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COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST

ColumbiaSM Acorn Fund®
Columbia
SM Acorn International®
Columbia
SM Acorn USA®
Columbia
SM Acorn SelectSM
Columbia
SM Acorn International SelectSM
Columbia
SM Thermostat FundSM
(the “Funds”)

Supplement dated June 22, 2007 to the
Statement of Additional Information
dated May 1, 2007

Effective July 1, 2007, the chart in the section entitled “Management of the Trust—Trustees and Officers” beginning on page 33 of the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information is revised to include the following information:

Name, Position(s)
with Columbia Acorn
and Age at
January 1, 2007

 

Year First
Elected or
Appointed
to Office*

 

Principal Occupation(s)
during
Past Five Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer

 

Other
Directorships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trustees who are not interested persons of Columbia Acorn:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maureen M. Culhane, 58, Trustee

 

2007

 

Retired; Vice President, Goldman, Sachs Asset Management (investment adviser) 2005; Vice President (Consultant) — Strategic Relationship Management, Goldman, Sachs & Co. 1999-2005; prior thereto, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Sara Lee Corporation.

 

10

 

Wanger Advisors Trust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trustees who are interested persons of Columbia Acorn:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura M. Born, 41, Trustee (4)

 

2007

 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business 2007-2008; Managing Director – Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Incorporated (broker-dealer) 1991 – 2007.

 

10

 

Wanger Advisors Trust.

 


(4)          Ms. Born is an “interested person”, as defined in the 1940 Act, until January 1, 2008 as a result of her previous affiliation with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Incorporated, a registered broker-dealer that may execute portfolio transactions for or engage in principal transactions with the Funds or other clients or other funds or clients advised by Columbia WAM or its affiliates.

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