-----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, GVT0ZspavXe1mZ/rS46EWRiJh7khvVOzPgXmEdok/GYWvBY4cjCD6yIpEP5U77xS Tgb7cWU1avvk8/fn6ulMiQ== 0000893877-97-000151.txt : 19970226 0000893877-97-000151.hdr.sgml : 19970226 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893877-97-000151 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 24F-2NT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961231 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970225 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: 24F-2NT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-99207 FILM NUMBER: 97543052 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 24F-2NT 1 FORM 24F-2 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 24F-2 Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24f-2 Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form. Please print or type. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and address of issuer: Columbia Special Fund, Inc. 1301 SW Fifth Portland, OR 97201 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-4362 Securities Act File Number: 2-99207 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: December 31, 1996 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold after the close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declaration: [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f- 2(a)(1), if applicable (see instruction A.6): - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of the fiscal year: 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2: 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year: 25,624,116 shares $593,195,434 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2: 25,624,116 shares $593,195,434 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans if applicable (see Instruction B.7): 13,826,136 shares $273,619,242 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Calculation of registration fees: (i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $593,195,434 (ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable): + $273,619,242 (iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during the fiscal year (if applicable): - $554,251,968 (iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable): + $ 0 (v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable): $312,562,708 (vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see Instruction C.6): x 1/33 of 1% (vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]: $94,715.97 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) only if the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction C.3. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a): [ X ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lockbox depository: February 24, 1997 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURES This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By (Signature and Title)* GEORGE L. HANSETH ---------------------------------------- George L. Hanseth, Senior Vice President Date February 25, 1997 ------------------- *Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature. ================================================================================ 3 EX-99.1 2 OPINION OF STOEL RIVES LLP STOEL RIVES LLP --------------- ATTORNEYS Standard Insurance Center 900 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2300 Portland, Oregon 97204-1268 Telephone (503) 224-3380 Fax (503) 220-2480 TDD (503) 221-1045 February 25, 1997 Columbia Special Fund, Inc. 1301 SW Fifth Avenue PO Box 1350 Portland, OR 97207 Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice At your request we have reviewed the Form 24f-2 Notice - Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24f-2 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Rule 24f-2 Notice") by Columbia Special Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"). We have reviewed copies of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Fund, the resolutions adopted by the Fund's Board of Directors authorizing the issuance of shares of the Fund's common stock (the "Shares"), and the audited financial statements of the Fund showing the issuance and redemption of shares of Common Stock in fiscal 1996. Based upon our review of the documents referred to above and consideration of other matters we deemed necessary, it is our opinion that the Shares issued in fiscal 1996 in reliance on the Registration Statement of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, Registration No. 2-99207, as reflected in the Rule 24f-2 Notice, were legally issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Very truly yours, STOEL RIVES LLP -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----