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(Columbia Large Cap Index Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return before fees and expenses that corresponds to the total return of the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Columbia Large Cap Index Fund)
Class R5 Shares
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as a % of offering price none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) imposed on redemptions, as a % of the lower of the original purchase price or net asset value none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Columbia Large Cap Index Fund)
Class R5 Shares
Management fees 0.20%
Distribution and/or service (Rule 12b-1) fees none
Other expenses [1] none
Total annual Fund operating expenses 0.20%
[1] Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

Example

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated, and assumes that:

  • you invest $10,000 in Class R5 shares of the Fund for the periods indicated,

  • your investment has a 5% return each year, and

  • the Fund's total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the table above.

Based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:

Expense Example (Columbia Large Cap Index Fund) (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class R5 Shares
20 64 113 255

Remember this is an example only. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 6% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks that comprise the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index. The Fund may invest in derivatives, consisting of stock index futures or options, as substitutes for the underlying securities in the S&P 500® Index.

Different common stocks have different weightings in the S&P 500® Index, depending on the amount of stock outstanding and the stock's current price. In seeking to match the performance of the S&P 500® Index, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, the Fund's investment adviser (the Investment Manager), attempts to allocate the Fund's assets among common stocks in approximately the same weightings as the S&P 500® Index. The Fund may buy shares of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., an affiliate of the Investment Manager, which is currently included in the S&P 500® Index, subject to certain restrictions.

The Fund attempts to achieve at least a 95% correlation between the performance of the S&P 500® Index and the Fund's investment results, before fees and expenses. The Fund's ability to track the S&P 500® Index is affected by, among other things, transaction costs and other expenses, changes in the composition of the S&P 500® Index, changes in the number of shares issued by the companies represented in the S&P 500® Index, and by the timing and amount of shareholder purchases and redemptions.

The Investment Manager may sell a stock when the stock's percentage weighting in the index is reduced, when the stock is removed from the index, or for other reasons.

Principal Risks

  • Investment Strategy Risk – The Fund's manager uses the principal investment strategies and other investment strategies to seek to achieve the Fund's investment objective. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Investment decisions may not produce the expected returns, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

  • Market Risk Market risk refers to the possibility that the market values of securities that the Fund holds will fall, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, or fail to rise. Security values may fall because of factors affecting individual companies, industries or sectors, or the markets as a whole, reducing the value of an investment in the Fund. Accordingly, an investment in the Fund could lose money over short or even long periods, or fail to increase in value. The market values of the securities the Fund holds also can be affected by changes or perceived changes in U.S. or foreign economies and financial markets, and the liquidity of these securities, among other factors. In general, equity securities tend to have greater price volatility than debt securities.

  • Index Risk The Fund's value will generally decline when the performance of its targeted index declines. In addition, because the Fund may not hold all issues included in its index, may not always be fully invested, and bears advisory, administrative and other expenses and transaction costs in trading securities, the Fund's performance may fail to match the performance of its targeted index, after taking expenses into account. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

  • Sector Risk – At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business in a broadly related group of industries within an economic sector. Companies in the same economic sector may be similarly affected by economic or market events, making the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that economic sector than funds that invest more broadly.

  • Derivatives Risk – Derivatives are financial contracts whose values are, for example, based on (or "derived" from) traditional securities (such as a stock or bond), assets (such as a commodity like gold or a foreign currency), reference rates (such as LIBOR) or market indices (such as the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index). Derivatives involve special risks and may result in losses or may limit the Fund's potential gain from favorable market movements. Derivative strategies often involve leverage, which may exaggerate a loss, potentially causing the Fund to lose more money than it would have lost had it invested in the underlying security or other asset. The values of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, and may result in increased volatility, among other consequences. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders holding shares in a taxable account. Other risks arise from the Fund's potential inability to terminate or to sell derivative positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at times when the Fund might wish to terminate or to sell such positions. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid, and transactions in derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. The use of derivatives also involves the risks of mispricing or improper valuation and that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, reference rate or index. The Fund also may not be able to find a suitable derivative transaction counterparty, and thus may be unable to engage in derivative transactions when it is deemed favorable to do so, or at all. U.S. federal legislation has recently been enacted that provides for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. While the ultimate impact is not yet clear, these changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund's participation in derivatives transactions. For more information on the risks of derivative investments and strategies, see the Statement of Additional Information.

  • Quantitative Model Risk – The Fund may use quantitative methods to select investments. Securities or other investments selected using quantitative methods may perform differently from the market as a whole or from their expected performance for many reasons, including factors used in building the quantitative analytical framework, the weights placed on each factor, and changing sources of market returns, among others. Any errors or imperfections in the Investment Manager's or a sub-adviser's quantitative analyses or models, or in the data on which they are based, could adversely affect the ability of the Investment Manager or a sub-adviser to use such analyses or models effectively, which in turn could adversely affect the Fund's performance. There can be no assurance that these methodologies will help the Fund to achieve its objective.

Performance Information

The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. Class R5 shares had not commenced operations prior to the date of this prospectus; therefore, performance information for this class is not yet available. The performance of Class Z shares, which have been outstanding longer than any other share class of the Fund, is shown in the bar chart and average annual total return table. Except for differences in annual returns resulting from differences in expenses and sales charges (where applicable), this class of shares would have annual returns substantially similar to those of Class Z shares, which are not offered in this prospectus, because all classes of the Fund's shares invest in the same portfolio of securities.

The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 800.345.6611 or visiting www.columbiamanagement.com.

The bar chart shows how the Fund's Class Z share performance has varied for each full calendar year shown.

Year by Year Total Return (%) as of December 31 Each Year

[1]
Bar Chart

Best and Worst Quarterly Returns During this Period

Best:    2nd quarter 2009:    15.86%

Worst:   4th quarter 2008:   -21.97%

Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2011

The table compares the Fund's returns for each period with those of the S&P 500® Index, which tracks the performance of 500 widely held, large-capitalization U.S. stocks.

Average Annual Total Returns (Columbia Large Cap Index Fund)
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Class Z Shares
1.98% (0.36%) 2.75%
Class Z Shares returns after taxes on distributions
1.67% (0.69%) 2.37%
Class Z Shares returns after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
1.69% (0.36%) 2.24%
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
2.11% (0.25%) 2.92%

The after-tax returns shown in the table above are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do not apply to shares held in tax-deferred accounts such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs).

[1] Year-to-date return as of September 30, 2012: 16.27%