0001193125-21-117340.txt : 20210415 0001193125-21-117340.hdr.sgml : 20210415 20210415110353 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-21-117340 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210415 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210415 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20210415 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: 497K SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-34223 FILM NUMBER: 21827699 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 71 S. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2500 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3126349200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 71 S. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2500 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 S000009186 Columbia Acorn USA C000024962 Columbia Acorn USA Class A LAUAX C000024964 Columbia Acorn USA Class C LAUCX C000024965 Columbia Acorn USA Institutional Class AUSAX C000122740 Columbia Acorn USA Advisor Class CUSAX C000122741 Columbia Acorn USA Institutional 2 Class CYSRX C000122742 Columbia Acorn USA Institutional 3 Class CUSYX 497K 1 d142964d497k.htm COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST Columbia Acorn Trust
Supplement dated April 15, 2021
to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus, as supplemented, of the following fund (the Fund):
Fund Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated
Columbia Acorn Trust  
 Columbia Acorn USA® May 1, 2020
Effective April 15, 2021 (the Effective Date), the portfolio manager information under the caption “Fund Management” in the Summary Prospectus and in the "Summary of the Fund" section of the Prospectus is hereby superseded and replaced with the following: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
Erika K. Maschmeyer, CFA   Director of Research (U.S.), Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager since April 2021   2016
John L. Emerson, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager since April 2021   2003
On the Effective Date, the portfolio manager information under the caption “Primary Service Providers - Portfolio Managers” in the “More Information About the Fund" section of the Prospectus is hereby superseded and replaced with the following: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
Erika K. Maschmeyer, CFA   Director of Research (U.S.), Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager since April 2021   2016
John L. Emerson, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager since April 2021   2003
Ms. Maschmeyer has been associated with the Investment Manager as an investment professional since 2016. Ms. Maschmeyer heads the Investment Manager's U.S. equity research efforts and has been a Vice President of the Trust since March 2020. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, Ms. Maschmeyer was a research analyst at an investment advisory firm where she was responsible for U.S. consumer discretionary/staples investments. Ms. Maschmeyer began her investment career in 2001 and earned a B.A. from Denison University and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Emerson has been associated with the Investment Manager or its predecessors as an investment professional since 2003 and has been a Vice President of the Trust since March 2020. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, Mr. Emerson was an analyst at an equity research firm. Mr. Emerson began his investment career in 2002 and earned a B.S. from the University of Missouri and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago.
The rest of the section remains unchanged.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
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