-----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, FW7+7kW9YOQpjVVTZVkYXnQKTXoiSWl5fGCO/fDaZtr6BlQKvtORruBUcomAUIng BzOVMfe63FiVfAUl4YvjKQ== 0000893877-98-000607.txt : 19980911 0000893877-98-000607.hdr.sgml : 19980911 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893877-98-000607 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980910 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLUMBIA SPECIAL FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000773599 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-99207 FILM NUMBER: 98706454 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1300 SW SIXTH AVE STREET 2: P O BOX 1350 CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97207 BUSINESS PHONE: 5032223600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1300 SW SIXTH AVE STREET 2: P O BOX 1350 CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 92707 497 1 497(E) File No. 2-99207 Under Rule 497(e) of Regulation C [Logo] Columbia COLUMBIA SPECIAL FUND, INC. Supplement to the Columbia Special Fund, Inc. Prospectus dated February 23, 1998 Effective September 30, 1998, Alan J. Folkman will retire as portfolio manager of Columbia Special Fund (the "Fund"), and Richard J. Johnson will assume responsibility as portfolio manager of the Fund effective October 1, 1998. Mr. Johnson has been portfolio manager of Columbia Small Cap Fund since October 1996. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he is also Vice President of Columbia Funds Management Company, the Fund's investment adviser. Before joining Columbia in 1994, Mr. Johnson served as a portfolio manager and analyst at Provident Investment Counsel (1990-1994), a major west coast money management firm. A 1980 graduate of Occidental College, Mr. Johnson received a Masters of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA in 1990. September 10, 1998 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----