0001193125-20-197570.txt : 20200723 0001193125-20-197570.hdr.sgml : 20200723 20200723103100 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-20-197570 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200723 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200723 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200723 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WANGER ADVISORS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000929521 IRS NUMBER: 362692100 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-83548 FILM NUMBER: 201042977 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 71 SOUTH WACKER SUITE 2500 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3126349200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 71 SOUTH WACKER SUITE 2500 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 0000929521 S000008982 Wanger International C000024404 Wanger International WSCAX 497 1 d28039d497.htm WANGER ADVISORS TRUST WANGER ADVISORS TRUST
Supplement dated July 23, 2020
to the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (SAI) of the following fund:
Fund Prospectus and SAI Dated
Wanger Advisors Trust  
 Wanger International 5/1/2020
Louis J. Mendes has announced that on August 28, 2020, he will retire from Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, the Fund's investment manager, step down as portfolio manager to the Fund and resign as Co-President of Wanger Advisors Trust. Mr. Mendes will continue in his curent roles through August 28, 2020, including serving as a portfolio manager to the Fund along with Tae Han (Simon) Kim, James Chapman and Zoe Tan, as described below. Effective August 31, 2020, all information for Mr. Mendes is hereby removed from the Fund's Prospectus, Summary Prospectus and SAI.
Effective immediately, the portfolio manager information under the caption “Fund Management” in the “Summary of the Fund” section of the Prospectus is hereby removed and replaced with the following:
    
Portfolio Manager   Title   Role with Fund   Service with the Fund
Tae Han (Simon) Kim, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager
since 2017 		  Since 2011
James Chapman, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager
since July 2020 		  Since 2018
Zoe Tan, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager
since July 2020 		  Since 2018
Louis J. Mendes, CFA   Director of International Research and Portfolio Manager   Co-Portfolio Manager
since 2005 		  From 2001 through
August 28, 2020
The rest of the section remains the same.
Effective immediately, the information under the caption “Primary Service Providers - Portfolio Managers” in the “More Information About the Fund” section of the Prospectus is hereby removed and replaced with the following:
Portfolio Managers
Information about the portfolio managers primarily responsible for overseeing the Fund’s investments is shown below. The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including information relating to compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers, and ownership by the portfolio managers of Fund shares.
    
Portfolio Manager   Title   Role with Fund   Service with the Fund
Tae Han (Simon) Kim, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager
since 2017 		  Since 2011
James Chapman, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager
since July 2020 		  Since 2018
Zoe Tan, CFA   Portfolio Manager and Analyst   Co-Portfolio Manager
since July 2020 		  Since 2018
Louis J. Mendes, CFA   Director of International Research and Portfolio Manager   Co-Portfolio Manager
since 2005 		  From 2001 through
August 28, 2020
Mr. Kim has been associated with the Investment Manager as an investment professional since 2011, and has served as a Vice President of the Trust since March 2018. Mr. Kim began his investment career in 2007 and earned a B.A. from Boston College and an M.B.A from the University of Oxford.
Mr. Chapman has been associated with the Investment Manager as an investment professional since 2018. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, from 2009 to 2018, Mr. Chapman was a portfolio manager and analyst at other investment firms. Mr. Chapman began his investment career in 2006, and earned a B.A. from the University of East Anglia, Norwich and a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of West of England.
Ms. Tan has been associated with the Investment Manager as an investment professional since 2018. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, from 2014 until 2018, Ms. Tan was senior equity analyst at another investment firm. Ms. Tan began her investment career in 2008 and earned a B.A. from the University of Toronto.
Mr. Mendes has been associated with the Investment Manager or its predecessors as an investment professional since 2001, was a Vice President of the Trust from 2005 to March 2019, and has been a Co-President of the Trust since March 2019. Mr. Mendes began his investment career in 1986 and earned a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.I.M. from the American Graduate School of International Management.
The rest of the section remains the same.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
C-1456-8 A (7/20)