-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, B8yvW/3s6wTjUd8lyoWD9/Y3w6q1CtH8asBzWfUUKe11rfaaY7G2hLTYlaPsjXTm 12NOYkNOcHC6/FNnoZPtvQ== /in/edgar/work/0000021832-00-000341/0000021832-00-000341.txt : 20001116 0000021832-00-000341.hdr.sgml : 20001116 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000021832-00-000341 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001115 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315665 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [ ] IRS NUMBER: 046452949 FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-66976 FILM NUMBER: 770328 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE FINANCIAL CTR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02111 BUSINESS PHONE: 6174263750 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COLONIAL TRUST II / DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950926 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COLONIAL MONEY MARKET FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COLONIAL TRUST II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920505 497 1 0001.txt NJOF & NGCF SUPPLEMENTS November 15, 2000 Securities and Exchange Commission Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Liberty Funds Trust II Newport Japan Opportunities Fund Newport Greater China Fund Registration File Nos. 2-66976 & 811-3009 Dear Sir/Madam: Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(e), submitted for filing via EDGAR is the form of Prospectus Supplement dated November 10, 2000 now being used in connection with the public offering and sale of shares of the Funds. Sincerely, LIBERTY FUNDS TRUSTS II Tracy S. DiRienzo Assistant Secretary Enclosures NEWPORT JAPAN OPPORTUNITIES FUND NEWPORT GREATER CHINA FUND Class A, B and C Shares Supplement to Prospectuses (Replacing Supplements dated April 27, 2000, June 23, 2000, July 14, 2000 and August 1, 2000) The Funds' Prospectuses are revised as follows: (1) Effective April 27, 2000, Newport Japan Opportunities Fund changed its name to Liberty Newport Japan Opportunities Fund and effective July 14, 2000, Newport Greater China Fund changed its name to Liberty Newport Greater China Fund. (2) The Shareholder Fees table for the Liberty Newport Japan Opportunities Fund under the caption YOUR EXPENSES is amended and restated as follows: Shareholder Fees(2) (paid directly from your investment)
Class A Class B Class C Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (%) (as a percentage of the offering price) 5.75 0.00 0.00 - --------------------------------------------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------------- Maximum deferred sales charge (load) on redemptions (%) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption price) 1.00(3) 5.00 1.00 - --------------------------------------------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------------- Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) (4) (4) (4) - --------------------------------------------------- -------------- ---------------- ----------------------
(2) A $10 annual fee is deducted from accounts of less than $1,000 and paid to the transfer agent. (3) This charge applies only to certain Class A shares bought without an initial sales charge that are sold within 18 months of purchase. (4) There is a $7.50 charge for wiring sale proceeds to your bank. (3) The Shareholder Fees table for the Liberty Newport Greater China Fund under the caption YOUR EXPENSES is amended and restated as follows: Shareholder Fees(8) (paid directly from your investment)
Class A Class B Class C Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (%) (as a percentage of the offering price) 5.75 0.00 0.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -------------- ---------------------- Maximum deferred sales charge (load) on redemptions (%) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption price) 1.00(9) 5.00 1.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -------------- ---------------------- Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) (10) (10) (10) - --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -------------- ----------------------
(8) A $10 annual fee is deducted from accounts of less than $1,000 and paid to the transfer agent. (9) This charge applies only to certain Class A shares bought without an initial sales charge that are sold within 18 months of purchase. (10) There is a $7.50 charge for wiring sale proceeds to your bank. (4) The second paragraph in the sidebar, UNDERSTANDING EXPENSES, under the caption YOUR EXPENSES for both the Liberty Newport Japan Opportunities Fund and the Liberty Newport Greater China Fund is deleted in its entirety. (5) The footnote to the table "Class A Sales Charges" under the subcaption SALES CHARGES under the section YOUR ACCOUNT is revised as follows: Class A shares bought without an initial sales charge in accounts aggregating $1 million to $25 million at the time of purchase are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if the shares are sold within 18 months of the time of purchase. Subsequent Class A share purchases that bring your account value above $1 million are subject to a CDSC if redeemed within 18 months of the date of purchase. The 18-month period begins on the first day of the month following each purchase. The CDSC does not apply to retirement plans purchased through a fee-based program. (6) The following replaces the table called "Purchases Over $1 Million" under the subcaption SALES CHARGES under the section YOUR ACCOUNT: Amount purchased Commission % First $3 million 1.00 - ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- $3 million to less than $5 million 0.80 - ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- $5 million to less than $25 million 0.50 - ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- $25 million or more 0.25 - ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- The commission to financial advisors for Class A share purchases of $25 million or more is paid over 12 months but only to the extent the shares remain outstanding. For Class A share purchases by participants in certain group retirement plans offered through a fee-based program, financial advisors receive a 1.00% commission from the distributor on all purchases of less than $3 million. (7) The last three paragraphs under the caption SALES CHARGES are deleted in their entirety. 734-36/297D-1000 November 10, 2000 NEWPORT JAPAN OPPORTUNITIES FUND NEWPORT GREATER CHINA FUND Class Z Shares Supplement to Prospectus dated January 1, 2000 (Replacing Supplements dated April 13, 2000, April 27, 2000, June 23, 2000 and August 15, 2000) The Prospectus is revised as follows: (1) Effective April 27, 2000, Newport Japan Opportunities Fund changed its name to Liberty Newport Japan Opportunities Fund and effective July 14, 2000, Newport Greater China Fund changed its name to Liberty Newport Greater China Fund. (2) The categories of investors who are eligible to purchase Class Z shares are revised as follows: The following investors are now eligible to purchase Class Z shares: (i) clients of broker-dealers or registered investment advisors that both recommend the purchase of Fund shares and charge such clients an asset-based fee; (ii) a retirement plan (or the custodian for such plan) with aggregate plan assets of at least $5 million at the time of purchase and which purchases shares directly from Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc., the Funds' distributor, or through a third party broker-dealer; (iii) any insurance company, trust company or bank purchasing shares for its own account; (iv) any endowment, investment company or foundation; (v) clients of investment advisory affiliates of the distributor provided that the clients meet certain criteria established by the distributor and its affiliates; (vi) any shareholder (or family member of such shareholder) who owned shares of any of the funds of Liberty Acorn Trust on September 29, 2000 (when all of the then outstanding shares of Liberty Acorn Trust were re-designated Class Z shares) and who has since then continued to own shares of any funds distributed by Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc.; (vii) any person investing all or part of the proceeds of a distribution, roll over or transfer of assets into a Liberty IRA, from any deferred compensation plan which was a shareholder of any of the funds of Liberty Acorn Trust on September 29, 2000, in which the investor was a participant and through which the investor invested in one or more of the funds of Liberty Acorn Trust immediately prior to the distribution, roll over or transfer; (viii) any trustee of Liberty Acorn Trust, any employee of Liberty Wanger Asset Management, L.P., or a member of the family of such trustee or employee; and (ix) any person or entity listed in the account registration for any account (such as joint owners, trustees, custodians, and designated beneficiaries) that held shares of any of the funds of Liberty Acorn Trust on September 29, 2000 and that has since then continued to hold shares of any fund distributed by Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc. Initial purchases of Class Z shares are subject to a minimum purchase amount of $100,000, except that purchases by (a) retirement plans described in clause (ii) above are not subject to any initial investment minimum, and (b) investors described in clauses (vi), (viii) and (ix) above are subject to a minimum purchase amount of $1,000. The Funds reserve the right to change the investment minimums. (3) The Shareholder Fees table for the Liberty Newport Japan Opportunities Fund under the caption YOUR EXPENSES is amended and restated as follows: Shareholder Fees(2) (paid directly from your investment) Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (%) (as a percentage of the offering price) 0.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Maximum deferred sales charge (load) on redemptions (%) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption price) 0.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) (3) - --------------------------------------------------- ----------------- (2) A $10 annual fee is deducted from accounts of less than $1,000 and paid to the transfer agent. (3) There is a $7.50 charge for wiring sale proceeds to your bank. (4) The Shareholder Fees table for the Liberty Newport Greater China Fund under the caption YOUR EXPENSES is amended and restated as follows: Shareholder Fees(7) (paid directly from your investment) Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (%) (as a percentage of the offering price) 0.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Maximum deferred sales charge (load) on redemptions (%) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption price) 0.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) (8) - --------------------------------------------------- ----------------- (7) A $10 annual fee is deducted from accounts of less than $1,000 and paid to the transfer agent. (8) There is a $7.50 charge for wiring sale proceeds to your bank. (5) The second paragraph in the sidebar, UNDERSTANDING EXPENSES, under the caption YOUR EXPENSES for both the Liberty Newport Japan Opportunities Fund and the Liberty Newport Greater China Fund is deleted in its entirety. (6) The last three paragraphs under the caption SALES CHARGES are deleted in their entirety. 734-36/296D-1000 November 10, 2000 LIBERTY NEWPORT JAPAN OPPORTUNITIES FUND Class J and N Shares Supplement to Prospectus dated April 6, 2000 The Prospectus is revised as follows: (1) The Shareholder Fees table under the caption YOUR EXPENSES is amended and restated as follows: Shareholder Fees(3) (paid directly from your investment) Class J Class N Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (%) (as a percentage of the offering price) 3.00 0.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ----------- Maximum deferred sales charge (load) on redemptions (%) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption price) 0.00 3.00 - --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ----------- Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) (4) (4) - --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ----------- (3) A $10 annual fee is deducted from accounts of less than $1,000 and paid to the transfer agent. (4) There is a $7.50 charge for wiring sale proceeds to your bank. (2) The second paragraph in the sidebar, UNDERSTANDING EXPENSES, under the caption YOUR EXPENSES is deleted in its entirety. (3) The last three paragraphs under the caption SALES CHARGES are deleted in their entirety. November 10, 2000 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----