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COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST I COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST VI Columbia High Yield Opportunity Fund Columbia Growth & Income Fund Columbia Strategic Income Fund Columbia Tax-Managed Growth Fund COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST VIII Columbia Tax-Managed Growth Fund II Columbia Income Fund Columbia Tax-Managed Value Fund Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund Columbia Tax-Managed Aggressive Growth Fund COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST IX COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST II Columbia High Yield Municipal Fund Columbia Money Market Fund COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST XI COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST III Columbia Large Cap Core Fund Columbia Contrarian Income Fund Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund Columbia Federal Securities Fund Columbia Disciplined Value Fund Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund Columbia Small Company Equity Fund Columbia Liberty Fund Columbia Young Investor Fund Columbia Growth Stock Fund COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST IV Columbia Dividend Income Fund Columbia Municipal Money Market Fund Columbia Asset Allocation Fund COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST V Columbia Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund Columbia Connecticut Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund Columbia New Jersey Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund Columbia New York Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund Columbia Rhode Island Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund Columbia Florida Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund Columbia Pennsylvania Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund Columbia Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
The Funds listed above are referred to each as a "Fund" and collectively as the "Funds" and the Trusts listed above are referred to collectively as "Trusts." Supplement to Prospectuses m Class A, B C and Z Shares 1. The disclosure under the heading "How to Exchange Shares" for Class A, B and C is revised in its entirety as follows: You may exchange your shares for shares of the same share class (and in some cases, certain other classes) of another fund distributed by Columbia Funds Distributor, Inc. at net asset value. If your shares are subject to a CDSC, you will not be charged a CDSC upon the exchange. However, when you sell the shares acquired through the exchange, the shares sold may be subject to a CDSC, depending upon when you originally purchased the shares you are exchanging. For purposes of computing the CDSC, the length of time you have owned your shares will be computed from the date of your original purchase and the applicable CDSC will be the CDSC of the original fund. Unless your account is part of a tax-deferred retirement plan, an exchange is a taxable event, and you may realize a gain or a loss for tax purposes. Each Fund may terminate your exchange privilege if the advisor determines that your exchange activity is likely to adversely impact its ability to manage each Fund. See "Fund Policy on Trading of Fund Shares" for each Fund's policy. To exchange by telephone, call 1-800-422-3737. Please have your account and taxpayer identification numbers available when calling. 2. The disclosure under the heading "How to Exchange Shares" for Class Z is revised in its entirety as follows: You may exchange your shares for Class Z or Class A (only if Class Z is not offered) shares of another fund distributed by Columbia Funds Distributor, Inc. at net asset value. Unless your account is part of a tax-deferred retirement plan, an exchagne is a taxable event, and you may realize a gain or a loss for tax purposes. Each Fund may terminate your exchange privilege if the advisor determines that your exchange activity is likely to adversely impact its ability to manage each Fund. See "Fund Policy on Trading of Fund Shares" for each Fund's policy. To exchange by telephone, call 1-800-422-3737. Please have your account and taxpayer indentification numbers available when calling. 3. The disclosure under the heading "Fund Policy on Trading of Fund Shares" is revised in its entirety as follows: Purchases and exchanges should be made for investment purposes only. Frequent purchases, redemptions or exchanges of Fund shares may disrupt portfolio management and increase Fund expenses. Each Fund has adopted certain policies and methods intended to identify and to discourage frequent trading in each Fund. However, as discussed below, each Fund cannot ensure that all such activity can be identified or terminated. Right to Reject or Restrict Orders and Close Accounts. Each Fund reserves the right to restrict, reject or cancel, without any prior notice, any purchase or exchange order, including transactions accepted by any shareholder's financial intermediary, when each Fund believes it is in its shareholders' best interest. In the event that each Fund rejects or cancels an exchange request, neither the redemption nor the purchase side of the exchange will be processed. Each Fund may also fully redeem the shares and close the account of any shareholder whom it believes is engaged or intends to engage in frequent trading. Limitations on the Ability to Identify or to Terminate Frequent Trading. There is no guarantee that each Fund or its agents will be able to detect frequent trading activity or the shareholders engaged in such activity, or, if it is detected, to prevent its recurrence. In particular, a substantial portion of purchase, redemption and exchange orders are received from omnibus accounts. Omnibus accounts, in which shares are held in the name of an intermediary on behalf of multiple beneficial owners, are a common form of holding shares among financial intermediaries, retirement plans and variable insurance products. Each Fund typically is not able to identify trading by a particular beneficial owner, which may make it difficult or impossible to determine if a particular account is engaged in frequent trading. There are also operational and technological limitations on each Fund's agents' ability to identify or terminate frequent trading activity, and the techniques used by each Fund and its agents are not anticipated to identify all frequent trading. March 15, 2004 COLUMBIA NEWPORT ASIA PACIFIC FUND (the "Fund") Class A, B and C Shares Supplement to Prospectus dated November 1, 2003 (Replacing Supplement dated March 4, 2004) 1. The following risk disclosure is revised under the heading "Principal Investment Risks:" Market timers. Because the Fund invests predominantly in foreign securities, the Fund may be particularly susceptible to market timers. Market timers generally attempt to take advantage of the way the Fund prices its shares by trading based on market information they expect will lead to a change in the Fund's net asset value on the next pricing day. Market timing activity may be disruptive to Fund management and, since a market timer's profits are effectively paid directly out of the Fund's assets, negatively impact the investment returns of other shareholders. Although the Fund has adopted certain policies and methods intended to identify and to discourage frequent trading based on this strategy, it cannot ensure that all such activity can be identified or terminated. 2. The information in the table on page 6 entitled "Shareholder Fees" is replaced in its entirety with the following: Shareholder Fees(2) (paid directly from your investment)
Class A Class B Class C Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (%) 5.75 0.00 0.00 (as a percentage of the offering price) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ---------------- Maximum deferred sales charge (load) on redemptions (%) 0.00 5.00 1.00 (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption price) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ---------------- Redemption fee (%) (3) (3) (3) (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) A $10 annual fee may be 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. 3. The information in the table on page 10 entitled "Class A Sales Charges" is replaced in its entirety with the following: Class A Sales Charges
% of offering As a % of the price retained by public offering As a % of your financial advisor Amount purchased price investment ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- Less than $50,000 5.75 6.10 5.00 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- $50,000 to less than $100,000 4.50 4.71 3.75 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- $100,000 to less than $250,000 3.50 3.63 2.75 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- $250,000 to less than $500,000 2.50 2.56 2.00 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------------- ------------------- $500,000 or more 2.00 2.04 1.75 ------------------------------------------------------
4. The disclosure under the heading "Fund Policy on Trading of Fund Shares" is revised in its entirety as follows: Purchases and exchanges should be made for investment purposes only. Frequent purchases, redemptions or exchanges of Fund shares may disrupt portfolio management and increase Fund expenses. The Fund has adopted certain policies and methods intended to identify and to discourage frequent trading in the Fund. However, as discussed below, the Fund cannot ensure that all such activity can be identified or terminated. Right to Reject or Restrict Orders and Close Accounts. The Fund reserves the right to restrict, reject or cancel, without any prior notice, any purchase or exchange order, including transactions accepted by any shareholder's financial intermediary, when the Fund believes it is in its shareholders' best interest. In the event that the Fund rejects or cancels an exchange request, neither the redemption nor the purchase side of the exchange will be processed. The Fund may also fully redeem the shares and close the account of any shareholder whom it believes is engaged or intends to engage in frequent trading. Limitations on the Ability to Identify or to Terminate Frequent Trading. There is no guarantee that the Fund or its agents will be able to detect frequent trading activity or the shareholders engaged in such activity, or, if it is detected, to prevent its recurrence. In particular, a substantial portion of purchase, redemption and exchange orders are received from omnibus accounts. Omnibus accounts, in which shares are held in the name of an intermediary on behalf of multiple beneficial owners, are a common form of holding shares among financial intermediaries, retirement plans and variable insurance products. The Fund typically is not able to identify trading by a particular beneficial owner, which may make it difficult or impossible to determine if a particular account is engaged in frequent trading. There are also operational and technological limitations on the Fund's agents' ability to identify or terminate frequent trading activity, and the techniques used by the Fund and its agents are not anticipated to identify all frequent trading. 5. The section entitled "Portfolio Managers" is revised in its entirety as follows: Jamie Chui, vice president of Columbia Management, is a co-manager of the Fund and was an analyst covering Asia Pacific companies from November, 2000 to July, 2001. Prior to joining Columbia Management, Ms. Chui was a research investment associate at Putnam Investments from December, 1997 to November, 2000. Prior to December, 1997, Ms. Chui was a domestic fixed income research associate with Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. Eric Robert Lewis Sandlund, a senior equity portfolio manager and vice president of Columbia Management, is a co-manager of the Fund and has co-managed the Fund since March, 2004. Mr. Sandlund has been associated with Columbia Management or its predecessors since June, 2002. Prior to joining Columbia Management in June, 2002 Mr. Sandlund was managing director and chief investment officer, Asia Pacific of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (Merrill Lynch) in Singapore from January, 2000 to June, 2002. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sandlund was a regional managing director and chief investment officer of Prudential Portfolio Managers (Asia) Limited in Hong Kong from 1994 to 1999. March 15, 2004 COLUMBIA NEWPORT ASIA PACIFIC FUND (the "Fund") Class Z Shares Supplement to Prospectus dated November 1, 2003 (Replacing Supplement dated March 4, 2004) 1. The following risk disclosure is revised under the heading "Principal Investment Risks:" Market timers. Because the Fund invests predominantly in foreign securities, the Fund may be particularly susceptible to market timers. Market timers generally attempt to take advantage of the way the Fund prices its shares by trading based on market information they expect will lead to a change in the Fund's net asset value on the next pricing day. Market timing activity may be disruptive to Fund management and, since a market timer's profits are effectively paid directly out of the Fund's assets, negatively impact the investment returns of other shareholders. Although the Fund has adopted certain policies and methods intended to identify and to discourage frequent trading based on this strategy, it cannot ensure that all such activity can be identified or terminated. 2. The disclosure under the heading "Fund Policy on Trading of Fund Shares" is revised in its entirety as follows: Purchases and exchanges should be made for investment purposes only. Frequent purchases, redemptions or exchanges of Fund shares may disrupt portfolio management and increase Fund expenses. The Fund has adopted certain policies and methods intended to identify and to discourage frequent trading in the Fund. However, as discussed below, the Fund cannot ensure that all such activity can be identified or terminated. Right to Reject or Restrict Orders and Close Accounts. The Fund reserves the right to restrict, reject or cancel, without any prior notice, any purchase or exchange order, including transactions accepted by any shareholder's financial intermediary, when the Fund believes it is in its shareholders' best interest. In the event that the Fund rejects or cancels an exchange request, neither the redemption nor the purchase side of the exchange will be processed. The Fund may also fully redeem the shares and close the account of any shareholder whom it believes is engaged or intends to engage in frequent trading. Limitations on the Ability to Identify or to Terminate Frequent Trading. There is no guarantee that the Fund or its agents will be able to detect frequent trading activity or the shareholders engaged in such activity, or, if it is detected, to prevent its recurrence. In particular, a substantial portion of purchase, redemption and exchange orders are received from omnibus accounts. Omnibus accounts, in which shares are held in the name of an intermediary on behalf of multiple beneficial owners, are a common form of holding shares among financial intermediaries, retirement plans and variable insurance products. The Fund typically is not able to identify trading by a particular beneficial owner, which may make it difficult or impossible to determine if a particular account is engaged in frequent trading. There are also operational and technological limitations on the Fund's agents' ability to identify or terminate frequent trading activity, and the techniques used by the Fund and its agents are not anticipated to identify all frequent trading. Redemption Fee. A redemption fee of 2% of redemption proceeds will be imposed on redemptions (including redemptions by exchange) of Class Z shares of the Fund that were owned for 60 days or less. The redemption fee will be deducted from your redemption proceeds and retained by the Fund to help cover the costs of short-term investments to the Fund and its long-term shareholders. The redemption fee will not apply to (i) shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and distributions; (ii) shares redeemed by exchange into another fund distributed by Columbia Funds Distributor, Inc. that has a redemption fee or (iii) shares held for any client of Fleet National Bank or one of its subsidiaries through a discretionary asset management arrangement with Fleet National Bank or the subsidiary. In the case of 401(k) plans, the redemption fee is applied at the participant level or, for plans that are unable to apply the redemption fee at the participant level, the plan level. The Fund, in its sole discretion, may temporarily waive the redemption fee for 401(k) plans that are in the process of liquidating their Fund investments or adding the Fund as an investment option. 3. The section entitled "Portfolio Managers" has been revised in its entirety as follows: Jamie Chui, vice president of Columbia Management, is a co-manager of the Fund and was an analyst covering Asia Pacific companies from November, 2000 to July, 2001. Prior to joining Columbia Management, Ms. Chui was a research investment associate at Putnam Investments from December, 1997 to November, 2000. Prior to December, 1997, Ms. Chui was a domestic fixed income research associate with Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. Eric Robert Lewis Sandlund, a senior equity portfolio manager and vice president of Columbia Management, is a co-manager of the Fund and co-managed the Fund since March, 2004. Mr. Sandlund has been associated with Columbia Management or its predecessors since June, 2002. Prior to joining Columbia Management in June, 2002 Mr. Sandlund was managing director and chief investment officer, Asia Pacific of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (Merrill Lynch) in Singapore from January, 2000 to June, 2002. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sandlund was a regional managing director and chief investment officer of Prudential Portfolio Managers (Asia) Limited in Hong Kong from 1994 to 1999. March 15, 2004 COLUMBIA SMALL CAP VALUE FUND Supplement to Prospectuses Dated November 1, 2003 (Replacing Supplement dated December 31, 2003) 1. The first paragraph under "Principal Investment Strategies" is revised in its entirety as follows: Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in small capitalization stocks. Small capitalization stocks are stocks of companies with market capitalizations equal to or less than the largest stock in the Russell 2000 Value Index ($1.9 billion as of September 30, 2003). When purchasing securities for the Fund, the Fund's investment advisor may choose securities of companies it believes are undervalued. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in foreign securities. 2. The disclosure under the heading "Fund Policy on Trading of Fund Shares" is revised in its entirety as follows: Purchases and exchanges should be made for investment purposes only. Frequent purchases, redemptions or exchanges of Fund shares may disrupt portfolio management and increase Fund expenses. The Fund has adopted certain policies and methods intended to identify and to discourage frequent trading in the Fund. However, as discussed below, the Fund cannot ensure that all such activity can be identified or terminated. Right to Reject or Restrict Orders and Close Accounts. The Fund reserves the right to restrict, reject or cancel, without any prior notice, any purchase or exchange order, including transactions accepted by any shareholder's financial intermediary, when the Fund believes it is in its shareholders' best interest. In the event that the Fund rejects or cancels an exchange request, neither the redemption nor the purchase side of the exchange will be processed. The Fund may also fully redeem the shares and close the account of any shareholder whom it believes is engaged or intends to engage in frequent trading. Limitations on the Ability to Identify or to Terminate Frequent Trading. There is no guarantee that the Fund or its agents will be able to detect frequent trading activity or the shareholders engaged in such activity, or, if it is detected, to prevent its recurrence. In particular, a substantial portion of purchase, redemption and exchange orders are received from omnibus accounts. Omnibus accounts, in which shares are held in the name of an intermediary on behalf of multiple beneficial owners, are a common form of holding shares among financial intermediaries, retirement plans and variable insurance products. The Fund typically is not able to identify trading by a particular beneficial owner, which may make it difficult or impossible to determine if a particular account is engaged in frequent trading. There are also operational and technological limitations on the Fund's agents' ability to identify or terminate frequent trading activity, and the techniques used by the Fund and its agents are not anticipated to identify all frequent trading. March 15, 2004