0001193125-21-262903.txt : 20210901 0001193125-21-262903.hdr.sgml : 20210901 20210901110331 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-21-262903 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210901 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210901 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20210901 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: 211229138 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 S000009184 Columbia Acorn Fund C000024954 Columbia Acorn Fund Class A LACAX C000024956 Columbia Acorn Fund Class C LIACX C000024957 Columbia Acorn Fund Institutional Class ACRNX C000122735 Columbia Acorn Fund Advisor Class CEARX C000122736 Columbia Acorn Fund Institutional 2 Class CRBRX C000122737 Columbia Acorn Fund Institutional 3 Class CRBYX 0000002110 S000009185 Columbia Acorn International C000024958 Columbia Acorn International Class A LAIAX C000024960 Columbia Acorn International Class C LAICX C000024961 Columbia Acorn International Institutional Class ACINX C000097732 Columbia Acorn International Class R CACRX C000097733 Columbia Acorn International Institutional 2 Class CAIRX C000122738 Columbia Acorn International Advisor Class CCIRX C000122739 Columbia Acorn International Institutional 3 Class CCYIX 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 0000002110 S000009188 Columbia Acorn International Select C000024970 Columbia Acorn International Select Class A LAFAX C000024972 Columbia Acorn International Select Class C LFFCX C000024973 Columbia Acorn International Select Institutional Class ACFFX C000122746 Columbia Acorn International Select Institutional 2 Class CRIRX C000122747 Columbia Acorn International Select Institutional 3 Class CSIRX C000122748 Columbia Acorn International Select Advisor Class CILRX 0000002110 S000009189 Columbia Thermostat Fund C000024974 Columbia Thermostat Fund Class A CTFAX C000024976 Columbia Thermostat Fund Class C CTFDX C000024977 Columbia Thermostat Fund Institutional Class COTZX C000122749 Columbia Thermostat Fund Advisor Class CTORX C000122750 Columbia Thermostat Fund Institutional 2 Class CQTRX C000122751 Columbia Thermostat Fund Institutional 3 Class CYYYX 0000002110 S000033621 Columbia Acorn European Fund C000103324 Columbia Acorn European Fund Class A CAEAX C000103325 Columbia Acorn European Fund Class C CAECX C000103327 Columbia Acorn European Fund Institutional Class CAEZX C000122752 Columbia Acorn European Fund Institutional 2 Class CAEEX C000144049 Columbia Acorn European Fund Advisor Class CLOFX C000171393 Columbia Acorn European Fund Institutional 3 Class CAEYX 497 1 d901409d497.htm COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST Columbia Acorn Trust
Supplement dated September 1, 2021
to the Prospectus (as supplemented, if applicable) of each of the following funds (each, a Fund, and collectively, the Funds):
Fund Prospectus Dated
Columbia Acorn Trust  
 Columbia Acorn European Fund 5/1/2021
 Columbia Acorn Fund 5/1/2021
 Columbia Acorn International 5/1/2021
 Columbia Acorn International Select 5/1/2021
 Columbia Acorn USA 5/1/2021
 Columbia Thermostat Fund 5/1/2021
(1) Effective October 1, 2021, the information regarding "Class Inst2 - Eligibility" and "Class Inst3 - Eligibility" in the table under the heading "Share Class Features" in the "Choosing a Share Class – Summary of Share Class Features" section is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
    
Share Class Eligible Investors;
Minimum Initial Investments;
Conversion Features(a) 		Front-End Sales
Charges(b) 		Contingent Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)(b) 		Sales Charge
Reductions/Waivers 		Maximum Distribution
and/or Service
(12b-1) Fees(c)
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(d); (iii) health savings accounts, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst2 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (iv) 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(d); (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 		None None N/A None
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Share Class Eligible Investors;
Minimum Initial Investments;
Conversion Features(a) 		Front-End Sales
Charges(b) 		Contingent Deferred
Sales Charges
(CDSCs)(b) 		Sales Charge
Reductions/Waivers 		Maximum Distribution
and/or Service
(12b-1) Fees(c)
  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; (vii) health savings accounts, 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 (viii) 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 		       
(2) Effective October 1, 2021, the information under the headings "Class Inst2 Shares" and "Class Inst3 Shares" in the "Buying Shares - Eligible Investors" section under the "Buying, Selling and Exchanging Shares" section is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
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; (iii) health savings accounts, provided that the financial intermediary has an agreement with the Distributor that specifically authorizes offering Class Inst2 shares within such platform and that Fund shares are held in an omnibus account; and (iv) 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.
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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; (vii) health savings accounts, 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 (viii) 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.
(3) Effective immediately, the information in the section "Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges" of each Fund's Prospectus with respect to Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
 Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC (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:
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial Services brokerage account are eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this prospectus or the Fund’s 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 reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the Columbia Fund family).
■ Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that the Fund’s Class C Shares – Conversion to Class A Shares policy (stated outside this Appendix A) provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares or the conversion of Class C shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply.
■ 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.
■ Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another fund in the Columbia Fund family, 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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(4) Effective immediately, the following is hereby added to the section "Appendix A: Financial Intermediary-Specific Reductions/Waivers of Sales Charges" of each Fund’s Prospectus:
 U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. (USBI)
The following information has been provided by USBI:
Effective September of 2021, shareholders purchasing Columbia Fund shares through a USBI platform or who own shares for which USBI is the broker-dealer, where the shares are held in an omnibus account, will only be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this prospectus or the Fund’s SAI.
All other sales charge waivers and reduction described elsewhere in this prospectus or the Fund’s SAI still apply.
USBI Conversion of Class C shares
Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge are systematically converted to the Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to USBI’s share class exchange policy.
The rest of Appendix A remains the same.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
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