0001193125-17-080280.txt : 20170313 0001193125-17-080280.hdr.sgml : 20170313 20170313160255 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-080280 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170313 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170313 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20170313 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: 17685233 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 S000009184 Columbia Acorn Fund C000024954 Columbia Acorn Fund Class A LACAX C000024956 Columbia Acorn Fund Class C LIACX C000024957 Columbia Acorn Fund Class Z ACRNX C000094632 Columbia Acorn Fund Class I CANIX C000122735 Columbia Acorn Fund Class R4 CEARX C000122736 Columbia Acorn Fund Class R5 CRBRX C000122737 Columbia Acorn Fund Class Y CRBYX 497 1 d360826d497.htm CAT CAT
Supplement dated March 13, 2017
to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus, each as supplemented, of the following Fund:
Fund Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated
Columbia Acorn Trust  
 Columbia Acorn® Fund 5/1/2016
Effective March 14, 2017, the list of portfolio managers under the caption “Fund Management” in the "Summary of the Fund" section of the Prospectus is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
    
Portfolio Manager   Title   Role with Fund   Service with the Fund Since
P. Zachary Egan, CFA   President, Global Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-manager since 2015   1999
Matthew A. Litfin, CFA   Director of Research (U.S.) and Portfolio Manager   Co-manager since 2016   2015
The rest of the section remains the same.
Effective March 14, 2017, the information under the caption “Portfolio Managers” in the “More Information About the Fund — Primary Service Providers” section of the Prospectus is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
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   Service with the Fund Since
P. Zachary Egan, CFA   President, Global Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-manager since 2015   1999
Matthew A. Litfin, CFA   Director of Research (U.S.) and Portfolio Manager   Co-manager since 2016   2015
Mr. Egan is President and Global Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Manager and has been associated with the Investment Manager or its predecessors as an investment professional since 1999. He has been President of the Trust since April 2014 and served as a Vice President of the Trust from 2003 through March 2014. Mr. Egan began his investment career in 1999 and earned a B.A. from Middlebury College and an M.A. from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Litfin has been associated with the Investment Manager since 2015 and has been a Vice President of the Trust since March 2016. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, Mr. Litfin served as a portfolio manager and analyst for funds that invested in small- and mid-cap companies. Mr. Litfin began his investment career in 1993 and earned a B.S. from the University of Tennessee and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
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