adv
|
27.43%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
19.39%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO BANK FBO
1525 WEST WT HARRIS BLVD
CHARLOTTE NC 28288-1076
|
Class
Inst
|
60.38%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
61.95%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
12.13%
|
N/A
|
Seligman
Communications and Information Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
C
|
10.98%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
18.60%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.50%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
6.35%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
7.41%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
6.19%
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.75%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
21.94%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
TRIHEALTH 401K RETIREMENT SAVINGS P
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.32%
|
N/A
|
|
LINCOLN
RETIREMENT SERVICES COMPANY
FBO
PO BOX 7876
FORT WAYNE IN 46801-7876
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.55%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
8.04%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
17.46%
|
Class
C
|
8.24%
|
Class
Inst
|
18.89%
|
Class
R
|
12.39%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
241
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
A
|
7.73%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
13.70%
|
Class
Inst
|
7.20%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
10.02%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
31.17%
|
Class
C
|
6.96%
|
Class
Inst2
|
18.73%
|
Class
Inst3
|
49.70%
|
|
OPPENHEIMER
& CO INC. FBO
FBO LAILA V TABER IRA
62 COLONY RD
JUPITER FL 33469-3507
|
Class
T
|
78.06%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
A
|
5.51%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
33.16%
|
Class
C
|
8.74%
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.38%
|
Class
Inst3
|
12.44%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
A
|
5.10%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
12.22%
|
Class
Inst
|
13.80%
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO MASSMUTUAL OMNIBUS
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.40%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
R
|
30.07%
|
N/A
|
|
T
ROWE PRICE TRUST CO TTEE
FBO RETIREMENT PLAN CLIENTS
PO BOX 17215
BALTIMORE MD 21297-1215
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.01%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.64%
|
N/A
|
|
THE
HARTFORD
1 HARTFORD PLZ
HARTFORD CT 06155-0001
|
Class
R
|
21.56%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
7.66%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.44%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
A
|
9.73%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
13.86%
|
Class
Inst
|
13.96%
|
Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
86.44%
|
70.11%
|
Class
C
|
50.63%
|
Class
Inst
|
81.70%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
13.40%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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242
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
97.54%
|
N/A
|
|
ING
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CO
ONE ORANGE WAY
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
Adv
|
15.35%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
14.32%
|
|
ING
NATIONAL TRUST
ONE ORANGE WAY
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
Adv
|
6.99%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
16.62%
|
|
MASSACHUSETTS
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
1295 STATE STREET
SPRINGFIELD MA 01111-0001
|
Class
R
|
18.53%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
Inst2
|
34.36%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
7.06%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
5.06%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
35.97%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
7.47%
|
Class
Inst2
|
29.54%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
5.61%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
5.34%
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO MASSMUTUAL OMNIBUS
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
R
|
11.60%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Adv
|
5.91%
|
N/A
|
|
THE
HARTFORD
1 HARTFORD PLZ
HARTFORD CT 06155-0001
|
Class
Adv
|
6.76%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
30.16%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
12.63%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.82%
|
Funds with Fiscal
Period Ending July 31:
Except as otherwise indicated, the
information below is as of September 30, 2017:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Disciplined
Core Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
87.15%
|
77.44%
|
Class
C
|
62.72%
|
Class
T
|
99.75%
|
Class
Inst
|
76.21%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
18.02%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
K
|
9.07%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
11.71%
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY #KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
R
|
5.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
24.10%
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.29%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
42.79%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.67%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
21.49%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA VP-ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
6.71%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
6.31%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
49.67%
|
|
MG
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
6.36%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
7.06%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
K
|
6.88%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
36.94%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
13.14%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
R
|
15.27%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
13.73%
|
|
US
BANK NA FBO
NEC RESEARCH INST AMER EXPRESS IDS
PO BOX 1787
MILWAUKEE WI 53201-1787
|
Class
K
|
6.30%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
VOYA
INSTITUTIONAL TRUST COMPANY
TTEE OR CUST FBO MERCEDES-BENZ
INTER INC RET SAVINGS PLAN
30 BRAINTREE HILL PARK
BRAINTREE MA 02184-8747
|
Class
Inst2
|
62.75%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO BANK FBO
1525 W W T HARRIS BLVD
CHARLOTTE NC 28262-8522
|
Class
K
|
77.53%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
26.69%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
Inst
|
9.10%
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Growth Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
64.38%
|
29.80%
|
Class
C
|
42.89%
|
Class
T
|
99.74%
|
Class
Inst
|
59.79%
|
|
CBNA
AS CUSTODIAN FBO
ASSOCIATED RADIOLOGISTS P A 401(K)
6 RHOADS DR STE 7
UTICA NY 13502-6317
|
Class
Inst2
|
32.69%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Adv
|
20.94%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
100.00%
|
43.46%
(a)
|
|
JOHN
HANCOCK TRUST COMPANY LLC
690 CANTON ST STE 100
WESTWOOD MA 02090-2324
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.27%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
19.45%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
36.06%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.68%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
26.75%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
C
|
5.46%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
8.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
56.57%
|
Class
Inst
|
11.91%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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245
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MG
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
Inst2
|
18.29%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
33.47%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
Inst
|
18.12%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
5.08%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
5.87%
|
Class
Inst2
|
20.99%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
56.57%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.86%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
11.04%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Adv
|
16.09%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
6.36%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
5.36%
|
N/A
|
Disciplined
Value Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
41.74%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
24.57%
|
Class
T
|
99.83%
|
Class
Inst
|
30.17%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
13.45%
|
N/A
|
|
C/O
MUTUAL FUND TRADING
GREAT-WEST TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
RECORDKEEPING FOR VARIOUS BENEFIT P
8525 E ORCHARD RD
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
89.03%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
100.00%
|
63.40%
(a)
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY #KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
R
|
14.42%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA AS CUSTODIAN FOR THE SC529
PLAN COLUMBIA CONSERVATIVE 529 PORT
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
41.49%
|
N/A
(a)
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
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|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
15.54%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
38.20%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
7.25%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
21.57%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.86%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
24.27%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
17.95%
|
Class
R
|
26.19%
|
Class
V
|
12.60%
|
Class
Inst
|
9.96%
|
|
MG
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
22.13%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
11.45%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
6.88%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
69.48%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
C
|
5.39%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
30.47%
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.11%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
5.77%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
12.21%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.17%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
247
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
11.69%
|
N/A
|
Floating
Rate Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
72.47%
|
38.39%
|
Class
C
|
42.48%
|
Class
Inst
|
26.71%
|
|
CBNA
AS CUSTODIAN FBO
ASSOCIATED RADIOLOGISTS P A 401(K)
6 RHOADS DR STE 7
UTICA NY 13502-6317
|
Class
R
|
8.13%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
K
|
85.92%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
36.73%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
14.08%
|
N/A
(a)
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
87.22%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
6.76%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
7.88%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
71.12%
|
Class
Inst
|
10.62%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
13.32%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
12.50%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
C
|
5.16%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
30.95%
|
Class
Inst2
|
24.50%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
61.59%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.61%
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST CO CUST
FBO MASSMUTUAL OMNIBUS
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.25%
|
N/A
|
|
SAXON
& CO.
P.O. BOX 7780-1888
PHILADELPHIA PA 19182-0001
|
Class
Inst
|
24.72%
|
N/A
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY
ATTN MUTUAL FUND ADMIN
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.37%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
11.84%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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248
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
5.35%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
6.15%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.76%
|
Global
Opportunities Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
92.59%
|
91.24%
|
Class
C
|
90.86%
|
Class
Inst
|
72.99%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
K
|
55.09%
|
N/A
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
N/A
(a)
|
Class
Inst3
|
100.00%
|
|
DONNA
C KNIGHT & JEFFREY L KNIGHT
TTEES DONNA C KNIGHT LIVING TRUST
U/A 07/24/1998
15 SYLVAN LN
WESTON MA 02493-1027
|
Class
Inst
|
14.41%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
R
|
97.06%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
7.45%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.44%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
11.50%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
82.64%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
86.86%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
K
|
41.85%
|
N/A
|
Government
Money Market Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
68.04%
|
69.17%
|
Class
C
|
12.80%
|
Class
T
|
60.26%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
C
|
21.14%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
25.38%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
39.74%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
21.26%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
249
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JOHN
M WALSH
PO BOX 3555
WILSONVILLE OR 97070-3555
|
Class
Inst
|
5.99%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA AS CUSTODIAN FOR THE SC529
PLAN COLUMBIA CONSERVATIVE 529 PORT
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst
|
21.37%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
77.53%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MG
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
7.98%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
59.01%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
93.68%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
6.84%
|
N/A
|
|
RONALD
BIELINIS FBO
JAVLYN INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PL
3136 WINTON RD S STE 102
ROCHESTER NY 14623-2928
|
Class
R
|
5.94%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
12.53%
|
N/A
|
Income
Opportunities Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
58.15%
|
29.53%
|
Class
C
|
52.72%
|
Class
T
|
93.66%
|
Class
Inst
|
43.29%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
R
|
15.80%
|
N/A
|
|
C/O
MUTUAL FUND TRADING
GREAT-WEST TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
RECORDKEEPING FOR VARIOUS BENEFIT P
8525 E ORCHARD RD
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
K
|
89.86%
|
N/A
|
|
CAPITAL
BANK & TRUST CO TTEE FBO
C/O FASCORE LLC
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
10.26%
|
N/A
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
C
|
5.71%
|
N/A
|
Class
K
|
9.06%
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.10%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
6.34%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
COLUMBIA
THERMOSTAT FUND
ATTN STEVEN SWINHART
225 FRANKLIN ST FL 25
BOSTON MA 02110-2888
|
Class
Inst3
|
12.05%
|
N/A
|
|
FIIOC
FBO
100 MAGELLAN WAY #KW1C
COVINGTON KY 41015-1987
|
Class
R
|
6.49%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
250
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
15.43%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
15.69%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
7.89%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
13.50%
|
Class
Inst3
|
45.39%
|
|
MG
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
11.43%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
33.05%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
18.24%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
8.07%
|
Class
Adv
|
81.29%
|
Class
Inst2
|
63.02%
|
Class
Inst
|
7.87%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
10.98%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.02%
|
|
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY
ATTN MUTUAL FUND ADMIN
1 FREEDOM VALLEY DR
OAKS PA 19456-9989
|
Class
Inst2
|
10.55%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.11%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
7.99%
|
N/A
|
Inflation
Protected Securities Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
81.04%
|
44.33%
|
Class
C
|
39.43%
|
Class
T
|
94.32%
|
Class
Inst
|
75.99%
|
|
ASCENSUS
TRUST COMPANY FBO
PO BOX 10758
FARGO ND 58106-0758
|
Class
C
|
9.17%
|
N/A
|
Class
K
|
75.59%
|
Class
R
|
5.62%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
21.80%
|
34.01%
(a)
|
Class
T
|
5.68%
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
6.24%
|
N/A
|
|
ING
NATIONAL TRUST
ONE ORANGE WAY B3N
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
R
|
6.47%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
251
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.35%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
22.59%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
11.66%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
33.36%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
15.35%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
15.41%
|
N/A
|
Class
R
|
82.92%
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
Inst2
|
23.13%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
7.04%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Inst2
|
63.33%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.20%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
8.90%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
9.86%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
6.09%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.28%
|
Limited
Duration Credit Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
77.04%
|
45.04%
|
Class
C
|
60.89%
|
Class
T
|
97.34%
|
Class
Inst
|
63.55%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY A/C FBO CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUND DEPT
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
K
|
91.10%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
98.17%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
252
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
8.90%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
9.40%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.59%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
27.25%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
48.01%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
5.58%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
6.86%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.08%
|
|
MINNESOTA
LIFE INS COMPANY
ATTN KENNETH MONTAGUE
400 ROBERT STREET NORTH
ST PAUL MN 55101-2099
|
Class
Adv
|
71.77%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
Inst
|
5.06%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
12.02%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
15.96%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
6.55%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.80%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
7.23%
|
N/A
|
MN
Tax-Exempt Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
78.27%
|
74.95%
|
Class
C
|
81.65%
|
Class
Inst
|
65.37%
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
253
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.36%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
FBO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
8.74%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
48.64%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
50.45%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
51.13%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
43.85%
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.04%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
Inst
|
10.71%
|
N/A
|
Strategic
Municipal Income Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
75.53%
|
61.33%
|
Class
C
|
46.17%
|
Class
Inst
|
42.19%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
N/A
(a)
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.50%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER &
SMITH INC
FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF IT S CUSTOM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
7.27%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
11.24%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
8.90%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
8.90%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
48.92%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
56.08%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
48.97%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.10%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
HOUSE ACCT FIRM
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
5.41%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
32.86%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
254
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
6.21%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
18.48%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
13.19%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
9.42%
|
Funds with Fiscal Period
Ending August 31:
Except as otherwise indicated, the
information below is as of November 30, 2017:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Emerging
Markets Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
51.72%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
15.75%
|
Class
Inst
|
39.21%
|
Class
T
|
94.79%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FBO
CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
6.39%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
14.97%
|
Class
K
|
21.59%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
38.80%
|
35.27%
(a)
|
Class
T
|
5.21%
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.76%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
6.80%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
14.64%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA INCOME BUILDER FUND
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
53.43%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
5.55%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
Inst2
|
35.34%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ATTENTION SERVICE TEAM
4800 DEER LAKE DR E FL 3
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
6.45%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
8.46%
|
Class
R
|
10.20%
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
255
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
10.18%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
8.29%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
49.06%
|
Class
Inst
|
6.24%
|
Class
Inst2
|
35.41%
|
|
NATIONWIDE
TRUST COMPANY FSB
FBO PARTICIPATING RETIREMENT PLANS
NTC-PLNS
C/O IPO PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTING
PO BOX 182029
COLUMBUS OH 43218-2029
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.94%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
49.47%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
6.17%
|
Class
K
|
7.10%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
20.65%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
14.31%
|
|
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC
4546 CORPORATE DR STE 100
WEST DES MOINES IA 50266-5911
|
Class
R
|
86.66%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
A
|
5.72%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
6.67%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
16.80%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
14.65%
|
Class
K
|
32.50%
|
Funds with Fiscal Period
Ending October 31:
Except as otherwise indicated, the
information below is as of January 31, 2018:
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Contrarian
Asia Pacific Fund
|
ACTION
FABRICATORS INC TTEE FBO
C/O FASCORE LLC
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
49.15%
|
N/A
|
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
18.69%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
9.28%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FBO
CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.75%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst3
|
21.66%
|
|
CLARENCE
G TRECIAK TTEE
CLARENCE G TRECIAK REV LIV TR
21570 NE 151ST PL
SALT SPRINGS FL 32134-7110
|
Class
A
|
26.22%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
256
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
DEMETRIOS
ZIOZIS TTEE FBO
LINON HOME DECOR PRODUCTS INC 401K
C/O FASCORE LLC
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
R
|
6.56%
|
N/A
|
|
ELIZABETH
L WHEELER &
THOMAS G WHEELER JTWROS
1402 CHERRY GARDEN RD
BALTIMORE MD 21221-6304
|
Class
Inst
|
6.46%
|
N/A
|
|
JOHN
C BANNISTER &
KATHLEEN BANNISTER JT WROS
420 E 55TH ST
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46220-3005
|
Class
C
|
36.85%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
59.89%
|
N/A
|
|
LPL
FINANCIAL
9785 TOWNE CENTRE DR
SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1968
|
Class
Inst
|
19.00%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
27.81%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.38%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
6.99%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
73.52%
|
|
PAI
TRUST COMPANY, INC
STUDIOPOLIS, INC. 401(K) P/S PLAN
1300 ENTERPRISE DR
DE PERE WI 54115-4934
|
Class
R
|
13.79%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
A
|
16.57%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
8.12%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
6.97%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
10.86%
|
|
STRAFE
& CO
FBO
PO BOX 6924
NEWARK DE 19714-6924
|
Class
Inst3
|
18.43%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
A
|
16.64%
|
N/A
|
|
UMB
BANK NA
CUST IRA FBO
MARY BETH VERDIGETS
2400 GAY LYNN DR
KENNER LA 70065-1520
|
Class
Inst
|
6.83%
|
N/A
|
|
UMB
BANK NA
CUST IRA FBO
PATRICIA M DALY
426 GREAT FALLS ST
FALLS CHURCH VA 22046-2608
|
Class
Inst
|
29.02%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
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|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
UMB
BANK NA
CUST IRA FBO
ROSEMARIE KATO
17218 ALFRED AVE
CERRITOS CA 90703-1112
|
Class
C
|
9.44%
|
N/A
|
|
UMB
BANK NA
CUST ROTH IRA FBO
DAVID ABRAHAM
4700 W 95TH ST
OAK LAWN IL 60453-2533
|
Class
Inst
|
7.34%
|
N/A
|
Contrarian
Europe Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
77.64%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
45.65%
|
Class
Inst
|
27.45%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FBO
CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
5.17%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
54.88%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
62.12%
|
65.54%
(a)
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
|
JPMCB
NA AS CUST FOR THE SC529 PLAN
COLUMBIA MODERATE GROWTH
529 PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11201
DALLAS TX 75254
|
Class
Inst
|
61.26%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
10.51%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
32.54%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
6.78%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA CAPITAL ALLOCATION
MODERATE PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
23.96%
|
N/A
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
25.45%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
C
|
5.39%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
19.36%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
258
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Adv
|
41.09%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
34.41%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
58.63%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
9.46%
|
Class
K
|
37.88%
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
5.36%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
10.01%
|
N/A
|
Global
Bond Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
87.26%
|
83.17%
|
Class
C
|
62.80%
|
Class
Inst
|
43.86%
|
Class
T
|
68.14%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
16.19%
|
N/A
(a)
|
Class
R
|
52.93%
|
Class
T
|
31.86%
|
|
EDWARD
D JONES & CO
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS
12555 MANCHESTER RD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63131-3729
|
Class
Inst3
|
98.08%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
23.46%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
Inst
|
21.23%
|
N/A
|
|
MID
ATLANTIC TRUST COMPANY FBO
1251 WATERFRONT PL STE 525
PITTSBURGH PA 15222-4228
|
Class
R
|
23.61%
|
N/A
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
6.52%
|
N/A
|
|
NANCY
MANN FBO
MANNS JEWELERS INC 401(K) PROFIT
SHARING PLAN & TRUST
2945 MONROE AVE
ROCHESTER NY 14618-4601
|
Class
K
|
75.71%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
C
|
10.32%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
Inst
|
12.25%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
K
|
8.10%
|
N/A
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
259
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
Select
Global Equity Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
78.33%
|
67.39%
|
Class
C
|
53.93%
|
Class
Inst
|
85.62%
|
|
COLUMBIA
MGMT INVESTMENT ADVSR LLC
ATTN KATRINA MACBAIN
50807 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CTR
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474-0508
|
Class
K
|
10.01%
|
N/A
(a)
|
Class
T
|
100.00%
|
|
JPMCB
NA CUST FOR
COLUMBIA GLOBAL STRATEGIC EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
4 CHASE METROTECH CENTER 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN NY 11245-0003
|
Class
Inst3
|
99.54%
|
N/A
|
|
MATRIX
TRUST COMPANY CUST. FBO
717 17TH ST STE 1300
DENVER CO 80202-3304
|
Class
R
|
40.97%
|
N/A
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
R
|
53.26%
|
N/A
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
Inst2
|
82.29%
|
N/A
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
K
|
89.99%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
12.83%
|
N/A
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
5.56%
|
N/A
|
Seligman
Global Technology Fund
|
AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SVC
707 2ND AVE S
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-2405
|
Class
A
|
29.37%
|
30.18%
|
Class
C
|
19.37%
|
Class
Inst
|
50.34%
|
|
CHARLES
SCHWAB & CO INC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FBO
CUSTOMERS
ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS
101 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-4151
|
Class
A
|
6.12%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.87%
|
|
GREAT-WEST
TRUST COMPANY LLC TTEE F
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CLIENTS 401K
8515 E ORCHARD RD # 2T2
GREENWOOD VLG CO 80111-5002
|
Class
Inst2
|
5.03%
|
N/A
|
|
HARTFORD
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ATTN UIT OPERATIONS
PO BOX 2999
HARTFORD CT 06104-2999
|
Class
R
|
18.32%
|
N/A
|
|
ING
FUND OPERATIONS TTEE
FBO ING NATIONAL TRUST
1 ORANGE WAY
WINDSOR CT 06095-4773
|
Class
R
|
40.22%
|
N/A
|
Statement
of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
|
260
|
Fund
|
Shareholder
Name and Address
|
Share
Class
|
Percentage
of Class
|
Percentage
of Fund
(if greater than 25%)
|
|
MERRILL
LYNCH PIERCE FENNER
& SMITH INC FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF ITS CUSTOMERS
4800 DEER LAKE DR E
JACKSONVILLE FL 32246-6484
|
Class
A
|
7.69%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
25.88%
|
Class
Inst2
|
7.06%
|
Class
R
|
5.12%
|
|
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER
PLAZA 2, 3RD FLOOR
JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
|
Class
C
|
9.94%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
6.09%
|
|
NATIONAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
FEBO CUSTOMERS
MUTUAL FUNDS
200 LIBERTY STREET 1WFC
NEW YORK NY 10281-1003
|
Class
A
|
12.75%
|
N/A
|
Class
Adv
|
23.41%
|
Class
C
|
6.64%
|
Class
Inst2
|
8.51%
|
|
PERSHING
LLC
1 PERSHING PLZ
JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002
|
Class
Adv
|
26.17%
|
N/A
|
Class
C
|
6.83%
|
Class
Inst2
|
16.99%
|
Class
Inst3
|
73.79%
|
Class
K
|
78.05%
|
|
RAYMOND
JAMES
FBO OMNIBUS FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
ATTN: COURTNEY WALLER
880 CARILLON PKWY
ST PETERSBURG FL 33716-1100
|
Class
C
|
6.50%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
5.88%
|
|
RELIANCE
TRUST COMPANY FBO
P A W TRUCKING
PO BOX 48529
ATLANTA GA 30362-1529
|
Class
Inst3
|
20.97%
|
N/A
|
|
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC
4546 CORPORATE DR STE 100
WEST DES MOINES IA 50266-5911
|
Class
R
|
10.72%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BANK AND TRUST AS
TRUSTEE AND/OR CUSTODIAN FBO
ADP ACCESS PRODUCT
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Inst2
|
25.84%
|
N/A
|
|
STATE
STREET BK & TR CO AS CUST
FOR MML FBO ITS CLIENTS
1 LINCOLN ST
BOSTON MA 02111-2901
|
Class
Inst2
|
6.52%
|
N/A
|
|
STRAFE
& CO
FBO
PO BOX 6924
NEWARK DE 19714-6924
|
Class
A
|
5.46%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE INC FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF OUR CLIENTS
PO BOX 2226
OMAHA NE 68103-2226
|
Class
Inst2
|
9.05%
|
N/A
|
|
TD
AMERITRADE TRUST COMPANY
ATTN HOUSE
PO BOX 17748
DENVER CO 80217-0748
|
Class
Adv
|
7.22%
|
N/A
|
|
UBS
WM USA
SPEC CDY A/C EXCL BEN CUST
1000 HARBOR BLVD
WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086-6761
|
Class
C
|
6.04%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
13.47%
|
|
WELLS
FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC
SPECIAL CUSTODY ACCT FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMER
2801 MARKET ST
SAINT LOUIS MO 63103-2523
|
Class
C
|
11.41%
|
N/A
|
Class
Inst
|
9.27%
|
Class
K
|
19.71%
|
(a)
|
Combination of all share
classes of Columbia Management initial capital and/or affiliated funds-of-funds’ investments.
|
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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American Enterprise Investment Services Inc., a
Minnesota corporation, is a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Bank of America, N.A., a national banking
association organized under the laws of the United States, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, are subsidiaries of Bank of America Corporation.
National Financial Services, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, is wholly owned by Fidelity Global Brokerage Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC.
The Investment Manager, a Minnesota limited
liability company, is a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Other Columbia Funds managed by the Investment Manager may hold more than 25% of a Fund.
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of Additional Information – October 1, 2018
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INFORMATION REGARDING PENDING AND
SETTLED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Ameriprise
Financial and certain of its affiliates have historically been involved in a number of legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, including routine litigation, class actions, and governmental actions, concerning matters arising in connection
with the conduct of their business activities. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Funds are not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or
regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Funds or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Funds. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly
(10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the SEC on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the
adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Funds. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect
on the Funds or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Funds, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may
result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of
operations of Ameriprise Financial.
NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION
OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THE PROSPECTUS OR IN THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH THE PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING MADE BY THE PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH
INFORMATION OR PRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE TRUST(S). THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING BY THE TRUST(S) IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH AN OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY
BE MADE.
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APPENDIX A — DESCRIPTION OF
RATINGS
The ratings of S&P,
Moody’s and Fitch represent their opinions as to quality. These ratings are not absolute standards of quality and are not recommendations to purchase, sell or hold a security. Issuers and issues are subject to risks that are not evaluated by
the rating agencies. When a security is not rated by one of these agencies, it is designated as Not Rated. Securities designated as Not Rated do not necessarily indicate low credit quality, and for such securities the Investment Manager evaluates
the credit quality.
S&P’s Debt Ratings
Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings*
An obligation rated ‘AAA’ has the highest rating
assigned by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.
An obligation rated ‘AA’ differs from
the highest-rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.
An obligation rated ‘A’ is somewhat more
susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.
An obligation rated ‘BBB’ exhibits
adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
Obligations rated ‘BB’, ‘B’,
‘CCC’, ‘CC’, and ‘C’ are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. ‘BB’ indicates the least degree of speculation and ‘C’ the highest. While such obligations will likely
have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.
An obligation rated ‘BB’ is less
vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation.
An
obligation rated ‘B’ is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic
conditions will likely impair the obligor’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
An obligation rated ‘CCC’ is currently
vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the
obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
An obligation rated ‘CC’ is currently
highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The ‘CC’ rating is used when a default has not yet occurred, but S&P expects default to be a virtual certainty, regardless of the anticipated time to default.
An obligation rated 'C' is currently highly
vulnerable to nonpayment, and the obligation is expected to have lower relative seniority or lower ultimate recovery compared to obligations that are rated higher.
An obligation rated ‘D’ is in default or
in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the ‘D’ rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made within five
business days in the absence of a stated grace period or within the earlier of the stated grace period or 30 calendar days. The ‘D’ rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action and
where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. An obligation’s rating is lowered to ‘D’ if it is subject to a distressed exchange offer.
*Ratings from 'AA' to 'CCC' may be modified by the addition of a
plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the rating categories.
Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings
Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations
considered short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days – including commercial paper.
A short-term obligation rated ‘A-1’ is
rated in the highest category by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the
obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.
A short-term obligation rated ‘A-2’ is
somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is
satisfactory.
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A short-term obligation rated ‘A-3’
exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
A short-term obligation rated ‘B’ is
regarded as vulnerable and has significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate
capacity to meet its financial commitments.
A
short-term obligation rated ‘C’ is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
A short-term obligation rated ‘D’ is in
default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the ‘D’ rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made within
any stated grace period. However, any stated grace period longer than five business days will be treated as five business days. The ‘D’ rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action
and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. An obligation's rating is lowered to 'D' if it is subject to a distressed exchange offer.
Municipal Short-Term Note Ratings
SP-1
Strong capacity to pay
principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.
SP-2
Satisfactory
capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
SP-3
Speculative
capacity to pay principal and interest.
Moody’s Long-Term Debt Ratings
Global Long-Term Rating Scale
Aaa
– Obligations rated Aaa
are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk.
Aa
–
Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.
A
–
Obligations rated A are judged to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.
Baa
–
Obligations rated Baa are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit risk and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.
Ba
–
Obligations rated Ba are judged to be speculative and are subject to substantial credit risk.
B
–
Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.
Caa
–
Obligations rated Caa are judged to be speculative of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.
Ca
–
Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.
C
–
Obligations rated C are the lowest rated and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.
Global Short-Term Rating Scale
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-1 (P-1) have a
superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-2
(P-2) have a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-3
(P-3) have an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime
(NP) do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.
US Municipal Short-Term Debt and Demand Obligation
Ratings
While the global short-term ‘prime’
rating scale is applied to U.S. municipal tax-exempt commercial paper, these programs are typically backed by external letters of credit or liquidity facilities and their short-term prime ratings usually map to the long-term rating of the enhancing
bank or financial institution and not to the municipality’s rating. Other short-term municipal obligations, which generally have different funding sources for repayment, are rated using two additional short-term rating scales (
i.e.
, the MIG and VMIG scales discussed below).
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The Municipal Investment Grade (MIG) scale is used
to rate US municipal bond anticipation notes of up to three years maturity. Municipal notes rated on the MIG scale may be secured by either pledged revenues or proceeds of a take-out financing received prior to note maturity. MIG ratings expire at
the maturity of the obligation, and the issuer’s long-term rating is only one consideration in assigning the MIG rating. MIG ratings are divided into three levels — MIG 1 through MIG 3 — while speculative grade short-term
obligations are designated SG.
The MIG 1
designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.
The MIG 2 designation denotes strong credit quality.
Margins of protection are ample, although not as large as in the preceding group.
The MIG 3 designation denotes acceptable credit
quality. Liquidity and cash-flow protection may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established.
The SG designation denotes speculative-grade credit
quality. Debt instruments in this category may lack sufficient margins of protection.
In the case of variable rate demand obligations
(VRDOs), a two-component rating is assigned: a long or short-term debt rating and a demand obligation rating. The first element represents Moody’s evaluation of risk associated with scheduled principal and interest payments. The second element
represents Moody’s evaluation of risk associated with the ability to receive purchase price upon demand (“demand feature”). The second element uses a rating from a variation of the MIG scale called the Variable Municipal Investment
Grade (VMIG) scale. The rating transitions on the VMIG scale, as shown in the diagram below, differ from those on the Prime scale to reflect the risk that external liquidity support generally will terminate if the issuer’s long-term rating
drops below investment grade.
The VMIG 1
designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon
demand.
The VMIG 2 designation denotes strong
credit quality. Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
The VMIG 3 designation denotes acceptable credit
quality. Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
The SG designation denotes speculative-grade credit
quality. Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a liquidity provider that does not have an investment grade short-term rating or may lack the structural and/or legal protections necessary to ensure the timely payment of purchase
price upon demand.
Fitch’s Ratings
Corporate Finance Obligations – Long-Term Rating
Scales
AAA:
Highest credit
quality.
‘AAA’ ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by
foreseeable events.
AA:
Very high credit quality.
‘AA’ ratings denote expectations of very low credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable
to foreseeable events.
A:
High credit quality.
‘A’ ratings denote expectations of low credit risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to
adverse business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB:
Good credit
quality.
‘BBB’ ratings indicate that expectations of credit risk are currently low. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate but adverse business or economic conditions are more likely to impair this
capacity.
BB:
Speculative.
‘BB’ ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to credit risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time; however, business or financial
alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B:
Highly
speculative.
‘B’ ratings indicate that material credit risk is present.
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CCC:
Substantial
credit risk.
‘CCC’ ratings indicate that substantial credit risk is present.
CC:
Very high levels
of credit risk.
‘CC’ ratings indicate very high levels of credit risk.
C:
Exceptionally
high levels of credit risk.
‘C’ indicates exceptionally high levels of credit risk.
Defaulted obligations typically are not assigned
‘RD’ or ‘D’ ratings, but are instead rated in the ‘B’ to ‘C’ rating categories, depending upon their recovery prospects and other relevant characteristics. This approach better aligns obligations that
have comparable overall expected loss but varying vulnerability to default and loss.
Short-Term Ratings Assigned to Issuers or Obligations
in Corporate, Public and Structured Finance
F1:
Highest short-term credit quality.
Indicates the strongest intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit
feature.
F2:
Good short-term credit quality.
Good intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.
F3:
Fair short-term
credit quality.
The intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate.
B:
Speculative
short-term credit quality.
Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus heightened vulnerability to near term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
C:
High short-term
default risk.
Default is a real possibility.
RD:
Restricted
default.
Indicates an entity that has defaulted on one or more of its financial commitments, although it continues to meet other financial obligations. Typically applicable to entity ratings only.
D:
Default.
Indicates a broad-based default event for an entity, or the default of a short-term obligation.
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APPENDIX B — CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
AND PROXY VOTING PRINCIPLES
As active
investors, well informed investment research and stewardship of our clients’ investments are important aspects of our responsible investment activities. Our approach to this is framed in the relevant Responsible Investment Policies we maintain
and publish. These policy documents provide an overview of our approach in practice (e.g., around the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability research and analysis).
As part of this, acting as shareholders of a
company, we are charged with responsibility for exercising the voting rights associated with that share ownership. Unless clients decide otherwise, that forms part of the stewardship duty we owe our clients in managing their assets. Subject to
practical limitations, we therefore aim to exercise all voting rights for which we are responsible, although exceptions do nevertheless arise (for example, due to technical or administrative issues, including those related to Powers of Attorney,
share blocking, related option rights or the presence of other exceptional or market-specific issues). This provides us with the opportunity to use those voting rights to express our preferences on relevant aspects of the business of a company, to
highlight concerns to the board, to promote good practice and, when appropriate, to exercise related rights. In doing so we have an obligation to ensure that we do that in the best interests of our clients and in keeping with the mandate we have
from them.
Corporate governance has particular
importance to us in this context, which reflects our view that well governed companies are better positioned to manage the risks and challenges inherent in business, capture opportunities that help deliver sustainable growth and returns for our
clients. Governance is a term used to describe the arrangements and practices that frame how directors of a company organize and operate in leading and directing a business on behalf of the shareholders of the company. Such arrangements and
practices give effect to the mechanisms through which companies facilitate the exercise of shareholders’ rights and define the extent to which these are equitable for all shareholders.
We recognize that companies are not homogeneous and
some variation in governance structures and practice is to be expected. In formulating our approach, we are also mindful of best practice standards and codes that help frame good practice, including international frameworks and investment industry
guidance. While we are mindful of company and industry specific issues, as well as normal market practice, in considering the approach and proposals of a company we are guided solely by the best interests of our clients and will consider any issues
and related disclosures or explanations in that context.
This document sets out our views on key issues and
the broad principles that help shape our approach.
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Corporate Governance and Proxy Voting Principles
Shareholder Rights
The shareholder membership of listed companies is generally made up
(directly or indirectly) of diverse individuals and institutions whose views, interests, goals and time horizons can vary considerably. Nevertheless, as shareholders, having confidence that the capital we commit to a company will be protected from
misuse (e.g. from any potential agency conflicts) and will be prudently managed is important to us, our clients, and as a factor in the development and proper functioning of capital markets.
It is not the role of shareholders to micro manage
businesses, rather it is the role and duty of directors to promote the long-term success of their company as noted in the next section. Nevertheless, by virtue of their share-ownership interest and position, shareholders are afforded certain rights
to ensure, amongst other things, that appropriate leadership of the business is in place (e.g. through the appointment of the directors), review their performance (e.g. through receipt of the annual report & accounts, updates and general
meetings), approve the broad parameters of the company’s authorities (e.g. in agreeing capital authorities), or indeed to exercise other rights afforded to shareholders (e.g. to requisition matters for consideration at General meetings).
Shareholder rights, framed in law, regulation and a
company’s formational documents (i.e., bylaws or articles of association), are an important and integral part of corporate governance frameworks and the context in which we retain confidence in committing capital to businesses, to support
their growth, development and success. This is particularly true in terms of ensuring that minority shareholders’ rights and interests will be respected. Arrangements or actions that detract from these rights and interest (including control
distortions) need to be avoided.
While the
precise nature and scope of shareholder rights vary across jurisdictions and many related aspects of our expectations are touched upon in other parts of these Principles, a number merit direct mention in this context:
Equal treatment of all shareholders
One share one vote: Ordinary or common shares should feature one
vote for each share and discriminatory voting rights or equivalent arrangements are neither appropriate nor welcome. Companies need to disclose sufficient information about the key attributes of all of the group’s capital structure (including
minority interests in subsidiaries) to enable a proper understanding of the structures in place and their implications.
Controlling shareholder agreements: where a company
has a controlling shareholder (whether by virtue of the control of voting rights or through board representation) it should put an agreement in place to safeguard the independence of the company and ability of the board to fulfill its duties to the
shareholders as a whole.
Shareholder
approvals
Boards should ensure that shareholders have the
ability and right to:
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effectively
exercise their voting rights across the full range of business normally associated with general meetings of a company in line with market best practice (e.g. the election of individual directors, discharge authorities, capital authorities, auditor
appointment, major or related party transactions etc).
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place items on the
agenda of general meetings, and to propose resolutions subject to reasonable limitations;
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call a meeting of
shareholders for the purpose of transacting the legitimate business of the company; and
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that shareholder rights are not circumvented
through, for example, the introduction or maintenance of limitations in the company’s formational documents.
Shareholder engagement
Boards should ensure that:
■
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Clear, consistent
and effective reporting to shareholders is undertaken at regular intervals and that they remain aware of shareholder sentiment on major issues to do with the business, its strategy and performance. Where significant shareholder dissent is emerging
or apparent (e.g. through the voting levels seen at General Meetings), boards should act to address that.
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Boards should also
allow a reasonable opportunity for the shareholders at a general meeting to ask questions about or make comments on the management of the company, and to ask the external auditor questions related to the audit.
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As an institutional shareholder, stewardship is
about more than just voting and include monitoring and reviews of companies’ activities and developments. Where appropriate it may also include engagement with companies on matters such as strategy, performance, risk, capital structure,
standards of operational practice, including environmental, social and governance factors. Our broad approach to these stewardship responsibilities and activities are set out in our Global Stewardship Statement.
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The Board
Strong corporate governance starts with a balanced, effective, and
independent board. The directors are collectively responsible for the long-term success and ongoing evolution in the leadership of the company, within a framework of prudent and effective oversight, policies and controls.
The board is thus responsible for providing
leadership to the business, setting and monitoring the strategy, overseeing its management and implementation, as well as for ensuring that a culture of integrity and strong standards is maintained across all activities and operations. Not least
this should enable business opportunities and risk to be assessed and responded to appropriately.
Boards need to have appropriate independent
membership and an effective balance and diversity (re: skills, knowledge, experience, gender, approach and perspectives) that complements the strategy, operations and footprint of the business. For non-executive (supervisory) directors (NEDs), the
ability to provide objective input and scrutiny, on behalf of the shareholders, is essential in ensuring diversity of thought and integrity in board deliberations. In this context, the importance of true independence of thought is critical. NEDs
need to be reflective and thoughtful in their approach, being able to ask challenging, often difficult questions, while offering considered and constructive input to board discussions, based on sound judgement. The same holds true in terms of board
committee membership. Suitably independent committees are one important mechanism for non-executive/supervisory directors to achieve this, whether that is in respect of risk, audit, succession or remuneration, so as to enable them to participate
effectively as part of the board and in their role as directors of the business.
As part of this dynamic, well considered succession
planning, orientation, on-going briefings, updates and annual evaluations (that make regular use of external facilitation) of the board, its sub-committees and members are essential.
All directors should be able to allocate sufficient
time to the company to discharge their responsibilities fully and effectively and have an appropriate knowledge of the business and access to its operations and staff. Given the important role and duties of a board member, it is important that
directors are not over-boarded and can maintain consistent participation at all their board and committee meetings and their wider engagement with the companies they lead.
All directors should be subject to annual election.
However, in markets where that is not normal or best practice, we expect all directors to be subject to re-election in line with local market best practice, but in any case, at least every 4 years. At the same time, arrangements that might entrench
boards or management, or otherwise insulate them from accountability, should be avoided.
Given their role and duties, directors should also
ensure that they are well informed about the views and/or concerns of shareholders, as well as understanding the dynamic around their broader stakeholders (including bondholders, pension fund trustees, employees, customers, suppliers and the
communities they operate in).
Chair of the
Board
The Board Chair has a crucial function in providing
leadership in the boardroom, setting the right context in terms of the board’s overall responsibility for the oversight of the business and its strategy. It is the Board Chair’s role to manage the board agenda and the provision of
information to directors, as well as to ensure open boardroom discussion that enables the directors to have effective dialogue and provide the constructive challenge that a company needs. This role is distinct from the role of a chief executive
officer who leads the day-to-day running of the business and implementation of the strategy.
We expect the Board Chair (or lead/senior
independent director) to ensure that the board is aware of the views and considers concerns raised by shareholders, whether through ongoing dialogue and engagement with shareholders or where notable dissent has been indicated through shareholder
voting.
We recognise that in some markets the
combination of roles is not uncommon, nevertheless we regard the separation of the roles of the Board Chair and the CEO to be a matter of good practice and governance. In light of experience, we consider that this separation encourages collegial
decision-making on matters of importance for a public company, and a balanced board, and it also mitigates potential conflicts of interest. Not least it also helps mitigate against the risk of a concentration of decision making powers in the hands
of a single individual. Separation is deemed to improve the board’s capacity for independent decision making and increases accountability.
The Chair of the Board’s role should be
complemented by an independent non-executive director appointed as the senior or lead independent director, who can provide a sounding board for the chairman and serve as a deputy and intermediary for the other directors and, indeed, shareholders
when necessary.
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Capital Management
Prudent capital management is a key building block for the
long-term success of a business, supporting the strategy and ensuring its ability to weather adverse economic conditions. Clarity on financial capital, disciplines and how they relate to the strategy for growth, capital investment and M&A, or to
share buybacks, dividends and/or other distributions, is a critical ingredient in building a shared understanding of the business with shareholders and other providers of capital.
From a shareholder perspective the rationale for and
potential dilution from equity capital issuances and, for example, the risks of poorly timed or structured share buybacks are important considerations in granting capital authorities at shareholder meetings. These activities can have significant
implications and need to be approached by boards and management with care and consideration for shareholder interests.
In seeking shareholder approval for equity capital
issuance authorities, companies should ensure the rationale for policy on, and approach to, the use of such authorities is disclosed. Routine disapplication of pre-emption rights (pro-rata rights of first refusal) should not exceed 10% (or lower
where that is market practice) and authorities should be structured in line with best practice.
Similarly, prudent management of debt through the
cycle is important. Boards should ensure they monitor and oversee the maintenance of prudent levels of debt (e.g. average net-debt not just the year-end position) and leverage in the business and balance sheet, which should extend to contingent and
off-balance sheet liabilities. They should also ensure that sudden spikes in leverage can be explained in the context of the broader long-term business strategy. Large, unexplained or unjustified authorities to issue debt, or to increase or remove
debt limits set out in a company’s formational documents, can raise potentially significant concerns for both long-term shareholders and bondholders, which the board needs to be mindful of. Taking on debt solely to fund buybacks and/or hit
‘per-share’ targets such as EPS established under short-term variable remuneration schemes is neither good practice nor welcome.
Any exceptional cases should be supported by a
substantive justification and explained properly to shareholders.
Major Transactions
Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and disposals are a regular
feature of business and the capital markets. In many cases these are a normal part of the management and development of a business and the implementation of its strategy. However, large, inappropriate or poorly executed transactions can also lead to
operational issues, significant write-downs and shareholder value destruction.
Boards should be actively involved in the planning
for and assessment of potential transactions, ensuring that an appropriately disciplined approach (to both acquisitions and disposals) is maintained that is clearly aligned with the strategy. Ensuring appropriate and effective oversight of such
activity is critical and monitoring the integration and subsequent performance against plan and related objectives (including synergies) is an important role of the board.
Where major transactions are not subject to
shareholder approval, companies should consider the views of their major shareholders, subject to regulatory constraints and shareholders’ policies on being made ‘insiders’.
Related Party Transactions
The scope for conflicts and abuse in related party transactions in
any market is a potentially significant issue. Such concerns can arise in relation to individual transactions or from the number, nature or pattern of them. Alongside appropriate procedures to identify and manage conflicts of interest, boards should
have a robust, independent process for reviewing, approving and monitoring related party transactions (both individual transactions and in aggregate).
A committee of independent directors, with the
ability to take independent advice, should review related party transactions, their nature and their incidence or aggregate levels, to determine whether they are necessary, appropriate and in the best interests of the company and, if so, agree what
terms are fair for other shareholders. All related party transactions should be reported to the board and be subject to approval. The company should also disclose transactions that are significant, whether by virtue of their materiality to the
business, the individuals involved or given the risk of perceived conflicts of interest, along with the rationale for allowing them.
Where a related party transaction is allowed to
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Tax Management
Tax management, approached prudently and legally, is part of the
responsible management of a company’s affairs. Artificial or ‘aggressive’ tax strategies and constructs create imprudent risks for a company. They can pose potentially significant reputation and commercial risks for those that are,
or are perceived to be, pushing the boundaries of tax practice by, for example, exploiting loopholes and tax havens to avoid paying tax. The same reputation risks hold in respect of the directors of companies involved in such practices and the
perception of the culture and attitudes it evidences. This applies equally to the use of tax avoidance structures in executive compensation arrangements, as it does at a corporate level.
From an investor perspective, tax management offers
an insight into the culture predominant in a company and the attitudes and risk appetite of the management and directors. It also offers an additional indicator on the quality of earnings, risk and potential liabilities of a business, which can be
relevant in terms of valuation and the investment quality of a business.
We expect the board to take a responsible approach
to overseeing a company’s approach to and policy on tax and the related risks, to ensure that the company’s approach is and remains prudent and sustainable. The risks arising from engineered tax optimization practices should be
understood and avoided; those arising from policy reforms (e.g. those being coordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and other authorities) should be properly mitigated. The board should regularly review the
business’s tax policy, its implementation and the related risks, as well as in response to significant events that may affect it. A summary of the tax policy and related codes of conduct should be published by companies, highlighting the
approach to managing the associated risks.
In
terms of changes in tax domicile or re-incorporation, while economic benefit may be gained, there should be no diminution of shareholders rights as a result of the changes, nor triggering of variable compensation as a result of the associated
technical, legal or structural changes required.
Annual Report and Accounts
Annual reports and accounts are a key reference document for
shareholders and the providers of a company’s long-term capital. They should provide a summary account of the board’s stewardship of the business that year (as opposed say to being designed or prepared for a secondary market context i.e.
decision usefulness), whilst setting a direction of travel for the future.
In the annual report, the board should present a
fair, balanced and understandable assessment of the company’s strategy, business plan, objectives, KPIs, capital and assets, operations, risks, challenges, performance and prospects in its annual report. This should include how the
business’ approach is adapting to major trends (e.g. from technology, climate change or demographics etc) that could have a material impact on the business and the related risks and opportunities it sees and how they affect the sustainability
of the business and its long-term prospects.
The annual financial statements (accounts) need to
be prepared on a prudent basis and present a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the business, its assets, liabilities, financial position and distributable profit or the loss. Boards should ensure that aggressive accounting practices are
avoided and recognise that headline compliance with accounting standards, where significant judgement and discretion can be used, is unlikely of itself to effectively provide comfort that a ‘true & fair view’ is being maintained.
Boards should ensure company practice does not fall into the trap of accounting form over substance.
The annual report and accounts are a reflection of
the quality and prudence of management and the board of directors. Managements should strive for perfection in delivering these important documents. Errors and omissions may ultimately factor in our view toward the constitution and effectiveness of
management and the board.
While recognizing
the differences that exist in market norms and dynamics, we expect companies to plan for and look to the long-term in their reporting. The board should ensure that the company does not become fixated on quarterly numbers at the expense of investment
for the long-term.
External Audit
The statutory audit is a significant and important shareholder and
creditor protection mechanism, to which we attach considerable importance. Its purpose is to protect the company itself from errors, omissions or, potentially, wrongdoing, as well as to signal any issues to shareholders to enable them to engage with
the directors, not least through the general meeting.
Companies should, therefore, ensure that the
relationship with the auditor is clearly owned and overseen by the Audit Committee and that they maintain a robust, independent and effective audit and that the auditors are and are seen to be independent. As part of this, companies should have a
clear policy on the approach to and timeframes for re-tendering the audit contract.
Non-audit work should be kept to a minimum, require
prior audit committee approval and largely be restricted to audit related work. Audit committees should also oversee any work undertaken by other audit firms to ensure that the company’s options and choice of alternative auditors is not
compromised by potential conflicts.
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Internal Audit and Risk Committees
Companies need to maintain an effective system of internal control,
which should be measured against internationally accepted standards of internal audit and tested periodically for its adequacy.
Companies are encouraged to have an internal audit
function that supports the board and executives in the oversight and management of risks. We expect financial institutions to maintain a separate risk committee and support this practice, where appropriate, in other companies.
Compensation/Remuneration
Executive pay has been a persistent area of concern and controversy
over the years. Given the problems around executive pay inflation, widening pay differentials, questions about the linkage with performance and perceived rewards for failure, and complexity, compensation (remuneration) committees need to ensure a
prudent approach is maintained.
We expect a
substantial proportion of executive pay to be performance based, vesting according to the achievement of stretching performance metrics that are clearly aligned with the company’s strategy, management’s value creation and the experience
of its shareholders. In terms of pay and overall employee costs, we will have particular regard to the relative levels of pay compared to the performance of the business, distributions to shareholders.
Across a company’s pay arrangements,
structural or technical provisions that can weaken or undermine the principle of pay for performance, need to be avoided. Similarly, we are generally supportive of local market best practices that enhance the alignment of pay and performance, such
as retention and deferral arrangements, malus/clawback, reasonable all-employee share schemes etc. Consideration should also be given to the emerging disclosures required around pay ratios and the ramifications for the companies in which we
invest.
Broadly speaking, compensation
(remuneration) committees should look to ensure that their company’s pay arrangements are:
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Where a company consults with its shareholders on
its executive pay arrangements, the compensation (remuneration) committee chair should take ownership and lead that process, ensuring proper two-way dialogue, as deference to consultants undermines credibility. That said, pay is only one aspect of
the dialogue we need to have or prioritise with companies. As a result, we would note that, generally, we only look to participate directly in such consultations where we are a significant shareholder.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Practices
Broader ESG practices provide shareholders with an
additional lens into the quality, leadership, strategic focus and operational standards of practice of a business. Reflecting our philosophy on the importance of integrating ESG considerations into our assessment of how well a business is run, we
will consider the level and effectiveness of ESG disclosure made by companies in their annual reports and other materials. Our focus will be on those factors deemed material to businesses in a given sector with a focus on practices deemed
unsustainable or in need of improvement to protect shareholder value.
We aim to assess company’s focus, management
and effectiveness in dealing with the environmental and social issues most relevant to their business. In cases where management and the board have not demonstrated adequate efforts to be transparent and address or mitigate material ESG issues, or
are considered to be failing to adequately address current or emergent risks that may threaten shareholder value in future, we may take voting action to highlight this.
We will also be mindful of companies’
adherence to proper standards of operational practices and where, for example, those practices fail to meet generally accepted international standards (e.g. adherence to the UN Global Compact, UN Convention on Human Rights or International Labour
Organisation Core Labor Standards), this will be taken into account as part of our deliberations on voting action.
Shareholder Resolutions
As part of this focus, shareholder resolutions represent the
exercise of a key shareholder right, although they can encompass a wide range of issues. However, they are commonly focused on environmental and social issues.
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We assess shareholder resolutions in light of good
practice, the standards already applied by a company, how proportionate the proposals are, their alignment with our philosophy and approach, as well any potential conflicts with our client’s interests. We will also have regard to whether a
shareholder resolution is binding in nature or advisory (non-binding) in applying these considerations.
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APPENDIX C — DESCRIPTION OF STATE
RISK FACTORS
The state tax-exempt and
state municipal bond Funds invest primarily in municipal securities issued by a single state and political sub-divisions of that state. Each state tax-exempt and state municipal bond Fund will be particularly affected by political and economic
conditions and developments in the state in which it invests. This exposure to factors affecting the state’s tax-exempt investments will be significantly greater than that of more geographically diversified funds, and may result in greater
losses and volatility. Because of the relatively small number of issuers of tax-exempt securities in a given state, the Fund may invest a higher percentage of assets in a single issuer and, therefore, be more exposed to the risk of loss than a fund
that invests more broadly. At times, the Fund and other accounts managed by the Investment Manager may own all or most of the debt of a particular issuer. This concentration of ownership may make it more difficult to sell, or to determine the fair
value of, these investments. In addition, a Fund may focus on a segment of the tax-exempt debt market, such as revenue bonds for health care facilities, housing or airports. These investments may cause the value of a Fund’s shares to change
more than the values of shares of funds that invest more diversely. The yields on the securities in which the Funds invest generally are dependent on a variety of factors, including among others, the financial condition of the issuer or other
obligor, the revenue source from which the debt service is payable, general economic and monetary conditions, conditions in the relevant market, the size of a particular issue, the maturity of the obligation, and the rating of the issue. In addition
to such factors, geographically concentrated securities will be particularly sensitive to local conditions, including political and economic changes, adverse conditions to an industry significant to the area, and other further developments within a
particular locality. Because many tax-exempt bonds may be revenue or general obligations of local governments or authorities, ratings on tax-exempt bonds may be different from the ratings given to the general obligation bonds of a particular
state.
Certain events may adversely affect
investments within a particular sector in a state. Examples include litigation, legislation or court decisions, concerns about pending or contemplated litigation, legislation or court decisions, or lower demand for the services or products provided
by a sector. Investing mostly in state-specific, tax-exempt investments makes the Funds more vulnerable to the relevant state’s economy and to factors affecting tax-exempt issuers in the state than would be true for more geographically
diversified funds. These risks include, among others:
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State Specific Information
The following discussion regarding certain economic,
financial and legal matters pertaining to the states, U.S. territories and possessions referenced below, and their political subdivisions is drawn from the documents indicated below and does not purport to be a complete description or a complete
listing of all relevant factors. More information about state specific risks may be available from other official state resources. The information has not been updated nor will it be updated during the year. The Funds have not independently verified
any of the information contained in such documents and are not expressing any opinion regarding the completeness or materiality of such information. The information is subject to change at any time. Any such change may adversely affect the financial
condition of the applicable state, U.S. territory or possession.
Estimates and projections, if any, contained in the
following summaries should not be construed as statements of fact; such estimates and projections are based on assumptions that may be affected by numerous factors and there can be no assurance that such estimates and projections will be realized or
achieved. Discussions regarding the financial condition of a particular state or U.S. territory or possession may not be relevant to Municipal Obligations issued by political subdivisions of that state or U.S. territory or possession. Moreover, the
general economic conditions discussed may or may not affect issuers of the obligations of these states, U.S. territories or possessions.
California
Unless otherwise noted, the following information has
been obtained from the Official Statement, dated April 17, 2018, for the following bonds: $2,147,000,000 State of California General Obligation Bonds, $947,000,000 Various Purpose General Obligation Bonds and $1200,000,000 Various Purpose General
Obligation Refunding Bonds (collectively, the “California 2018 Bonds”).
Current Economic Condition.
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The State of California (California) has the largest
economy among the 50 states and one of the largest in the world with major components in high technology, trade, entertainment, government, manufacturing, tourism, construction and services. The relative proportion of the various components of the
California economy closely resembles the make-up of the national economy. The California economy continues to benefit from broad-based growth.
California is by far the most populous state in the
nation, nearly 50 percent larger than the second-ranked state according to the 2010 U.S. Census. The estimate of California’s population as of July 2017 was 39.6 million residents, which was 12 percent of the total United States
population.
California, and the United States
as a whole, continued to experience economic growth during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017. California’s economy continued to improve during the first half of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, adding 278,900 jobs since June 30, 2017,
with 10 out of 11 industry sectors experiencing job growth. The number of jobs added in the first six months of fiscal year 2017-18 already exceeds the total jobs added in the prior fiscal year.
California’s personal income rose 4.1 percent
in fiscal year 2016-2017, outperforming the national increase of 2.7 percent. In addition to an increase in California’s workforce, two other factors contributed to the State’s personal income growth. First, due to California’s
much tighter job market, employers raised pay to attract and retain workers. Second, at the beginning of 2017, the minimum wage in California was increase to either $10 or $10.50 per hour, depending on the number of employees of a business. The
minimum wage in California will continue to increase each year until it reaches $15 per hour in 2023 for all businesses.
California’s real GDP increased by 3.3 percent
in 2016, and totaled $2.6 trillion at current prices, making California the sixth largest economy in the world. California’s unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent in February 2018, the lowest on record dating back to 1976. As the labor market
is tightening, job growth has been gradually slowing, with an average monthly gain of 29,000 jobs in 2017. Average wages are starting to rise but at a slower rate than in previous periods of very low unemployment due in part to the baby boomer
retirement. While this demographic shift slowed labor force growth to only 0.6 percent in 2017, growth is expected to rise back to the population growth rate of 0.8 percent after to2018 as wage increase generated by a tight labor market will attract
more, relatively younger workers into the labor force.
Consumer prices are slowly starting to move modestly
higher as commodity prices stabilize and wages continue to rise. California inflation rose 2.9 percent in 2017 and is expected to increase by 3.0 percent in 2018 and 2.9 percent in 2019. Inflation remained concentrated in housing most notably in
California since 2014. Housing inflation climbed 3.3 percent in the U.S. and 4.9 percent in California in 2017. Housing permits are starting to grow at a faster rate, but there is still a shortage after years of permits lagging population growth.
Housing permits issued by local authorities are expected to remain well below levels needed to account for population growth, a trend that is expected to continue throughout the forecast. Housing costs will continue to grow, increasing overall
inflation for California.
State Budget.
California’s 2017-18 Budget Act was enacted on
June 27, 2017. The Budget Act appropriated $183.3 billion: $125.1 billion from the General Fund, $54.9 billion from special funds, and $3.3 billion from bond funds. The General Fund’s budgeted expenditures increased $3.7 billion (3.0 percent)
over the previous year’s General Fund budget. The General Fund’s revenues were projected to be $125.9 billion, after a $1.8 billion transfer to the Budget Stabilization Account, the State’s rainy day fund. General Fund revenue
comes predominantly from taxes, with personal income taxes expected to provide 70.0 percent of total revenue. California’s major taxes (personal income, sales and use, and corporation taxes) are projected to supply approximately 97.3 percent
of the General Fund’s resources in the 2017-18 fiscal year.
For fiscal year 2017-18, the projected $2.8 billion
of increased revenue will be mainly spent on the maintenance and rehabilitation of state highways and local streets and roads, and on transit-related projects. In addition, the 2017-18 spending plan allocates an estimated $2.6 billion in
cap-and-trade auction revenues to certain transportation and housing programs; to other programs intended to reduce emissions from vehicles, heavy-duty equipment, and agricultural activities; and to fund forestry and fire prevention activities. The
increase in health and human services spending results from the allocation of $1.3 billion from increased tax revenue on tobacco products to California’s Medi-Cal programs and a $400 million increase in General Fund assistance to counties for
in-home supportive services costs.
Despite the
recent significant budgetary improvements, there remain a number of budget risks that threaten the financial condition of California’s General Fund, including the threat of recession, potentially unfavorable changes to federal fiscal policies,
and the significant unfunded liabilities of the two main retirement systems managed by state entities, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS).
California has committed to significant increases in annual payments to these systems to reduce the unfunded liabilities, including a $6 billion supplemental pension payment to CalPERS in fiscal year 2017-2018 that the Department of Finance projects
will save $11 billion (net of interest cost on the loan used to make this supplemental pension payment) in state contributions to CalPERS from all state fund sources over the next two decades, assuming actuarial and investment assumptions are
realized. As of the
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2018-2019 Governor’s Budget, total savings over the next two
decades for the General Fund and the special funds that contribute to CalPERS, net of principal of and interest payments on the loan, is estimated to be $4.8 billion. The amount of estimated savings allocable to each such fund will generally be
proportionate to its share of the payments on the loan. Approximately half of the total loan payments are expected to come from the General Fund.
California also has a significant unfunded liability
with respect to other post-employment benefits (OPEB). Strategies to prefund these costs were established in 2015, and today, nearly all California State employees now contribute towards prefunding the OPEB costs.
California has historically been susceptible to
wildfires and hydrologic variability. However, as greenhouse gas emissions continue to accumulate, climate change will intensify and increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as coastal storm surges, drought, wildfires, floods and heat
waves, and raise sea levels along the coast. The future fiscal impact of climate change on the State is difficult to predict, but it could be significant.
There can be no assurances that California will not
face fiscal stress and cash pressures again, or that other changes in the State or national economies will not materially adversely affect the financial condition of the California’s General Fund.
Real Estate and Housing.
California’s real estate market showed
continued growth during the fiscal year, with the number of residential building permits issued increasing by 10.7 percent, to nearly 108,000 units, compared to the prior fiscal year. However, commercial construction permits fell 4.0 percent from
the prior year. The median price of homes in California increased during the fiscal year by 7.0 percent, higher than the 5.4 percent increase in the prior fiscal year. The state’s median home price in June 2017 was over $555,000, more than
double the national median price of $263,000.
Long-Term Debt.
As of February 1, 2018, California had approximately
$82.3 billion of outstanding general obligation bonds and lease revenue bonds payable principally from the State’s General Fund or from lease payments paid from the operating budget of the respective lessees, which operating budgets are
primarily, but not exclusively, derived from the General Fund. As of February 1, 2018, there were approximately $32.1 billion of authorized and unissued long-term voter-approved general obligation bonds which, when issued, will be payable
principally from the General Fund and approximately $4.2 billion of authorized and unissued lease revenue bonds.
Certain State agencies and authorities issue revenue
obligations for which the General Fund has no liability. These revenue obligations are either payable from state revenue-producing enterprises and projects, and not payable from the General Fund, or are conduit obligations payable only from revenues
paid by local governments or private users of facilities financed by the revenue obligations. California has always paid when due the principal of and interest on its general obligation bonds, general obligation commercial paper notes, lease-revenue
obligations and short-term obligations, including revenue anticipation notes and revenue anticipation warrants.
Bond Ratings.
Three major credit rating
agencies, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), and Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”), assigned ratings to the California 2018 Bonds, as follows: Moody’s assigned
a rating of “Aa3,” S&P assigned a rating of “AA-,” and Fitch assigned a rating of “AA-.” It is not possible to determine whether, or the extent to which, Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch will change its
respective rating in the future. In addition, ratings assigned to individual Municipal Obligations vary.
Georgia
Unless otherwise noted, the following information has
been obtained from disclosure contained in the Supplement dated July 2, 2018, to the Official Statement, dated June 20, 2018, (the “Georgia Official Statement”), for the $839,530,000 General Obligation Bonds 2018A and the $389,095,000
General Obligation Bonds 2018B (Federally Taxable) (collectively, the “Georgia 2018 Bonds”).
Current Economic Condition.
Georgia is the eighth largest state with an
estimated population of 10.3 million people. Georgia has an economic base that is diverse with major port facilities on the coast, agricultural resources throughout the State, manufacturing and services industries, and is a major transportation
center with one of the busiest airports in the nation. Many factors indicate that Georgia’s economy is continuing to recover from the Great Recession. Some of these indicators include job growth, personal income growth, lower initial
unemployment claims and the recovery of home prices.
Non-farm employment in the Georgia has grown at a
moderate pace over the last year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, non-farm employment grew by over 67,000 jobs from April 2017 to April 2018; a growth rate of 1.5 percent.
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Georgia’s employment growth has been well
diversified across sectors. On a year over year, three month moving average basis as of April 2018, the construction sector has experienced the largest percentage growth at 6.4 percent, followed by education and health at 3.4 percent, and leisure
and hospitality at 2.7 percent. The weakest performing sector over this period was the information sector which reported job declines of 4.5 percent.
On a regional basis, Georgia’s employment
growth also has been well diversified across metro areas. Eleven of the fourteen metro areas in Georgia that are tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics posted net job growth on a year over year, three month moving average basis as of April
2018. Two additional metro areas reported no change and one reported net job losses. Three metro areas reported job growth of 2.5 percent or higher for this period: Gainesville, Augusta, and Athens. Atlanta, the largest metro area posted growth of
1.7 percent for this period. Albany posted negative net job growth of 0.2 percent.
Over the last year, Georgia’s unemployment
rate has continued to track down, similar to the U.S. unemployment rate. As of April 2018, Georgia’s unemployment rate is 4.3 percent, down from 4.9 percent in April 2017. The improvement in Georgia’s unemployment rate has been
accompanied by a growing labor force and growth in household employment.
Personal income growth in Georgia is moderate.
Growth on a year over year basis equals 4.5 percent as of the 4th quarter of 2017. This compares to growth in U.S. personal income of 4.0 percent for the same quarter. Personal income growth in Georgia has exceeded that of the U.S. on a year over
year basis since the first quarter of 2012. Income from wages and salaries in Georgia has grown more slowly than total personal income over the last few quarters. Income from wages and salaries grew at 4.4 percent year over year in 4th quarter 2017
compared to growth of 4.5 percent for total personal income.
State Budget.
Georgia’s amended fiscal year 2017-18 budget
(the Amended FY 2018 Budget) anticipates state general fund revenues growth of 2.7 percent over the fiscal year 2016-17 state general fund revenue collections and total tax revenue growth of 2.9 percent over the fiscal year 2016-17 tax revenue
collections. The Amended FY 2018 budget was increased over the original fiscal year 2017-18 budget by $415.7 million, which includes both $232.7 million for the mid-year K-12 adjustment and an additional $183 million in revenue resulting from higher
than anticipated growth in individual income and sales taxes as well as title ad valorem taxes. For both the original FY 2018 budget and the Amended FY 2018 budget, state agencies were not required to submit budget reductions. New revenues are
projected to be sufficient to cover growth needs in core spending areas in addition to funding select one-time budget needs. The required contributions for state retirement systems were fully funded in the original FY 2018 budget with no additional
funding required in the Amended FY 2018 budget.
The Amended FY 2017 budget funds growth needs in
education and human services and provides additional funding (over the original FY 2018 adopted budget amounts) to local governments and school systems, and supporting economic development efforts. The Amended FY 2017 budget includes $101.4 million
for a mid-term adjustment for K-12 education; $15.7 million for school busses for local school systems; $9.6 million for growth in the Dual Enrollment program; $8.2 million in additional lottery funds for growth in the HOPE Scholarships programs;
$28.2 million for the Indignant Care Trust Fund and Medicaid; $1.2 million for hospitals to offset costs due to the high number of flu cases; $15.1 million to meet increased demand in child welfare services programs; $3.5 million for autism services
for children under 21; $25.9 million for airport runway extension projects to spur economic development and business investment in rural areas; $60.7 million in additional funds for Forestland Protection Act reimbursements; $10 million for the
Governor’s Emergency Fund; and $10 million for grants to local communities for beach nourishment infrastructure projects.
Georgia’s fiscal year 2018-19 budget (the
“FY 2019 Budget”) revenue estimate assumes tax revenue growth of 4.1 percent and state general fund revenue growth of 4.1 percent compared to Amended FY 2018 budget revenue estimates. As in fiscal year 2018, no reductions to agency
budgets were necessary in fiscal year 2019, and anticipated revenue growth is sufficient meet expected growth in K-12 education, higher education, and the State’s child welfare programs.
The FY 2019 Budget includes an additional $510
million for K-12 education, including $114.9 million for enrollment growth and training and experience, $166.8 million to eliminate remaining austerity adjustments and fully fund the Quality Basic Education funding formula, and $30.7 million in
additional assistance for low-wealth systems. The budget also provides $227.5 million for higher education, including $54.3 million to fully fund enrollment growth for Georgia’s University System, $82.4 million in federal funds to transfer to
the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development from the Department of Economic Development to leverage workforce development initiatives and education resources to meet industry workforce training demands, $68.1 million in additional lottery
funds to provide a 3 percent increase in the award amount for the HOPE scholarships and grants, and $26.7 million for growth in the Dual Enrollment program. the additional funds for K-12 and higher education also include $364.9 million to meet the
actuarially determined employer contribution to the Teachers Retirement System.
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Funding in the FY 2019 budget for human services
includes an additional $240.9 million for Medicaid, $41.2 million to meet increased demand in child welfare programs, $19.1 million for behavioral health services as recommended by the Commission on Children’s Mental Health, and $11.8 million
for additional waivers and services as part of the DOJ settlement extension. Transportation funding includes $31.6 million for transportation projects as a result of additional revenues from HB 170 and $235 million in general obligation bonds,
including $100 million for transit, and $35 million for the Savannah Harbor Deepening project.
Real Estate and Housing.
The housing sector in Georgia and nationally is
continuing to recover. Home prices have been rising on a year over year basis since late 2012. The S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index for the Atlanta metropolitan area is up 6.1 percent as of March 2018 compared to March 2017. This growth is
slightly slower than that posted by the composite index for 20 metro areas nationwide, which came in at 6.7 percent.
Home sales have moved erratically month to month
with large increases and decreases from the prior month. On a year over year basis as of April 2018, existing home sales are down 0.5 percent while new home sales are up 7.5 percent. U.S. and Georgia housing starts are trending up.
While mortgage credit quality has eroded a bit in
recent quarters with small increases in delinquency rates and foreclosure rates, they remain quite low by historical standards. Foreclosure rates and mortgage delinquency rates in Georgia remain above the U.S. averages, which is the historical
norm.
Long-Term Debt.
As of June 30, 2018, Georgia’s outstanding
general obligation bond indebtedness was $8,994,040,000. Georgia projected that, subsequent to the issuance of the Georgia 2018 Bonds, Georgia’s general obligation bonds outstanding would equal $9,832,825,000.
Bond Ratings.
Three major credit rating agencies, Moody’s,
S&P, and Fitch, assigned ratings to the Georgia 2018 Bonds, as follows: Moody’s assigned a rating of “Aaa,” S&P assigned a rating of “AAA,” and Fitch assigned a rating of “AAA.” It is not possible to
determine whether, or the extent to which, Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch will change its respective rating in the future. In addition, ratings assigned to individual Municipal Obligations may vary.
Maryland
Unless otherwise noted, the following information has
been obtained from disclosures contained in the Official Statement, dated March 7, 2018, for the $525,000,000 State of Maryland General Obligation Bonds, State and Local Facilities Loan of 2018, First Series (the “Maryland 2018
Bonds”).
Current Economic
Condition.
Maryland’s population in 2017
is estimated to have approximately 6.1 million. Maryland is more reliant on the service and government sectors than the nation as a whole, while the manufacturing sector is much less significant than it is nationwide. Between 2011 and 2016, total
personal income in Maryland has grown 2.8 percent annually, compared to a national growth rate of 3.8 percent. During this period, both wage and salary income, roughly half of total personal income, and supplements to wages and salaries (nonwage
benefits) have grown at a lower rate in Maryland than nationally. Investment income (income derived from dividends, interest, and rent) also did not keep pace with the nation as a whole. However, proprietors’ income grew faster in Maryland
than the nation. The difference in growth of the residence adjustment income earned y residents who work outside of Maryland or the nation is not very meaningful, because the residence adjustment is 6.6 percent of Maryland personal income, but less
three basis points of national personal income.
Maryland’s labor force totaled 3.2 million
individuals in 2016, including agricultural and nonagricultural employment, the unemployed, the self-employed, and residents who commute to jobs in other states. The government, retail trade, and service sectors (notably professional and business,
and educational and health) are the leading areas of employment in Maryland. Following the collapse of the housing market beginning in 2008, the construction and finance industries realized significant job losses, and as the broader recession took
hold, several other Maryland industries were severely impacted. In the aggregate, Maryland lost 5.6 percent of its jobs in the recession while the nation lost 6.3 percent, both reaching the trough in February 2010. Though through November 2017,
Maryland and the nation have gained back 106.0 percent and 106.4 percent of those lost jobs, respectively. The unemployment rates in November 2017 for Maryland and the nation were 3.9 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively.
Maryland’s five largest sectors represented
79.1 percent of total employment in 2016. As is often the case, government employment in Maryland acted as a stabilizing factor during the recession. Although Maryland federal government employment declined in 2013 and 2014, decreasing 1.2 percent
and 1.1 percent respectively, other states lost a disproportionally larger share
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of federal government employment. However, as direct federal
employment accounts for roughly 5.4 percent of jobs in Maryland, the impact was relatively acute. Furthermore, the federal budget sequester is suspected to have engendered a stronger negative impact in Maryland compared to the nation as a whole.
More recently, in 2015 and 2016, the federal government actually added positions while Maryland State government was a drag on total government employment.
State Budget.
Maryland’s General Assembly enacted the fiscal
year 2018 Budget (the “2018 Budget”) on March 28, 2017. The 2018 Budget included $17,240.3 million in spending for, among other things: (1) $7,528.6 million in aid to local governments from general funds; (2) $4,692.2 million to support
public health services in the Department of Health, including $3,225.4 million for the Medicaid Program; (3) $10.0 million for the State Reserve Fund; and (4) funds for Maryland’s retirement and pension systems.
The 2018 Budget funded debt service on the
Maryland’s general obligation bonds with $259.4 million in general funds, $975.9 million in special funds primarily from state property tax revenues, and $11.5 million in federal funds reflecting the interest subsidy on current outstanding
ARRA Bonds (this number reflects estimated sequester reductions for federal fiscal year 2018). Maryland also received a $94.1 million bond premium from the August 2017 general obligation bond sale. The project amount of state property tax revenues
reflects a property tax rate of 11.2 cents (per $100 of taxable assed value), a rate unchanged from fiscal year 2017.
Real Estate and Housing.
The residential real estate market continues to
expand in Maryland. Since the housing price trough in 2011, median prices have increased for five of the six years to 2017. Notably, the median price in 2017 is 8.8 percent less than its 2006 peak and sales volume in 2017 was 17.4 percent below its
2005 peak. Of course, a return to prior peaks would not be expected in the short run in the absence of an unsustainable housing bubble. As a result of the housing bubble bursting, the percentage of loans in the foreclosure process increased
substantially in both Maryland and the nation. Since mid-2012 the percentage of loans in foreclosure has been higher in Maryland than the nation as a whole; this elevated number of foreclosures was expected as Maryland employs a judicial foreclosure
process. As of the third quarter of 2017, the percentage of loans in foreclosure in Maryland is 1.6 percent, equivalent to levels observed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Long-Term Debt.
Maryland had $12,930.8 million of net state
tax-supported debt outstanding as of December 31, 2017. General obligation bonds accounted for $9,256.3 million of that amount. In fiscal year 2018, debt service on general obligation bonds is paid primarily from state property tax receipts.
Department of Transportation bonds outstanding account for another $2,947.8 million of state tax-supported debt as of December 31, 2017. The debt service on those bonds is is payable from taxes and fees related to moto vehicles and motor vehicle
fuel, a portion of the corporate income tax and a portion of the sales and use tax on short-term vehicle rentals. Debt obligations issued by the Maryland Stadium Authority in the form of lease-backed revenue bonds and equipment and energy lease
financing account from $111.4 million of state tax-supported debt outstanding as of December 31, 2017.
Maryland has also financed construction and
acquisition of various other facilities and equipment through lease-type financing in the amount of $304.6 million. There was $206.6 million of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle bonds outstanding as of December 31, 2017. Debt service is paid from a
portion of Maryland’s federal highway aid. As of the same period, the Water Quality Financing Administration of the Maryland Department of Environment had Bay Restoration Revenue Bonds outstand in the amount of $292.9 million. As of December
31, 2017, Maryland had $1.9 billion of authorized but unissued debt.
Bond Ratings.
Three major credit rating agencies, Moody’s,
S&P, and Fitch, assigned ratings to the Maryland 2018 Bonds, as follows: Moody’s assigned a rating of “Aaa,” S&P assigned a rating of “AAA,” and Fitch assigned a rating of “AAA.” It is not possible
to determine whether, or the extent to which, Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch will change its respective rating in the future. In addition, ratings assigned to individual Municipal Obligations may vary.
Minnesota
Unless otherwise noted, the following information is
based on disclosure contained in the Preliminary Official Statement, dated July 25, 2018, for the $619,370,000 State of Minnesota General Obligation State Bonds (the “Minnesota 2018 Bonds”), and the February 2018 Budget & Economic
Forecast, published by the Minnesota Management and Budget Department (the “Forecast”).
MN State GO (preliminary statement)
Current Economic Condition.
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According to the Forecast, Minnesota’s steady
economic performance continues. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reports the State’s real GDP rose 2.1 percent in 2016, 0.6 percentage points higher than the nation, and that rate of growth continued into the third quarter of 2017.
Economic indicators suggest Minnesota’s labor market is tight. The state continues to add jobs at a steady pace, driving the unemployment rate well below the U.S. rate. Together, high demand for labor and low unemployment continue to support
growth in total Minnesota wage income and wages per worker.
A robust demand for workers together with low
unemployment continue to tighten Minnesota’s labor market. Statewide, there are now more job vacancies than the number of unemployed job-seekers, and other indicators, such as initial claims for unemployment insurance and temporary help
employment, are at levels consistent with a firm labor market. In December, Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.1 percent, 1.0 percentage point below the national rate and 0.9 percentage points lower than a year ago. It
is the lowest unemployment rate the State has seen in more than 17 years.
Other indicators paint a positive picture for
Minnesota job-seekers and -switchers. According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), Minnesotans filing new claims for unemployment benefits declined in December to 27,880, 11.7 percent lower than one year
prior. Lower initial claims indicate a low rate of layoffs. In the first quarter of 2017, temporary help jobs were gradually decreasing. In the subsequent three quarters, however, this indicator has been increasing, and in December the
year-over-year growth rate was 8.0 percent. In December the average workweek in the private sector declined 0.2 hours, but maintained its level from a year ago, and the long-term trend in this indicator remains positive.
According to the Forecast, Minnesota’s exports
of goods and services to countries throughout the world are an important source of economic strength and job creation, and the State’s recent export performance is encouraging. According to DEED, Minnesota’s exports in 2017 increased 5
percent in the first quarter, 7 percent in the second quarter, and 11 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same quarters in 2016. This continuous rise is in line with the national trends, but the growth of exports in Minnesota is more
robust. Comparing the first nine months of 2017 with the same time period of 2016, Minnesota exports increased 8 percent, while U.S. exports grew 6 percent. Minnesota’s manufacturing activity has also performed better than the U.S. Minnesota
manufactured exports increased about 5 percent in the first quarter, 7 percent in the second quarter, and 10 percent in the third quarter of 2017. The nation’s manufactured exports increased about 4 percent in each of those quarters.
Still, according to the Forecast, Minnesota’s
steady economic performance continues. The state is adding jobs at the same rate as the U.S., driving the unemployment rate well below the national rate. Demand for workers is robust, and job vacancies statewide have grown to a very high level. The
ratio of unemployed persons to job vacancies has hovered between 1.0 and 1.2 for the last three years, but it is now 0.9, indicating that there are slightly fewer unemployed job-seekers than open positions across the State. Strong labor demand has
allowed the State to continue to add jobs, even as available workers have become scarce. In the 12 months ending in December 2017 employers added more than 44,000 jobs, bringing Minnesota’s annual employment growth to 1.5 percent, the same
pace as the U.S. over that period. This employment growth coincides with a gradually increasing labor force participation rate (LFPR). Minnesota’s LFPR reached 70.6 percent in December, which is 1.3 percentage points higher than a year ago, 8
percentage points above the national rate, and the second highest among U.S. states.
State Budget.
Minnesota’s biennial budget appropriation
process relies on revenue and expenditure forecasting as the basis for establishing aggregate revenue and expenditure levels. The “Current Biennium” began on July 1, 2017 and will end on June 30, 2019. When the last Budget and Economic
Forecast was released in November, a deficit of $188 million was projected for the FY 2018-19 biennium. An improved revenue forecast and reduced spending estimates add $518 million to the bottom line resulting in a projected budgetary balance of
$329 million in the current biennium.
According to the Forecast, total general fund
revenues for FY 2018-19 are now forecast to be $44.801 billion, $353 million (0.8 percent) more than the November 2017 forecast. Total tax revenues for the biennium are forecast to be $42.964 billion, $340 million (0.8 percent) above the prior
estimate. Higher expected individual, sales, corporate, and other tax and non-tax revenue all contribute to the change. Forecast revenue from the State general property tax is slightly lower than in the November forecast. This forecast reflects
increased state income and corporate tax revenues expected to arise from taxpayer responses to federal tax law changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
According to the Forecast, the forecast for higher
revenue and lower spending compared to November in the current biennium continues into the planning estimates. Revenue in FY 2020-21 is now projected to be $48.136 billion, $490 million (1.0 percent) higher than November estimates. Spending in the
planning years is largely unchanged from November and is now projected to be $47.823 billion, $161 million (0.3 percent) lower than prior estimates.
Real Estate and Housing.
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According to the Forecast, Minnesota’s housing
market continues to show a persistent shortage of existing single family homes for sale. According to the Minnesota Association of Realtors, there were about 14,451 active listings at the end of 2017, down 21.8 percent from an already low level
(18,490) a year earlier. In December, year-to-date closed sales of homes in Minnesota were 87,109, only 0.4 percent higher than one year prior. With persistently tight supply, median and mean sale prices continue to rise. At the end of 2017, the
median sales price had risen 6.9 percent, while the average sales price increased 7.9 percent.
The Forecast indicated that annual household
formations were puzzlingly low in 2016, reaching only 1,465 compared to a post-recession average of about 10,000 per year. This could be due to a change in living arrangement preferences among younger adults. It could also be a result of the
increasing size of older age cohorts, who are less likely to form new households. As Minnesota’s economy continues to grow, the Minnesota Management and Budget Department forecasts a recovery in household formations. In 2017 and 2018, the
Minnesota Management and Budget Department expects annual net new formations to be 13,812 and 21,239, respectively.
Bond Ratings.
Three major credit rating agencies, Moody’s,
S&P, Fitch, assigned ratings to the Minnesota 2018 Bonds, as follows: Moody’s assigned a rating of “Aa1”, S&P assigned a rating of “AAA”, and Fitch assigned a rating of “AAA”. It is not possible to
determine whether, or the extent to which, Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch will change its rating in the future. In addition, ratings assigned to individual Municipal Obligations may vary.
North Carolina
Unless otherwise noted, the following information has
been obtained from disclosure contained in the Official Statement, dated July 18, 2018, for the $400,000,000 State of North Carolina General Obligation Public Improvement (Connect NC) Bonds Series 2018A (the “North Carolina 2018
Bonds”).
Current Economic
Condition.
North Carolina’s projected
population as of July 1, 2017 was approximately 10.2 million ranking it 9th in the nation. During the period from 2010 to 2017, the State’s population increased by an estimated 738,000 or 7.7 percent (the 3rd largest increase among the top 10
most populous states on a percentage basis).
North Carolina’s major private industry
sectors, as measured by total output, are manufacturing, real estate, finance, and wholesale and retail trade. Services, agriculture, exports, tourism, and the military also have substantial presence and economic impact in the State. During the
period from 2007 to 2017, per capita personal income in the State grew from $36,013 to $42,937. North Carolina has shown steady improvement in its unemployment rate and job growth since the 2007-2010 recession period. North Carolina’s April
2018 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.4 percent. At 4.4 percent, North Carolina’s unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points above the nation as a whole (3.9 percent). Based on April 2018 preliminary employment estimates, North
Carolina’s economy has gained 642,800 jobs since its low in February 2010.
State Budget.
North Carolina’s total budget is supported
from four primary sources of funds: (1) General Fund tax and non-tax revenue (43.76 percent for 2017-18); (2) Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund tax and non-tax revenue (7.09 percent); (3) federal funds (28.1 percent), and (4) other receipts,
generally referred to as departmental receipts (21.03 percent). North Carolina’s Single Audit Report with respect to the State’s compliance with major federal programs during fiscal year 2017, indicates that in that fiscal year, 66.01
percent of federal program expenditures was directed to the Department of Health and Human Services, 13.10 percent was directed to the University of North Carolina system and its institutions, 7.25 percent was directed to the Department of Public
Instruction, 6.70 percent was directed to the Department of Transportation, 2.08 percent was directed to Department of Commerce and the remaining 4.86 percent was directed to other portions of state government.
Departmental receipts are revenues that are received
directly by a department but have not been designated as tax or non-tax revenue by the General Assembly. Departmental receipts consist of tuition at the universities and community colleges, patient receipts at the hospitals and institutions, sales
of goods and services, grants, and various other receipts.
North Carolina appropriates operating and capital
funds on a biennial, or two-year budget cycle. The operating and capital budgets for the second year of a biennium are adjusted in a “short” legislative session, which began May 16, 2018. The North Carolina General Assembly also
reconvened a few times prior to the short session, including on January 10, 2018, to appropriate funding for a reduction in kindergarten through third grade class sizes, among other things. This bill, Senate Bill 99, passed by the General Assembly
on June 1, 2018. The Governor vetoed the ratified bill on June 6, 2018, since it did not provide education funding at the level recommended in the budget proposed by the Governor. The veto was overridden by the General Assembly on June 12, 2018, and
the Act is now Session Law 2018-5. The budget includes $23.92 billion in total fiscal year 2018-19 General Fund appropriations.
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The consensus revenue forecast for the 2018-19
fiscal year forecast anticipates net General Fund revenue collections to exceed the budgeted amount by $276.5 million (1.2 percent), which reflects a steadily improving economy as well as taxpayer behavioral responses to federal tax changes enacted
in December 2017. After accounting for adjustments to availability enacted during the 2017 Session of the General Assembly and previously enacted tax changes, General Fund revenue is forecast to grow 1.7 percent in fiscal year 2018-19 compared to
revised consensus fiscal year 2017-18 revenues of $23.48 billion.
Real Estate and Housing.
In 2017, North Carolina witnessed a 10.7 percent
increase from the previous year in building permits of new housing units compared to a 6.2 percent increase nationwide. North Carolina’s housing construction remains strong compared to other states. During 2016 and 2017, North Carolina ranked
among the top five states in the nation in building permits for housing units.
Long-Term Debt.
As of June 30, 2017, North Carolina had total
long-term debt outstanding (bonds, special indebtedness, and notes payable) of $6.96 billion, a decrease of 4.24 percent from the previous fiscal year-end. The state issued $200 million in general obligation bonds for its governmental activities.
Additionally, the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA), a business-type activity, issued $200.515 million in refunding bonds to refinance previously outstanding revenue bonds and $137.052 million in revenue bonds, with a portion of the bonds
being issued for an advance refunding.
Bond
Ratings.
Three major credit rating agencies,
Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, assigned ratings to the North Carolina 2018 Bonds, as follows: Moody’s assigned a rating of “Aaa”, S&P assigned a rating of “AAA”, and Fitch assigned a rating of “AAA”. It
is not possible to determine whether, or the extent to which, Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch will change its rating in the future. In addition, ratings assigned to individual Municipal Obligations may vary.
South Carolina
Unless otherwise noted, the following information has
been obtained from disclosure contained in the Official Statement, dated as of August 3, 2017, for the $120,885,000 General Obligations State Institution Bonds (Issued on Behalf of Clemson University), Series 2017A, and the $49,450,000 General
Obligations State Institution Bonds (Issued on Behalf of the University of South Carolina), series 2017B of the state of South Carolina (collectively, the “South Carolina 2017 Bonds”).
Current Economic Condition.
South Carolina ranks twenty-fourth in population
among the fifty states with a population estimated at December 2016 as over 4.7 million citizens. South Carolina has a diversified economic base, including manufacturing, trade, health care services, and leisure/hospitality. Businesses have
relocated to the State from all over the world taking advantage of the State’s skilled labor force, competitive wages, lower-priced land, excellent port facilities and accessibility to markets, and, in recent years, substantial tax and other
economic incentives. During the year ended June 30, 2016, total non-farm employment in the State increased by 52,100 to 2,050,600. Industry sectors reflecting gains were Education and Health Services (+9,000); Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
(+8,400); Professional and Business Services (+7,500); Manufacturing (+7,000); Government (+5,500); Construction (+5,400); Financial Activities (+4,900); Leisure and Hospitality (+2,300); and Mining, Logging, Information, and Other Services
(+1,700).
South Carolina’s unemployment
rate was 5.4 percent in June 2016, which was below the June 2015 rate of 6.6 percent. It had improved to 4.9 percent in September 2016. In comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate for June 2016 was 4.9 percent (and 5.0 percent in September
2016).
State Budget.
The revenue estimate adopted by the Board of
Economic Advisors for South Carolina’s budgetary General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 was $8,186.0 million, and the Appropriations Act estimate as enacted by the General Assembly, net of transfers and legislative adjustments,
was $7,579.5 million. Both the General Reserve Fund and the Capital Reserve Fund are estimated to be fully funded for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 at the constitutionally required amounts of $348.0 million and $145.4 million,
respectively.
The revenue estimate for South
Carolina’s budgetary General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 adopted by the Board of Economic Advisors on February 15, 2017 is $8,518.4 million, and the Appropriations Act estimated to be enacted by the General Assembly, net of
transfers and legislative adjustments, is $7,946.7 million.
Real Estate and Housing.
The number of real estate closings in June 2016, up
9.9 percent compared to a year ago, and the declining number of foreclosures in the State, down 11.1 percent in June 2016 compared to June 2015, have reduced the supply of available homes on the market. As inventory tightens, real estate values in
South Carolina have gained ground. Residential building permits compared to a year ago are up 22.3 percent in volume and 10.8 percent in valuation. The South Carolina housing market
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continued to improve, with the Charleston and Myrtle Beach housing
markets experiencing strong home sales in the first half of calendar year 2016. This growth was also complemented by median home prices of homes sold increasing 4.1 percent when comparing June 2016 to June 2015.
Long-Term Debt.
At June 30, 2016, South Carolina had $2.854 billion
in bonds and notes outstanding, a decrease of $250.138 million (8.1 percent) from last year. The reduction of principal on outstanding debt exceeded the issuance of debt resulting in a decrease in debt outstanding for governmental activities of
$249.978 million. Activity in the debt reported by the government activities included the issuance of $44.560 million in economic development general obligation bonds and $65.915 million in research university general obligation bonds.
Rather than directly limiting the amount of
outstanding general obligation debt, South Carolina law imposes a limitation on annual debt service expenditures. The legal annual debt service margin at June 30, 2016, was $44.564 million for highway bonds, $305.8.7 million for general obligation
bonds (excluding institution and highway bonds), $11.978 million for economic development bonds, and $15.374 million for research university infrastructure bonds. South Carolina institutional bonds of $463.365 million were outstanding at June 30,
2016.
Bond Ratings.
Three major credit rating agencies, Moody’s,
S&P, Fitch, assigned ratings to the South Carolina 2017 Bonds, as follows: Moody’s assigned a rating of “Aaa”, S&P assigned a rating of “AA+”, and Fitch assigned a rating of “AAA”. It is not possible
to determine whether, or the extent to which, Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch will change its rating in the future. In addition, ratings assigned to individual Municipal Obligations may vary.
Commonwealth of Virginia
Unless otherwise noted, the following information has
been obtained from disclosure contained in the Official Statement, dated July 25, 2018, for the $106,890,000 Commonwealth of Virginia General Obligation Bonds, Series 2018A (the “Commonwealth 2018 Bonds”).
Current Economic Condition.
Virginia economic growth eased somewhat in fiscal
year 2017 and returned to a pattern of relatively slow growth that has typified most of the economic recovery. Data regarding the primary economic indicators—jobs and new housing units saw slow to moderate growth and the State growth lagged
the nation on some major economic indicators. The unemployment rate in Virginia improved slightly from the previous fiscal year while housing indicators continued to mend with home sales, home prices, and building permit issuance growth. During
fiscal year 2017, the two General Fund revenue sources most closely tied to current economic activity—individual income taxes and retail sales taxes—experienced increases when compared to the 2016 collections by $497.3 million (4.0
percent) and $61.2 million (1.9 percent), respectively. The individual income tax collections were more than the estimated revenue by $139.1 million (1.1 percent) and the retail sales taxes were less than the estimated revenue by $29.7 million (0.9
percent).
Virginia’s fiscal year 2017
revenue collections exceeded fiscal year 2016 and exceeded the fiscal year 2017 collections estimate. Based on the most recent General Fund revenue estimate, the fiscal year 2018 revenue is projected to increase 2.7 percent over the fiscal year 2017
revenue collections. This planned increase is a result of continued growth in individual income taxes and retail sales taxes.
As of December 2017, up to 4.3 million residents of
the State were in the civilian labor force, which includes agricultural and nonagricultural employment, the unemployed, the self-employed and residents who commute to jobs in other states. Virginia is a right-to-work state with diverse sources of
income. In part because of its proximity to Washington, D.C., Virginia has a large share of federal and military employees than most states. More than ten percent of Virginia’s workers are federal employees or active military.
According to information from the U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (the “BEA”) (December 2017), the major sources of personal income in Virginia were the service industry (47.5 percent), state and local government (11.7 percent), the wholesale and retail trade
industry (8.4 percent), civilian federal government (8.4 percent), the manufacturing industry (5.6 percent), the construction industry (5.7 percent), the finance and insurance industry (5.0 percent), and the military federal government (4.0
percent). According to the U.S. Department of Commerce per capita personal income in Virginia was estimated to be $52,957 in 2016, ranking twelfth among states and greater than the national average of $42,246.
Over the past ten years, taxable retail sales in
Virginia increased by $9.7 billion, or 10.5 percent. Taxable retail sales in the State for 2016 totaled $101.7 billion (up from 100.2 billion in 2015 and $96.2 billion in 2014). The ten year growth rate of 10.5 percent is less than the average rate
of inflation for the same period, which was 17.6 percent.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
Virginia’s estimated 2016 population was 8.41 million, which was 2.6 percent of the United States Total and an increase of approximately 9.6 percent from 2007 estimates, which compares favorably to the 7.6 percent rate of increase for the
United States over the same period. From 2007 through 2017, the unemployment rate in Virginia has regularly been less than the national unemployment rate. Based on data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (December 2017),
the estimated unemployment rate in Virginia was 3.7 percent compared to 4.1 percent nationally.
State Budget.
The General Fund balance decreased by $138.6 million
in fiscal year 2017, a decrease of 9.4 percent from fiscal year 2016. Overall tax revenues increased by 3.5 percent from fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2017. Individual and Fiduciary Income tax revenues increased by 4.0 percent. Corporation Income
tax collections increased by 8.1 percent from fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2017. Other tax collections, which includes Deeds, Contracts, Wills and Suits; Alcoholic Beverage Sales; Tobacco Products; Estate and Other Taxes overall increased by 3.7
percent from fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2017. Tax revenue decreases occurred in the form of a 2.7 percent decrease in Communication Sales and Use tax collections. Overall revenue increased by 3.4 percent and non-tax revenues increased by 1.3
percent. Overall expenditures increased by 3.4 percent in fiscal year 2017, compared to a 5.1 percent increase in fiscal year 2016. Individual and family service expenditures increased by $355.6 million, or 5.0 percent, and education expenditures
increased by $355.6 million, or 4.4 percent. General government expenditures decreased $108.8 million or 4.4 percent.
Of the $1.3 billion fund balance as of June 30,
2017, $548.8 million was restricted as the Stabilization Fund. During fiscal year 2017, a withdrawal of $294.7 million was made from the Stabilization Fund. During fiscal year 2018, a withdrawal of $272.5 million authorized was made from the
Stabilization Fund. The Stabilization fund is segregated from the General Fund and can be used only for constitutionally authorized purposes. Virginia law directs that the Stabilization Fund be included as a component of the General Fund only for
financial reporting purposes.
Real Estate and
Housing.
Economic indicators show that during
fiscal year 2017, the housing market in the commonwealth experienced a 7.0 percent increase compared to 8.3 percent in fiscal year 2016. Additionally, housing prices in the commonwealth again showed a positive change for fiscal year 2017, with an
increase of approximately 4.3 percent, compared to just over 6.4 percent at the national level.
Long-Term Debt.
Virginia’s total debt rose during the fiscal
year to $45.2 billion, an increase of $2.4 billion, or 5.5 percent. During the fiscal year, the commonwealth issued new debt in the amount of $1.1 billion for the primary government and increased the debt balances to $30.0 billion for component
units.
Bond Ratings.
Three major credit rating agencies, Moody’s,
S&P, Fitch, assigned ratings to the Commonwealth 2018 Bonds, as follows: Moody’s assigned a rating of “Aaa”, S&P assigned a rating of “AAA”, and Fitch assigned a rating of “AAA”. It is not possible
to determine whether, or the extent to which, Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch will change its rating in the future. In addition, ratings assigned to individual Municipal Obligations may vary.
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APPENDIX D — SERIES OF CFST, CFST
I AND CFST II
Below are the series of
CFST, CFST I and CFST II. In prospectuses dated prior to June 25, 2014, series of CFST and CFST I are referred to as “Legacy Columbia Funds” and series of CFST II are referred to as “Legacy RiverSource Funds”.
Columbia Funds Series Trust
Columbia AMT-Free California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free Georgia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free South Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
Columbia Convertible Securities Fund
Columbia Global
Strategic Equity Fund
Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund
Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund III
Columbia Large Cap Index Fund
Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund
Columbia Overseas Value Fund
Columbia Select Global Growth Fund
Columbia Select International Equity Fund
Columbia Select Large Cap Equity Fund
Columbia Select Mid Cap Value Fund
Columbia Short Term Bond Fund
Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund
Columbia
Small Cap Value Fund II
Columbia Funds Series
Trust I
CMG Ultra Short Term Bond Fund
Columbia Adaptive
Retirement 2020 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2025 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2030 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2035 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2040 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2045 Fund
Columbia
Adaptive Retirement 2050 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2055 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2060 Fund
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund
Columbia AMT-Free Connecticut Intermediate Muni
Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia AMT-Free Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
Columbia Balanced Fund
Columbia Bond Fund
Columbia Contrarian Core Fund
Columbia Corporate Income
Fund
Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund
Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund
Columbia Dividend Income Fund
Columbia Emerging Markets Fund
Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund
Columbia Global Energy and Natural
Resources Fund
Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund
Columbia Greater China Fund
Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund
Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
Columbia
Pacific/Asia Fund
Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund
Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I
Columbia Solutions Aggressive Portfolio
Columbia Solutions Conservative
Portfolio
Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund
Columbia Strategic Income Fund
Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund
Columbia Tax-Exempt Fund
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
Columbia U.S. Social Bond
Fund
Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund
Multi-Manager Directional Alternative Strategies Fund
Multi-Manager Growth Strategies Fund
Multi-Manager International Equity Strategies Fund
Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund
Multi-Manager Total Return Bond Strategies Fund
Columbia Funds Series Trust II
Columbia Capital Allocation
Aggressive Portfolio
Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Columbia Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund
Columbia Contrarian Europe Fund
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Columbia Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Columbia Floating
Rate Fund
Columbia Global Bond Fund
Columbia Global Equity Value Fund
Columbia Global Infrastructure Fund
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund
Columbia Government Money Market Fund
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Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Columbia Income Builder Fund
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Columbia Overseas Core Fund
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Columbia Select Global Equity
Fund
Columbia Select Large Cap Value Fund
Columbia Select Small Cap Value Fund
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund
Columbia Seligman Global Technology Fund
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund
Columbia Small/Mid
Cap Value Fund
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
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APPENDIX S — MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT CHOOSING A SHARE CLASS
The
Fund’s prospectus contains information relative to choosing a share class. The information in this Appendix S should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the prospectus. With regard to any sales charge waivers and discounts
described in this Appendix S and the prospectus, it is your obligation to advise your financial intermediary or (in the case of Direct-at-Fund Accounts, as defined in the prospectus) the Transfer Agent that you qualify for any waiver or reduced
sales charge and be prepared to provide proof thereof.
Certain Historical Changes to Share Class Names
Class T shares existing on January 23, 2017 were renamed as Class V
shares on January 24, 2017. Effective March 27, 2017, Class W shares were renamed as Class T shares. Effective November 1, 2017, Class R4 shares were renamed as Class Adv shares, Class R5 shares were renamed as Class Inst2 shares, Class Y shares
were renamed as Class Inst3 shares, and Class Z shares were renamed as Class Inst shares.
Certain Share Class Conversions and Exchanges
Effective March 9, 2018, the shares held by Class K shareholders
were exchanged for Class Adv shares of the same Fund for all Funds except Columbia Small Cap Index Fund. Effective on the same date, Class K shares of Columbia Small Cap Index Fund were exchanged for Class Inst2 shares of the same Fund. Class K
shares representing the Investment Manager's initial capital were allowed to be redeemed, instead of exchanged, on the same date.
Sales Charge Waivers
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers*
The following information is in addition to the description in the
Fund’s prospectus of front-end sales charge waivers applicable to Class A, Class E and Class V shares. The following categories of investors may buy Class A, Class E
(a)
and Class V shares at net asset value, without payment of any front-end sales charge that would otherwise apply:
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Current or retired
fund Board members, officers or employees of the funds or Columbia Management or its affiliates
(b)
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Current or retired
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial Services) financial advisors and employees of such financial advisors
(b)
;
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Registered
representatives and other employees of affiliated or unaffiliated financial intermediaries (and their immediate family members and related trusts or other entities owned by the foregoing) having a selling agreement with the Distributor
(b)
;
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Registered
broker-dealer firms that have entered into a dealer agreement with the Distributor may buy Class A shares without paying a front-end sales charge for their investment account only;
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Portfolio managers
employed by subadvisers of the funds
(b)
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Partners and
employees of outside legal counsel to the funds or to the funds’ directors or trustees who regularly provide advice and services to the funds, or to their directors or trustees;
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Direct rollovers (
i.e.
, rollovers of fund shares and not reinvestments of redemption proceeds) from qualified employee benefit plans, provided that the rollover involves a transfer to Class A shares in the same fund;
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Employees or
partners of Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC;
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Separate accounts
established and maintained by an insurance company which are exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(11);
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At a fund’s
discretion, front-end sales charges may be waived for shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the fund is a party;
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Purchases
by registered representatives and employees (and their immediate family members and related trusts or other entities owned by the foregoing (referred to as “Related Persons”)) of Ameriprise Financial Services and its affiliates;
provided that with respect to employees (and their Related Persons) of an affiliate of Ameriprise Financial, such persons must make purchases through an account held at Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates.
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Purchases of Class A and Class V shares may be made
at net asset value if they are made as follows:
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Through or under a
wrap fee product or other investment product sponsored by a financial intermediary that charges an account management fee or other managed agency/asset allocation accounts or programs involving fee-based compensation arrangements that have or that
clear trades through a financial intermediary that has a selling agreement with the Distributor;
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Through
state sponsored college savings plans established under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code;
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Through banks,
trust companies and thrift institutions, acting as fiduciaries; or
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Through
“employee benefit plans” created under Section 401(a), 401(k), 457 and 403(b), and qualified deferred compensation plans, that have a plan level or omnibus account maintained with the Fund or the Transfer Agent and transact directly with
the Fund or the Transfer Agent through a third-party administrator or third-party recordkeeper. This waiver does not apply to accounts held through commissionable brokerage platforms.
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Any shareholder with a
Direct-at-Fund account (i.e., shares held directly with the Fund through the Transfer Agent) that is eligible to purchase shares without a front-end sales charge by virtue of having qualified for a previous waiver may continue to purchase shares
without a front-end sales charge if they no longer qualify under a category described in the prospectus or in this section. Otherwise, you must qualify for a front-end sales charge waiver described in the prospectus or in this section.
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The Funds no longer accept
investments from new or existing investors in Class E shares, except by existing Class E and former Class F shareholders who opened and funded their account prior to September 22, 2006 that may continue to invest in Class E shares (Class F shares
automatically converted to Class E shares on July 17, 2017). See the prospectus offering Class E shares of Large Cap Growth Fund (a series of CFST I) for details.
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Including their spouses or
domestic partners, children or step-children, parents, step-parents or legal guardians, and their spouse’s or domestic partner’s parents, step-parents, or legal guardians.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Waivers (Class A,
Class C, Class E and Class V Shares)
For purposes of
calculating a CDSC, the start of the holding period is generally the first day of the month in which your purchase was made.
Shareholders won’t pay a CDSC on redemption of
Class A, Class C, Class E and Class V shares:
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In the event of
the shareholder’s death;
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For which no sales
commission or transaction fee was paid to an authorized financial intermediary at the time of purchase;
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Purchased through
reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions;
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That result from
required minimum distributions taken from retirement accounts upon the shareholder’s attainment of age 70½;
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That result from
returns of excess contributions made to retirement plans or individual retirement accounts, so long as the financial intermediary returns the applicable portion of any commission paid by the Distributor;
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For Class A
shares: initially purchased by an employee benefit plan;
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For Class C, Class
E, and Class V shares: initially purchased by an employee benefit plan that are not connected with a plan level termination;
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In connection with
the fund’s Small Account Policy (as described in the prospectus); and
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Issued in
connection with plans of reorganization, including but not limited to mergers, asset acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the fund is a party and at the fund’s discretion.
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Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and
certain transactions. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, authorize the waiver of the CDSC for additional classes of investors. The Fund may change or cancel these terms at any time. Any change or cancellation applies only to future
purchases.
Class Inst Shares Additional Eligible
Investors
In addition to the categories of Class Inst
investors described in the Fund’s prospectus (other than for the Multi-Manager Strategies Funds), the minimum initial investments in Class Inst shares for the following categories of eligible investors is $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs, as
applicable):
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Any client of Bank
of America or one of its subsidiaries buying shares through an asset management company, trust, fiduciary, retirement plan administration or similar arrangement with Bank of America or the subsidiary.
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Any employee (or
family member of an employee) of Bank of America or one of its subsidiaries.
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Any investor
buying shares through a Columbia Management state tuition plan organized under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Any trustee or
director (or family member of a trustee or director) of a fund distributed by the Distributor.
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Other than for the
Multi-Manager Strategies Funds, any shareholder (as well as any family member of a shareholder or person listed on an account registration for any account of the shareholder) who holds Class Inst shares of a fund distributed by the Distributor is
eligible to purchase Class Inst shares of other funds distributed by the Distributor, subject to a minimum initial investment of $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs). If the account in which the shareholder holds Class Inst shares is not eligible to purchase
additional Class Inst shares, the shareholder may purchase Class Inst shares in an account maintained directly with the Transfer Agent, subject to a minimum initial investment of $2,000 ($1,000 for IRAs).
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Shares of Multi-Manager Strategies Funds
The Multi-Manager Strategies Funds
offer Class A shares and Class Inst shares that are available only through certain wrap fee programs sponsored and/or managed by Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates. The minimum initial investment for Class A shares and Class Inst shares
of the Multi-Manager Strategies Funds
is $100, and each share class has no minimum additional investment. Shares of the Multi-Manager Strategies Funds
are not subject to
any front-end sales charge or CDSC. See the Fund’s prospectus for additional information.
Fund Reorganizations
Class A shares may be issued without any initial sales charge in
connection with the acquisition of cash and securities owned by other investment companies. Any CDSC will be waived in connection with the redemption of shares of the fund if the fund is combined with another fund or in connection with a similar
reorganization transaction.
Rejection of
Purchases
Each fund and the distributor of the funds reserve
the right to reject any offer to purchase shares, in their sole discretion.
Restrictions and Changes in Terms and Conditions
Restrictions may apply to certain accounts and
certain transactions. The Funds and/or the Distributor may change or cancel these terms and conditions at any time. Unless you provide your financial intermediary with information in writing about all of the factors that may count toward available
reductions or waivers of an applicable sales charge, there can be no assurance that you will receive all of the reductions and waivers for which you may be eligible. To the extent your Fund account is held directly with the Fund, you should provide
this information to the Fund when placing your purchase or redemption order. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for more information about sales charge reductions and waivers.
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PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28. Exhibits
(a)(1)
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Agreement and Declaration of Trust effective January 27, 2006, is incorporated by reference to
Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)), filed on February 8, 2006.
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Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated September 11, 2007, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(2)), filed on
October 2, 2007.
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Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated January 8, 2009, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(3)), filed on January 27,
2009.
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Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated August 9, 2010, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(4)), filed on March 4,
2011.
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Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated January 13, 2011, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(5)), filed on March 4,
2011.
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Amendment No. 5 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated April 14, 2011, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(6)), filed on July 29,
2011.
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Amendment No. 6 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated January 12, 2012, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(7)), filed on
February 24, 2012.
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Amendment No. 7 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated December 12, 2012, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 87 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(8)), filed on May 30,
2013.
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Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated November 20, 2013, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 99 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(9)), filed on
November 27, 2013.
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Amendment No. 9 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated April 11, 2014, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 107 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(10)), filed on
April 23, 2014.
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Amendment No. 10 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated June 17, 2014, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 112 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(11)), filed on June 27,
2014.
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Amendment No. 11 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated September 15, 2014, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 118 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(12)), filed on
September 26, 2014.
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Amendment No. 12 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated January 28, 2015, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(13)), filed on
February 27, 2015.
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Amendment No. 13 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated April 14, 2015, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 128 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(14)), filed on May 28,
2015.
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Amendment No. 14 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated December 15, 2015, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(15)), filed on
December 21, 2015.
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Amendment No. 15 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated April 19, 2016, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 143 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(16)), filed on May 27,
2016.
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Amendment No. 16 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated June 14, 2016, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 145 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(17)), filed on June 27,
2016.
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Amendment No. 17 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated November 14, 2016, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(18)), filed on
November 23, 2016.
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Amendment No. 18 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated March 13, 2017, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 160 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(19)), filed on
March 30, 2017.
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Amendment No. 19 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated December 19, 2017, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(20)), filed on
February 16, 2018.
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Amendment No. 20 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated February 1, 2018, is incorporated
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(21)), filed on
February 16, 2018.
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Amendment No. 21 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated March 13, 2018, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 179 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (a)(22)), filed on May 25,
2018.
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Amendment No. 22 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated September 13, 2018, is filed
herewith as Exhibit (a)(23) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 186 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A.
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By-laws
as amended February 10, 2016, are incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 143 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (b)), filed on May 27,
2016.
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Stock Certificate: Not Applicable.
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(d)(1)
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Management Agreement (amended and restated), dated April 25, 2016, between Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC, the Registrant, Columbia Funds Series Trust and Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(1)), filed on April 28, 2016.
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(d)(1)(i)
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Schedule A and Schedule B, effective July 1, 2018, to the Management Agreement (amended and restated),
dated April 25, 2016, between Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, the Registrant, Columbia Funds Series Trust and Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 176 to
Registration Statement
No. 333-89661
of Columbia Funds Series Trust on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(1)(i), filed on July 26, 2018.
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(d)(2)
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Management Agreement, dated November 15, 2017, between Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, the
Registrant, Columbia Funds Series Trust and Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of
Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(2)), filed on December 19, 2017.
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(d)(2)(i)
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Schedule A and Schedule B, effective February 2, 2018, to the Management Agreement between Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC, the Registrant, Columbia Funds Series Trust and Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, effective November 15, 2017, are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration
Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(2)(i)), filed on February 16, 2018.
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(d)(3)
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Management Agreement between Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and CCSF Offshore Fund, Ltd., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund, a series of the Registrant, effective October 1, 2015, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(6)), filed on September 28, 2015.
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(d)(4)
|
Subadvisory Agreement between Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and Diamond Hill Capital Management,
Inc., dated September 14, 2016, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 150 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(4)), filed on September 28, 2016.
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(d)(5)
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Subadvisory Agreement between Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.,
dated September 23, 2011, last amended December 5, 2013, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable
Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(9)), filed on May 15, 2014.
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(d)(6)
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Amendment No. 2, as of June 5, 2014, to the Subadvisory Agreement, dated September 23, 2011,
amended December 5, 2013, between Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P., is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(10)), filed on August 20, 2014.
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(d)(7)
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Amended and Restated Subadvisory Agreement between Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and
Threadneedle International Limited, dated June 11, 2008, last amended January 16, 2013, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (d)(27)), filed on May 15, 2014.
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(e)(1)
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Distribution Agreement between Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. and the Registrant, dated
March 1, 2016, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 143 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (e)(1)), filed on May 27, 2016.
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(e)(1)(i)
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Schedule I, as of February 2, 2018, and Schedule II, as of September 7, 2010, to the Distribution
Agreement between Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. and the Registrant, dated March 1, 2016, are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (e)(1)(i)), filed on February 16, 2018.
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(e)(2)
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Form of Mutual Fund Sales Agreement is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 293 to
Registration Statement
No. 2-99356
of Columbia Funds Series Trust I on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (e)(2)), filed on March 29, 2017.
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(f)
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Deferred Compensation Plan, adopted as of December 31, 2011, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (f)), filed on February 24, 2012.
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(g)(1)
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Second Amended and Restated Master Global Custody Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated March 7,
2011, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (g)(1)), filed on May 15, 2014.
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(g)(2)
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Addendum (related to Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund), dated July 15, 2011, Addendum (related to Columbia
Flexible Capital Income Fund), dated July 15, 2011, Addendum (related to Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund, formerly known as
Active Portfolios
®
Multi-Manager Value Fund and
Columbia Active Portfolios Diversified Equity Income Fund), dated March 9, 2012, and Addendum (related to Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund), dated March 7, 2014, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Global Custody Agreement
with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated March 7, 2011, are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (g)(2)), filed on May 30, 2014.
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(g)(3)
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Side letter (related to the China Connect Service on behalf of Columbia Global Opportunities Fund, Columbia
Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund and Columbia Overseas Core Fund), dated March 6, 2018, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Global Custody Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated March 7, 2011, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 179 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (g)(3)), filed on May 25, 2018.
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(g)(4)
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Addendum, effective April 4, 2016, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Global Custody Agreement with
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated March 7, 2011, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 297 to Registration Statement
No. 2-99356
of Columbia Funds Series Trust I on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (g)(7)), filed on May 30, 2017.
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(g)(5)
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Addendum (related to Columbia Overseas Core Fund), dated January 26, 2018, to the Second Amended and
Restated Master Global Custody Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated March 7, 2011, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (g)(5)), filed on February 16, 2018.
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(h)(1)
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Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement between Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. and the
Registrant, dated March 1, 2016, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 162 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(1)), filed on May 30, 2017.
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(h)(1)(i)
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Schedule A and Schedule B, effective July 1, 2018, to the Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement
between Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. and the Registrant, dated March 1, 2016, are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 181 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(1)(i)), filed on June 27, 2018.
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(h)(2)
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Amended and Restated Fee Waiver and Expense Cap Agreement, effective July 1, 2016, by and among Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., the Registrant, Columbia Funds Series Trust and Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 145 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(5)), filed on June 27,
2016.
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(h)(2)(i)
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Schedule A, effective May 1, 2018, to the Amended and Restated Fee Waiver and Expense Cap Agreement,
effective July 1, 2016, by and among Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., the Registrant, Columbia Funds Series Trust and Columbia Funds
Variable Series Trust II, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(2)(i)), filed on April 27, 2018.
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(h)(3)
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated December 20, 2010, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(9)), filed on
April 29, 2011.
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(h)(4)
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated October 9, 2012, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 87 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(6)), filed on May 30, 2013.
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(h)(5)
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Agreement and Plan of Redomiciling, dated December 20, 2010, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(10)), filed on
April 29, 2011.
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(h)(6)
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated December 17, 2015, is incorporated by reference to
Registration Statement
No. 333-208706
of Columbia Funds Series Trust on Form
N-14
(Exhibit (4)), filed on December 22, 2015.
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(h)(7)
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as of December 5, 2017, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 328 to Registration Statement
No. 2-99356
of Columbia Funds Series Trust I on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(7)), filed on May 29,
2018.
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(h)(8)
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Master InterFund Lending Agreement, dated May 1, 2018, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 179 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (h)(11)), filed on May 25, 2018.
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(h)(8)(i)
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Schedule A and Schedule B, as of September 1, 2018, to Master InterFund Lending Agreement, dated
May 1, 2018, are filed herewith as Exhibit (h)(8)(i) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 186 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A.
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(i)(1)
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Opinion and consent of counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered is incorporated by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 92 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (i)), filed on August 28,
2013.
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(i)(2)
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Opinion and consent of counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered for Columbia Mortgage
Opportunities Fund is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 107 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (i)), filed on April 23, 2014.
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(i)(3)
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Opinion and consent of counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered for Columbia Overseas Core
Fund is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (i)(3)),
filed on February 16, 2018.
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(j)
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm is filed herewith as Exhibit (j) to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 186 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A.
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(k)
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Omitted Financial Statements: Not Applicable.
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(l)
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Initial Capital Agreement: Not Applicable.
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(m)(1)
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Plan of Distribution and Amended and Restated Agreement of Distribution between Columbia Management Investment
Distributors, Inc. and the Registrant, dated November 7, 2008, amended and restated September 27, 2010, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 107 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (m)(1)), filed on April 23, 2014.
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(m)(1)(i)
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Schedule A, dated May 1, 2018, to the Plan of Distribution and Amended and Restated Agreement of
Distribution between Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. and the Registrant, dated November 7, 2008, amended and restated September 27, 2010, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 179 to
Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (m)(1)(i)), filed on May 25, 2018.
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(m)(2)
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Shareholder Services Plan (Class V (formerly known as Class T) Shares) is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 166 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (m)(3)), filed on August 25, 2017.
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(m)(3)
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Shareholder Servicing Plan Implementation Agreement (Class V (formerly known as Class T) Shares) is
incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 181 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (m)(3), filed on
June 27, 2018.
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(m)(3)(i)
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Schedule I, effective December 1, 2014, amended and restated June 21, 2017, to Shareholder Servicing
Plan Implementation Agreement (Class V (formerly known as Class T) Shares) is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 166 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the
Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (m)(5)), filed on August 25, 2017.
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(n)
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Rule 18f 3 Multi-Class Plan, amended and restated as of March 9, 2018, is incorporated by reference
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 179 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (n)), filed on May 25, 2018.
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(p)(1)
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Columbia Funds Family Code of Ethics, effective April 14, 2014, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (p)(1)), filed on
May 15, 2014.
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(p)(2)
|
Ameriprise Global Asset Management Personal Trading Account Dealing and Code of Ethics Policy, effective
December 27, 2017, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 315 to Registration Statement
No. 2-99356
of Columbia Funds Series Trust I on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (p)(2)), filed on February 1, 2018.
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(p)(3)
|
Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. Code of Ethics, amended April 1, 2018, is incorporated by reference
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 184 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (p)(3)), filed on August 27, 2018.
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(p)(4)
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Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P. Code of Ethics, effective October 1, 2017, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to Registration Statement
No. 333-146374
of Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (p)(10)), filed on
April 27, 2018.
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(q)(1)
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Trustees Power of Attorney to sign Amendments to this Registration Statement, dated January 1, 2018,
is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (q)(1)),
filed on February 16, 2018.
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(q)(2)
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Power of Attorney for Michael G. Clarke, dated May 23, 2016, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 143 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (q)(2)), filed on May 27, 2016.
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(q)(3)
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Power of Attorney for Christopher O. Petersen, dated February 16, 2015, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (q)(4)), filed on February 27, 2015.
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(q)(4)
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Power of Attorney for Amy K. Johnson, dated May 11, 2016, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 150 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (q)(4)), filed on September 28, 2016.
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(q)(5)
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Power of Attorney for Anthony P. Haugen, dated May 11, 2016, is incorporated by reference to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 150 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (q)(5)), filed on September 28, 2016.
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Item 29.
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Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Registrant
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Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the investment manager or Columbia Management), as sponsor of the Columbia funds, may make initial capital
investments in Columbia funds (seed accounts). Columbia Management also serves as investment manager of certain Columbia
funds-of-funds
that invest primarily in shares
of affiliated funds (the underlying funds). Columbia Management does not make initial capital investments or invest in underlying funds for the purpose of exercising control. However, since these ownership interests may be significant, in excess of
25%, such that Columbia Management may be deemed to control certain Columbia funds, procedures have been put in place to assure that public shareholders determine the outcome of all actions taken at shareholder meetings. Specifically, Columbia
Management (which votes proxies for the seed accounts) and the Boards of Trustees of the affiliated
funds-of-funds
(which votes proxies for the affiliated
funds-of-funds)
vote on each proposal in the same proportion as the vote of the direct public shareholders vote; provided, however, that if there are no direct public
shareholders of an underlying fund or if direct public shareholders represent only a minority interest in an underlying fund, the Fund may cast votes in accordance with instructions from the independent members of the Board.
Article VII of the Registrants Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended, provides that no trustee or officer of the Registrant shall be subject to
any liability to any person in connection with Registrant property or the affairs of the Registrant, and no trustee shall be responsible or liable in any event for any neglect or wrongdoing of any officer, agent, employee, investment adviser or
principal underwriter of the Registrant or for the act or omission of any other trustee, all as more fully set forth in the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, which is filed as an exhibit to this registration statement. Article X of the
Registrants Bylaws provides that each person made or threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any actual or threatened proceeding by reason of the former or present capacity as a trustee or officer of the Registrant or who, while a
trustee or officer, is or was serving at the request of the Registrant or whose duties as a trustee or officer involve or involved service as a director, officer, partner, trustee or agent of another organization or employee benefit plan whether the
basis of any proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity or in any capacity while serving as a director, officer, partner, trustee or agent, shall be indemnified by the Registrant, under specified circumstances, all as more fully set forth
in the Bylaws, which are filed as an exhibit to the registration statement.
Section 17(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) provides that no instrument pursuant to which
Registrant is organized or administered shall contain any provision which protects or purports to protect any trustee or officer of Registrant against any liability to Registrant or its shareholders to which he or she would otherwise be subject by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.
The
Registrants Declaration of Trust provides that nothing in the Declaration of Trust shall protect any trustee or officer against any liabilities to the Registrant or its shareholders to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office or position with or on behalf of the Registrant and the Registrants Bylaws provides that no indemnification will
be made in violation of the provisions of the 1940 Act.
Pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. agrees
to indemnify the Registrant, its officers and trustees against claims, demands, liabilities and expenses under specified circumstances, all as more fully set forth in the Registrants Distribution Agreement, which has been filed as an exhibit
to the registration statement.
The Registrant may be party to other contracts that include indemnification provisions for the benefit of the
Registrants trustees and officers.
The trustees and officers of the Registrant and the personnel of the Registrants investment adviser and
principal underwriter are insured under an errors and omissions liability insurance policy. Registrants investment adviser, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, maintains investment advisory professional liability insurance to insure
it, for the benefit of Registrant and its
non-interested
trustees, against loss arising out of any effort, omission, or breach of any duty owed to Registrant or any series of Registrant by Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act) may be permitted to
trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Registrants organizational instruments or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and, therefore, is unenforceable.
Item 31.
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Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser
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To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (Columbia Management), the
Registrants investment adviser, or any subadviser to a series of the Registrant, except as set forth below, are or have been, at any time during the Registrants past two fiscal years, engaged in any other business, profession, vocation
or employment of a substantial nature.
(a)
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Columbia Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., performs investment advisory
services for the Registrant and certain other clients. Information regarding the business of Columbia Management and the directors and principal officers of Columbia Management is also included in the Form ADV filed by Columbia Management with the
SEC pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (File
No. 801-25943),
which is incorporated herein by reference. In addition to their position with Columbia Management, certain directors and officers
of Columbia Management also hold various positions with, and engage in business for, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. or its other subsidiaries.
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(b)
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Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. performs investment management services for the Registrant and certain
other clients. Information regarding the business of Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. is set forth in the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information of the Registrants series that are subadvised by Diamond Hill Capital
Management, Inc. and is incorporated herein by reference. Information about the business of Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. and the directors and principal executive officers of Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. is also included in the
Form ADV filed by Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. with the SEC pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (File
No. 801-32176),
which is incorporated herein by reference.
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(c)
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Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P. performs investment management services for the Registrant and certain other
clients. Information regarding the business of Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P. is set forth in the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information of the Registrants series that are subadvised by Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P. and is
incorporated herein by reference. Information about the business of Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P. and the directors and principal executive officers of Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P. is also included in the Form ADV filed by Dimensional Fund
Advisors, L.P. with the SEC pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (File
No. 801-16283),
which is incorporated herein by reference.
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(d)
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Threadneedle International Limited performs investment management services for the Registrant and certain other
clients. Information regarding the business of Threadneedle International Limited is set forth in the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information of the Registrants series that are subadvised by Threadneedle International Limited and
is incorporated herein by reference. Information about the business of Threadneedle International Limited and the directors and principal executive officers of Threadneedle International Limited is also included in the Form ADV filed by Threadneedle
International Limited with the SEC pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (File
No. 801-63196),
which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 32.
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Principal Underwriter
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(a)
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Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. acts as principal underwriter for the following investment
companies, including the Registrant:
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Columbia Acorn Trust; Columbia Funds Series Trust; Columbia Funds Series Trust I;
Columbia Funds Series Trust II; Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II; Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust and Wanger Advisors Trust.
(b)
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As to each director, principal officer or partner of Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
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Name and Principal Business
Address*
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Position and Offices
with Principal
Underwriter
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Positions and Offices
with Registrant
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William F. Truscott
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Chief Executive Officer
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Board Member, Senior Vice President
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Scott E. Couto
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President
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None
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Joseph Kringdon
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Head of Intermediary Distribution
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None
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Jeffrey J. Scherman
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Chief Financial Officer
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None
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Michael E. DeFao
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Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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Stephen O. Buff
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Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
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None
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James Bumpus
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Vice President National Sales Manager
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None
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Thomas A. Jones
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Vice President and Head of Strategic Relations
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None
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Gary Rawdon
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Vice President Sales Governance and Administration
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None
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Leslie A. Walstrom
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Vice President and U.S. Head of Marketing
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None
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Daniel J. Beckman
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Vice President and Head of U.S. Retail Product
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None
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Marc Zeitoun
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Vice President, Head of Strategic Beta and Head of Private Client Accounts
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None
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Thomas R. Moore
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Secretary
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None
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Paul B. Goucher
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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Amy L. Hackbarth
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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None
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Nancy W. LeDonne
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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None
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Ryan C. Larrenaga
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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Senior Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer
and Secretary
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Joseph L. DAlessandro
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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Assistant Secretary
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Christopher O. Petersen
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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President and Principal Executive Officer
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James E. Brefeld, Jr.
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Treasurer
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None
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Michael Tempesta
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Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Identity Theft Prevention Officer
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None
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Kevin Wasp
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Ombudsman
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None
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Kristin Weisser
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Conflicts Officer
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None
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*
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The principal business address of Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. is 225 Franklin Street,
Boston, MA 02110.
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(c) Not Applicable.
Item 33.
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Location of Accounts and Records
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Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of
1940 and the Rules thereunder include:
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Registrant, 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA, 02110;
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Registrants investment adviser and administrator, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, 225
Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110;
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Registrants subadviser, Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc., 325 John H. McConnell Boulevard, Suite 200,
Columbus, OH 43215;
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Registrants subadviser, Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P., 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX
78746;
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Registrants subadviser, Threadneedle International Limited, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N
6AG, UK;
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Former subadviser, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC, 2200 Ross Avenue, 31
st
Floor, Dallas, TX 75201;
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Former subadviser, Donald Smith & Co., Inc., 152 West
57
th
Street, 22
nd
Floor, New York, NY 10019;
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Former subadviser, Marsico Capital Management, LLC, 1200
17
th
Street, Suite 1600, Denver, CO 80202;
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Former subadviser, Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC, 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1000, Newport
Beach, CA 92660;
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Former subadviser, Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC, 540 West Madison Street, Suite 1900, Chicago, IL
60661-2551;
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Former subadviser, Turner Investments, L.P., 1205 Westlakes Drive, Suite 100, Berwyn, PA 19312 (merged into
Turner Investments LLC, 1000 Chesterbrook Boulevard, 1
st
Floor, Berwyn, PA 19312);
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Registrants principal underwriter, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., 225 Franklin Street,
Boston, MA 02110;
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Registrants transfer agent, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA
02110; and
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Registrants custodian, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY 10005.
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In addition, Iron Mountain Records Management is an
off-site
storage facility housing
historical records that are no longer required to be maintained
on-site.
Records stored at this facility include various trading and accounting records, as well as other miscellaneous records. The address for
Iron Mountain Records Management is 920 & 950 Apollo Road, Eagan, MN 55121.
Item 34.
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Management Services
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Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant,
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement under Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, and the State of Minnesota on the 27
th
day of September, 2018.
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COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II
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By:
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/s/ Christopher O. Petersen
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Christopher O. Petersen
President
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 27
th
day of September, 2018.
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Signature
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Capacity
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Signature
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Capacity
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/s/ Christopher O. Petersen
Christopher O. Petersen
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President
(Principal Executive
Officer)
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/s/ Brian J. Gallagher*
Brian J. Gallagher
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Trustee
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/s/ Michael G. Clarke*
Michael G. Clarke
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
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/s/ Catherine James Paglia*
Catherine James Paglia
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Trustee
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/s/ Edward J. Boudreau, Jr.*
Edward J. Boudreau, Jr.
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Chair of the Board
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/s/ Anthony M. Santomero*
Anthony M. Santomero
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Trustee
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/s/ George S. Batejan*
George S. Batejan
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Trustee
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/s/ Minor M. Shaw*
Minor M. Shaw
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Trustee
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/s/ Kathleen A. Blatz*
Kathleen A. Blatz
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Trustee
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/s/ William F. Truscott*
William F. Truscott
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Trustee
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/s/ Pamela G. Carlton*
Pamela G. Carlton
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Trustee
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/s/ Sandra Yeager*
Sandra Yeager
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Trustee
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/s/ William P. Carmichael*
William P. Carmichael
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Trustee
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/s/ Patricia M. Flynn*
Patricia M. Flynn
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Trustee
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*
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By:
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/s/ Joseph DAlessandro
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Name:
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Joseph DAlessandro**
Attorney-in-fact
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Executed by Joseph DAlessandro on behalf of Michael G. Clarke pursuant to a Power of Attorney, dated
May 23, 2016, and incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 143 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (q)(2)), filed with the Commission on May 27, 2016, and on behalf of each of the Trustees pursuant to a Trustees Power of Attorney, dated January 1, 2018 and incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175
to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibit (q)(1)), filed with the Commission on February 16, 2018.
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SIGNATURES
CCSF Offshore Fund, Ltd. has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement for Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund, with respect only to information
that specifically relates to CCSF Offshore Fund, Ltd., to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, and the State of Minnesota on the 27
th
day of
September, 2018.
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CCSF OFFSHORE FUND, LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Christopher O. Petersen
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Christopher O. Petersen
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Director
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This Amendment to the Registration Statement for Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund, with respect only to information that
specifically relates to CCSF Offshore Fund, Ltd., has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 27
th
day of September 2018.
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Signature
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Capacity
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/s/ Amy K. Johnson*
Amy K. Johnson
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Director, CCSF Offshore Fund, Ltd.
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/s/ Anthony P. Haugen*
Anthony P. Haugen
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Director, CCSF Offshore Fund, Ltd.
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/s/ Christopher O. Petersen
Christopher O. Petersen
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Director, CCSF Offshore Fund, Ltd.
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*
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By:
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/s/ Joseph D Alessandro
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Name:
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Joseph D Alessandro**
Attorney-in-fact
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Executed by Joseph DAlessandro on behalf of Amy K. Johnson and Anthony P. Haugen pursuant to Powers of
Attorney, dated May 11, 2016, and incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 150 to Registration Statement
No. 333-131683
of the Registrant on Form
N-1A
(Exhibits (q)(4) and (q)(5), respectively), filed with the Commission on September 28, 2016.
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Exhibit Index
(a)(23)
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Amendment No. 22 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated September 13, 2018.
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(h)(8)(i)
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Schedule A and Schedule B, as of September 1, 2018, to Master InterFund Lending Agreement, dated
May 1, 2018.
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(j)
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II
AMENDMENT NO. 22 TO THE
AGREEMENT
AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
WHEREAS, Section 5 of Article III of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the Declaration of
Trust) of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), dated January 20, 2006, as amended from time to time, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, authorizes the
Trustees of the Trust to amend the Declaration of Trust to create one or more Series or classes of Shares without authorization by vote of the Shareholders of the Trust;
WHEREAS, Section 6 of Article III of the Declaration of Trust authorizes the Trustees of the Trust to abolish and rescind the
establishment and designation of Series or Class, either by amending the Declaration of Trust or by vote or written consent of a majority of the then Trustees; and
NOW, THEREFORE, The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Columbia Funds Series Trust II, do hereby certify that we have
authorized the liquidation of Columbia Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund and have authorized the following amendment to said Declaration of Trust:
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Section 6 of Article III is hereby amended by replacing the text preceding paragraph (a) with the
following:
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Without limiting the authority of the Trustees as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, inter
alia, to establish and designate any further Series or classes or to modify the rights and preferences of any Series or class, the following Series shall be, and are hereby, established and designated:
Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
Columbia Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund
Columbia Contrarian Europe Fund
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
Columbia Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
Columbia Floating Rate Fund
Columbia Global Bond Fund
Columbia Global Equity Value Fund
Columbia Global Infrastructure Fund
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund
Columbia Government Money Market Fund
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
Columbia Income Builder Fund
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund
Columbia Minnesota
Tax-Exempt
Fund
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Columbia Overseas Core Fund
Columbia Quality Income Fund
Columbia Select Global Equity Fund
Columbia Select
Large-Cap
Value Fund
Columbia Select
Smaller-Cap
Value Fund
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund
Columbia Seligman Global Technology Fund
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
Shares of each Series established in this Section 6 shall have the following rights and preferences relative to Shares of each other
Series, and Shares of each class of a Multi-Class Series shall have such rights and preferences relative to other classes of the same Series as are set forth in the Declaration of Trust, together with such other rights and preferences relative to
such other classes as are set forth in the Trusts Rule
18f-3
Plan, registration statement as from time to time amended, and any applicable resolutions of the Trustees establishing and designating such
class of Shares.
The rest of this Section 6 remains unchanged.
The foregoing amendment is effective as of September 13, 2018.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 22 to the Declaration of
Trust on
September 13, 2018.
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/s/ George S. Batejan
George S. Batejan
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/s/ Brian J. Gallagher
Brian J. Gallagher
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/s/ Kathleen A. Blatz
Kathleen A. Blatz
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/s/ Catherine James Paglia
Catherine James Paglia
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/s/ Edward J. Boudreau, Jr.
Edward J. Boudreau, Jr.
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/s/ Anthony M. Santomero
Anthony M. Santomero
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/s/ Pamela G. Carlton
Pamela G. Carlton
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/s/ Minor M. Shaw
Minor M. Shaw
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/s/ William P. Carmichael
William P. Carmichael
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/s/ Sandra Yeager
Sandra Yeager
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/s/ Patricia M. Flynn
Patricia M. Flynn
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/s/ William F. Truscott
William F. Truscott
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Registered Agent:
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Corporation Service Company
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84 State Street
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Boston, MA 02109
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SCHEDULE A
BORROWING FUNDS
(As of
September 1, 2018)
Columbia Funds Series Trust
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Columbia
AMT-Free
California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
Georgia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
South Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Convertible Securities Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund III
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Large Cap Index Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Overseas Value Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Select Global Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Select International Equity Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Select Large Cap Equity Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Select Mid Cap Value Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Short Term Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Small Cap Index Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Small Cap Value Fund II
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Funds Series Trust I
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2020 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2025 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2030 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2035 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2040 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2045 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2050 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2055 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2060 Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Alternative Beta Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Columbia
AMT-Free
New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
AMT-Free
Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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CMG Ultra Short Term Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Balanced Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Contrarian Core Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Corporate Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Dividend Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Emerging Markets Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Greater China Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Solutions Aggressive Portfolio
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Solutions Conservative Portfolio
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Strategic Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia
Tax-Exempt
Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Multi-Manager Directional Alternative Strategies Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Multi-Manager Growth Strategies Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Multi-Manager International Equity Strategies Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Multi-Manager Total Return Bond Strategies Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Funds Series Trust II
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Columbia Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio
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May 1, 2018
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-2-
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Contrarian Europe Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Disciplined Core Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Disciplined Value Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Emerging Markets Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia European Equity Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Floating Rate Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Equity Value Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Infrastructure Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Income Builder Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Income Opportunities Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Minnesota
Tax-Exempt
Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Overseas Core Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select Global Equity Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select
Large-Cap
Value Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select
Smaller-Cap
Value Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Seligman Global Technology Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Asset Allocation Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Contrarian Core Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Diversified Absolute Return Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Long Government/Credit Bond Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Small Cap Value Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Small Company Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Strategic Income Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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CTIVP
SM
AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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CTIVP
SM
Lazard International Equity Advantage Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Variable Portfolio Managed Risk Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Variable Portfolio Managed Risk U.S. Fund
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May 1, 2018
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-3-
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Conservative Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Conservative Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Variable Portfolio U.S. Flexible Conservative Growth Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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Variable Portfolio U.S. Flexible Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Variable Portfolio U.S. Flexible Moderate Growth Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II
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Fund
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Effective Date
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Balanced Fund
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May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Commodity Strategy Fund
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May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Core Equity Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Disciplined Core Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Dividend Opportunity Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Emerging Markets Bond Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio Emerging Markets Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Global Bond Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
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Columbia Variable Portfolio High Yield Bond Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Income Opportunities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Intermediate Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Large Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Large Cap Index Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Limited Duration Credit Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Overseas Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Select Large Cap Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Select LargeCap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Select SmallerCap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Seligman Global Technology Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio U.S. Equities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio U.S. Government Mortgage Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
American Century Diversified Bond Fund
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|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
AQR International Core Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
BlackRock Global Inflation-Protected Securities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
CenterSquare Real Estate Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
DFA International Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Los Angeles Capital Large Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
MFS
®
Blended Research
®
Core Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
MFS
®
Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Morgan Stanley Advantage Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
TCW Core Plus Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
-4-
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
CTIVP
SM
Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Wells Fargo Short Duration Government Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Westfield Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Columbia Wanger International Equities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Conservative Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Moderate Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Moderately Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Moderately Conservative Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Partners Core Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Partners Small Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Partners Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
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SCHEDULE A Borrowing Funds
For each Fund, the Master Agreement was effective as of the date set forth on Schedule A.
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST I
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE
TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II
EACH TRUST
ABOVE, ON BEHALF OF EACH OF ITS SERIES SET FORTH ON SCHEDULE A HERETO
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By:
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/s/ Michael G. Clarke
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Name: Michael G. Clarke
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Title: Treasurer
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COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Ryan C. Larrenaga
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Name: Ryan C. Larrenaga
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Title: Vice President
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SCHEDULE B
LENDING FUNDS
(As of
September 1, 2018)
Columbia Funds Series Trust
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|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
Georgia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
Maryland Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
North Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
South Carolina Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
Virginia Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Conservative Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Convertible Securities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Strategic Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund III
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Large Cap Index Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Mid Cap Index Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Overseas Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select Global Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select International Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select Large Cap Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Short Term Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Small Cap Index Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund II
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Funds Series Trust I
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2020 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2025 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2030 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2035 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2040 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2045 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2050 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2055 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2060 Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Alternative Beta Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
Connecticut Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
Massachusetts Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
-7-
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
New York Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
AMT-Free
Oregon Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CMG Ultra Short Term Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Balanced Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Contrarian Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Corporate Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Disciplined Small Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Diversified Absolute Return Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Diversified Real Return Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Dividend Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Emerging Markets Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Dividend Opportunity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Energy and Natural Resources Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Greater China Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Multi-Asset Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Pacific/Asia Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Solutions Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Solutions Conservative Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Strategic California Municipal Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Strategic Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Strategic New York Municipal Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia
Tax-Exempt
Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Total Return Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia U.S. Social Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia U.S. Treasury Index Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Multi-Manager Directional Alternative Strategies Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Multi-Manager Growth Strategies Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Multi-Manager International Equity Strategies Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Multi-Manager Total Return Bond Strategies Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Funds Series Trust II
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia Absolute Return Currency and Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Capital Allocation Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Capital Allocation Conservative Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
-8-
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia Commodity Strategy Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Contrarian Asia Pacific Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Contrarian Europe Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Emerging Markets Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia European Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Floating Rate Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Equity Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Global Infrastructure Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Government Money Market Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia High Yield Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Income Builder Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Inflation Protected Securities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Large Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Minnesota
Tax-Exempt
Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Overseas Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Quality Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select Global Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select
Large-Cap
Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Select
Smaller-Cap
Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Seligman Global Technology Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Multi-Manager Value Strategies Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Asset Allocation Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Contrarian Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Diversified Absolute Return Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Long Government/Credit Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Small Company Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Strategic Income Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Lazard International Equity Advantage Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
-9-
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Variable Portfolio Managed Risk Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Managed Risk U.S. Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Conservative Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Conservative Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio U.S. Flexible Conservative Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio U.S. Flexible Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio U.S. Flexible Moderate Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Balanced Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Commodity Strategy Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Core Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Disciplined Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Dividend Opportunity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Emerging Markets Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Emerging Markets Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Global Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Government Money Market Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio High Yield Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Income Opportunities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Intermediate Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Large Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Large Cap Index Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Limited Duration Credit Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Overseas Core Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Select Large Cap Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Select LargeCap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Select SmallerCap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio Seligman Global Technology Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio U.S. Equities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Variable Portfolio U.S. Government Mortgage Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
American Century Diversified Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
AQR International Core Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
BlackRock Global Inflation-Protected Securities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
CenterSquare Real Estate Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
DFA International Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Los Angeles Capital Large Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
MFS
®
Blended Research
®
Core Equity Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
MFS
®
Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Morgan Stanley Advantage Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
-10-
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
CTIVP
SM
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
TCW Core Plus Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Wells Fargo Short Duration Government Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
CTIVP
SM
Westfield Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Columbia Wanger International Equities Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Conservative Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Moderate Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Moderately Aggressive Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Moderately Conservative Portfolio
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Partners Core Bond Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Partners Small Cap Growth Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Variable Portfolio Partners Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Tri-Continental
Corporation
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Tri-Continental
Corporation
|
|
May 1, 2018
|
Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Effective Date
|
Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.
|
|
September 1, 2018
|
-11-
SCHEDULE B Lending Funds
Except as otherwise indicated below, for each Fund, the Master Agreement was effective as of the date set forth on Schedule B.
TRI-CONTINENTAL
CORPORATION
COLUMBIA SELIGMAN TECHNOLOGY GROWTH FUND
AND
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST I
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE
TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II
ON BEHALF OF
EACH OF ITS SERIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE B
|
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Michael G. Clarke
|
Name: Michael G. Clarke
|
Title: Treasurer
|
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
|
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Ryan C. Larrenaga
|
Name: Ryan C. Larrenaga
|
Title: Vice President
|
-12-