0001193125-12-021330.txt : 20120124 0001193125-12-021330.hdr.sgml : 20120124 20120124122008 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-021330 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120124 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120124 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120124 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000002110 IRS NUMBER: 362692100 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-34223 FILM NUMBER: 12541370 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 227 W MONROE STE 3000 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3126349200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 227 W MONROE STE 3000 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIBERTY ACORN TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010424 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACORN INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACORN FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000002110 S000009187 Columbia Acorn Select C000024966 Columbia Acorn Select Class A LTFAX C000024967 Columbia Acorn Select Class B LTFBX C000024968 Columbia Acorn Select Class C LTFCX C000024969 Columbia Acorn Select Class Z ACTWX C000094635 Columbia Acorn Select Class I CACIX 497 1 d286074d497.htm COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST Columbia Acorn Trust

COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST

Columbia Acorn SelectSM

(the “Fund”)

Supplement dated January 24, 2012 to the Prospectuses dated May 1, 2011, as supplemented,

and the Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2011

Effective January 31, 2012, the Fund will no longer be classified as a non-diversified investment company within the meaning of Section 5(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(A) Effective January 31, 2012, the Fund’s prospectuses dated May 1, 2011, as supplemented, are further supplemented as follows:

 

  (1) The last sentence of the fourth paragraph under the heading Principal Investment Strategies is replaced in its entirety with the following:

The Fund was previously registered as a non-diversified investment company. The Fund has changed its classification from non-diversified to diversified. The Fund will not be able to become non-diversified unless it seeks and obtains the approval of shareholders.

 

  (2) The last bullet point under the heading Principal Risks is deleted in its entirety.

 

(B) Effective January 31, 2012, the third paragraph that appears under the heading About the Trust in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2011 is replaced in its entirety with the following:

Each of the Funds is a series of the Trust and each Fund operates as a diversified investment company. Each of the Funds has a fiscal year end of December 31st.

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