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Q1 2014

Columbia Acorn Family of Funds

Class A, B, C, I, R, R4, R5, Y and Z Shares

Managed by Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC

First Quarter Report

March 31, 2014

n  Columbia
Acorn® Fund

n  Columbia
Acorn International®

n  Columbia
Acorn USA®

n  Columbia
Acorn International SelectSM

n  Columbia
Acorn SelectSM

n  Columbia
Thermostat FundSM

n  Columbia
Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

n  Columbia
Acorn European FundSM

Not FDIC insuredNo bank guaranteeMay lose value



Columbia Acorn Family of Funds

Save the date! You are invited to the 2014 Columbia Acorn Funds Shareholder Information Meeting.

Meeting Location

Offices of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3700
Chicago, Illinois

Meeting Date & Time

Wednesday, September 24, 2014
12:00 p.m. CST
A buffet lunch will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by September 19 by calling (800) 922-6769. You may also RSVP online at columbiamanagement.com starting in August.

Webcast Replay Available in October

For our many shareholders who are not able to attend the meeting, we will provide a webcast replay of the event that can be accessed from our website, columbiamanagement.com, throughout the month of October.

If you have any questions about this event or any of your investments in our Columbia Acorn Funds, please call (800) 922-6769 to speak to a Columbia Acorn Funds' shareholder representative.

Net Asset Value Per Share as of 3/31/14

    Columbia
Acorn® Fund
  Columbia
Acorn
International®
  Columbia
Acorn
USA®
  Columbia
Acorn
International
SelectSM
  Columbia
Acorn
SelectSM
  Columbia
Thermostat
FundSM
  Columbia
Acorn
Emerging
Markets
FundSM
  Columbia
Acorn
European
FundSM
 

Class A

 

$

35.75

   

$

47.16

   

$

34.35

   

$

27.70

   

$

25.47

   

$

14.85

   

$

13.24

   

$

15.92

   

Class B

 

$

32.17

   

$

45.67

   

$

30.81

   

$

26.23

   

$

22.67

   

$

14.94

     

NA

     

NA

   

Class C

 

$

31.56

   

$

45.47

   

$

30.46

   

$

26.09

   

$

22.32

   

$

14.93

   

$

13.17

   

$

15.76

   

Class I

 

$

37.37

   

$

47.28

   

$

36.24

   

$

28.02

   

$

26.72

     

NA

   

$

13.29

   

$

15.93

   

Class R

   

NA

   

$

47.09

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

   

Class R4

 

$

37.88

   

$

47.54

   

$

36.78

   

$

28.18

   

$

27.10

   

$

14.75

   

$

13.36

     

NA

   

Class R5

 

$

37.89

   

$

47.23

   

$

36.77

   

$

28.16

   

$

27.11

   

$

14.76

   

$

13.35

   

$

16.08

   

Class Y

 

$

37.94

   

$

47.57

   

$

36.84

   

$

28.16

   

$

27.18

   

$

14.75

   

$

13.24

     

NA

   

Class Z

 

$

37.31

   

$

47.25

   

$

36.13

   

$

28.02

   

$

26.63

   

$

14.68

   

$

13.27

   

$

15.93

   

                




Columbia Acorn Family of Funds

Table of Contents

Share Class Performance

   

1

   

Fund Performance vs. Benchmarks

   

2

   

Descriptions of Indexes

   

3

   

Squirrel Chatter II: Jet Engines

   

4

   

Columbia Acorn® Fund

 

In a Nutshell

   

7

   

At a Glance

   

8

   

Major Portfolio Changes

   

23

   

Statement of Investments

   

25

   

Columbia Acorn International®

 

In a Nutshell

   

9

   

At a Glance

   

10

   

Major Portfolio Changes

   

37

   

Statement of Investments

   

40

   

Portfolio Diversification

   

49

   

Columbia Acorn USA®

 

In a Nutshell

   

11

   

At a Glance

   

12

   

Major Portfolio Changes

   

50

   

Statement of Investments

   

51

   

Columbia Acorn International SelectSM

 

In a Nutshell

   

13

   

At a Glance

   

14

   

Major Portfolio Changes

   

58

   

Statement of Investments

   

59

   

Portfolio Diversification

   

64

   

Columbia Acorn SelectSM

 

In a Nutshell

   

15

   

At a Glance

   

16

   

Major Portfolio Changes

   

65

   

Statement of Investments

   

66

   

Columbia Thermostat FundSM

 

In a Nutshell

   

17

   

At a Glance

   

18

   

Statement of Investments

   

71

   

Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

 

In a Nutshell

   

19

   

At a Glance

   

20

   

Major Portfolio Changes

   

73

   

Statement of Investments

   

75

   

Portfolio Diversification

   

80

   

Columbia Acorn European FundSM

 

In a Nutshell

   

21

   

At a Glance

   

22

   

Major Portfolio Changes

   

81

   

Statement of Investments

   

83

   

Portfolio Diversification

   

87

   

Columbia Acorn Family of FundsSM

 

Expense Information

   

90

   

The views expressed in the "Squirrel Chatter II" and "In a Nutshell" commentaries reflect the current views of the respective authors. These views are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict so actual outcomes and results may differ significantly from the views expressed. These views are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market or other conditions and the respective authors disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Columbia Acorn Fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any particular Columbia Acorn Fund. References to specific company's securities should not be construed as a recommendation or investment advice and there can be no assurance that as of the date of publication of this report, the securities mentioned in each Fund's portfolio are still held or that the securities sold have not been repurchased.

Acorn®, Acorn USA® and Acorn International® are service marks owned and registered by Columbia Acorn Trust.

A Comment on Trading Volumes

Market conditions are always changing and vary by country and industry sector, and investing in international markets involves unique risks. In the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, trading volumes in both emerging and developed international markets declined significantly and have stayed at generally reduced levels since then. Although it is difficult to accurately assess trends in trading volumes in foreign markets, because some amount of activity has migrated to alternative trading venues, a reduction in trading volumes poses challenges to the Funds. This is particularly so because the Funds focus on small- and mid-cap companies that usually have lower trading volumes and often take sizeable positions in portfolio companies. As a result of lower trading volumes, it may take longer to buy or sell securities, which can exacerbate a Fund's exposure to volatile markets. A Fund may also be limited in its ability to execute favorable trades in portfolio securities in response to changes in company prices and fundamentals. If a Fund is forced to sell securities to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, or in the case of an event affecting liquidity in a particular market or markets, it may be forced to dispose of those securities under disadvantageous circumstances and at a loss. As a Fund grows in size, these considerations take on increasing significance and may adversely impact performance.



Columbia Acorn Family of Funds

Share Class Performance Average Annual Total Returns through 3/31/14

   

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class R

 

Class R4

 

Class R5

 

Class Y

 

Class Z

 
    Without
Sales
Charge
  With
Sales
Charge
  Without
Sales
Charge
  With
Sales
Charge
  Without
Sales
Charge
  With
Sales
Charge
                         

Columbia Acorn® Fund

 

Year to date*

   

-0.08

%

   

-5.82

%

   

-0.25

%

   

-5.24

%

   

-0.25

%

   

-1.25

%

   

0.00

%

   

NA

     

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.03

%

   

-0.03

%

 
1 year    

18.80

%

   

11.96

%

   

18.03

%

   

13.03

%

   

17.96

%

   

16.96

%

   

19.25

%

   

NA

     

19.17

%

   

19.24

%

   

19.29

%

   

19.17

%

 
5 years    

22.98

%

   

21.53

%

   

22.25

%

   

22.07

%

   

22.05

%

   

22.05

%

   

23.39

%

   

NA

     

23.32

%

   

23.34

%

   

23.36

%

   

23.33

%

 
10 years    

9.34

%

   

8.69

%

   

8.65

%

   

8.65

%

   

8.50

%

   

8.50

%

   

9.69

%

   

NA

     

9.66

%

   

9.67

%

   

9.68

%

   

9.66

%

 

Columbia Acorn International®

 

Year to date*

   

1.14

%

   

-4.67

%

   

0.95

%

   

-4.05

%

   

0.95

%

   

-0.05

%

   

1.22

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.17

%

   

1.22

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.22

%

 
1 year    

15.35

%

   

8.72

%

   

14.47

%

   

9.47

%

   

14.46

%

   

13.46

%

   

15.76

%

   

14.89

%

   

15.61

%

   

15.74

%

   

15.78

%

   

15.70

%

 
5 years    

20.97

%

   

19.54

%

   

20.14

%

   

19.95

%

   

20.04

%

   

20.04

%

   

21.43

%

   

20.59

%

   

21.35

%

   

21.38

%

   

21.39

%

   

21.37

%

 
10 years    

11.30

%

   

10.65

%

   

10.56

%

   

10.56

%

   

10.45

%

   

10.45

%

   

11.71

%

   

10.98

%

   

11.67

%

   

11.68

%

   

11.69

%

   

11.68

%

 

Columbia Acorn USA®

 

Year to date*

   

0.59

%

   

-5.19

%

   

0.36

%

   

-4.64

%

   

0.43

%

   

-0.57

%

   

0.69

%

   

NA

     

0.63

%

   

0.66

%

   

0.68

%

   

0.64

%

 
1 year    

20.59

%

   

13.66

%

   

19.56

%

   

14.56

%

   

19.82

%

   

18.82

%

   

21.15

%

   

NA

     

20.98

%

   

20.99

%

   

21.06

%

   

20.92

%

 
5 years    

23.47

%

   

22.01

%

   

22.63

%

   

22.46

%

   

22.55

%

   

22.55

%

   

23.90

%

   

NA

     

23.82

%

   

23.83

%

   

23.85

%

   

23.81

%

 
10 years    

8.50

%

   

7.86

%

   

7.77

%

   

7.77

%

   

7.68

%

   

7.68

%

   

8.85

%

   

NA

     

8.82

%

   

8.82

%

   

8.83

%

   

8.81

%

 

Columbia Acorn International SelectSM

 

Year to date*

   

2.94

%

   

-2.98

%

   

2.74

%

   

-2.26

%

   

2.76

%

   

1.76

%

   

3.05

%

   

NA

     

3.00

%

   

3.00

%

   

3.04

%

   

3.01

%

 
1 year    

14.26

%

   

7.69

%

   

13.44

%

   

8.44

%

   

13.38

%

   

12.38

%

   

14.68

%

   

NA

     

14.55

%

   

14.62

%

   

14.69

%

   

14.62

%

 
5 years    

18.31

%

   

16.93

%

   

17.55

%

   

17.34

%

   

17.39

%

   

17.39

%

   

18.77

%

   

NA

     

18.70

%

   

18.71

%

   

18.73

%

   

18.71

%

 
10 years    

10.12

%

   

9.48

%

   

9.42

%

   

9.42

%

   

9.26

%

   

9.26

%

   

10.51

%

   

NA

     

10.48

%

   

10.48

%

   

10.49

%

   

10.48

%

 

Columbia Acorn SelectSM

 

Year to date*

   

-0.39

%

   

-6.12

%

   

-0.61

%

   

-5.58

%

   

-0.62

%

   

-1.62

%

   

-0.34

%

   

NA

     

-0.37

%

   

-0.33

%

   

-0.33

%

   

-0.34

%

 
1 year    

20.56

%

   

13.62

%

   

19.54

%

   

15.03

%

   

19.62

%

   

18.72

%

   

20.97

%

   

NA

     

20.81

%

   

20.94

%

   

21.00

%

   

20.86

%

 
5 years    

22.12

%

   

20.69

%

   

21.31

%

   

21.13

%

   

21.17

%

   

21.17

%

   

22.56

%

   

NA

     

22.45

%

   

22.48

%

   

22.49

%

   

22.47

%

 
10 years    

7.99

%

   

7.35

%

   

7.27

%

   

7.27

%

   

7.14

%

   

7.14

%

   

8.35

%

   

NA

     

8.30

%

   

8.31

%

   

8.32

%

   

8.30

%

 

Columbia Thermostat FundSM

 

Year to date*

   

1.85

%

   

-4.01

%

   

1.77

%

   

-3.23

%

   

1.70

%

   

0.70

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

2.01

%

   

2.00

%

   

2.01

%

   

1.94

%

 
1 year    

6.69

%

   

0.54

%

   

6.20

%

   

1.21

%

   

5.95

%

   

4.95

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

7.00

%

   

7.09

%

   

7.12

%

   

7.03

%

 
5 years    

17.72

%

   

16.35

%

   

17.14

%

   

16.92

%

   

16.85

%

   

16.85

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

18.03

%

   

18.04

%

   

18.06

%

   

18.02

%

 
10 years    

6.54

%

   

5.91

%

   

5.97

%

   

5.97

%

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

6.81

%

   

6.81

%

   

6.82

%

   

6.80

%

 

Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

 

Year to date*

   

-0.97

%

   

-6.69

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

-1.13

%

   

-2.11

%

   

-0.89

%

   

NA

     

-0.96

%

   

-0.96

%

   

-0.90

%

   

-0.97

%

 
1 year    

7.00

%

   

0.84

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

6.21

%

   

5.21

%

   

7.33

%

   

NA

     

7.34

%

   

7.28

%

   

7.42

%

   

7.20

%

 

Life of Fund

   

11.85

%

   

9.35

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

11.09

%

   

11.09

%

   

12.32

%

   

NA

     

12.25

%

   

12.25

%

   

12.26

%

   

12.17

%

 

Columbia Acorn European FundSM

 

Year to date*

   

1.53

%

   

-4.33

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

1.42

%

   

0.42

%

   

1.66

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

1.64

%

   

NA

     

1.59

%

 
1 year    

30.26

%

   

22.75

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

29.32

%

   

28.32

%

   

30.72

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

30.66

%

   

NA

     

30.57

%

 

Life of Fund

   

20.16

%

   

17.48

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

19.31

%

   

19.31

%

   

20.53

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

20.49

%

   

NA

     

20.47

%

 

Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. Returns for Class B shares are shown with and without the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 5.00% in the first year, declining to 1.00% in the sixth year and eliminated thereafter. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the maximum CDSC of 1.00% for the first year after purchase. The Funds' other classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Funds' prospectuses for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and certain fees associated with each class.

All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results may reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by the investment manager and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results may have been lower. Please see Page 90 of this report for information on contractual fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreements in place for Columbia Thermostat Fund, Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund and Columbia Acorn European Fund and voluntary fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements in place for Columbia Acorn International, Columbia Acorn International Select and Columbia Acorn Select as of March 31, 2014.

The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiamanagement.com or calling 800.922.6769.

The returns shown include the returns of each Fund's Class Z shares, each Fund's oldest share class, in cases where the inception date of the Fund is earlier than the inception date of the particular share class or where a period shown dates to before the inception date of the share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiamanagement.com/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.

Continued on Page 2.


1



Fund Performance vs. Benchmarks Class Z Average Annual Total Returns through 3/31/14

Class Z Shares

  1st
quarter*
 

1 year

 

5 years

 

10 years

  Life of
Fund
 
Columbia Acorn® Fund (ACRNX) (6/10/70)    

-0.03

%

   

19.17

%

   

23.33

%

   

9.66

%

   

14.84

%

 

Russell 2500 Index

   

2.30

%

   

24.01

%

   

25.33

%

   

9.43

%

   

NA

   

S&P 500® Index**

   

1.81

%

   

21.86

%

   

21.16

%

   

7.42

%

   

11.00

%

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

1.12

%

   

24.90

%

   

24.31

%

   

8.53

%

   

NA

   

Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds Index

   

1.37

%

   

23.98

%

   

22.73

%

   

9.22

%

   

NA

   
Columbia Acorn International® (ACINX) (9/23/92)    

1.22

%

   

15.70

%

   

21.37

%

   

11.68

%

   

11.57

%

 

S&P Global Ex-U.S. Between $500M and $5B® Index

   

2.20

%

   

13.00

%

   

19.73

%

   

9.77

%

   

8.81

%

 

S&P Global Ex-U.S. SmallCap® Index

   

3.25

%

   

17.49

%

   

21.19

%

   

9.73

%

   

8.36

%

 

MSCI EAFE Index (Net)

   

0.66

%

   

17.56

%

   

16.02

%

   

6.53

%

   

6.47

%

 

Lipper International Small/Mid Growth Funds Index

   

2.22

%

   

21.51

%

   

23.38

%

   

10.62

%

   

NA

   
Columbia Acorn USA® (AUSAX) (9/4/96)    

0.64

%

   

20.92

%

   

23.81

%

   

8.81

%

   

11.12

%

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

1.12

%

   

24.90

%

   

24.31

%

   

8.53

%

   

8.85

%

 

Lipper Small-Cap Growth Funds Index

   

-0.47

%

   

25.59

%

   

23.65

%

   

7.84

%

   

7.40

%

 
Columbia Acorn Int'l SelectSM (ACFFX) (11/23/98)    

3.01

%

   

14.62

%

   

18.71

%

   

10.48

%

   

9.96

%

 

S&P Developed Ex-U.S. Between $2B and $10B® Index

   

2.25

%

   

18.05

%

   

18.44

%

   

8.24

%

   

8.10

%

 

MSCI EAFE Index (Net)

   

0.66

%

   

17.56

%

   

16.02

%

   

6.53

%

   

4.75

%

 

Lipper International Small/Mid Growth Funds Index

   

2.22

%

   

21.51

%

   

23.38

%

   

10.62

%

   

11.13

%

 
Columbia Acorn SelectSM (ACTWX) (11/23/98)    

-0.34

%

   

20.86

%

   

22.47

%

   

8.30

%

   

10.61

%

 

S&P MidCap 400® Index

   

3.04

%

   

21.24

%

   

24.86

%

   

10.14

%

   

10.70

%

 

S&P 500® Index**

   

1.81

%

   

21.86

%

   

21.16

%

   

7.42

%

   

5.08

%

 

Lipper Mid-Cap Core Funds Index

   

2.86

%

   

23.62

%

   

23.11

%

   

8.98

%

   

9.28

%

 
Columbia Thermostat FundSM (COTZX) (9/25/02)    

1.94

%

   

7.03

%

   

18.02

%

   

6.80

%

   

8.20

%

 

S&P 500® Index

   

1.81

%

   

21.86

%

   

21.16

%

   

7.42

%

   

9.65

%

 

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

   

1.84

%

   

-0.10

%

   

4.80

%

   

4.46

%

   

4.63

%

 

Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Index

   

1.95

%

   

12.30

%

   

15.11

%

   

6.59

%

   

8.36

%

 

50/50 Blended Benchmark

   

1.88

%

   

10.51

%

   

13.01

%

   

6.23

%

   

7.42

%

 
Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM (CEFZX) (8/19/11)    

-0.97

%

   

7.20

%

   

     

     

12.17

%

 

S&P Emerging Markets Between $500M and $5B® Index

   

0.71

%

   

-0.54

%

   

     

     

3.81

%

 

MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (Net)

   

3.54

%

   

0.40

%

   

     

     

2.46

%

 

Lipper Emerging Markets Index

   

-0.43

%

   

-1.16

%

   

     

     

3.71

%

 
Columbia Acorn European FundSM (CAEZX) (8/19/11)    

1.59

%

   

30.57

%

   

     

     

20.47

%

 

S&P Europe Between $500M and $5B® Index

   

6.18

%

   

38.89

%

   

     

     

23.39

%

 

Euromoney Smaller European Companies (inc UK) Index

   

7.54

%

   

42.82

%

   

     

     

22.24

%

 

Lipper European Region Index

   

1.92

%

   

28.27

%

   

     

     

19.72

%

 

The inception dates for Class A, B and C shares (if offered) are as follows: Columbia Acorn Fund, Columbia Acorn International, Columbia Acorn USA, Columbia Acorn International Select and Columbia Acorn Select, 10/16/00; Columbia Thermostat Fund, 3/3/03; Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund and Columbia Acorn European Fund, 8/19/11. The inception dates for Class I shares are as follows: Columbia Acorn Fund, Columbia Acorn International, Columbia Acorn USA, Columbia Acorn International Select and Columbia Acorn Select, 9/27/10; Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund and Columbia Acorn European Fund, 8/19/11. The inception date for Class R shares for Columbia Acorn International is 8/2/11. The inception date for Class R4, R5 and Y shares (if offered) is as follows: Columbia Acorn Fund, Columbia Acorn USA, Columbia Acorn International Select, Columbia Acorn Select, Columbia Thermostat Fund, Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund and Columbia Acorn European Fund, 11/8/12, except that Class Y shares of Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund commenced operations on 6/13/13. The inception date for Class R5 shares of Columbia Acorn International is 8/2/11. The inception date for Class R4 and Y shares of Columbia Acorn International is 11/8/12. The inception date for Class Z shares is as follows: Columbia Acorn Fund, 6/10/70; Columbia Acorn International, 9/23/92; Columbia Acorn USA, 9/4/96; Columbia Acorn International Select and Columbia Acorn Select, 11/23/98; Columbia Thermostat Fund, 9/25/02; Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund and Columbia Acorn European Fund, 8/19/11.

*Not annualized

**Although the Fund typically invests in small- and mid-sized companies, the comparison to the S&P 500® Index is presented to show performance against a widely recognized market index over the life of the Fund.

Please see Page 3 for a description of the indexes listed above.


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Columbia Acorn Family of Funds

Descriptions of Indexes Included in this Report

•  50/50 Blended Benchmark, established by the Fund's investment manager, is an equally weighted custom composite of Columbia Thermostat Fund's primary equity and primary debt benchmarks, the S&P 500® Index and the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, respectively. The percentage of the Fund's assets allocated to underlying stock and bond portfolio funds will vary, and accordingly the composition of the Fund's portfolio will not always reflect the composition of the 50/50 Blended Benchmark.

•  Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a market value-weighted index that tracks the daily price, coupon, pay-downs and total return performance of fixed-rate, publicly placed, dollar-denominated and non-convertible investment grade debt issues with at least $250 million par amount outstanding and with at least one year to final maturity.

•  Euromoney Smaller European Companies (inc UK) Index is an index of smaller companies in Europe including the UK market. The Euromoney Smaller European Companies Index covers companies of small- and mid-cap market capitalization in Europe's developed markets. The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis.

•  Lipper Indexes include the largest funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. in the named category. Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds Index, 30 largest mid-cap growth funds, including Columbia Acorn Fund; Lipper International Small/Mid Growth Funds Index, 10 largest non-U.S. small/mid growth funds, including Columbia Acorn International; Lipper Small-Cap Growth Funds Index, 30 largest small-cap growth funds, including Columbia Acorn USA; Lipper Mid-Cap Core Funds Index, 30 largest mid-cap core funds; Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Index, an equal-weighted index of the 30 largest mutual funds within the Flexible Portfolio fund classification, as defined by Lipper. Lipper Emerging Markets Index, 30 largest emerging markets funds; Lipper European Region Index, 10 largest European funds.

•  MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East (EAFE) Index (Net) is a capitalization-weighted index that tracks the total return of common stocks in 22 developed-market countries within Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The returns of the MSCI EAFE Index (Net) are presented net of the withholding tax rate applicable to foreign non-resident institutional investors in the foreign companies included in the index who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.

•  MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (Net), a widely recognized international benchmark, is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure small-cap emerging market equity performance. The MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index currently consists of the following 23 emerging market country indexes: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.

•  Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.

•  Russell 2500 Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 17% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.

•  Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index tracks the performance of 500 widely held, large-capitalization U.S. stocks.

•  S&P MidCap 400® Index is a market value-weighted index that tracks the performance of 400 mid-cap U.S. companies.

•  S&P Developed Ex-U.S. Between $2B and $10B® Index is a subset of the broad market selected by the index sponsor representing the mid-cap developed market, excluding the United States.

•  S&P Emerging Markets Between $500M and $5B® Index represents the institutionally investable capital of emerging market countries with market caps ranging between $500 million to $5 billion, as selected by S&P. The index currently consists of the following 20 emerging market country indexes: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

•  S&P Europe Between $500M and $5B® Index represents the institutionally investable capital of European countries with market caps ranging between $500 million to $5 billion, as selected by S&P. The index currently consists of the following 17 developed market country indexes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

•  S&P Global Ex-U.S. SmallCap® Index consists of the bottom 20% of institutionally investable capital of developed and emerging countries, excluding the United States.

•  S&P Global Ex-U.S. Between $500M and $5B® Index is a subset of the broad market selected by the index sponsor representing the mid- and small-cap developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States.

Unlike mutual funds, indexes are not managed and do not incur fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.


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Squirrel Chatter II: Jet Engines

Initial Development

When considering innovations that have changed the world, the jet engine and its impact on flight has to be one of them. But getting the jet engine off the ground took ingenuity and persistence.

In 1923, 16-year-old Frank Whittle began training as an aircraft repairman for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) at Cranwell. The son of a mechanic, Whittle started working with machine tools at a young age. He was also a voracious reader, immersing himself in the sciences. Three years later, Whittle applied for RAF pilot training. He placed sixth out of 600 applicants for RAF College, and was singled out as a potential mathematical genius.

While at RAF College, Whittle wrote his thesis titled "Future Developments in Aircraft Design." In it, he noted that if airplanes were to fly very fast and very far, they would need to fly at high altitudes, where air was thinner and wind resistance would be reduced. However, it seemed unlikely that piston engines could create enough power at those high altitudes.

Fifteen months after writing his thesis, while a pilot at Central Flying School in Wittering, England, Whittle realized that a specialized gas turbine encased in a nacelle, or housing, could create sufficient jet propulsion for an airplane to fly 500 mph at 40,000 feet.1 In theory, Whittle's jet engine was simple: a centrifugal compressor would blow air into a combustion chamber where fuel would be ignited and power a turbine that would spin a shaft rotating the compressor. Hot air from the combustion chamber blowing out the back of the engine would push an airplane forward. As the airplane gained speed, more air would enter the engine, increasing its power.

In 1929, at age 22, Whittle presented his idea to Britain's Air Ministry, where he was rebuffed. The Air Ministry had received a report in 1920 written by Dr. W.J. Stern that definitively dismissed internal combustion turbines for powering aircraft. Stern based his conclusion on industrial turbines of that time; he assumed a cast iron combustion chamber,2 a 54 cubic foot, 2,000 pound low efficiency compressor,3 and heavy gears to drive a

propeller.4 Stern had not allowed for subsequent and likely improvements in technology and materials.

In practice, Whittle's idea did pose challenges. His compressor was to be an eighth the size, weigh a tenth as much, and push three times the airflow of the compressor assumed by Stern. It would need to provide 4x compression and nearly 80% efficiency5 at a time when the best aircraft super charger compressors provided 1.92x compression and 62% efficiency.6 In addition, the combustion chamber would release 24 times more heat per unit volume than had ever been achieved.7 Whittle later got a letter from the Air Ministry saying that no existing materials could withstand the high temperature and forces in a gas turbine of such high efficiency.8

Whittle believed that materials would improve significantly and he thought the Air Ministry should have kept his idea for future use. He decided to pursue commercial development, and notified the Air Ministry that he would pursue a patent. The Ministry did not express interest, had no concern for secrecy, and allowed the filing. A patent was granted in April 1931 and details of the invention were published for the world to see.

Whittle finally found some financing in early 1936, an initial investment of 2,000 British pounds. He and his partners formed Power Jets Limited as a research and development shop that would outsource fabrication. The RAF allowed Whittle to stay enlisted as long as he devoted a maximum of six hours a week to Power Jets. Power Jets' three employees began experimenting with a combustion chamber in October 1936, and proved that sufficient heat could be generated in a small space. Whittle also found a suitable aluminum alloy for the compressor. Creating the turbine was much more problematic, as turbine blades were exposed to high temperatures and centrifugal forces. Fortunately, British industry had developed Stayblade, a steel alloy containing chromium and nickel, for aircraft exhaust valves and Whittle utilized it in his turbine.9

In April 1937, Whittle became the first person to get a jet engine running.10 However, numerous technical problems occurred during continued bench testing. The engine was not yet ready to fly. Better high temperature metals were needed for durability. The engine also had severe


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speed fluctuations and vibration due to a faulty fuel system. Whittle experimented with over 30 versions of fuel vaporizers and solved the combustion problems in July 1940. Power Jets' second generation jet engine provided 1,600 pounds of thrust, up from 1,240 pounds provided by the first generation.

Power Jets had grown to 25 employees by early 1940. The company remained on a shoestring budget, having raised just 23,000 British pounds from investors, and relied heavily on Air Ministry contracts for funding.11 With Britain now at war and the company subject to the Secrets Act, it could disclose little to potential investors. Under terms of its contracts with the Air Ministry, the Crown had free use of Power Jets' patents, and Power Jets was required to disclose all technical details to two large British industrial companies, Rover and British Thomson-Houston, which were to produce the engines.

An experimental plane was created for the jet engine; short flights were achieved during April 1941 taxiing trials. In May 1941, serious flight testing began with a new engine that logged 10 hours of flying time in 17 flights. A top speed of 370 mph was achieved in level flight at 25,000 feet, exceeding the speed of the acclaimed Spitfire fighter.12 In 1942, the plane hit 430 mph.13

Conventional aircraft piston engine makers Rolls Royce and de Havilland then began working on jet engines in earnest, and Power Jets was required to cooperate fully, providing any needed information. Rolls Royce acquired Rover's jet operations and ramped up testing and development. In 1941, the British government also agreed to ship a Whittle engine and grant manufacturing rights to the United States, for war purposes only. General Electric was chosen by the U.S. government to receive the engine and manufacture versions of it. After World War II, the British government allowed manufacturing for commercial purposes for a one-time license fee of $800,000.14

In August 1939, an experimental German Heinkel plane was the first anywhere to fly with a jet engine. But the plane and the engine were inadequate and were not further developed. By 1941, Germany had at least six teams and 2,000 engineers working on jet engines, and they were about to test two fighters.15 In 1944, jet-powered Messerschmitt Me 262s did attack Allied bombers, and in one case shot down 32 Flying Fortresses. However, the 262's engines were unreliable, lasted for only 25 hours of

flight time, and 200 pilots were killed in training on the airplane.16

Britain's first production jet fighter, the Meteor, was powered by a Rolls Royce version of the Whittle engine and was delivered on D-Day, June 6, 1944.17 Shortly thereafter, there were six Meteors in defense operations against Germany's V.1 flying bomb. The Meteor was the only Allied jet in operation in World War II.

Power Jets improved its engine via design modifications and utilization of new alloys. In four years, thrust tripled while weight rose just 70%.18 Power Jets finally got permission to manufacture jet engines in quantity, but its productivity was poor. Meanwhile, Rolls Royce and de Havilland ramped up production of jet engines. Power Jets was nationalized in January 1944 under duress. Whittle resigned from the company in January 1946, and most of the company's design team resigned within a few weeks of Whittle's departure.19

Whittle's obsession with developing a jet engine and the long hours he spent doing so resulted in him being hospitalized several times for exhaustion. After appearing on long lecture tours and receiving several awards, Whittle retired from the RAF and received a knighthood in 1948.20 He subsequently invented a turbine drill for the oil industry and spent a few years teaching at the United States Naval Academy. He died in 1996 at age 89.

Dramatic Improvements

In the years since Whittle's genius brought jet engines to the world, they have been greatly improved. Perhaps the biggest single innovation has been the invention of the turbofan engine. This type of engine has a big fan forward of the compressor, and much of the air blown by the fan is directed around the compressor and turbine and expelled at the back end of the engine along with the engine exhaust. Whittle believed such an engine could halve fuel consumption and would be ideal for long-range bombers, but Power Jets' turbofan project was cancelled when Japan was defeated in World War II.21

Turbofans indeed provide much better fuel economy, as well as greater thrust. By having more air propelled by the fan and bypassing the turbine, there is a greater mass of slower, quieter air propelling an aircraft. Energy expended by the turbine to power the fan also quiets the turbine discharge. Once the ratio of air bypassing the turbine,


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versus going into the turbine (bypass ratio), exceeds approximately 5x, jet engines are significantly quieter.22

Wide-body aircraft can accommodate engines with huge fans and very high bypass ratios. Three large jet engine makers offer turbofans providing around 100,000 pounds of thrust for the Boeing 777, a large two engine wide-body airplane put in service in 1995.23 The engine fans initially ranged from 96- to 123-inch diameters.24

The latest generation of turbofan engines have bypass ratios of 11x and pressure ratios of 36x to 50x, operating at 90% efficiency.25 Engines with bypass ratios of 15x and pressure ratios of 70x are on the drawing board.26 These vast improvements are enabled by advances in computer technology, which optimizes engine design, and materials technology, which provides lightweight and/or heat resistant composites and metals.

One author wrote in 1994, "...in the past 30 years, big passenger and cargo aircraft have multiplied in carrying capacity by three... and in safety by roughly 30, while at the same time cutting out between 98% and 99% of the noise."27 Impressive progress has clearly continued since then. Jet engines have made air travel faster, cheaper and more reliable. Miles flown by domestic air passengers increased nearly 20-fold since the dawn of the jet age in 1960. Worldwide, passengers flew over one trillion miles and airfreight ton-miles exceeded 60 billion in 2013.28

Airplane and jet engine manufacturing is a large company business, far beyond the size of stocks we purchase for the Columbia Acorn Funds, but we have owned parts manufacturers and other stocks that benefit from faster, cheaper and more reliable transportation. As of the end of the first quarter of 2014, various Columbia Acorn Funds owned shares in HEICO, which produces replacement parts for engines and aircraft, and shares of MTU Aero Engines, a manufacturer and servicer of aircraft engine components.29

Charles P. McQuaid

President and Chief Investment Officer*
Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC

The information and data provided in this analysis are derived from sources that we deem to be reliable and accurate. These views are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict so actual outcomes and results may differ significantly from the views expressed. The views/opinions expressed here are those of the author and not of the Columbia Acorn Trust Board of Trustees, are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market or other conditions, may differ from views expressed by other Columbia Management associates and the respective parties disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Columbia Acorn Fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any particular Columbia Acorn Fund.

1  Golley, John, Jet (Fulham, England, DATUM Publishing Limited, 2010), p. 35.

2  Ibid., p. 257.

3  Gunston, Bill, The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines (Somerset, England, Haynes Publishing, 2002), p. 123.

4  Golley, John, op. cit., p. 257.

5  Gunston, Bill, op. cit., p. 17.

6  Golley, John, op. cit., p. 54.

7  Gunston, Bill, op. cit., p. 123.

8  Golley, John, op. cit., p. 36.

9  Ibid., p. 81.

10  Ibid., p. 86, 112.

11  Ibid., p.125, 135.

12  Ibid., p.170.

13  Ibid., p.187.

14  Ibid., p.181.

15  Ibid., p. 176.

16  Ibid., p. 221.

17  Ibid., p. 220.

18  Ibid., p. 230.

19  Ibid., p. 229.

20  Ibid., p. 231, 234.

21  Gunston, Bill, op. cit., p. 182.

22  Ibid., p. 58.

23  Ibid., p. 221.

24  Ibid., p. 222.

25  Ibid., p. 17, 249.

26  Norris, Guy, "Future Fans: Rolls-Royce highlights composites, gears and architecture changes in new engine road map," Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 3, 2014, p. 20.

27  Gunston, Bill, op. cit., p. 6.

28  Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics website: www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_
transportation_statistics/html/table_01_40.html. Airfreight data also found on the RITA website: www.transtats.bts.gov/freight.asp.

29  As of March 31, 2014, HEICO was held in Columbia Acorn Fund (0.8% of net assets) and Columbia Acorn USA (1.9%). MTU Aero Engines was held in Columbia Acorn Fund (0.1%), Columbia Acorn International (0.3%) and Columbia Acorn European Fund (1.0%).

*  As announced on November 1, 2013, Charles McQuaid stepped down from his role as President and Chief Investment Officer of Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, on March 31, 2014.


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Columbia Acorn® Fund

In a Nutshell

 

 
Charles P. McQuaid
Lead Portfolio Manager
  Robert A. Mohn
Co-Portfolio Manager
 

David L. Frank
Co-Portfolio Manager

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

Columbia Acorn Fund Class Z shares were down slightly in the first quarter of 2014, falling 0.03%. This compares to a 2.30% gain for the Fund's primary benchmark, the Russell 2500 Index. Fund relative performance was dampened by below-benchmark returns from Fund consumer discretionary and information technology stocks.

Health care stocks led performance in the quarter. Ultra-orphan drug developer Ultragenyx, which the Fund purchased in a private offering in 2012, went public in an IPO this January. Investing early paid off for the Fund to the tune of a 253% gain for the quarter. Another orphan drug specialist, Synageva Biopharma, gained 29% in the quarter on encouraging results released from a study of its drug treating early onset LAL deficiency, a disease lethal to infants. Seattle Genetics, a developer of antibody-based therapies to fight cancer, gained 14% on excitement over the potential for its drug Adcetris to treat a broad range of lymphomas.

Other top performers included Acuity Brands, a provider of commercial lighting fixtures, which doubled its sales of LED-related fixtures and returned 21% for the quarter. H & E Equipment Services leases heavy construction equipment and gained 37% in the quarter on stronger rental rates and increased sales of used equipment.

Detractors in the consumer discretionary sector included retailers GNC Holdings and Pier 1 Imports. GNC, a retailer of health and wellness products, announced anticipated flat same-store sales for the first quarter, sending its stock down 24%. Down 18%, home furnishing retailer Pier 1 declined on reports of weak fourth quarter same-store sales.

Two internet-related consumer stocks also hurt performance during the first quarter. Groupon is in the process of transforming its business model away from that of a deal-of-the-day email blaster to that of an online global marketplace for both services and goods. The required marketing expenditures to effect this transition spooked investors, sending its stock down 33% for the quarter. Internet photo-centric retailer Shutterfly declined 16% in the first quarter, as its profit margin slightly disappointed some investors.

Laggards in the information technology sector included Bally Technologies, a slot machine manufacturer and gaming software developer. Bally was negatively impacted by weakness in the U.S. regional gaming industry and fell 15% over the past three months. iGate, an India-based provider of IT and business process outsourcing services,

was a big winner for the Fund last year but pulled back in the first quarter, falling 21%.

Columbia Acorn Fund's foreign stocks as a group were up 0.38% for the quarter and accounted for 7% of Fund assets at quarter end. We believe the protracted underperformance of foreign stocks may be reversing and the Fund's domestic holdings with foreign exposure may also benefit from an uptick in perceptions of global growth prospects.

Federal Reserve easing drove a rush of liquidity into the stock market last year, which helped to boost the price of more speculative stocks, such as turnaround plays and aggressively priced momentum stocks. For the majority of the first quarter, these types of stocks continued to excel, but they began to wobble near the end of the quarter. We believe that any changes toward reducing quantitative easing should benefit the more sensibly priced growth stocks in which Columbia Acorn Fund invests.

As announced on November 1, 2013, after 35 years with the Acorn Fund, Charles McQuaid stepped down as lead portfolio manager of the Fund at the end of the first quarter. Effective April 1, 2014, Robert Mohn assumed the role of lead portfolio manager and, effective January 1, 2014, David Frank was named co-portfolio manager of the Fund. Chuck will continue to support the Fund as a valuable member of our analyst team.

Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. International investing involves special risks, including foreign taxation, currency risks, risks associated with possible differences in financial standards, operational and settlement risks and other risks associated with future political and economic developments.

Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Top holdings exclude short-term holdings and cash, if applicable.

Fund Positions in Mentioned Holdings

As a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Seattle Genetics

   

1.1

%

 

Bally Technologies

   

1.0

   

Synageva Biopharma

   

0.9

   

Acuity Brands

   

0.9

   

iGate

   

0.6

   

GNC Holdings

   

0.5

   

Pier 1 Imports

   

0.5

   

H & E Equipment Services

   

0.4

   

Shutterfly

   

0.4

   

Groupon

   

0.4

   

Ultragenyx

   

0.4

   


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Columbia Acorn® Fund

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$20.7 billion

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represent past performance, do not guarantee future results, assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflect fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Acorn® Fund Class Z Shares

June 10, 1970 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period. A $10,000 investment in Columbia Acorn Fund at inception appreciated to $31,777 on December 31, 1978, the inception date of the Russell 2500 Index. For comparison with the Russell 2500 Index, we assigned the index the same value as the Fund at index inception. Although the Fund typically invests in small- and mid-sized companies, the comparison to the S&P 500® Index is presented to show performance against a widely recognized market index over the life of the Fund.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

5 years

 

10 years

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (6/10/70 inception)    

-0.03

%

   

19.17

%

   

23.33

%

   

9.66

%

   

14.84

%

 
Class A (10/16/00 inception)  

without sales charge

   

-0.08

     

18.80

     

22.98

     

9.34

     

14.46

   

with sales charge

   

-5.82

     

11.96

     

21.53

     

8.69

     

14.31

   

Russell 2500 Index*

   

2.30

     

24.01

     

25.33

     

9.43

     

n/a

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmark. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 0.82% for Class Z shares and 1.10% for Class A shares. The returns shown for periods prior to the inception of the Fund's Class A shares append the returns of the Fund's Class Z shares, the Fund's oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiamanagement.com/mutual-funds/
appended-performance for more information.

Portfolio Diversification

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Top 10 Holdings

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

1.

  Ametek
Aerospace/Industrial Instruments
  2.2

%

 

2.

  Donaldson
Industrial Air Filtration
  1.7

%

 

3.

  Mettler-Toledo International
Laboratory Equipment
  1.7

%

 

4.

  Amphenol
Electronic Connectors
  1.5

%

 

5.

  SBA Communications
Communications Towers
  1.5

%

 

6.

  tw telecom
Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services
  1.4

%

 

7.

  Cepheid
Molecular Diagnostics
  1.4

%

 

8.

  SEI Investments
Mutual Fund Administration & Investment
Management
  1.2

%

 

9.

  Nordson
Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings
  1.2

%

 
10.   Informatica
Enterprise Data Integration Software
  1.1

%

 

The Fund's top 10 holdings and portfolio diversification vary with changes in portfolio investments. See the Statement of Investments for a complete list of the Fund's holdings.


8



Columbia Acorn International®

In a Nutshell

 

 
P. Zachary Egan
Co-Portfolio Manager
  Louis J. Mendes III
Co-Portfolio Manager
 

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

Columbia Acorn International Class Z shares returned 1.22% in the first quarter of 2014, below the 2.20% return of its primary benchmark, the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Between $500M and $5B® Index. For comparison, the large-cap, developed market MSCI EAFE Index rose 0.66% during the same period.

Regionally, developed continental Europe generated the strongest returns within the benchmark. Southern European markets rallied, with Portugal and Italy rising over 20% within the benchmark and Greece and Spain returning north of 10%. These strong first quarter returns extended big gains in these same markets in 2013, reflecting the efficacy of soothing language emanating from European policy makers toward the region. With the exception of Spain, the Fund was underweight in these countries versus the benchmark and this, combined with tepid stock performance within these markets, explains most of the Fund's shortfall versus its benchmark in the quarter. Fund positions overall in Europe rose nearly 4%, while the benchmark posted an 8% gain in the region.

The Fund's Russian exposure was also a detractor in the quarter. Fund holdings in three Russian securities lost an average of 32%, as risk premiums rose following Russia's takeover of the Crimean Peninsula from the Ukraine. We exited the Fund's position in QIWI, an operator of an electronic payment network serving Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Moscow Exchange, the operator of Russia's largest stock exchange. These businesses are at risk of being negatively impacted over the medium term by Western sanctions, among other risks. It is worth noting that these stocks were strong equity performers prior to these recent developments, with QIWI, for example, more than tripling last year.

Following a strong 2013 that was fueled by hopes for Abenomics, economic reforms introduced by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, there was little news from Japanese corporations and Fund holdings in this market gained just 1% in the quarter. Elsewhere in Asia, markets were varied as they reversed their performance of 2013. Hong Kong and Chinese equities held by the Fund were off roughly 8%, while the arguably oversold markets of Southeast Asia and India rebounded strongly. Fund holdings in India and

Indonesia jumped 10% and 23%, respectively, in the quarter after falling 17% and 15% in 2013. Indonesian consumer names that struggled in 2013 all rose sharply from downtrodden levels with both Ace Hardware Indonesia and Matahari Department Stores rising 36%. Elsewhere, South Africa-based Coronation Fund Managers continued to rally, building on a strong 2013 with a 23% gain in the first quarter. This company was the Fund's largest position at the end of the period.

As North America exits an unexpectedly cold winter—among the coldest in decades—and tensions between Russia and the West flare up over Crimea, we are reminded how every situation is inherently fluid. As always, we will continue to scour the globe in search of those companies that we believe have good growth prospects even in uncertain circumstances.

International investing involves special risks, including foreign taxation, currency risks, risks associated with possible differences in financial standards, operational and settlement risks and other risks associated with future political and economic developments. Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies pose special risks, including illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Investing in emerging markets may involve greater risks than investing in more developed countries. In addition, concentration of investments in a single region may result in greater volatility. Please also see "A Comment on Trading Volumes" on the Table of Contents page of this report.

Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Top holdings exclude short-term holdings and cash, if applicable.

Fund Positions in Mentioned Holdings

As a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Coronation Fund Managers

   

1.6

%

 

Ace Hardware Indonesia

   

0.3

   

Matahari Department Store

   

0.2

   


9



Columbia Acorn International®

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$8.4 billion

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflects fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Acorn International® Class Z Shares

September 23, 1992 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

5 years

 

10 years

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (9/23/92 inception)    

1.22

%

   

15.70

%

   

21.37

%

   

11.68

%

   

11.57

%

 
Class A (10/16/00 inception)  

without sales charge

   

1.14

     

15.35

     

20.97

     

11.30

     

11.14

   

with sales charge

   

-4.67

     

8.72

     

19.54

     

10.65

     

10.84

   
S&P Global Ex-U.S.
Between $500M and $5B® Index*
   

2.20

     

13.00

     

19.73

     

9.77

     

8.81

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmark. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 0.95% for Class Z shares and 1.31% for Class A shares. The returns shown for periods prior to the inception of the Fund's Class A shares append the returns of the Fund's Class Z shares, the Fund's oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiamanagement.com/mutual-funds/
appended-performance for more information.

Portfolio Diversification

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Top 10 Holdings

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

1.

  Coronation Fund Managers (South Africa)
South African Fund Manager
  1.6

%

 

2.

  Neopost (France)
Postage Meter Machines
  1.3

%

 

3.

  Melco Crown Entertainment - ADR
(Hong Kong)
Macau Casino Operator
  1.1

%

 

4.

  WuXi Pharma Tech - ADR (China)
Largest Contract Research Organization
Business in China
  1.1

%

 

5.

  Aalberts Industries (Netherlands)
Flow Control & Heat Treatment
  1.0

%

 

6.

  Naspers (South Africa)
Media in Africa, China, Russia &
Other Emerging Markets
  1.0

%

 
7.   CCL Industries (Canada)
Largest Global Label Converter
  1.0

%

 

8.

  Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
(United Kingdom)
International Business Insurance Broker
  1.0

%

 

9.

  Hexagon (Sweden)
Design, Measurement & Visualization
Software & Equipment
  0.9

%

 

10.

  Partners Group (Switzerland)
Private Markets Asset Management
  0.9

%

 

The Fund's top 10 holdings and portfolio diversification vary with changes in portfolio investments. See the Statement of Investments for a complete list of the Fund's holdings.


10



Columbia Acorn USA®

In a Nutshell

 

 
Robert A. Mohn
Lead Portfolio Manager
  William J. Doyle
Co-Portfolio Manager
 

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

Columbia Acorn USA Class Z shares gained 0.64% in the first quarter of 2014. This compares to a 1.12% gain for the Fund's primary benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. Relative performance was dampened by below-benchmark returns from the Fund's information technology stocks.

Health care stocks led performance in the quarter. Orphan drug specialist Synageva Biopharma gained 29% on encouraging results released from a study of its drug treating early onset LAL deficiency, a disease lethal to infants. Seattle Genetics, a developer of antibody-based therapies to fight cancer, gained 14% on excitement over the potential for its drug Adcetris to treat a broad range of lymphomas. Cepheid, a leader in molecular diagnostics, gained 10% in the quarter on strong revenue growth. Biotech company InterMune saw its stock gain 124% in the quarter on news of positive Phase III data for its drug treating pulmonary fibrosis.

Other top performers included SVB Financial Group, a bank for venture-backed start-up companies, which rose 23% in the quarter. SVB received a profit boost from gains in warrants it holds in tech IPOs, including Twitter. Acuity Brands, a provider of commercial lighting fixtures, doubled its sales of LED-related fixtures and returned 21% for the quarter. Up 20%, car rental company Avis Budget Group continued its gains in the new year on further sales and earnings growth. Extra Space Storage, a self-storage facility, rose 16% as the company's cash flow swelled due to record occupancy levels.

Laggards in the information technology sector included Bally Technologies, a slot machine manufacturer and gaming software developer. Bally was negatively impacted by weakness in the U.S. regional gaming industry and fell 15% over the three-month period. Simulation software developer Ansys fell 12% in the quarter as the company experienced light revenue growth year over year. Informatica, a developer of data integration software, fell 9% after guiding to a weaker than expected 2014.

IPG Photonics, a manufacturer of fiber lasers, fell 8% in the quarter on concerns over growth prospects in China, which accounts for 24% of IPG's total revenues. Encouragingly,

IPG's fourth quarter Chinese revenue grew a solid 12% year over year.

Outside the technology sector, home furnishing retailer Pier 1 Imports declined 18% on weak fourth quarter same-store sales. World Acceptance, a provider of small personal loans, fell 14% upon receiving an anticipated investigative inquiry from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Federal Reserve easing drove a rush of liquidity into the stock market last year, which helped to boost the price of more speculative stocks, such as turnaround plays and aggressively priced momentum stocks. For the majority of the first quarter, these types of stocks continued to excel, but they began to wobble near the end of the quarter. We believe that any changes toward reducing quantitative easing should benefit the more sensibly priced growth stocks in which Columbia Acorn USA invests.

Effective January 1, 2014, William Doyle was named co-portfolio manager of Columbia Acorn USA. Bill has been a member of our analyst team since 2006 and brings 23 years of industry experience to the Fund.

Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies.

Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Top holdings exclude short-term holdings and cash, if applicable.

Fund Positions in Mentioned Holdings

As a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Avis Budget Group

   

3.4

%

 

Extra Space Storage

   

2.4

   

IPG Photonics

   

1.8

   

Cepheid

   

1.7

   

Informatica

   

1.7

   

Ansys

   

1.5

   

Synageva Biopharma

   

1.5

   

Bally Technologies

   

1.4

   

Seattle Genetics

   

1.4

   
SVB Financial Group    

1.2

   

Acuity Brands

   

1.2

   

World Acceptance

   

0.8

   

Pier 1 Imports

   

0.7

   

InterMune

   

0.3

   


11



Columbia Acorn USA®

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$1.7 billion

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflects fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Acorn USA® Class Z Shares

September 4, 1996 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

5 years

 

10 years

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (9/4/96 inception)    

0.64

%

   

20.92

%

   

23.81

%

   

8.81

%

   

11.12

%

 
Class A (10/16/00 inception)  

without sales charge

   

0.59

     

20.59

     

23.47

     

8.50

     

10.74

   

with sales charge

   

-5.19

     

13.66

     

22.01

     

7.86

     

10.37

   

Russell 2000 Index*

   

1.12

     

24.90

     

24.31

     

8.53

     

8.85

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmark. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 1.15% for Class Z shares and 1.38% for Class A shares. The returns shown for periods prior to the inception of the Fund's Class A shares append the returns of the Fund's Class Z shares, the Fund's oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiamanagement.com/mutual-funds/
appended-performance for more information.

Portfolio Diversification

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Top 10 Holdings

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

1.

  Avis Budget Group
Second Largest Car Rental Company
  3.4

%

 

2.

  Ametek
Aerospace/Industrial Instruments
  2.6

%

 

3.

  Nordson
Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings
  2.4

%

 
4.   Extra Space Storage
Self Storage Facilities
  2.4

%

 

5.

  Mettler-Toledo International
Laboratory Equipment
  2.3

%

 

6.

  tw telecom
Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services
  2.2

%

 

7.

  Donaldson
Industrial Air Filtration
  2.1

%

 

8.

  HEICO
FAA Approved Aircraft Replacement Parts
  1.9

%

 

9.

  IPG Photonics
Fiber Lasers
  1.8

%

 

10.

  Drew Industries
RV & Manufactured Home Components
  1.7

%

 

The Fund's top 10 holdings and portfolio diversification vary with changes in portfolio investments. See the Statement of Investments for a complete list of the Fund's holdings.


12



Columbia Acorn International SelectSM

In a Nutshell

 
Christopher J. Olson
Portfolio Manager
 

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

Columbia Acorn International Select Class Z shares ended the first quarter of 2014 up 3.01%, outperforming the 2.25% gain for the Fund's primary benchmark, the S&P Developed Ex-U.S. Between $2B and $10B® Index. Returns were mixed globally and were led by European holdings, which rose 6.8% within the benchmark in the quarter, while Japanese stocks gave back some recent gains, declining 3.3% within the benchmark.

The top contributors to Fund performance in the quarter came from a variety of countries and industries. Tahoe Resources, a silver project in Guatemala, was the top contributor to Fund performance, up 27% on the successful start of its new, low-cost mine. KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering, a Korean power plant operator and provider of grid maintenance services, gained 23% due to increasing contract wins and subsequent earnings upgrades. Canada's CCL Industries, a global label converter, continued to benefit from the acquisition of Avery's label and office product division. The integration of that acquisition has been smooth and CCL's revenues have continued to grow at a reasonable pace. Its stock rose 15% in the first quarter. Japan's Rinnai, a manufacturer of gas appliances for household and commercial use, gained 13% in the quarter on strong revenue growth as consumers search for more energy efficient systems. Coronation Fund Managers, a South African fund manager, ended the first quarter up 23%, benefiting from strong growth in higher-fee retail and international fund flows.

While material stocks as a group were a positive contributor to Fund gains for the quarter, two mining names were among the top detractors in the quarter. Brazilian gold miner Beadell Resources fell 21% and Australian gold miner Regis Resources declined 20% as both saw mine operations interrupted by unusually strong rains.

We added Melco Crown Entertainment, a Macau casino operator, to the portfolio in the quarter. This company is associated with Melco International, which we added to the Fund in early 2013, but trades at a greater discount to its estimated underlying asset value. Both stocks were down in the quarter as investors decided to book gains after a strong run. Operations for both continue to remain very robust. Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone

Telecom ended the quarter down 4%, as investor concerns about the cost of acquiring bandwidth to support new 4G networks continued to hurt mobile operators. While we continue to hold Far EasTone Telecom, we sold the Fund's position in mobile operator Taiwan Mobile in the quarter to reallocate funds to other ideas.

Over the past year, we had a strong rise in many markets and our analyst team is seeing increasingly full valuations. Given these conditions, the Fund remains cautiously invested. We will continue to seek companies with strong balance sheets, strong free cash flow and dividend yields, and less cyclical businesses.

International investing involves special risks, including foreign taxation, currency risks, risks associated with possible differences in financial standards, operational and settlement risks and other risks associated with future political and economic developments. Due to the Fund's concentration in a limited number of stocks, the Fund's portfolio will tend to diverge significantly from benchmark weightings and may therefore pose greater risk and volatility relative to its benchmark, or in comparison to other Columbia Acorn Fund portfolios. Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies pose special risks, including illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Investing in emerging markets may involve greater risks than investing in more developed countries. Please also see "A Comment on Trading Volumes" on the Table of Contents page of this report.

Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Top holdings exclude short-term holdings and cash, if applicable.

Fund Positions in Mentioned Holdings

As a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Far EasTone Telecom

   

4.0

%

 

Tahoe Resources

   

3.5

   

CCL Industries

   

2.9

   

Rinnai

   

2.7

   

KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering

   

2.0

   

Coronation Fund Managers

   

1.9

   

Beadell Resources

   

1.9

   

Melco Crown Entertainment

   

1.9

   

Regis Resources

   

1.0

   

Melco International

   

1.0

   


13



Columbia Acorn International SelectSM

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$350.2 million

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflects fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Acorn International SelectSM Class Z Shares

November 23, 1998 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

5 years

 

10 years

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (11/23/98 inception)    

3.01

%

   

14.62

%

   

18.71

%

   

10.48

%

   

9.96

%

 
Class A (10/16/00 inception)  

without sales charge

   

2.94

     

14.26

     

18.31

     

10.12

     

9.60

   

with sales charge

   

-2.98

     

7.69

     

16.93

     

9.48

     

9.17

   
S&P Developed Ex-U.S.
Between $2B and $10B® Index*
   

2.25

     

18.05

     

18.44

     

8.24

     

8.10

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmark. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 1.26% for Class Z shares and 1.51% for Class A shares. The returns shown for periods prior to the inception of the Fund's Class A shares append the returns of the Fund's Class Z shares, the Fund's oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiamanagement.com/mutual-funds/
appended-performance for more information.

Portfolio Diversification

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Top 10 Holdings

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

1.

  Ascendas REIT (Singapore)
Industrial Property Landlord
  4.9

%

 

2.

  Far EasTone Telecom (Taiwan)
Taiwan's Third Largest Mobile Operator
  4.0

%

 

3.

  Neopost (France)
Postage Meter Machines
  3.8

%

 

4.

  Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
(United Kingdom)
International Business Insurance Broker
  3.6

%

 

5.

  Tahoe Resources (Guatemala)
Silver Project in Guatemala
  3.5

%

 

6.

  Archipelago Resources (Indonesia)†
Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia,
Vietnam & the Philippines
  3.3

%

 

7.

  IAG (Australia)
General Insurance Provider
  3.2

%

 

8.

  CCL Industries (Canada)
Largest Global Label Converter
  2.9

%

 

9.

  Challenger Financial (Australia)
Largest Annuity Provider
  2.8

%

 

10.

  Rinnai (Japan)
Gas Appliances for Household & Commercial Use
  2.7

%

 

The Fund's top 10 holdings and portfolio diversification vary with changes in portfolio investments. See the Statement of Investments for a complete list of the Fund's holdings.

†Includes both stock and option.


14



Columbia Acorn SelectSM

In a Nutshell

 
Robert A. Chalupnik
Portfolio Manager
 

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

After topping its primary benchmark the last three quarters, Columbia Acorn Select's relative performance came up short in the first quarter of 2014. The Fund's Class Z shares fell 0.34%, while the S&P MidCap 400® Index, the Fund's primary benchmark, gained 3.04%. The underperformance spanned most sectors, leading us to believe the declines were style driven.

On the upside, Synthesis Energy Systems, an owner and operator of gasification plants, gained 227% in the quarter. Synthesis Energy converts coal to chemicals, including methanol and gasoline, and signed a new joint-venture agreement with an engineering firm to implement its technology in China. China is viewed as a growth market since it is a heavy user of coal.

F5 Networks, a provider of internet traffic management equipment, gained 17% in the quarter on earnings that beat expectations and on improved guidance. The company is benefiting from a product refresh cycle and is taking market share with its newer network security products. Quanta Services, a provider of electrical and telecommunication construction services, was also up 17% on better-than-expected earnings and raised earnings guidance. We believe Quanta has solid prospects due to the need for improvements in the U.S. electricity transmission grid and the oil and gas pipeline network.

On the downside for the quarter, consumer electronics specialty retailer Best Buy fell 33% after reporting weaker-than-expected sales. Despite the down quarter, we are encouraged by Best Buy's success in reducing costs and growing its e-commerce sales. WNS, a provider of offshore business process outsourcing services, was off 18% at the end of the quarter. This stock was the best-performing stock in Columbia Acorn Select in 2013 but its industry group cooled in the quarter due in part to a large competitor's announcement of lower-than-expected revenue growth and reduced guidance for 2014.

Kennametal, a consumable cutting tool manufacturer, was also among the laggards in the quarter, falling 15%. The company reported disappointing results and forward guidance but continues to improve its business, and we believe its dual branding strategy should enhance growth through market share gains within its distribution channel.

During the first quarter, we added one new name to the portfolio and sold out of one position. LKQ, an alternative auto parts distributor, is the largest U.S. provider of recycled and aftermarket auto replacement parts, making it a one-stop shop for collision repair shops. We've held the stock in other Columbia Acorn Funds since 2011.

We exited the Fund's position in Forward Air, a provider of freight transportation between airports. Fourth quarter

2013 earnings missed expectations as weather-related issues and some business concerns hurt the company. We exited Forward Air due to valuation and the desire to look for other ideas.

First quarter economic news was a bit mixed, but we believe the unusually harsh winter across a significant portion of the United States likely accounts for much of the weakness. For example, recently released national retail sales data for the month of March improved 1.1%, which supports the view that weakness in January and February was somewhat weather related. During the first quarter, we added to consumer-related positions in the Fund taking advantage of lower stock prices. Although we are bottom-up investors and limit our economic predictions, we believe there are encouraging signs that the U.S. economy will continue to improve.

Risks include stock market fluctuations due to economic and business developments. The Fund also has potentially greater price volatility due to the Fund's concentration in a limited number of stocks of mid-size companies. International investing involves special risks, including foreign taxation, currency risks, risks associated with possible differences in financial standards, operational and settlement risks and other risks associated with future political and economic developments.

Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Top holdings exclude short-term holdings and cash, if applicable.

Fund Positions in Mentioned Holdings

As a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

WNS

   

3.4

%

 

Quanta Services

   

3.1

   

Kennametal

   

2.8

   

F5 Networks

   

2.4

   

LKQ

   

1.3

   

Best Buy

   

0.6

   

Synthesis Energy Systems

   

0.5

   


15



Columbia Acorn SelectSM

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$809.0 million

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflects fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Acorn SelectSM Class Z Shares

November 23, 1998 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

5 years

 

10 years

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (11/23/98 inception)    

-0.34

%

   

20.86

%

   

22.47

%

   

8.30

%

   

10.61

%

 
Class A (10/16/00 inception)  

without sales charge

   

-0.39

     

20.56

     

22.12

     

7.99

     

10.26

   

with sales charge

   

-6.12

     

13.62

     

20.69

     

7.35

     

9.84

   

S&P MidCap 400® Index*

   

3.04

     

21.24

     

24.86

     

10.14

     

10.70

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmark. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 1.07% for Class Z shares and 1.35% for Class A shares. The returns shown for periods prior to the inception of the Fund's Class A shares append the returns of the Fund's Class Z shares, the Fund's oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiamanagement.com/mutual-funds/
appended-performance for more information.

Portfolio Diversification

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Top 10 Holdings

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

1.

  Ametek
Aerospace/Industrial Instruments
  5.9

%

 

2.

  Discover Financial Services
Credit Card Company
  4.3

%

 

3.

  CNO Financial Group
Life, Long-term Care &
Medical Supplement Insurance
  4.2

%

 

4.

  Donaldson
Industrial Air Filtration
  4.2

%

 

5.

  Amphenol
Electronic Connectors
  3.7

%

 

6.

  WNS - ADR (India)
Offshore BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)
Services
  3.4

%

 

7.

  City National
Bank & Asset Manager
  3.2

%

 

8.

  Hertz
Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator
  3.1

%

 

9.

  Quanta Services
Electrical & Telecom Construction Services
  3.1

%

 

10.

  SBA Communications
Communications Towers
  3.0

%

 

The Fund's top 10 holdings and portfolio diversification vary with changes in portfolio investments. See the Statement of Investments for a complete list of the Fund's holdings.


16



Columbia Thermostat FundSM

In a Nutshell

 

 
Charles P. McQuaid
Lead Portfolio Manager
  Christopher J. Olson
Co-Portfolio Manager
 

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

A "fund of fund" bears its allocable share of the costs and expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. Such funds are thus subject to two levels of fees and potentially higher expense ratios than would be associated with a fund that invests and trades directly in financial instruments under the direction of a single manager.

*These changes were implemented with the Fund's May 1, 2014, prospectus.

Columbia Thermostat Fund Class Z shares ended the first quarter of 2014 up 1.94%. This slightly tops the 1.81% return of the Fund's primary equity benchmark, the S&P 500® Index, and the 1.84% gain of its primary debt benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund's 50/50 Blended Benchmark gained 1.88% in the quarter.

The weighted average gain for the Fund's equity portfolio was 0.98% for the quarter, with Columbia Dividend Income Fund offering the top equity return of 2.10%. The bond portfolio weighted average gain topped the equity component at 1.74%. Columbia Income Opportunities Fund was the strongest bond fund contributor for the period, up 3.03%. Columbia Thermostat's gain exceeded both the equity and bond portfolio averages because it benefited by going to 15% in stock funds after the stock market dropped and reverting back to 10% in stock funds after the market rose.

During the first quarter of 2014, we conducted the periodic review of underlying funds called for by Columbia Thermostat's prospectus. As a result, we expect to make the following changes in the second quarter, starting on May 1, 2014:*

  Columbia Income Opportunities Fund's weighting will be reduced from 30% to 20% of the bond portfolio.

  Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund's weighting will be reduced from 30% to 25% of the bond portfolio.

  Columbia U.S. Government Mortgage Fund will be added to the bond portfolio with a 15% weighting. This fund offers a combination of relatively short maturities and low credit risk.

  The stock/bond allocation table levels will be revised. The Fund will move to 10% stocks at an S&P 500® level over 2,020 and will move to 90% stocks at a level of 970 or less. In between, a 70 point move in the S&P 500® will trigger a 5% point change in allocation of stock and bond funds.

The changes to bond position weightings and the addition of Columbia U.S. Government Mortgage Fund are expected to somewhat reduce the bond portfolio's duration and risk. The changes to the Fund's allocation table recognize that the S&P 500® Index has broken out of its over 16-year trading range and, therefore, we can no longer assume that price-to-earnings (PE) ratios will compress. Instead, the revisions to the allocation table assume the S&P 500® will trade within

its broad historical PE ratio range on normalized (long-term moving average) earnings. It is expected that, within a range of 10% and 90%, stock percentages will rise toward maximum allocations as PE ratios fall toward historical lows, and stock percentages will fall as such PE ratios rise toward historical highs.

Christopher Olson joined the Fund as co-portfolio manager on January 1, 2014. Chris has been a portfolio manager and analyst at Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, since 2001 and brings 24 years of industry experience to the Fund. His awareness of macro-economic conditions and his knowledge of historical valuation ranges should serve shareholders well.

Results of the Funds Owned in Columbia Thermostat Fund

as of March 31, 2014

Stock Funds

Fund

  Weightings
in category
  1st
quarter
 

Columbia Acorn International, Class I

   

20

%

   

1.22

%

 

Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Class I

   

20

%

   

2.10

%

 

Columbia Acorn Fund, Class I

   

15

%

   

0.00

%

 

Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Class I

   

15

%

   

1.07

%

 

Columbia Acorn Select, Class I

   

10

%

   

-0.34

%

 
Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund,
Class I
   

10

%

   

1.55

%

 
Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund,
Class I
   

10

%

   

-0.05

%

 

Weighted Average Equity Gain

   

100

%

   

0.98

%

 

Bond Funds

Fund

  Weightings
in category
  1st
quarter
 

Columbia Short Term Bond Fund, Class I

   

40

%

   

0.39

%

 

Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund, Class I

   

30

%

   

2.26

%

 
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund,
Class I
   

30

%

   

3.03

%

 

Weighted Average Income Gain

   

100

%

   

1.74

%

 

Columbia Thermostat Fund Rebalancing in the First Quarter

February 4, 2014

 

15% stocks, 85% bonds

 

March 7, 2014

 

10% stocks, 90% bonds

 

The value of an investment in the Fund is based primarily on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests. The Fund is subject to the risk that the investment manager's decisions regarding asset classes and underlying funds will not anticipate market trends successfully, resulting in a failure to preserve capital or lower total return.

The Fund's investments in the underlying funds may also present certain risks, including the following. Investments made by underlying funds in foreign securities, particularly those in emerging markets countries, are subject to special risks, including but not limited to a greater degree of social, political and economic volatility than is associated with domestic investments, as well as the risks associated with any differences in financial standards, including foreign taxation. Investments by the underlying funds in small- and mid-cap companies, as well as in restricted securities, pose special risks, including potential illiquidity and price volatility. Underlying funds that concentrate their investments in a single industry sector, such as technology or healthcare, are subject to the risk that companies in the same sector may be similarly affected by economic or market downturns. Risks associated with investments in bond funds include credit risk, interest rate risk, and prepayment and extension risk. Debt securities with the lowest investment grade ratings and unrated securities of comparable quality are more speculative than securities with higher ratings and may experience greater price fluctuations. These securities also tend to be more sensitive to credit risk than higher-rated securities. This is not an offer of the shares of any other mutual fund mentioned herein.


17



Columbia Thermostat FundSM

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$1.3 billion

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflects fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Thermostat FundSM Class Z Shares

September 25, 2002 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

5 years

 

10 years

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (9/25/02 inception)    

1.94

%

   

7.03

%

   

18.02

%

   

6.80

%

   

8.20

%

 
Class A (3/3/03 inception)  

without sales charge

   

1.85

     

6.69

     

17.72

     

6.54

     

7.93

   

with sales charge

   

-4.01

     

0.54

     

16.35

     

5.91

     

7.37

   

S&P 500® Index*

   

1.81

     

21.86

     

21.16

     

7.42

     

9.65

   

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index*

   

1.84

     

-0.10

     

4.80

     

4.46

     

4.63

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmarks. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 0.85% for Class Z shares and 1.10% for Class A shares. The returns shown for periods prior to the inception of the Fund's Class A shares append the returns of the Fund's Class Z shares, the Fund's oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiamanagement.com/mutual-funds/ appended-performance for more information.

Asset Allocation

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Portfolio Weightings

as a percentage of assets in each investment category, as of 3/31/14

Stock Mutual Funds

Columbia Acorn International, Class I

   

20

%

 

Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Class I

   

20

%

 

Columbia Acorn Fund, Class I

   

15

%

 

Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Class I

   

15

%

 

Columbia Acorn Select, Class I

   

10

%

 
Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund,
Class I
   

10

%

 
Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund,
Class I
   

10

%

 

Bond Mutual Funds

Columbia Short Term Bond Fund, Class I

   

40

%

 

Columbia Income Opportunities Fund, Class I

   

30

%

 

Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund, Class I

   

30

%

 


18



Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

In a Nutshell

 

 
Fritz G. Kaegi
Lead Portfolio Manager
  Stephen Kusmierczak
Lead Portfolio Manager
 

 

 
P. Zachary Egan
Co-Portfolio Manager
  Louis J. Mendes III
Co-Portfolio Manager
 

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund Class Z shares fell 0.97% in the first quarter of 2014, underperforming the 0.71% gain of the Fund's primary benchmark, the S&P Emerging Markets Between $500M and $5B® Index. Since its inception in August 2011, the Fund has had an annualized gain of 12.17%, compared to a benchmark return of 3.81%.

The Fund's largest gainer in percentage terms was Chinese generic drug maker Sihuan Pharmaceuticals, which rose 37% thanks to positive expectations for new products and wins in provincial contract tenders. Six out of the next seven largest gainers were based in Indonesia, thanks to economic stabilization (especially an improving current account deficit and an appreciating currency) and hopes of a new reform-oriented government. Strong fundamentals also helped some of these stocks. Department store operator Matahari Department Store (up 36%) reported double-digit growth in same-store sales and used strong free cash flow to reduce high-cost loans. Free to air television broadcaster Surya Citra Media (up 31%) increased group audience share significantly. Satellite pay TV operator MNC Skyvision (up 28%) reported a 34% annual gain in subscribers and refinanced a high-cost bond.

Three of the quarter's five largest percentage detractors suffered from the effects of Russia's intervention in Ukraine. Electronic payment operator QIWI (down 36%), the Moscow Exchange (down 31%), and internet search engine Yandex (down 30%) fell even more than the Russian portion of the Fund's benchmark (down 20%). This underperformance, combined with the Fund's overweight allocation to Russia, accounted for two-thirds of the Fund's underperformance versus the benchmark during the first quarter. Companies in the Russian financial sector are particularly vulnerable to potential sanctions and Russian countermeasures, so we sold out of QIWI and Moscow Exchange during the quarter. Two consumer stocks in the Greater China region accounted for most of the rest of the Fund's underperformance. Hong Kong-based cosmetics retailer Sa Sa International fell 33%, hurt by media reporting that the company had sold expired products (which the company has refuted) and concerns that margins would come under pressure. Chinese baby care product provider Biostime fell 24%, also due to concerns about pricing pressure.

With politics having played such a large role this quarter, how do we approach political risk? We first acknowledge

that substantial political risk exists in nearly every emerging market country, and this risk can create volatility and unpredictability in these markets. How do we tell if the Fund is being adequately compensated for political risk? We check by (1) using higher discount rates in valuing future earnings than we would with developed markets, (2) looking at how political risk relates to specific sectors, companies and individuals associated with them, and (3) looking at negative scenarios that may not be probable but are possible. We can tolerate political volatility if it seems like it doesn't affect a holding's long-term value. Interesting investment opportunities can emerge from volatility. But political risk is dangerous because it can permanently impair value.

We think the aftermath from the situation in Ukraine could be serious and long lasting. It is hard to imagine that Russia will be able to return to pre-crisis levels of business activity or risk. Things could clearly get worse, as Russia may perceive political gains to be worth any economic cost it incurs. The European Union and the United States are considering a wide variety of sanctions against Russia, including financial sanctions aimed at Russia's dependence on Western financial infrastructure and foreign capital inflows. These sanctions, and Russian countermeasures, would be particularly destructive to investments. Yet domestic political dynamics seem to be rewarding confrontational stances by all sides. We think all this translates into a permanent impairment of value for many businesses in Russia; we will be treading warily.

International investing involves special risks, including foreign taxation, currency risks, risks associated with possible differences in financial standards, operational and settlement risks and other risks associated with future political and economic developments. Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies pose special risks, including illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Investing in emerging markets may involve greater risks than investing in more developed countries. Please also see "A Comment on Trading Volumes" on the Table of Contents page of this report.

Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Top holdings exclude short-term holdings and cash, if applicable.

Fund Positions in Mentioned Holdings

As a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

MNC Skyvision

   

2.3

%

 

Sa Sa International

   

1.8

   

Yandex

   

1.8

   

Matahari Department Store

   

1.6

   

Surya Citra Media

   

1.2

   

Sihuan Pharmaceuticals

   

1.0

   

Biostime

   

0.9

   


19



Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$498.7 million

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflects fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM Class Z Shares

August 19, 2011 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (8/19/11 inception)    

-0.97

%

   

7.20

%

   

12.17

%

 
Class A (8/19/11 inception)  

without sales charge

   

-0.97

     

7.00

     

11.85

   

with sales charge

   

-6.69

     

0.84

     

9.35

   

S&P Emerging Markets Between $500M and $5B® Index*

   

0.71

     

-0.54

     

3.81

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmark. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 1.60% for Class Z shares and 1.85% for Class A shares.

Portfolio Diversification

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Top 10 Holdings

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

1.

  Coronation Fund Managers (South Africa)
South African Fund Manager
  3.9

%

 

2.

  Melco International (Hong Kong)
Macau Casino Operator
  2.9

%

 

3.

  Melco Crown Resorts (Philippines)
Integrated Resort Operator in Manila
  2.5

%

 

4.

  MNC Skyvision (Indonesia)
Largest Satellite Pay TV Operator in Indonesia
  2.3

%

 

5.

  Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan - GDR
(Kazakhstan)
Largest Retail Bank & Insurer in Kazakhstan
  2.1

%

 

6.

  Vacon (Finland)
Leading Independent Manufacturer of Variable
Speed Alternating Current Drives
  2.1

%

 

7.

  Localiza Rent A Car (Brazil)
Car Rental
  2.1

%

 

8.

  Hexagon (Sweden)
Design, Measurement & Visualization Software &
Equipment
  2.1

%

 

9.

  WuXi PharmaTech - ADR (China)
Largest Contract Research Organization
Business in China
  2.0

%

 

10.

  Nagacorp (Cambodia)
Casino/Entertainment Complex in Cambodia
  1.9

%

 

The Fund's top 10 holdings and portfolio diversification vary with changes in portfolio investments. See the Statement of Investments for a complete list of the Fund's holdings.


20



Columbia Acorn European FundSM

In a Nutshell

 

 
Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg
Lead Portfolio Manager
  Stephen
Kusmierczak
Co-Portfolio Manager
 

Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for daily and most recent month-end performance updates.

The new year started with most of the Eurozone letting out a large sigh of relief at having survived five years of the euro crisis with the system of fixed exchange rates still intact and some of the largest problem cases seemingly on the mend. With many of the highest-level politicians having tied themselves and their country's fate to the survival of the common currency, the danger of it crumbling in the immediate future seemed to greatly diminish. Additionally, in January word came from Frankfurt, the seat of the European Central Bank, that not only would it do whatever it took to save the currency, but that U.S.-style quantitative easing was on its way to the mainland. Russia's occupation and annexation of Crimea at the end of March, however, provided a damper to all those who thought the world economic recovery, together with lax monetary policies, would provide continuous support for share prices in the immediate future.

Against this backdrop, Columbia Acorn European Fund Class Z shares gained 1.59% in the first quarter, underperforming the 6.18% gain of its primary benchmark, the S&P Europe Between $500M and $5B® Index. In the last 24 months, we added three Russian stocks to the Fund, which performed well throughout 2012 and 2013. However, these stocks were strongly affected by the increased likelihood of war in the Ukraine, and the West's gradual introduction of economic sanctions against key players in both Russia and the Ukraine. We share the fear that warfare will dampen growth prospects in Russia, while economic sanctions could permanently impair the liquidity and value of our investments there. We liked electronic payments network QIWI, Russian search engine Yandex and Russia's main exchange, the Moscow Exchange, for fundamental reasons. Each offered business models with low capital intensity and strong market positions, and have benefited from a gradual modernization of the Russian economy. Alas, under the threat of war and isolation from a large part of the industrialized world, the best business models cannot thrive. All three stocks were off more than 30% and accounted for nearly half of the Fund's underperformance during the first quarter. We sold out of the Fund's position in QIWI and the Moscow Exchange.

Underperformance was also fed by an underweight in Italy where stocks, especially financials, performed very well in the benchmark. The Fund's only position in Italy, global tire supplier Pirelli, suffered from unfavorable currency movements outside of Europe and its association with a project in Russia, where it owns a joint venture with Rosneft to make and distribute tires. Pirelli was off 9% for the quarter. The Fund's underperformance in Italy accounted for about a quarter of its lag relative to the benchmark.

On the upside, the Fund enjoyed strong performance from two stocks based in France. Long-time stalwart Norbert Dentressangle, a leading European logistics and transport group with strong market positions in the United Kingdom, France and Spain, announced an improvement in operating performance in the second half of 2013 and rose 28% in the quarter. Hi-Media, an online advertiser in Europe, reported a recovery in its core operations and gained 26% on the news. Positions in the Netherlands also contributed positively to gains. The Fund's overweight position in this market provided a 6% return in the quarter versus a 2% rise in the benchmark.

International investing involves special risks, including foreign taxation, currency risks, risks associated with possible differences in financial standards, operational and settlement risks and other risks associated with future political and economic developments. Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies pose special risks, including illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Investing in emerging markets may involve greater risks than investing in more developed countries. Please also see "A Comment on Trading Volumes" on the Table of Contents page of this report.

Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Top holdings exclude short-term holdings and cash, if applicable.

Fund Positions in Mentioned Holdings

As a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Norbert Dentressangle

   

1.3

%

 

Hi-Media

   

1.0

   

Pirelli

   

0.9

   

Yandex

   

0.9

   


21



Columbia Acorn
European Fund
SM

At a Glance

Total Net Assets of the Fund:
$50.3 million

Performance data shown in the table and graph below represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance data reflects fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses, if any; in their absence, performance results would have been lower. Indexes are unmanaged; their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index. Please visit columbiamanagement.com for performance data current to the most recent month-end.

The Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Columbia Acorn European FundSM Class Z Shares

August 19, 2011 (Fund inception) through March 31, 2014

This chart shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class Z shares of the Fund during the stated time period.

Average Annual Total Returns for period ended March 31, 2014

   

1st quarter

 

1 year

 

Life of Fund

 
Class Z (8/19/11 inception)    

1.59

%

   

30.57

%

   

20.47

%

 
Class A (8/19/11 inception)  

without sales charge

   

1.53

     

30.26

     

20.16

   

with sales charge

   

-4.33

     

22.75

     

17.48

   

S&P Europe Between $500M and $5B® Index*

   

6.18

     

38.89

     

23.39

   

Results for other share classes can be found on Page 1.

*The Fund's primary benchmark. Please see Page 3 for index descriptions.

Returns for Class A shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. As stated in the May 1, 2013, prospectus, the Fund's annual operating expense ratio is 1.50% for Class Z shares and 1.75% for Class A shares.

Portfolio Diversification

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

Top 10 Holdings

as a percentage of net assets, as of 3/31/14

1.

  Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
(United Kingdom)
International Business Insurance Broker
  2.8

%

 

2.

  Neopost (France)
Postage Meter Machines
  2.7

%

 

3.

  Assura (United Kingdom)
UK Primary Health Care Property Developer
  2.6

%

 

4.

  Vacon (Finland)
Leading Independent Manufacturer of Variable
Speed Alternating Current Drives
  2.4

%

 

5.

  Spirax Sarco (United Kingdom)
Steam Systems for Manufacturing & Process Industries
  2.4

%

 

6.

  DIA (Spain)
Leading Hard Discounter in Spain, Latin America &
the Eastern Mediterranean
  2.2

%

 

7.

  Gemalto (Netherlands)
Digital Security Solutions
  2.1

%

 

8.

  Geberit (Switzerland)
Plumbing Supplies
  2.0

%

 

9.

  Partners Group (Switzerland)
Private Markets Asset Management
  2.0

%

 

10.

  Aurelius (Germany)
European Turnaround Investor
  2.0

%

 

The Fund's top 10 holdings and portfolio diversification vary with changes in portfolio investments. See the Statement of Investments for a complete list of the Fund's holdings.


22




Columbia Acorn® Fund

Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Purchases

 

Information

 

Amber Road

   

0

     

190,000

   

Ansys

   

2,350,000

     

2,500,000

   

Audience

   

0

     

419,212

   

Bankrate

   

200,000

     

650,000

   

Belden

   

370,000

     

507,000

   

Commvault Systems

   

0

     

550,000

   

Covisint

   

0

     

298,920

   

Criteo

   

0

     

100,000

   

Ellie Mae

   

764,495

     

900,000

   

FLIR Systems

   

0

     

582,000

   

Globalstar

   

25,500,000

     

27,650,000

   

Measurement Specialties

   

0

     

107,593

   

Pandora Media

   

2,855,000

     

3,390,000

   

Rogers

   

570,000

     

624,000

   
Telefonica Deutschland
(Germany)
   

0

     

2,500,000

   

Vonage

   

0

     

3,464,625

   

Yandex

   

727,000

     

972,000

   
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
(India)
   

0

     

4,031,557

   

Industrial Goods & Services

 

Airgas

   

535,000

     

930,000

   

LKQ

   

2,405,000

     

2,500,000

   

MTU Aero Engines (Germany)

   

0

     

255,000

   

Neopost (France)

   

604,000

     

664,400

   

PGT

   

738,564

     

1,453,516

   
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
de Chile - ADR (Chile)
   

673,000

     

776,221

   

WABCO Holdings

   

1,109,000

     

1,210,000

   

WESCO International

   

1,620,000

     

1,870,000

   

Consumer Goods & Services

 

Boulder Brands

   

2,886,552

     

4,386,552

   

Casey's General Stores

   

1,439,000

     

1,759,000

   

DIA (Spain)

   

0

     

2,557,000

   

Groupon

   

7,000,000

     

9,700,000

   

HomeAway

   

1,600,000

     

1,815,000

   

ITT Educational Services

   

500,000

     

550,000

   

Kate Spade & Company

   

1,000,000

     

1,660,000

   

The Chefs' Warehouse

   

0

     

900,000

   

The Fresh Market

   

0

     

1,189,000

   

United Natural Foods

   

427,770

     

556,000

   

Zulily

   

146,000

     

300,000

   

Finance

 

Coronation Fund Managers

   

387,130

     

1,648,030

   

WEX

   

500,000

     

620,000

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Health Care

 

Castlight Health

   

0

     

76,000

   

Celldex Therapeutics

   

1,240,000

     

1,994,000

   

Intercept Pharmaceuticals

   

0

     

112,000

   

Medidata Solutions

   

350,000

     

525,000

   

Revance Therapeutics

   

0

     

416,118

   

Energy & Minerals

 

Alamos Gold (Canada)

   

2,100,000

     

2,900,000

   

Argonaut Gold (Canada)

   

0

     

2,000,000

   

Chart Industries

   

698,000

     

784,959

   

Energen Corporation

   

0

     

717,000

   

Hornbeck Offshore

   

1,208,000

     

1,613,000

   

Kirkland Lake Gold (Canada)

   

4,900,000

     

5,000,000

   

Petromanas (Canada)

   

51,359,500

     

62,000,000

   

RGS Energy

   

2,600,000

     

3,693,611

   

Rice Energy

   

0

     

570,000

   

Rosetta Resources

   

1,153,600

     

2,322,600

   

Other Industries

 

AMERCO

   

45,000

     

110,000

   

Ascendas REIT (Singapore)

   

17,000,000

     

24,000,000

   

DCT Industrial Trust

   

3,750,000

     

5,175,000

   

Terreno Realty

   

2,020,931

     

2,150,000

   


23



   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales

 

Information

 

Bally Technologies

   

3,105,000

     

3,028,000

   

CalAmp

   

910,000

     

573,000

   

Concur Technologies

   

630,000

     

450,000

   

Crown Castle International

   

1,700,000

     

1,400,000

   

Demandware

   

1,000,000

     

954,700

   

Genpact

   

3,419,000

     

2,558,000

   

Hexagon (Sweden)

   

3,727,001

     

2,924,000

   

II-VI

   

3,640,000

     

2,339,000

   

Ixia

   

2,030,000

     

1,040,000

   

Micros Systems

   

2,530,000

     

1,810,000

   

Netgear

   

900,000

     

660,000

   

Red Hat

   

700,000

     

500,000

   

SPS Commerce

   

900,000

     

750,000

   

Tyler Technologies

   

800,000

     

500,000

   

Virtusa

   

1,985,000

     

1,835,000

   

Industrial Goods & Services

 

Acorn Energy

   

1,161,957

     

440,822

   

Acuity Brands

   

1,765,000

     

1,415,000

   

Ametek

   

9,270,000

     

8,860,000

   

Chicago Bridge & Iron

   

2,400,000

     

2,010,000

   

Clarcor

   

1,570,000

     

1,015,000

   

Echo Global Logistics

   

700,000

     

0

   

Insperity

   

1,400,000

     

1,144,000

   

Kansai Paint

   

2,218,700

     

0

   

Oshkosh Corporation

   

2,185,000

     

2,000,000

   

Polypore International

   

1,000,000

     

0

   

Titan Machinery

   

965,000

     

103,164

   

Consumer Goods & Services

 

Chegg

   

765,000

     

0

   

Choice Hotels

   

1,840,000

     

1,412,000

   

GameStop

   

865,000

     

0

   

Helen of Troy

   

800,000

     

0

   
Lifestyle International
(Hong Kong)
   

15,354,000

     

14,500,000

   
Melco Crown Entertainment -
ADR (Hong Kong)
   

2,350,000

     

1,300,000

   

Melco International

   

20,000,000

     

14,000,000

   

Nagacorp (Cambodia)

   

40,000,000

     

30,000,000

   

Penn National Gaming

   

850,000

     

0

   

Pier 1 Imports

   

7,185,000

     

4,960,000

   

PVH

   

1,231,000

     

932,000

   

Ryman Hospitality Properties

   

1,120,000

     

0

   

Finance

 

Alliance Data Systems

   

530,000

     

490,000

   

City National

   

1,153,000

     

1,013,000

   

First Commonwealth

   

943,049

     

0

   

H & E Equipment Services

   

2,508,816

     

2,280,000

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

OFG Bancorp

   

900,000

     

300,000

   

Onex Capital

   

450,000

     

350,000

   
SVB Financial Group    

935,000

     

885,000

   

World Acceptance

   

850,000

     

808,343

   

Heath Care

 

Akorn

   

5,417,981

     

5,290,000

   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

   

1,404,000

     

690,134

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical

   

1,725,000

     

1,150,000

   

Henry Schein

   

950,000

     

772,000

   

Mednax

   

406,551

     

0

   

NPS Pharmaceuticals

   

2,635,000

     

2,108,000

   

Patterson Companies

   

1,676,000

     

1,153,000

   

Sirona Dental Systems

   

1,550,000

     

1,240,000

   

Synageva Biopharma

   

2,392,000

     

2,312,309

   

Energy & Minerals

 

Athabasca Oil Sands

   

3,095,000

     

0

   

Atwood Oceanics

   

2,180,000

     

900,000

   

Canacol

   

511,600

     

0

   

Denbury Resources

   

1,477,000

     

1,021,000

   

Dresser-Rand Group

   

400,000

     

0

   

Duluth Metals (Canada)

   

7,025,500

     

5,979,000

   

Fugro

   

402,555

     

0

   

Gulfmark Offshore

   

88,000

     

0

   

Northam Platinum (South Africa)

   

6,044,000

     

3,477,459

   

Pan Orient

   

741,089

     

0

   

PDC Energy

   

340,000

     

262,000

   

Rowan

   

1,008,000

     

480,000

   

ShawCor (Canada)

   

1,334,000

     

1,314,579

   

SM Energy

   

1,120,000

     

1,007,000

   

Tullow Oil

   

735,000

     

0

   

Other Industries

 

Associated Estates Realty

   

2,075,000

     

0

   

DuPont Fabros Technology

   

3,625,000

     

3,225,000

   

Gaming & Leisure Properties

   

407,000

     

0

   

JB Hunt Transport Services

   

1,155,000

     

1,085,000

   

Mapletree Logistics Trust

   

24,284,000

     

0

   


24



Columbia Acorn® Fund

Statement of Investments, March 31, 2014

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
           

Equities: 97.7%

 

Information 26.6%

     
    > Business Software 5.9%  
 

6,050,000

   

Informatica (a)(b)

 

$

228,569,000

   
       

Enterprise Data Integration Software

         
 

2,500,000

   

Ansys (a)

   

192,550,000

   
        Simulation Software for
Engineers & Designers
         
 

2,924,000

   

Hexagon (Sweden)

   

99,344,530

   
        Design, Measurement & Visualization
Software & Equipment
         
 

1,810,000

   

Micros Systems (a)

   

95,803,300

   
        Information Systems for Hotels,
Restaurants & Retailers
         
 

954,700

   

Demandware (a)

   

61,158,082

   
        eCommerce Website Platform for
Retailers & Apparel Manufacturers
         
 

860,000

   

Solera Holdings

   

54,472,400

   
        Software for Automotive Insurance
Claims Processing
         
 

550,000

   

NetSuite (a)

   

52,156,500

   
        End-to-end IT Systems Solution
Delivered Over the Web
         
 

750,000

   

SPS Commerce (a)

   

46,087,500

   
        Supply Chain Management
Software Delivered via the Web
         
 

450,000

   

Concur Technologies (a)

   

44,581,500

   
        Web-enabled Cost & Expense
Management Software
         
 

500,000

   

Tyler Technologies (a)

   

41,840,000

   
        Financial, Tax, Court & Document
Management Systems for
Local Governments
         
 

750,000

   

Jack Henry & Associates

   

41,820,000

   
        IT Systems & Outsourced IT
Solutions for Financial Institutions
         
 

2,100,000

   

Tangoe (a)(b)

   

39,039,000

   
        Software Solution for Managing
Communication Expense & Devices
         
 

3,740,934

   

InContact (a)(b)

   

35,912,966

   
        Call Center Systems Delivered via
the Web & Telecommunication Services
         
 

550,000

   

Commvault Systems (a)

   

35,722,500

   
       

Data Storage Management

         
 

1,550,000

   

RealPage (a)

   

28,148,000

   
        Software for Managing Rental
Properties Delivered via the Web
         
 

500,000

   

Red Hat (a)

   

26,490,000

   
        Maintenance & Support for
Opensource Operating System &
Middleware
         
 

900,000

   

Ellie Mae (a)

   

25,956,000

   
        Software for Managing & Network
for Facilitating Mortgage Origination
         
 

610,000

   

Envestnet (a)

   

24,509,800

   
        Technology Platform for
Investment Advisors
         
 

700,000

   

Blackbaud

   

21,910,000

   
       

Software & Services for Non-profits

         
 

610,000

   

E2open (a)

   

14,377,700

   
        Supply Chain Management
Software & Supplier/Partner Network
         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

1,000,000

   

Exa (a)(b)

 

$

13,260,000

   
       

Simulation Software

         
 

190,000

   

Amber Road (a)

   

2,926,000

   
        Global Trade Management Software
Delivered via the Web
         
 

298,920

   

Covisint (a)(c)

   

2,191,084

   
        Collaboration Software
Platform Provider
         
     

1,228,825,862

   
    > Instrumentation 3.1%  
 

1,475,000

    Mettler-Toledo
International (a)(b)
   

347,628,000

   
       

Laboratory Equipment

         
 

4,070,000

   

Trimble Navigation (a)

   

158,200,900

   
       

GPS-based Instruments

         
 

1,620,000

   

IPG Photonics (a)

   

115,149,600

   
       

Fiber Lasers

         
 

582,000

   

FLIR Systems

   

20,952,000

   
       

Infrared Cameras

         
 

107,593

   

Measurement Specialties (a)

   

7,300,185

   
       

Sensors

         
     

649,230,685

   
    > Computer Hardware & Related
Equipment 2.8%
 
 

3,415,000

   

Amphenol

   

312,984,750

   
       

Electronic Connectors

         
 

1,105,000

   

Zebra Technologies (a)

   

76,698,050

   
       

Bar Code Printers

         
 

624,000

   

Rogers (a)

   

38,950,080

   
        Printed Circuit Materials &
High-performance Foams
         
 

2,339,000

   

II-VI (a)

   

36,090,770

   
       

Laser Optics & Specialty Materials

         
 

507,000

   

Belden

   

35,287,200

   
       

Specialty Cable

         
 

280,000

   

Gemalto (Netherlands)

   

32,610,618

   
       

Digital Security Solutions

         
 

267,000

   

Stratasys (a)

   

28,326,030

   
        Rapid Prototyping & Direct
Digital Manufacturing Systems
         
 

660,000

   

Netgear (a)

   

22,261,800

   
        Networking Products for Small
Business & Home
         
     

583,209,298

   
    > Mobile Communications 2.4%  
 

3,400,000

   

SBA Communications (a)

   

309,264,000

   
       

Communications Towers

         
 

1,400,000

   

Crown Castle International

   

103,292,000

   
       

Communications Towers

         
 

27,650,000

   

Globalstar (a)(c)

   

73,272,500

   
        Satellite Mobile Voice &
Data Carrier
         
 

419,212

   

Audience (a)

   

5,240,150

   
        Improving Voice Quality for
Mobile Devices
         
     

491,068,650

   
    > Telephone & Data Services 2.2%  
 

9,500,000

   

tw telecom (a)(b)

   

296,970,000

   
       

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

         


25



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Telephone & Data Services—continued  
 

2,200,000

   

Cogent Communications

 

$

78,166,000

   
       

Internet Data Pipelines

         
 

2,500,000

    Telefonica Deutschland
(Germany)
   

19,927,701

   
        Mobile & Fixed-line
Communications in Germany
         
 

1,500,000

   

General Communications (a)

   

17,115,000

   
        Commercial Communication &
Consumer Cable TV, Web & Phone
in Alaska
         
 

2,500,000

   

Boingo Wireless (a)(b)

   

16,950,000

   
       

Wholesale & Retail WiFi Networks

         
 

1,500,000

   

Windstream (c)

   

12,360,000

   
       

Business & Rural Telecom Services

         
 

4,000,000

   

Towerstream (a)(b)(c)

   

9,400,000

   
        High Speed Wireless, Rooftop
Antenna Space & WiFi Offload
         
     

450,888,701

   
    > Computer Services 1.8%  
 

4,150,000

   

iGATE (a)(b)

   

130,891,000

   
        IT & Business Process
Outsourcing Services
         
 

1,835,000

   

Virtusa (a)(b)

   

61,490,850

   
       

Offshore IT Outsourcing

         
 

1,618,000

   

ExlService Holdings (a)

   

50,012,380

   
       

Business Process Outsourcing

         
 

2,558,000

   

Genpact (a)

   

44,560,360

   
       

Business Process Outsourcing

         
 

2,000,000

   

WNS - ADR (India) (a)

   

36,000,000

   
        Offshore BPO (Business Process
Outsourcing) Services
         
 

373,000

   

Syntel (a)

   

33,532,700

   
       

Offshore IT Services

         
 

3,274,000

   

Hackett Group (b)

   

19,578,520

   
        IT Integration & Best
Practice Research
         
     

376,065,810

   
    > Internet Related 1.6%  
 

1,150,000

   

TripAdvisor (a)

   

104,178,500

   
       

Online Travel Research

         
 

3,390,000

   

Pandora Media (a)

   

102,784,800

   
       

Streaming Music

         
 

1,344,707

   

RetailMeNot (a)

   

43,030,624

   
       

Digital Coupon Marketplace

         
 

175,000

   

Equinix (a)

   

32,347,000

   
       

Network Neutral Data Centers

         
 

972,000

   

Yandex (Russia) (a)

   

29,344,680

   
        Search Engine for Russian &
Turkish Languages
         
 

3,464,625

   

Vonage (a)

   

14,793,949

   
        Business & Consumer
Internet Telephony
         
     

326,479,553

   
    > Business Information &
Marketing Services 1.2%
 
 

1,900,000

   

Verisk Analytics (a)

   

113,924,000

   
       

Risk & Decision Analytics

         
 

4,025,000

   

Navigant Consulting (a)(b)

   

75,106,500

   
       

Financial Consulting Firm

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

2,570,000

    RPX (a)  

$

41,839,600

   
        Patent Aggregation & Defensive
Patent Consulting
         
 

650,000

   

Bankrate (a)

   

11,011,000

   
        Internet Advertising for the
Insurance, Credit Card &
Banking Markets
         
     

241,881,100

   
    > Gaming Equipment & Services 1.0%  
 

3,028,000

   

Bally Technologies (a)(b)

   

200,665,560

   
       

Slot Machines & Software

         
    > Semiconductors & Related
Equipment 0.9%
 
 

5,390,000

   

Atmel (a)

   

45,060,400

   
        Microcontrollers, Radio Frequency &
Memory Semiconductors
         
 

420,000

   

Littelfuse

   

39,328,800

   
       

Little Fuses

         
 

820,000

   

Monolithic Power Systems (a)

   

31,791,400

   
        High Performance Analog & Mixed
Signal Integrated Circuits
         
 

469,000

   

Cree (a)

   

26,526,640

   
       

LED Lighting, Components & Chips

         
 

400,000

   

Hittite Microwave

   

25,216,000

   
        Radio Frequency, Microwave &
Millimeterwave Semiconductors
         
 

615,000

   

Ultratech (a)

   

17,951,850

   
       

Semiconductor Equipment

         
 

560,000

   

Semtech (a)

   

14,190,400

   
       

Analog Semiconductors

         
     

200,065,490

   
    > Financial Processors 0.8%  
 

1,700,000

   

Global Payments

   

120,887,000

   
       

Credit Card Processor

         
 

5,000,000

    Singapore Exchange
(Singapore)
   

27,631,020

   
        Singapore Equity & Derivatives
Market Operator
         
 

900,000

   

Liquidity Services (a)(c)

   

23,445,000

   
        E-Auctions for Surplus &
Salvage Goods
         
     

171,963,020

   
    > Telecommunications Equipment 0.8%  
 

640,000

   

F5 Networks (a)

   

68,243,200

   
        Internet Traffic Management
Equipment
         
 

1,538,000

   

Finisar (a)

   

40,772,380

   
       

Optical Subsystems & Components

         
 

2,365,000

   

Infinera (a)

   

21,474,200

   
       

Optical Networking Equipment

         
 

573,000

   

CalAmp (a)

   

15,969,510

   
       

Machine to Machine Communications

         
 

1,040,000

   

Ixia (a)

   

13,000,000

   
       

Telecom Network Test Equipment

         
     

159,459,290

   
    > Electronics Distribution 0.7%  
 

3,125,000

   

Avnet

   

145,406,250

   
       

Electronic Components Distribution

         


26



Columbia Acorn® Fund

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Contract Manufacturing 0.5%  
 

3,800,000

   

Sanmina-SCI (a)

 

$

66,310,000

   
       

Electronic Manufacturing Services

         
 

960,000

   

Plexus (a)

   

38,467,200

   
       

Electronic Manufacturing Services

         
     

104,777,200

   
    > Cable TV 0.5%  
 

800,000

   

Liberty Global Series A (a)

   

33,280,000

   
  800,000    

Liberty Global Series C (a)

   

32,568,000

   
       

Cable TV Franchises Outside the USA

         
 

400,000

   

Discovery Series C (a)

   

30,824,000

   
       

Cable TV Programming

         
     

96,672,000

   
    > Advertising 0.2%  
 

1,000,000

   

Lamar Advertising (a)

   

50,990,000

   
       

Outdoor Advertising

         
 

100,000

   

Criteo (a)(c)

   

4,055,000

   
       

Digital Performance Marketing

         
     

55,045,000

   
    > Entertainment Programming 0.2%  
 

800,000

   

IMAX (Canada) (a)

   

21,864,000

   
        IMAX Movies, Theatre Equipment &
Theatre Joint Ventures
         
 

4,031,557

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises
(India)
   

18,336,499

   
        India's Leading Programmer of
Pay Television Content
         
     

40,200,499

   

Information: Total

   

5,521,903,968

   

Industrial Goods & Services 22.2%

     
    > Machinery 13.1%  
 

8,860,000

   

Ametek

   

456,201,400

   
       

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

         
 

8,400,000

   

Donaldson (b)

   

356,160,000

   
       

Industrial Air Filtration

         
 

3,400,000

   

Nordson (b)

   

239,666,000

   
        Dispensing Systems for
Adhesives & Coatings
         
 

3,230,000

   

Moog (a)(b)

   

211,597,300

   
        Motion Control Products for
Aerospace, Defense & Industrial
Markets
         
 

3,113,000

   

Generac

   

183,573,610

   
       

Standby Power Generators

         
 

3,828,750

   

HEICO (b)

   

166,206,038

   
        FAA Approved Aircraft
Replacement Parts
         
 

3,725,000

   

Kennametal

   

165,017,500

   
       

Consumable Cutting Tools

         
 

1,210,000

   

WABCO Holdings (a)

   

127,727,600

   
       

Truck & Bus Component Supplier

         
 

1,405,000

   

Pall

   

125,705,350

   
        Life Science, Water &
Industrial Filtration
         
 

2,000,000

   

Oshkosh Corporation

   

117,740,000

   
       

Specialty Truck Manufacturer

         
 

1,610,000

   

Toro

   

101,735,900

   
       

Turf Maintenance Equipment

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

1,200,000

   

Wabtec

 

$

93,000,000

   
       

Freight & Transit Component Supplier

         
 

2,300,000

   

ESCO Technologies (b)

   

80,937,000

   
       

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

         
 

281,400

   

Middleby (a)

   

74,348,694

   
       

Manufacturer of Cooking Equipment

         
 

435,000

   

Valmont Industries

   

64,745,400

   
        Center Pivot Irrigation Systems &
Utility Poles
         
 

1,015,000

   

Clarcor

   

58,210,250

   
       

Mobile Equipment & Industrial Filters

         
 

664,400

   

Neopost (France) (c)

   

52,465,590

   
       

Postage Meter Machines

         
 

550,000

   

Dorman Products (a)

   

32,483,000

   
       

Aftermarket Auto Parts Distributor

         
 

10,000,000

   

Marel (Iceland) (a)

   

9,270,348

   
        Largest Manufacturer of Poultry &
Fish Processing Equipment
         
     

2,716,790,980

   
    > Other Industrial Services 1.8%  
 

1,800,000

    Expeditors International of
Washington
   

71,334,000

   
       

International Freight Forwarder

         
 

1,500,000

   

Forward Air

   

69,165,000

   
        Freight Transportation
Between Airports
         
 

2,500,000

   

LKQ (a)

   

65,875,000

   
       

Alternative Auto Parts Distribution

         
 

1,400,000

   

Mobile Mini

   

60,704,000

   
       

Portable Storage Units Leasing

         
 

1,375,000

   

KAR Auction Services

   

41,731,250

   
       

Auto Auctions

         
 

2,400,000

   

CAE (Canada)

   

31,587,517

   
        Flight Simulator Equipment &
Training Centers
         
 

255,000

   

MTU Aero Engines (Germany)

   

23,698,741

   
        Airplane Engine
Components & Services
         
 

440,822

   

Acorn Energy (a)(c)

   

1,494,387

   
        Fiber Optic Oil Well
Monitoring & Evaluation
         
     

365,589,895

   
    > Industrial Distribution 1.7%  
 

1,870,000

   

WESCO International (a)

   

155,621,400

   
       

Industrial Distributor

         
 

930,000

   

Airgas

   

99,054,300

   
       

Industrial Gas Distributor

         
 

2,320,000

   

MRC Global (a)

   

62,547,200

   
       

Industrial Distributor

         
 

930,000

   

Boise Cascade (a)

   

26,635,200

   
        Wood Products
Manufacturer & Distributor
         
 

103,164

   

Titan Machinery (a)

   

1,616,580

   
       

Agriculture & Construction Dealerships

         
     

345,474,680

   
    > Construction 1.6%  
 

2,010,000

   

Chicago Bridge & Iron

   

175,171,500

   
        Engineering & Construction
for Liquefied Natural
Gas & Petrochemicals
         


27



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Construction—continued  
 

99,000

   

NVR (a)

 

$

113,553,000

   
       

Homebuilder

         
 

930,000

    Fortune Brands Home &
Security
   

39,134,400

   
       

Home Building Supplies & Small Locks

         
 

1,453,516

   

PGT (a)

   

16,729,969

   
       

Wind Resistant Windows & Doors

         
     

344,588,869

   
    > Industrial Materials &
Specialty Chemicals 1.5%
 
 

1,780,000

   

Drew Industries (b)

   

96,476,000

   
       

RV & Manufactured Home Components

         
 

1,000,000

   

FMC Corporation

   

76,560,000

   
       

Niche Specialty Chemicals

         
 

1,288,000

   

Novozymes (Denmark)

   

56,636,017

   
       

Industrial Enzymes

         
 

1,200,000

   

PolyOne

   

43,992,000

   
       

Intermediate Stage Chemicals Producer

         
 

776,221

    Sociedad Quimica y Minera
de Chile - ADR (Chile)
   

24,637,255

   
        Producer of Specialty Fertilizers,
Lithium & Iodine
         
 

400,000

   

Owens-Illinois (a)

   

13,532,000

   
       

Glass Packaging for Food & Beverages

         
     

311,833,272

   
    > Electrical Components 1.1%  
 

1,415,000

   

Acuity Brands

   

187,586,550

   
       

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

         
 

1,065,000

   

Thermon (a)

   

24,686,700

   
       

Global Engineered Thermal Solutions

         
 

1,500,000

   

Ushio (Japan)

   

19,377,193

   
       

Industrial Light Sources

         
     

231,650,443

   
    > Outsourcing Services 0.7%  
 

3,000,000

   

Quanta Services (a)

   

110,700,000

   
        Electrical & Telecom
Construction Services
         
 

1,144,000

   

Insperity

   

35,441,120

   
       

Professional Employer Organization

         
     

146,141,120

   
    > Conglomerates 0.4%  
 

2,500,000

    Aalberts Industries
(Netherlands)
   

87,136,335

   
       

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

         
    > Waste Management 0.3%  
 

1,500,000

   

Waste Connections

   

65,790,000

   
       

Solid Waste Management

         

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

   

4,614,995,594

   

Consumer Goods & Services 15.0%

     
    > Retail 4.4%  
 

1,759,000

   

Casey's General Stores

   

118,890,810

   
        Owner/Operator of Convenience
Stores
         
 

1,160,000

   

ULTA (a)

   

113,076,800

   
       

Specialty Beauty Product Retailer

         
 

1,675,000

   

Williams-Sonoma

   

111,622,000

   
       

Home Goods & Furnishing Retailer

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

822,845

   

Fossil (a)

 

$

95,951,955

   
       

Watch Designer & Retailer

         
 

4,960,000

   

Pier 1 Imports

   

93,644,800

   
       

Home Furnishing Retailer

         
 

1,845,498

   

Shutterfly (a)

   

78,765,855

   
       

Internet Photo-centric Retailer

         
 

1,660,000

   

Kate Spade & Company (a)

   

61,569,400

   
       

Global Lifestyle Brand

         
 

1,189,000

   

The Fresh Market (a)

   

39,950,400

   
       

Specialty Food Retailer

         
 

1,050,000

   

DSW

   

37,653,000

   
       

Branded Footwear Retailer

         
 

1,000,000

   

Urban Outfitters (a)

   

36,470,000

   
        Multi-channel Apparel &
Accessory Retailer
         
 

1,205,000

   

Burlington Stores (a)

   

35,571,600

   
       

Off-Price Apparel Retailer

         
 

2,557,000

   

DIA (Spain)

   

23,362,214

   
        Leading Hard Discounter in
Spain, Latin America &
the Eastern Mediterranean
         
 

314,000

    Restoration Hardware
Holdings (a)
   

23,107,260

   
       

Specialty Home Furnishing Retailer

         
 

300,000

   

Zulily (a)(c)

   

15,057,000

   
        eCommerce Retailer Offering Flash
Sale Events
         
 

852,000

    Massmart Holdings
(South Africa)
   

11,127,470

   
        General Merchandise, Food &
Home Improvement Stores;
Wal-Mart Subsidiary
         
 

1,500,000

   

Gaiam (a)(b)

   

10,875,000

   
        Healthy Living Catalogs &
eCommerce, Non-theatrical Media
         
     

906,695,564

   
    > Travel 3.3%  
 

4,400,000

   

Avis Budget Group (a)

   

214,280,000

   
       

Second Largest Car Rental Company

         
 

4,700,000

   

Hertz (a)

   

125,208,000

   
       

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

         
 

1,430,000

   

Vail Resorts

   

99,671,000

   
       

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

         
 

1,100,000

   

Expedia

   

79,750,000

   
       

Online Travel Services Company

         
 

1,815,000

   

HomeAway (a)

   

68,371,050

   
       

Vacation Rental Online Marketplace

         
 

1,412,000

   

Choice Hotels

   

64,952,000

   
       

Franchisor of Budget Hotel Brands

         
 

2,100,000

   

Localiza Rent A Car (Brazil)

   

30,486,558

   
       

Car Rental

         
     

682,718,608

   
    > Consumer Goods Distribution 1.7%  
 

2,015,000

   

Pool

   

123,559,800

   
        Swimming Pool Supplies &
Equipment Distributor
         
 

2,305,000

   

GNC

   

101,466,100

   
        Specialty Retailer of Health &
Wellness Products
         
 

9,700,000

   

Groupon (a)

   

76,048,000

   
       

Global Marketplace for Deals

         


28



Columbia Acorn® Fund

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Consumer Goods Distribution—continued  
 

556,000

   

United Natural Foods (a)

 

$

39,431,520

   
        Distributor of Natural/Organic
Foods to Grocery Stores
         
 

900,000

   

The Chefs' Warehouse (a)

   

19,260,000

   
        Distributor of Specialty Foods to
Fine Dining Restaurants
         
     

359,765,420

   
    > Furniture & Textiles 1.0%  
 

3,669,000

   

Knoll (b)

   

66,739,110

   
       

Office Furniture

         
 

1,765,000

   

Herman Miller

   

56,709,450

   
       

Office Furniture

         
 

2,325,000

   

Interface

   

47,778,750

   
       

Modular Carpet

         
 

812,360

   

Caesarstone (Israel)

   

44,176,137

   
       

Quartz Countertops

         
     

215,403,447

   
    > Restaurants 0.9%  
 

2,000,000

    Popeye's Louisiana
Kitchen (a)(b)
   

81,280,000

   
       

Popeye's Restaurants

         
 

968,000

   

Domino's Pizza

   

74,506,960

   
       

Franchisor of Pizza Restaurants

         
 

765,000

   

Fiesta Restaurant Group (a)

   

34,876,350

   
        Owns/Operates Two Restaurant
Chains: Pollo Tropical &
Taco Cabana
         
     

190,663,310

   
    > Casinos & Gaming 0.8%  
 

1,300,000

    Melco Crown Entertainment -
ADR (Hong Kong)
   

50,245,000

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         
 

14,000,000

    Melco International
(Hong Kong)
   

47,070,168

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         
 

12,000,000

    MGM China Holdings
(Hong Kong)
   

42,396,547

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         
 

30,000,000

   

Nagacorp (Cambodia)

   

31,319,176

   
        Casino/Entertainment Complex
in Cambodia
         
     

171,030,891

   
    > Other Consumer Services 0.7%  
 

1,969,000

   

Lifetime Fitness (a)

   

94,708,900

   
       

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

         
 

14,500,000

    Lifestyle International
(Hong Kong)
   

29,499,130

   
        Mid- to High-end Department Store
Operator in Hong Kong & China
         
 

900,000

   

Blackhawk Network (a)(b)

   

21,951,000

   
        Third Party Distributer of
Prepaid Content, Mostly Gift Cards
         
 

450,000

    IFM Investments (Century 21
China RE) - ADR (China) (a)
   

715,500

   
       

Provide Real Estate Services in China

         
     

146,874,530

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Apparel 0.7%  
 

932,000

   

PVH

 

$

116,285,640

   
       

Apparel Wholesaler & Retailer

         
 

2,620,000

   

Quiksilver (a)

   

19,676,200

   
        Action Sports Lifestyle Branded
Apparel & Footwear
         
     

135,961,840

   
    > Food & Beverage 0.6%  
 

4,386,552

   

Boulder Brands (a)(b)

   

77,291,046

   
       

Healthy Food Products

         
 

1,624,000

   

B&G Foods

   

48,898,640

   
       

Acquirer of Small Food Brands

         
 

1,665,270

   

GLG Life Tech (Canada) (a)(b)

   

753,175

   
        Produces an All-natural Sweetener
Extracted from the Stevia Plant
         
     

126,942,861

   
    > Educational Services 0.4%  
 

1,300,000

   

DeVry

   

55,107,000

   
       

Post-secondary Degree Services

         
 

550,000

   

ITT Educational Services (a)(c)

   

15,774,000

   
       

Post-secondary Degree Services

         
     

70,881,000

   
    > Other Durable Goods 0.3%  
 

460,000

   

Cavco Industries (a)(b)

   

36,087,000

   
       

Manufactured Homes

         
 

1,400,000

   

Select Comfort (a)

   

25,312,000

   
       

Specialty Mattresses

         
     

61,399,000

   
    > Nondurables 0.2%  
 

1,288,000

   

Prestige Brands Holdings (a)

   

35,098,000

   
        Household & Personal
Care Products
         

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

   

3,103,434,471

   

Finance 11.6%

     
    > Banks 4.2%  
 

2,470,000

   

BOK Financial

   

170,553,500

   
       

Tulsa-based Southwest Bank

         
 

9,000,000

   

Associated Banc-Corp (b)

   

162,540,000

   
       

Midwest Bank

         
 

885,000

   

SVB Financial Group (a)

   

113,970,300

   
       

Bank to Venture Capitalists

         
 

2,860,000

   

MB Financial (b)

   

88,545,600

   
       

Chicago Bank

         
 

1,013,000

   

City National

   

79,743,360

   
       

Bank & Asset Manager

         
 

1,900,000

   

Hancock Holding

   

69,635,000

   
       

Gulf Coast Bank

         
 

5,323,500

   

Valley National Bancorp (c)

   

55,417,635

   
       

New Jersey/New York Bank

         
 

2,200,000

   

TCF Financial

   

36,652,000

   
       

Great Lakes Bank

         
 

1,162,000

   

Sandy Spring Bancorp

   

29,026,760

   
       

Baltimore & Washington, D.C. Bank

         
 

4,841,882

   

First Busey (b)

   

28,082,916

   
       

Illinois Bank

         
 

843,000

   

Hudson Valley

   

16,059,150

   
       

Metro New York City Bank

         


29



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Banks—continued  
 

2,136,500

   

TrustCo Bank

 

$

15,040,960

   
       

New York State Bank

         
 

300,000

   

OFG Bancorp

   

5,157,000

   
       

Puerto Rican Bank

         
     

870,424,181

   
    > Insurance 2.8%  
 

8,900,000

   

CNO Financial Group

   

161,090,000

   
        Life, Long-term Care & Medical
Supplement Insurance
         
 

833,000

   

Allied World Holdings

   

85,957,270

   
        Commercial Lines
Insurance/Reinsurance
         
 

2,625,000

   

Selective Insurance Group

   

61,215,000

   
        Commercial & Personal Lines
Insurance
         
 

1,650,000

   

Brown & Brown

   

50,754,000

   
       

Insurance Broker

         
 

1,100,000

   

HCC Insurance Holdings

   

50,039,000

   
       

Specialty Insurance

         
 

675,000

   

Protective Life

   

35,498,250

   
       

Life Insurance

         
 

800,000

   

RLI

   

35,392,000

   
       

Specialty Insurance

         
 

250,000

   

Enstar Group (a)

   

34,077,500

   
        Insurance/Reinsurance & Related
Services
         
 

500,000

   

The Hanover Insurance Group

   

30,720,000

   
       

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

         
 

10,837,000

    Rand Merchant Insurance
(South Africa)
   

29,645,289

   
        Directly Sold Property & Casualty
Insurance; Holdings in Other Insurers
         
     

574,388,309

   
    > Brokerage & Money Management 1.8%  
 

7,275,000

   

SEI Investments

   

244,512,750

   
        Mutual Fund Administration &
Investment Management
         
 

3,052,000

   

Eaton Vance

   

116,464,320

   
       

Specialty Mutual Funds

         
 

1,648,030

    Coronation Fund Managers
(South Africa)
   

15,497,242

   
       

South African Fund Manager

         
     

376,474,312

   
    > Finance Companies 1.5%  
 

2,280,000

    H & E Equipment
Services (a)(b)
   

92,226,000

   
       

Heavy Equipment Leasing

         
 

2,150,000

   

McGrath Rentcorp (b)

   

75,164,000

   
       

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

         
 

808,343

   

World Acceptance (a)(b)(c)

   

60,690,392

   
       

Personal Loans

         
 

1,500,000

   

CAI International (a)(b)

   

37,005,000

   
       

International Container Leasing

         
 

1,091,000

   

Marlin Business Services (b)

   

22,703,710

   
       

Small Equipment Leasing

         
 

350,000

   

Onex Capital (Canada)

   

19,432,836

   
       

Private Equity

         
     

307,221,938

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Credit Cards 0.9%  
 

490,000

   

Alliance Data Systems (a)

 

$

133,500,500

   
       

Diversified Credit Card Provider

         
 

620,000

   

WEX (a)

   

58,931,000

   
       

Pay Card Processor

         
     

192,431,500

   
    > Diversified Financial Companies 0.4%  
 

2,820,000

   

Leucadia National

   

78,960,000

   
       

Holding Company

         
    > Savings & Loans —%  
 

443,742

   

Simplicity Bancorp (b)

   

7,809,859

   
       

Los Angeles Savings & Loan

         

Finance: Total

   

2,407,710,099

   

Health Care 9.2%

     
    > Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 4.0%  
 

4,972,000

   

Seattle Genetics (a)

   

226,524,320

   
       

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

         
 

2,312,309

   

Synageva Biopharma (a)(b)

   

191,852,278

   
       

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

         
 

1,150,000

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical (a)

   

78,441,500

   
       

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

         
  1,151,982    

Ultragenyx (a)(d)(e)

   

50,406,758

   
  472,707    

Ultragenyx (a)

   

23,110,645

   
 

    Biotech Focused on "Ultra-Orphan"
Drugs
         
 

2,108,000

   

NPS Pharmaceuticals (a)

   

63,092,440

   
       

Orphan Drugs & Healthy Royalties

         
  2,050,000    

Sarepta Therapeutics (a)(b)

   

49,261,500

   
       

Biotech Focused on Rare Diseases

         
 

690,134

   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (a)

   

46,335,597

   
        Biotech Developing Drugs for
Rare Diseases
         
 

112,000

   

Intercept Pharmaceuticals (a)

   

36,936,480

   
        Biotech Developing Drugs for
Several Diseases
         
 

1,994,000

   

Celldex Therapeutics (a)

   

35,233,980

   
       

Biotech Developing Drugs for Cancer

         
 

869,000

   

InterMune (a)

   

29,085,430

   
        Drugs for Pulmonary Fibrosis &
Hepatitis C
         
  359,944     MicroDose Therapeutx
Contingent Value Rights (a)(d)(e)
   

907,059

   
       

Drug Inhaler Development

         
     

831,187,987

   
    > Medical Supplies 2.3%  
 

5,590,000

   

Cepheid (a)(b)

   

288,332,200

   
       

Molecular Diagnostics

         
 

772,000

   

Henry Schein (a)

   

92,153,640

   
        Largest Distributor of Healthcare
Products
         
 

580,000

   

Bio-Techne

   

49,514,600

   
        Cytokines, Antibodies & Other
Reagents for Life Science
         
 

1,153,000

   

Patterson Companies

   

48,149,280

   
       

Dental/Vet/Med Distributor

         
     

478,149,720

   


30



Columbia Acorn® Fund

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Health Care Services 1.5%  
 

9,905,000

    Allscripts Healthcare
Solutions (a)(b)
 

$

178,587,150

   
       

Health Care IT

         
 

2,100,000

   

HealthSouth

   

75,453,000

   
       

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

         
 

1,004,000

    Envision Healthcare
Holdings (a)
   

33,965,320

   
        Provider of Health Care
Outsourcing Services
         
 

525,000

   

Medidata Solutions (a)

   

28,528,500

   
       

Cloud-based Software for Drug Studies

         
 

76,000

   

Castlight Health (a)

   

1,612,720

   
        Provider of Cloud-based Software
for Managing Health Care Costs
         
     

318,146,690

   
    > Pharmaceuticals 0.7%  
 

5,290,000

   

Akorn (a)(b)

   

116,380,000

   
        Develops, Manufactures & Sells
Specialty Generic Drugs
         
 

2,040,000

   

Alimera Sciences (a)(b)(c)

   

16,095,600

   
        Ophthalmology-focused
Pharmaceutical Company
         
 

416,118

   

Revance Therapeutics (a)

   

13,107,717

   
       

Drug Developer Focused on Aesthetics

         
     

145,583,317

   
    > Medical Equipment & Devices 0.7%  
 

1,240,000

   

Sirona Dental Systems (a)

   

92,590,800

   
       

Manufacturer of Dental Equipment

         
 

925,000

   

PerkinElmer

   

41,680,500

   
        Analytical Instruments for Life
Sciences
         
     

134,271,300

   

Health Care: Total

   

1,907,339,014

   

Energy & Minerals 6.6%

     
    > Oil & Gas Producers 3.3%  
 

2,322,600

   

Rosetta Resources (a)

   

108,186,708

   
        Oil & Gas Producer Exploring
in Texas
         
 

1,007,000

   

SM Energy

   

71,789,030

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

717,000

   

Energen Corporation

   

57,940,770

   
        Oil & Gas Producer with
Natural Gas Utility
         
 

695,000

   

Range Resources

   

57,664,150

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

2,868,000

   

WPX Energy (a)

   

51,710,040

   
        Oil & Gas Produced in
U.S. & Argentina
         
 

1,861,000

   

Bill Barrett Corporation (a)

   

47,641,600

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer in U.S. Rockies

         
 

2,200,000

    Pacific Rubiales Energy
(Colombia)
   

39,621,891

   
        Oil Production & Exploration
in Colombia
         
 

743,000

   

Baytex (Canada)

   

30,593,722

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer in Canada

         
 

886,000

   

Cabot Oil and Gas

   

30,017,680

   
        Large Natural Gas Producer in
Appalachia & Gulf Coast
         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

1,159,000

   

Laredo Petroleum (a)

 

$

29,971,740

   
       

Permian Basin Oil Producer

         
 

550,000

   

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

   

29,403,000

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

1,021,000

   

Denbury Resources

   

16,744,400

   
       

Oil Producer Using Co2 Injection

         
 

530,000

   

Forum Energy Technology (a)

   

16,419,400

   
        Oil Field Capital Equipment &
Consumables
         
 

262,000

   

PDC Energy (a)

   

16,312,120

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer in U.S.

         
 

141,000

   

Clayton Williams (a)

   

15,934,410

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

570,000

   

Rice Energy (a)

   

15,042,300

   
       

Natural Gas Producer

         
 

1,400,000

    DeeThree Exploration
(Canada) (a)
   

12,005,427

   
       

Canadian Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

62,000,000

   

Petromanas (Canada) (a)(b)

   

11,497,060

   
       

Exploring for Oil in Albania

         
 

27,000,000

   

Shamaran Petroleum (Iraq) (a)

   

10,990,502

   
        Oil Exploration & Production
in Kurdistan
         
 

35,000,000

    Petroamerica Oil
(Colombia) (a)(b)
   

9,497,965

   
        Oil Exploration & Production
in Colombia
         
 

12,052,000

    Canadian Overseas Petroleum
(United Kingdom) (a)(b)
   

3,161,538

   
 

8,400,000

    Canadian Overseas Petroleum
(United Kingdom) (a)(b)(e)
   

2,093,351

   
        Oil & Gas Exploration/Production
in the North Sea
         
 

61,091

   

Matador Resources (a)

   

1,496,119

   
        Oil & Gas Producer in Texas &
Louisiana
         
 

26,000,000

    Petrodorado Energy
(Colombia) (a)(b)
   

940,751

   
        Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
in Colombia, Peru & Paraguay
         
     

686,675,674

   
    > Oil Services 2.3%  
 

3,858,000

   

FMC Technologies (a)

   

201,734,820

   
       

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

         
 

1,613,000

   

Hornbeck Offshore (a)

   

67,439,530

   
        Supply Vessel Operator in
U.S. Gulf of Mexico
         
 

784,959

   

Chart Industries (a)

   

62,443,488

   
        Manufacturer of Natural Gas
Processing/Storage Equipment
         
 

1,314,579

   

ShawCor (Canada)

   

54,818,717

   
       

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

         
 

900,000

   

Atwood Oceanics (a)

   

45,351,000

   
       

Offshore Drilling Contractor

         
 

2,601,900

    Horizon North Logistics
(Canada)
   

19,676,060

   
        Provides Diversified Oil Service
Offering in Northern Canada
         
 

596,600

    Black Diamond Group
(Canada)
   

18,483,537

   
        Provides Accommodations/Equipment
for Oil Sands Development
         


31



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Oil Services—continued  
 

480,000

   

Rowan (a)

 

$

16,166,400

   
       

Contract Offshore Driller

         
     

486,113,552

   
    > Mining 0.8%  
 

387,000

   

Core Labs (Netherlands)

   

76,796,280

   
       

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

         
 

2,400,000

   

Alamos Gold (Canada)

   

21,687,924

   
  500,000    

Alamos Gold (Canada) (f)

   

4,510,000

   
       

Gold Mining

         
 

5,000,000

    Kirkland Lake Gold
(Canada) (a)(b)(c)
   

15,241,972

   
       

Gold Mining

         
 

3,477,459

    Northam Platinum
(South Africa) (a)
   

12,858,803

   
       

Platinum Mining in South Africa

         
 

2,000,000

   

Argonaut Gold (Canada) (a)

   

8,720,036

   
       

Gold & Silver Mining

         
 

2,000,000

   

Allied Nevada Gold (a)(c)

   

8,620,000

   
       

Gold & Silver Mining

         
  5,979,000    

Duluth Metals (Canada) (a)

   

3,515,468

   
       

Copper & Nickel Miner

         
 

2,050,000

   

Alexco Resource (a)

   

3,075,000

   
        Mining, Exploration &
Environmental Services
         
 

3,000,000

   

Kaminak Gold (a)(c)

   

2,170,963

   
        Exploration Stage Canadian
Gold Miner
         
 

2,300

   

Silvercrest Mines (a)

   

4,203

   
       

Gold & Silver Mining

         
     

157,200,649

   
    > Alternative Energy 0.1%  
 

3,693,611

   

RGS Energy (a)(b)(c)

   

15,032,997

   
        Residential & Commercial
Solar Systems Installer
         
 

1,210,300

    Synthesis Energy Systems
(China) (a)
   

2,372,188

   
        Owner/Operator of Gasification
Plants/Technology Licenses
         
     

17,405,185

   
    > Agricultural Commodities 0.1%  
 

1,306,818

    Union Agriculture Group
(Uruguay) (a)(d)(e)
   

13,421,021

   
       

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

         

Energy & Minerals: Total

   

1,360,816,081

   

Other Industries 6.5%

     
    > Real Estate 4.4%  
 

2,100,000

   

Extra Space Storage

   

101,871,000

   
       

Self Storage Facilities

         
 

1,760,000

   

Post Properties

   

86,416,000

   
       

Multifamily Properties

         
 

750,000

   

Federal Realty

   

86,040,000

   
       

Shopping Centers

         
 

3,225,000

   

DuPont Fabros Technology

   

77,625,750

   
       

Data Centers

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

7,350,000

   

EdR (b)

 

$

72,544,500

   
       

Student Housing

         
 

24,000,000

   

Ascendas REIT (Singapore)

   

43,199,943

   
       

Industrial Property Landlord

         
 

5,175,000

   

DCT Industrial Trust

   

40,779,000

   
       

Industrial Properties

         
 

2,150,000

   

Terreno Realty (b)

   

40,656,500

   
       

Industrial Properties

         
 

1,900,000

   

Biomed Realty Trust

   

38,931,000

   
       

Life Science-focused Office Buildings

         
 

325,000

   

Jones Lang LaSalle

   

38,512,500

   
       

Real Estate Services

         
 

6,250,000

   

Kite Realty Group

   

37,500,000

   
       

Community Shopping Centers

         
 

1,170,000

   

Coresite Realty (b)

   

36,270,000

   
       

Data Centers

         
 

1,800,000

   

St. Joe (a)

   

34,650,000

   
       

Florida Panhandle Landowner

         
 

1,300,000

   

Hudson Pacific Properties

   

29,991,000

   
        West Coast Office Buildings &
Production Studios
         
 

2,850,000

   

Summit Hotel Properties

   

26,448,000

   
       

Owner of Select Service Hotels

         
 

110,000

   

AMERCO

   

25,533,200

   
        North American Moving &
Storage King
         
 

20,000,000

    Mapletree Commercial Trust
(Singapore)
   

19,441,895

   
       

Retail & Office Property Landlord

         
 

14,000

   

Orix JREIT (Japan)

   

17,478,750

   
       

Diversified REIT

         
 

950,000

    American Residential
Properties (a)
   

17,081,000

   
       

Single-family Rental Properties

         
 

24,664,000

    Mapletree Greater China
Commercial Trust (Hong Kong)
   

16,001,130

   
       

Retail & Office Property Landlord

         
 

12,000,000

    CDL Hospitality Trust
(Singapore)
   

15,819,022

   
       

Hotel Owner/Operator

         
 

400,000

   

RE/MAX

   

11,532,000

   
       

Residential Real Estate Broker

         
     

914,322,190

   
    > Transportation 1.5%  
 

3,100,000

    Rush Enterprises,
Class A (a)(b)
   

100,688,000

   
  550,000     Rush Enterprises,
Class B (a)(b)
   

15,521,000

   
 

   

Truck Sales & Service

         
 

846,000

   

Kirby (a)

   

85,657,500

   
        Largest Operator of U.S.
(Jones Act) Liquid Tank Barges
         
 

1,085,000

   

JB Hunt Transport Services

   

78,033,200

   
       

Truck & Intermodal Carrier

         
 

300,000

   

Genesee & Wyoming (a)

   

29,196,000

   
       

Short-line Operator

         
     

309,095,700

   


32



Columbia Acorn® Fund

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Regulated Utilities 0.6%  
 

2,000,000

   

Northeast Utilities

 

$

91,000,000

   
       

Regulated Electric Utility

         
 

700,000

   

Wisconsin Energy

   

32,585,000

   
       

Wisconsin Utility

         
     

123,585,000

   

Other Industries: Total

   

1,347,002,890

   
Total Equities: 97.7%
(Cost: $10,543,491,152)
   

20,263,202,117

(g)

 

Short-Term Investments 2.5%

     
 

280,000,000

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund,
IM Shares
(7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

280,000,000

   
 

246,037,979

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund,
Agency Shares
(7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

246,037,979

   
Total Short-Term Investments: 2.5%
(Cost: $526,037,979)
   

526,037,979

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 

Securities Lending Collateral 0.4%

 
 

88,536,596

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Fund,
Institutional Shares
(7 day yield of 0.01%) (h)
 

$

88,536,596

   
Total Securities Lending Collateral: 0.4%
(Cost: $88,536,596)
   

88,536,596

   
Total Investments: 100.6%
(Cost: $11,158,065,727) (i)
   

20,877,776,692

(j)

 
Obligation to Return Collateral for
Securities Loaned: (0.4)%
   

(88,536,596

)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: (0.2)%
   

(42,968,107

)

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

20,746,271,989

   

ADR - American Depositary Receipts

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended March 31, 2014, are as follows:

Security

  Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/13
  Purchases/
Additions
  Sales/
Reductions
  Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/14
 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Donaldson

   

8,400,000

     

-

     

-

     

8,400,000

   

$

356,160,000

   

$

1,176,000

   

Mettler-Toledo International

   

1,475,000

     

-

     

-

     

1,475,000

     

347,628,000

     

-

   

tw telecom

   

9,500,000

     

-

     

-

     

9,500,000

     

296,970,000

     

-

   

Cepheid

   

6,170,000

     

-

     

580,000

     

5,590,000

     

288,332,200

     

-

   

Nordson

   

3,400,000

     

-

     

-

     

3,400,000

     

239,666,000

     

612,000

   

Informatica

   

5,500,000

     

550,000

     

-

     

6,050,000

     

228,569,000

     

-

   

Moog

   

3,230,000

     

-

     

-

     

3,230,000

     

211,597,300

     

-

   

Bally Technologies

   

3,105,000

     

-

     

77,000

     

3,028,000

     

200,665,560

     

-

   

Synageva Biopharma

   

2,392,000

     

-

     

79,691

     

2,312,309

     

191,852,278

     

-

   

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

   

9,905,000

     

-

     

-

     

9,905,000

     

178,587,150

     

-

   

HEICO

   

3,828,750

     

-

     

-

     

3,828,750

     

166,206,038

     

-

   

Associated Banc-Corp

   

9,000,000

     

-

     

-

     

9,000,000

     

162,540,000

     

810,000

   

iGATE

   

4,150,000

     

-

     

-

     

4,150,000

     

130,891,000

     

-

   

Akorn

   

5,417,981

     

-

     

127,981

     

5,290,000

     

116,380,000

     

-

   

Rush Enterprises

   

3,650,000

     

-

     

-

     

3,650,000

     

116,209,000

     

-

   

Drew Industries

   

1,780,000

     

-

     

-

     

1,780,000

     

96,476,000

     

-

   

Pier 1 Imports (1)

   

7,185,000

     

-

     

2,225,000

     

4,960,000

     

93,644,800

     

431,100

   

H & E Equipment Services

   

2,508,816

     

-

     

228,816

     

2,280,000

     

92,226,000

     

-

   

MB Financial

   

2,860,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,860,000

     

88,545,600

     

343,200

   

Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen

   

2,000,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,000,000

     

81,280,000

     

-

   

ESCO Technologies

   

2,300,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,300,000

     

80,937,000

     

-

   

DuPont Fabros Technology (1)

   

3,625,000

     

-

     

400,000

     

3,225,000

     

77,625,750

     

-

   

Boulder Brands

   

2,886,552

     

1,500,000

         

4,386,552

     

77,291,046

     

-

   

McGrath Rentcorp

   

2,150,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,150,000

     

75,164,000

     

516,000

   

Navigant Consulting

   

4,025,000

     

-

     

-

     

4,025,000

     

75,106,500

     

-

   

Globalstar (1)

   

25,500,000

     

2,150,000

     

-

     

27,650,000

     

73,272,500

     

-

   

EdR

   

7,350,000

     

-

     

-

     

7,350,000

     

72,544,500

     

808,500

   

Knoll

   

3,669,000

     

-

     

-

     

3,669,000

     

66,739,110

     

440,280

   

Virtusa

   

1,985,000

     

-

     

150,000

     

1,835,000

     

61,490,850

     

-

   


33



> Notes to Statement of Investments

Security

  Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/13
  Purchases/
Additions
  Sales/
Reductions
  Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/14
 

Value

 

Dividend

 

World Acceptance

   

850,000

     

-

     

41,657

     

808,343

   

$

60,690,392

   

$

-

   

Sarepta Therapeutics

   

2,050,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,050,000

     

49,261,500

     

-

   

SPS Commerce (1)

   

900,000

     

-

     

150,000

     

750,000

     

46,087,500

     

-

   

Terreno Realty

   

2,020,931

     

129,069

     

-

     

2,150,000

     

40,656,500

     

-

   

Tangoe

   

2,100,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,100,000

     

39,039,000

     

-

   

CAI International

   

1,500,000

     

-

     

-

     

1,500,000

     

37,005,000

     

-

   

Coresite Realty

   

1,170,000

     

-

     

-

     

1,170,000

     

36,270,000

     

409,500

   

II-VI (1)

   

3,640,000

     

-

     

1,301,000

     

2,339,000

     

36,090,770

     

-

   

Cavco Industries

   

460,000

     

-

     

-

     

460,000

     

36,087,000

     

-

   

InContact

   

3,740,596

     

338

     

-

     

3,740,934

     

35,912,966

     

-

   

Insperity (1)

   

1,400,000

     

-

     

256,000

     

1,144,000

     

35,441,120

     

194,480

   

First Busey

   

4,841,882

     

-

     

-

     

4,841,882

     

28,082,916

     

193,675

   

Marlin Business Services

   

1,091,000

     

-

     

-

     

1,091,000

     

22,703,710

     

120,010

   

Blackhawk Network

   

900,000

     

-

     

-

     

900,000

     

21,951,000

     

-

   

Hackett Group

   

3,274,000

     

-

     

-

     

3,274,000

     

19,578,520

     

-

   

Boingo Wireless

   

2,500,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,500,000

     

16,950,000

     

-

   

Alimera Sciences

   

2,040,000

     

-

     

-

     

2,040,000

     

16,095,600

     

-

   

Kirkland Lake Gold

   

4,900,000

     

100,000

     

-

     

5,000,000

     

15,241,972

     

-

   

RGS Energy

   

2,600,000

     

1,093,611

     

-

     

3,693,611

     

15,032,997

     

-

   

Exa

   

1,000,000

     

-

     

-

     

1,000,000

     

13,260,000

     

-

   

Petromanas

   

51,359,500

     

10,640,500

     

-

     

62,000,000

     

11,497,060

     

-

   

Gaiam

   

1,500,000

     

-

     

-

     

1,500,000

     

10,875,000

     

-

   

Petroamerica Oil

   

35,000,000

     

-

     

-

     

35,000,000

     

9,497,965

     

-

   

Towerstream

   

3,319,900

     

680,100

     

-

     

4,000,000

     

9,400,000

     

-

   

Simplicity Bancorp

   

452,146

     

-

     

8,404

     

443,742

     

7,809,859

     

36,172

   

Canadian Overseas Petroleum

   

19,471,000

     

981,000

     

-

     

20,452,000

     

5,254,889

     

-

   

Duluth Metals (1)

   

7,025,500

     

-

     

1,046,500

     

5,979,000

     

3,515,468

     

-

   

Acorn Energy (1)

   

1,161,957

     

-

     

721,135

     

440,822

     

1,494,387

     

-

   

Petrodorado Energy

   

26,000,000

     

-

     

-

     

26,000,000

     

940,751

     

-

   

GLG Life Tech

   

1,665,270

     

-

     

-

     

1,665,270

     

753,175

     

-

   

Total of Affiliated Transactions

   

338,881,781

     

17,824,618

     

7,393,184

     

349,313,215

   

$

5,027,074,199

   

$

6,090,917

   

(1)  At March 31, 2014, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company's outstanding voting shares.

  The aggregate cost and value of these companies at March 31, 2014, was $2,372,691,304 and $4,659,901,904, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 22.46% of the Fund's total net assets at March 31, 2014.

(c)  All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2014. The total market value of securities on loan at March 31, 2014 was $86,548,043.

(d)  Illiquid security.

(e)  Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2014, the market value of these securities amounted to $66,828,189, which represented 0.32% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

Security

  Acquisition
Dates
 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Ultragenyx

 

12/19/12

   

1,151,982

   

$

9,999,999

   

$

50,406,758

   

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

   

1,306,818

     

15,000,000

     

13,421,021

   

Canadian Overseas Petroleum

 

11/24/10

   

8,400,000

     

3,591,152

     

2,093,351

   

MicroDose Therapeutx Contingent Value Rights

 

8/14/13

   

359,944

     

-

     

907,059

   
           

$

28,591,151

   

$

66,828,189

   

(f)  Security is traded on a U.S. exchange.


34



Columbia Acorn® Fund

Statement of Investments, continued

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(g)  On March 31, 2014, the market value of foreign securities represented 6.99% of total net assets. The Fund's foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

Country

 

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Canada

 

$

274,387,451

     

1.32

   

Netherlands

   

196,543,233

     

0.95

   

Hong Kong

   

185,211,975

     

0.89

   

Singapore

   

106,091,880

     

0.51

   

Sweden

   

99,344,530

     

0.48

   

South Africa

   

69,128,804

     

0.34

   

Denmark

   

56,636,017

     

0.27

   

India

   

54,336,499

     

0.26

   

France

   

52,465,590

     

0.25

   

Colombia

   

50,060,607

     

0.24

   

Israel

   

44,176,137

     

0.21

   

Germany

   

43,626,442

     

0.21

   

Japan

   

36,855,943

     

0.18

   

Cambodia

   

31,319,176

     

0.15

   

Brazil

   

30,486,558

     

0.15

   

Russia

   

29,344,680

     

0.14

   

Chile

   

24,637,255

     

0.12

   

Spain

   

23,362,214

     

0.11

   

Uruguay

   

13,421,021

     

0.06

   

Iraq

   

10,990,502

     

0.05

   

Iceland

   

9,270,348

     

0.05

   

United Kingdom

   

5,254,889

     

0.03

   

China

   

3,087,688

     

0.02

   

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$

1,450,039,439

     

6.99

   

(h)  Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(i)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $11,158,065,727 and net unrealized appreciation was $9,719,710,965 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $10,013,739,561 and gross unrealized depreciation of $294,028,596.

(j)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

    Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

    Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

    Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.


35



> Notes to Statement of Investments

  For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

  Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Equities

 

Information

 

$

5,324,053,600

   

$

197,850,368

   

$

-

   

$

5,521,903,968

   

Industrial Goods & Services

   

4,366,411,370

     

248,584,224

     

-

     

4,614,995,594

   

Consumer Goods & Services

   

2,918,659,766

     

184,774,705

     

-

     

3,103,434,471

   

Finance

   

2,362,567,568

     

45,142,531

     

-

     

2,407,710,099

   

Health Care

   

1,856,025,197

     

50,406,758

     

907,059

     

1,907,339,014

   

Energy & Minerals

   

1,332,442,906

     

14,952,154

     

13,421,021

     

1,360,816,081

   

Other Industries

   

1,235,062,150

     

111,940,740

     

-

     

1,347,002,890

   

Total Equities

   

19,395,222,557

     

853,651,480

     

14,328,080

     

20,263,202,117

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

526,037,979

     

-

     

-

     

526,037,979

   

Total Securities Lending Collateral

   

88,536,596

     

-

     

-

     

88,536,596

   

Total Investments

 

$

20,009,797,132

   

$

853,651,480

   

$

14,328,080

   

$

20,877,776,692

   

  The Fund's assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security's value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Securities acquired via private placement that have a holding period or an extended settlement period are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the investment manager's experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price.

  There were no transfers of financial assets between levels during the period.

  The Fund does not hold any significant investments categorized as Level 3.

  Certain securities classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to estimated earnings of the company and the position of the security within the company's capital structure. The Committee also may use some observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities and market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.


36



Columbia Acorn International®

Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Purchases

 

Asia

 
> Japan  

Aeon Mall

   

0

     

960,000

   

Benesse

   

959,800

     

1,105,800

   

Glory

   

1,400,000

     

1,521,900

   

Makita

   

500,000

     

630,000

   

Misumi Group

   

808,200

     

1,050,000

   

MonotaRO

   

800,000

     

1,000,000

   

Nabtesco

   

1,443,000

     

1,600,000

   

NGK Insulators

   

1,295,000

     

1,567,000

   

Nippon Kayaku

   

2,329,000

     

2,709,000

   

Nippon Paint

   

1,297,000

     

1,658,000

   

NOF

   

3,409,000

     

4,407,000

   

Rohto Pharmaceutical

   

0

     

518,100

   

Sanrio

   

539,000

     

744,000

   

Santen Pharmaceutical

   

581,600

     

661,600

   

Suruga Bank

   

1,530,000

     

1,638,000

   

Tamron

   

573,700

     

1,132,000

   

Wacom

   

3,388,000

     

3,948,000

   
> Taiwan  

Hermes Microvision

   

0

     

223,000

   

Novatek Microelectronics

   

0

     

4,305,000

   
> Hong Kong  
Mapletree Greater China
Commercial Trust
   

25,000,000

     

40,000,000

   

Sa Sa International

   

30,000,000

     

38,000,000

   
> Korea  

Samsung Securities

   

545,000

     

815,000

   

Soulbrain

   

0

     

359,000

   
> China  

BitAuto - ADR

   

0

     

606,476

   

NewOcean Energy

   

0

     

17,994,000

   

Sihuan Pharmaceuticals

   

4,864,000

     

18,460,000

   

SouFun - ADR

   

241,797

     

308,030

   

WuXi PharmaTech - ADR

   

2,357,000

     

2,500,000

   
> Singapore  

Petra Foods

   

6,220,000

     

9,300,000

   
> India  
Zee Entertainment
Enterprises
   

0

     

9,885,176

   
> Indonesia  

Arwana Citramulia

   

97,713,000

     

149,672,000

   
> Philippines  

Universal Robina

   

0

     

1,486,250

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Europe

 
> United Kingdom  

Cable and Wireless

   

34,752,000

     

35,245,747

   

Ocado

   

1,864,319

     

2,971,319

   
RPS Group    

3,676,860

     

4,365,000

   

Shaftesbury

   

3,565,000

     

3,921,500

   
> Germany  

MTU Aero Engines

   

0

     

300,000

   
> Sweden  

Mekonomen

   

0

     

1,044,000

   

Swedish Match

   

0

     

1,580,000

   
> France  

Neopost

   

1,107,000

     

1,350,000

   
> Spain  

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles

   

700,745

     

720,000

   

DIA

   

6,064,000

     

7,055,000

   

Prosegur

   

3,116,681

     

4,050,000

   
> Russia  

Yandex

   

1,548,874

     

1,980,874

   

Other Countries

 
> Canada  

Baytex

   

263,857

     

690,857

   
> Australia  

Amcor

   

3,816,000

     

6,520,000

   

IAG

   

11,200,000

     

13,800,000

   
> United States  

Hornbeck Offshore

   

576,500

     

634,500

   
> New Zealand  

Sky City Entertainment

   

7,000,000

     

8,000,000

   

Latin America

 
> Mexico  

Qualitas

   

14,432,000

     

15,876,000

   
> Chile  
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de
Chile - ADR
   

814,000

     

840,872

   


37



   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales

 

Asia

 
> Japan  

Ain Pharmaciez

   

473,292

     

429,492

   

FP Corporation

   

629,600

     

0

   

Hamamatsu Photonics

   

709,500

     

602,500

   

Hoshizaki Electric

   

950,000

     

780,000

   

Kuraray

   

2,378,100

     

0

   

Miraca Holdings

   

535,706

     

59,106

   

NGK Spark Plug

   

1,584,000

     

1,350,000

   

Nihon Parkerizing

   

1,122,080

     

1,065,780

   

Omron

   

1,071,000

     

709,000

   

Park24

   

2,300,000

     

2,100,000

   

Seven Bank

   

7,648,000

     

7,165,000

   

Sintokogio

   

278,300

     

0

   

Start Today

   

1,270,000

     

864,200

   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha

   

958,900

     

749,900

   
> Taiwan  

CTCI Corp

   

15,370,000

     

11,600,000

   

Flexium Interconnect

   

3,230,262

     

0

   

Ginko International

   

2,100,000

     

1,750,000

   

Lite-On Technology

   

20,116,253

     

11,716,253

   

Radiant Opto-Electronics

   

2,064,000

     

0

   

St. Shine Optical

   

2,350,000

     

1,747,000

   

Taiwan Mobile

   

7,320,000

     

0

   
> Hong Kong  

AAC Technologies

   

4,687,000

     

0

   
ASM Pacific    

537,900

     

0

   

Kingboard Chemicals

   

11,287,000

     

6,287,000

   

Lifestyle International

   

12,625,500

     

10,000,000

   
Melco Crown
Entertainment - ADR
   

3,000,000

     

2,500,000

   
> Korea  

Coway

   

497,580

     

402,580

   

Nexen Tire

   

704,000

     

0

   
> China  

58.com

   

239,400

     

0

   

Biostime

   

4,600,000

     

3,850,000

   
> Singapore  

Mapletree Industrial Trust

   

15,000,000

     

11,663,000

   
> India  

TTK Prestige

   

95,500

     

0

   
> Philippines  

Int'l Container Terminal

   

3,336,920

     

0

   

SM Prime Holdings

   

50,000,000

     

21,994,200

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Europe

 
> United Kingdom  

Abcam

   

3,850,000

     

3,740,000

   

Babcock International

   

2,515,000

     

2,450,000

   

Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland

   

3,583,000

     

2,660,000

   

Foxtons

   

1,364,000

     

0

   

Intertek Group

   

160,000

     

0

   

Rightmove

   

646,000

     

564,000

   

Smiths News

   

10,944,000

     

10,026,000

   

Tullow Oil

   

283,581

     

0

   

WH Smith

   

2,789,621

     

2,430,000

   
> Netherlands  

Fugro

   

214,891

     

0

   
> Germany  

Bertrandt

   

90,000

     

0

   

Deutsche Beteiligungs

   

234,621

     

72,393

   
> Sweden  

Hexagon

   

2,655,522

     

2,308,522

   

Unibet

   

843,196

     

784,000

   
> Switzerland  

Partners Group

   

286,300

     

263,500

   

Zehnder

   

380,000

     

283,306

   
> France  

Eurofins Scientific

   

314,000

     

146,000

   

Norbert Dentressangle

   

308,400

     

163,400

   

Saft

   

820,000

     

708,000

   
> Finland  

Konecranes

   

761,000

     

711,000

   
> Norway  

Atea

   

3,281,864

     

2,814,434

   
> Russia  

Moscow Exchange

   

12,636,000

     

0

   

QIWI - ADR

   

498,947

     

0

   
> Italy  

Pirelli

   

2,984,000

     

1,959,000

   

Other Countries

 
> Canada  

AG Growth

   

609,828

     

507,064

   

Athabasca Oil Sands

   

450,000

     

0

   

Pan Orient

   

1,151,238

     

0

   

ShawCor

   

1,084,597

     

1,067,730

   
> Australia  

Orora

   

3,816,000

     

0

   
> United States  

Atwood Oceanics

   

772,080

     

592,080

   

Rowan

   

1,052,900

     

685,900

   


38



Columbia Acorn International®

Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter, continued

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales (continued)

 

Latin America

 
> Mexico  

Genomma Lab Internacional

   

15,972,815

     

15,347,000

   
> Chile  

Empresas Hites

   

23,162,664

     

0

   


39



Columbia Acorn International®

Statement of Investments, March 31, 2014

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
           

Equities: 95.3%

 

Asia 41.9%

     
    > Japan 19.3%  
 

4,784,600

   

Kansai Paint

 

$

68,116,492

   
        Paint Producer in Japan, India,
China & Southeast Asia
         
 

501,000

   

Rinnai

   

44,068,982

   
        Gas Appliances for Household &
Commercial Use
         
 

1,105,800

   

Benesse

   

42,295,037

   
       

Education Service Provider

         
 

1,521,900

   

Glory

   

41,733,156

   
        Currency Handling Systems &
Related Equipment
         
 

33,000

   

Orix JREIT

   

41,199,910

   
       

Diversified REIT

         
 

2,100,000

   

Park24

   

39,902,421

   
       

Parking Lot Operator

         
 

1,450,000

   

Japan Airport Terminal

   

37,605,794

   
       

Airport Terminal Operator at Haneda

         
 

1,658,000

   

Aica Kogyo

   

36,968,904

   
        Laminated Sheets, Building
Materials & Chemical Adhesives
         
 

1,600,000

   

Nabtesco

   

36,931,139

   
       

Machinery Components

         
 

816,000

   

Kintetsu World Express

   

36,256,792

   
       

Airfreight Logistics

         
 

630,000

   

Makita

   

34,683,781

   
       

Power Tools

         
 

1,456,000

   

Ariake Japan

   

33,792,951

   
       

Manufacturer of Soup/Sauce Extracts

         
 

1,567,000

   

NGK Insulators

   

32,690,295

   
        Ceramic Products for Auto, Power &
Electronics
         
 

4,407,000

   

NOF

   

31,875,277

   
        Specialty Chemicals, Life Science &
Rocket Fuels
         
 

11,000,000

   

Aozora Bank

   

31,319,292

   
       

Commercial Bank

         
 

975,000

   

Nakanishi

   

31,203,106

   
       

Dental Tools & Machinery

         
 

2,709,000

   

Nippon Kayaku

   

30,453,125

   
        Functional Chemicals,
Pharmaceuticals &
Auto Safety Systems
         
 

2,350,000

   

Ushio

   

30,357,602

   
       

Industrial Light Sources

         
 

1,350,000

   

NGK Spark Plug

   

30,337,223

   
       

Automobile Parts

         
 

5,950

   

Kenedix Office Investment (a)

   

29,506,123

   
       

Tokyo Mid-size Office REIT

         
 

293,000

   

Shimano

   

29,471,912

   
        Manufacturer of Bicycle
Components & Fishing Tackle
         
 

780,000

   

Hoshizaki Electric

   

29,457,208

   
       

Commercial Kitchen Equipment

         
 

709,000

   

Omron

   

29,336,100

   
        Electric Components for Factory
Automation
         
 

661,600

   

Santen Pharmaceutical

   

29,273,902

   
        Specialty Pharma
(Ophthalmic Medicine)
         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

1,050,000

   

Misumi Group

 

$

29,094,058

   
       

Industrial Components Distributor

         
 

1,638,000

   

Suruga Bank

   

28,854,301

   
       

Regional Bank

         
 

7,165,000

   

Seven Bank

   

28,118,315

   
       

ATM Processing Services

         
 

203,400

   

Hirose Electric

   

27,964,108

   
       

Electrical Connectors

         
 

930,000

   

JIN (a)

   

27,760,368

   
       

Eyeglasses Retailer

         
 

1,600,000

   

OSG

   

27,717,218

   
       

Consumable Cutting Tools

         
 

3,948,000

   

Wacom

   

27,665,977

   
       

Computer Graphic Illustration Devices

         
 

1,580,000

   

Daiseki

   

27,323,591

   
       

Waste Disposal & Recycling

         
 

602,500

   

Hamamatsu Photonics

   

27,180,355

   
        Optical Sensors for Medical &
Industrial Applications
         
 

1,132,000

   

Tamron (a)

   

26,743,772

   
       

Camera Lens Maker

         
 

2,100,000

   

Asahi Diamond Industrial

   

26,715,473

   
       

Consumable Diamond Tools

         
 

12,800

   

Nippon Prologis REIT

   

25,837,667

   
       

Logistics REIT in Japan

         
 

1,000,000

   

MonotaRO (a)

   

25,364,237

   
        Online MRO (Maintenance, Repair,
Operations) Goods Distributor
in Japan
         
 

744,000

   

Sanrio

   

25,113,606

   
       

Character Goods & Licensing

         
 

1,658,000

   

Nippon Paint

   

25,104,598

   
        Paints for Automotive, Decorative &
Industrial Usage
         
 

749,900

   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha

   

25,057,109

   
       

Instant Noodle Manufacturer

         
 

3,000

    Industrial & Infrastructure
Fund (a)
   

24,688,619

   
       

Industrial REIT in Japan

         
 

1,600,000

   

Doshisha

   

24,654,403

   
       

Wholesaler of Household Products

         
 

1,065,780

   

Nihon Parkerizing

   

24,604,626

   
        Metal Surface Treatment Agents &
Processing Service
         
 

960,000

   

Aeon Mall

   

24,594,724

   
        Suburban Shopping Mall Developer,
Owner & Operator
         
 

388,400

   

Disco

   

24,172,915

   
        Semiconductor Dicing & Grinding
Equipment
         
 

566,700

   

Itochu Techno-Science

   

23,933,593

   
       

IT Network Equipment Sales & Services

         
 

755,000

   

OBIC

   

23,824,981

   
       

Computer Software

         
 

532,000

   

FamilyMart

   

23,395,257

   
       

Convenience Store Operator

         
 

864,200

   

Start Today

   

22,108,181

   
       

Online Japanese Apparel Retailer

         
 

255,800

   

Hikari Tsushin

   

21,603,593

   
        Distribution of Office
IT/Mobiles/Insurance
         


40



Columbia Acorn International®

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Japan—continued  
 

429,492

   

Ain Pharmaciez

 

$

19,856,845

   
        Dispensing Pharmacy/Drugstore
Operator
         
 

835,000

   

Icom (b)

   

19,142,567

   
        Two Way Radio
Communication Equipment
         
 

571,080

   

Milbon

   

18,986,446

   
       

Manufacturer of Hair Products

         
 

3,918

   

Global One Real Estate

   

11,520,103

   
       

Office REIT

         
 

518,100

   

Rohto Pharmaceutical

   

9,148,728

   
        Pharmaceutical, Health &
Beauty Products
         
 

5,430

   

Mori Hills REIT Investment

   

7,179,672

   
       

Tokyo-centric Diversified REIT

         
 

1,575,000

   

Lifenet Insurance (c)

   

6,486,057

   
        Online Life Insurance Company
in Japan
         
 

59,106

   

Miraca Holdings

   

2,589,229

   
        Outsourced Lab Testing, Diagnostic
Equipment & Reagents
         
     

1,622,941,816

   
    > Taiwan 3.8%  
 

29,700,000

   

Far EasTone Telecom

   

62,868,843

   
        Taiwan's Third Largest Mobile
Operator
         
 

7,306,000

   

Delta Electronics

   

45,247,803

   
        Industrial Automation, Switching
Power Supplies & Passive
Components
         
 

1,747,000

   

St. Shine Optical

   

39,049,735

   
        World's Leading Disposable Contact
Lens OEM (Original Equipment
Manufacturer)
         
 

1,750,000

   

Ginko International

   

30,236,697

   
       

Largest Contact Lens Maker in China

         
 

4,499,000

   

Advantech

   

29,225,066

   
       

Industrial PC & Components

         
 

2,930,000

   

President Chain Store

   

20,671,588

   
       

Convenience Chain Store Operator

         
 

4,305,000

   

Novatek Microelectronics

   

19,787,695

   
        Display-related Integrated
Circuit Designer
         
 

11,716,253

   

Lite-On Technology

   

17,516,169

   
        Mobile Device, LED & PC Server
Component Supplier
         
 

11,600,000

   

CTCI Corp

   

17,416,031

   
       

International Engineering Firm

         
 

6,413,000

   

Chroma Ate

   

15,318,440

   
        Automatic Test Systems, Testing &
Measurement Instruments
         
 

2,027,000

   

PC Home

   

15,210,709

   
       

Taiwanese Internet Retail Company

         
 

223,000

   

Hermes Microvision

   

8,952,985

   
        E-beam Inspection Systems for
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits
         
     

321,501,761

   
    > Hong Kong 3.8%  
 

2,500,000

    Melco Crown
Entertainment - ADR (c)
   

96,625,000

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

20,000,000

   

Melco International

 

$

67,243,097

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         
 

10,000,000

   

MGM China Holdings

   

35,330,456

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         
 

38,000,000

   

Sa Sa International (a)

   

30,537,327

   
       

Cosmetics Retailer

         
 

20,000,000

   

Vitasoy International

   

29,068,619

   
       

Hong Kong Soy Food Brand

         
 

40,000,000

    Mapletree Greater China
Commercial Trust
   

25,950,584

   
       

Retail & Office Property Landlord

         
 

10,000,000

   

Lifestyle International

   

20,344,227

   
        Mid- to High-end Department Store
Operator in Hong Kong & China
         
 

6,287,000

   

Kingboard Chemicals

   

12,293,645

   
        Paper & Glass Laminates, PCB,
Specialty Chemicals & Properties
         
     

317,392,955

   
    > Korea 3.0%  
 

1,424,261

   

Paradise

   

43,538,822

   
        Korean 'Foreigner Only'
Casino Operator
         
 

74,400

   

KCC

   

38,192,780

   
        Paint & Housing Material
Manufacturer
         
 

519,217

   

LS Industrial Systems

   

32,835,785

   
        Manufacturer of Electrical &
Automation Equipment
         
 

246,300

   

CJ Corp

   

31,548,538

   
        Holding Company of Korean
Consumer Conglomerate
         
 

815,000

   

Samsung Securities

   

29,979,815

   
       

Brokerage & Wealth Management

         
 

465,540

    KEPCO Plant Service &
Engineering
   

29,684,343

   
       

Power Plant & Grid Maintenance

         
 

402,580

   

Coway

   

28,215,079

   
        Household Appliance Rental
Service Provider
         
 

359,000

   

Soulbrain

   

12,959,988

   
       

Electronic Chemical Producer

         
 

17,583

   

AmorePacific Group

   

8,465,544

   
        Holding Company of Korea's
Leading Cosmetics Manufacturer
         
     

255,420,694

   
    > China 2.7%  
 

2,500,000

   

WuXi PharmaTech - ADR (c)

   

92,150,000

   
        Largest Contract Research
Organization Business in China
         
 

3,850,000

   

Biostime

   

26,452,963

   
        Pediatric Nutrition & Baby Care
Products Provider
         
 

18,460,000

   

Sihuan Pharmaceuticals

   

22,300,753

   
        Leading Chinese Generic
Drug Manufacturer
         
 

606,476

   

BitAuto - ADR (c)

   

21,736,100

   
       

Auto Vertical Website

         
 

308,030

   

SouFun - ADR (a)

   

21,075,413

   
       

Chinese Real Estate Internet Portal

         
 

11,020,000

   

Want Want

   

16,487,275

   
        Chinese Branded Consumer
Food Company
         


41



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > China—continued  
 

17,994,000

   

NewOcean Energy (a)

 

$

13,966,362

   
        Southern China Liquefied Petroleum
Gas Distributor
         
 

35,119,000

   

AMVIG Holdings

   

13,443,371

   
        Chinese Tobacco Packaging
Material Supplier
         
     

227,612,237

   
    > Singapore 2.3%  
 

40,000,000

   

Mapletree Commercial Trust

   

38,883,790

   
       

Retail & Office Property Landlord

         
 

9,300,000

   

Petra Foods

   

27,281,183

   
        Cocoa Processor & Chocolate
Manufacturer
         
 

9,780,000

   

Super Group

   

27,103,553

   
        Instant Food & Beverages in
Southeast Asia
         
 

20,000,000

   

CDL Hospitality Trust

   

26,365,037

   
       

Hotel Owner/Operator

         
 

13,500,000

   

Ascendas REIT

   

24,299,968

   
       

Industrial Property Landlord

         
 

3,800,000

   

Singapore Exchange

   

20,999,575

   
        Singapore Equity & Derivatives
Market Operator
         
 

19,032,000

   

Mapletree Logistics Trust

   

15,822,599

   
       

Industrial Property Landlord

         
 

11,663,000

   

Mapletree Industrial Trust

   

12,679,060

   
       

Industrial Property Landlord

         
     

193,434,765

   
    > India 2.1%  
 

9,885,176

   

Zee Entertainment Enterprises

   

44,960,179

   
        India's Leading Programmer of
Pay Television Content
         
 

3,423,265

   

Asian Paints

   

31,435,688

   
       

India's Largest Paint Company

         
 

7,500,000

    Adani Ports & Special
Economic Zone
   

23,588,962

   
       

Indian West Coast Shipping Port

         
 

1,655,000

   

United Breweries

   

22,863,542

   
       

India's Largest Brewer

         
 

920,000

   

Colgate Palmolive India

   

21,147,633

   
       

Consumer Products in Oral Care

         
 

12,909,000

   

Redington India

   

17,067,884

   
        Supply Chain Solutions for IT &
Mobile Handsets in
Emerging Markets
         
 

90,000

   

Bosch

   

16,440,167

   
       

Automotive Parts

         
 

1,390,871

   

SKIL Ports and Logistics (c)

   

1,704,311

   
       

Indian Container Port Project

         
     

179,208,366

   
    > Indonesia 1.8%  
 

31,764,600

    Archipelago
Resources (b)(d)(e)(f)
   

28,596,433

   
        Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia,
Vietnam & the Philippines
         
 

400,000,000

   

Ace Indonesia

   

26,511,119

   
       

Home Improvement Retailer

         
 

48,000,000

    Tower Bersama
Infrastructure (c)
   

25,449,168

   
       

Communications Towers

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

14,292,500

   

Matahari Department Store (c)

 

$

17,570,525

   
        Largest Department Store Chain
in Indonesia
         
 

58,000,000

   

Surya Citra Media

   

16,405,380

   
       

Free to Air TV Station in Indonesia

         
 

5,600,000

   

Mayora Indah

   

14,885,291

   
       

Consumer Branded Food Manufacturer

         
 

149,672,000

   

Arwana Citramulia

   

12,491,520

   
       

Ceramic Tiles for Home Decoration

         
 

49,000,000

   

MNC Skyvision

   

10,340,631

   
        Largest Satellite Pay TV Operator
in Indonesia
         
     

152,250,067

   
    > Thailand 1.1%  
 

116,666,667

   

Home Product Center

   

35,110,668

   
       

Home Improvement Retailer

         
 

4,500,000

   

Airports of Thailand

   

26,983,276

   
       

Airport Operator of Thailand

         
 

16,000,000

   

Robinson's Department Store

   

26,090,462

   
        Department Store Operator
in Thailand
         
 

10,000,000

   

Samui Airport Property Fund

   

4,940,651

   
       

Thai Airport Operator

         
     

93,125,057

   
    > Philippines 1.0%  
 

19,000,000

   

Puregold Price Club

   

18,665,545

   
        Supermarket Operator in
the Philippines
         
 

12,138,840

   

Robinsons Retail Holdings (c)

   

18,406,203

   
        Multi-format Retailer in
the Philippines
         
 

60,000,000

    Melco Crown Philippines
Resorts (c)
   

17,424,590

   
       

Integrated Resort Operator in Manila

         
 

6,960,000

   

Security Bank

   

16,451,219

   
       

Commercial Bank in the Philippines

         
 

21,994,200

   

SM Prime Holdings

   

7,185,619

   
        Shopping Mall Operator &
Property Developer
         
 

1,486,250

   

Universal Robina

   

4,716,222

   
        Branded Consumer Food
Manufacturer in the Philippines
         
     

82,849,398

   
    > Cambodia 0.7%  
 

60,000,000

   

Nagacorp

   

62,638,352

   
        Casino/Entertainment Complex
in Cambodia
         
    > Malaysia 0.3%  
 

5,000,000

   

Aeon

   

22,018,068

   
        Shopping Center & Department
Store Operator
         

Asia: Total

   

3,530,393,536

   

Europe 33.5%

     
    > United Kingdom 9.9%  
 

4,560,000

   

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

   

80,887,457

   
        International Business
Insurance Broker
         
 

1,500,000

   

Spirax Sarco

   

72,270,959

   
        Steam Systems for Manufacturing &
Process Industries
         


42



Columbia Acorn International®

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > United Kingdom—continued  
 

2,450,000

   

Babcock International

 

$

55,018,455

   
       

Public Sector Outsourcer

         
 

3,240,000

   

Smith & Nephew

   

49,100,239

   
       

Medical Equipment & Supplies

         
 

2,430,000

   

WH Smith

   

48,735,633

   
        Newsprint, Books & General
Stationery Retailer
         
 

3,937,000

   

Telecity

   

45,813,719

   
       

European Data Center Provider

         
 

3,921,500

   

Shaftesbury

   

43,018,259

   
       

London Prime Retail REIT

         
 

960,100

   

Croda

   

40,752,061

   
       

Oleochemicals & Industrial Chemicals

         
 

958,646

   

Fidessa Group

   

40,546,507

   
        Software for Financial
Trading Systems
         
 

7,250,000

   

Elementis

   

34,628,792

   
       

Specialty Chemicals

         
 

3,234,993

   

PureCircle (c)

   

33,006,501

   
       

Natural Sweeteners

         
 

466,940

   

Whitbread

   

32,399,467

   
        The UK's Leading Hotelier &
Coffee Shop
         
 

908,500

   

AVEVA

   

31,715,848

   
       

Engineering Software

         
 

35,245,747

   

Cable and Wireless

   

30,907,735

   
        Leading Telecoms Service Provider
in the Caribbean
         
 

1,025,000

   

Aggreko

   

25,649,522

   
        Temporary Power & Temperature
Control Services
         
 

10,026,000

   

Smiths News (b)

   

25,364,781

   
       

Newspaper & Magazine Distributor

         
 

564,000

   

Rightmove

   

24,804,393

   
       

Internet Real Estate Listings

         
 

3,218,000

   

Halford's

   

24,775,058

   
        The UK's Leading Retailer of Leisure
Goods & Auto Parts
         
 

2,660,000

   

Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland

   

24,456,926

   
        Pizza Delivery in UK, Ireland &
Germany
         
 

3,740,000

   

Abcam

   

24,254,701

   
       

Online Sales of Antibodies

         
 

2,971,319

   

Ocado (c)

   

22,816,442

   
       

Leading Online Grocery Retailer

         
 

4,365,000

    RPS Group    

22,748,247

   
        Consultant Specializing in Energy,
Water, Urban Planning,
Health & Safety
         
     

833,671,702

   
    > Netherlands 3.3%  
 

2,491,770

   

Aalberts Industries

   

86,849,482

   
       

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

         
 

531,700

   

Gemalto

   

61,925,235

   
       

Digital Security Solutions

         
 

1,178,288

   

TKH Group

   

41,149,842

   
       

Dutch Industrial Conglomerate

         
 

1,068,478

   

Arcadis

   

41,090,552

   
       

Engineering Consultants

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

143,395

   

Core Labs

 

$

28,455,304

   
       

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

         
 

404,124

   

Vopak

   

22,564,723

   
        World's Largest Operator of
Petroleum & Chemical Storage
Terminals
         
     

282,035,138

   
    > Germany 3.3%  
 

1,663,000

   

Wirecard

   

69,005,861

   
        Online Payment Processing &
Risk Management
         
 

148,295

   

Rational

   

52,811,173

   
       

Commercial Ovens

         
 

795,000

   

NORMA Group

   

42,128,076

   
        Clamps for Automotive &
Industrial Applications
         
 

795,000

   

Aurelius

   

30,239,339

   
       

European Turnaround Investor

         
 

2,350,000

   

TAG Immobilien

   

29,137,288

   
        Owner of Residential Properties
in Germany
         
 

300,000

   

MTU Aero Engines

   

27,880,872

   
        Airplane Engine Components &
Services
         
 

595,000

   

Elringklinger

   

23,451,660

   
       

Automobile Components

         
 

72,393

   

Deutsche Beteiligungs (a)

   

2,012,595

   
        Private Equity Investment
Management
         
     

276,666,864

   
    > Sweden 3.0%  
 

2,308,522

   

Hexagon

   

78,433,321

   
        Design, Measurement & Visualization
Software & Equipment
         
 

3,255,024

   

Sweco

   

54,440,670

   
       

Engineering Consultants

         
 

1,580,000

   

Swedish Match

   

51,630,796

   
       

Market Leader in Swedish Snus

         
 

784,000

   

Unibet

   

39,367,767

   
       

European Online Gaming Operator

         
 

1,044,000

   

Mekonomen

   

28,792,547

   
        Leading Nordic Integrated Wholesaler/
Retailer of Automotive Parts & Service
         
     

252,665,101

   
    > Switzerland 2.8%  
 

263,500

   

Partners Group

   

74,038,120

   
       

Private Markets Asset Management

         
 

16,300

   

Sika

   

66,671,342

   
        Chemicals for Construction &
Industrial Applications
         
 

179,000

   

Geberit

   

58,617,160

   
       

Plumbing Supplies

         
 

72,500

   

INFICON

   

26,857,927

   
       

Gas Detection Instruments

         
 

283,306

   

Zehnder

   

12,433,994

   
        Radiators & Heat Recovery
Ventilation Systems
         
     

238,618,543

   


43



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > France 2.5%  
 

1,350,000

   

Neopost (a)

 

$

106,605,278

   
       

Postage Meter Machines

         
 

146,000

   

Eurofins Scientific

   

43,696,978

   
        Food, Pharmaceuticals & Materials
Screening & Testing
         
 

163,400

   

Norbert Dentressangle

   

26,765,334

   
        Leading European Logistics &
Transport Group
         
 

708,000

   

Saft

   

24,745,286

   
       

Niche Battery Manufacturer

         
 

1,831,204

   

Hi-Media (c)

   

5,878,025

   
       

Online Advertiser in Europe

         
     

207,690,901

   
    > Denmark 2.0%  
 

1,702,063

   

SimCorp

   

69,095,714

   
       

Software for Investment Managers

         
 

1,315,800

   

Novozymes

   

57,858,441

   
       

Industrial Enzymes

         
 

709,000

   

Jyske Bank (c)

   

38,960,429

   
       

Danish Bank

         
     

165,914,584

   
    > Spain 1.9%  
 

7,055,000

   

DIA

   

64,458,515

   
        Leading Hard Discounter in Spain,
Latin America & the Eastern
Mediterranean
         
 

700,000

   

Viscofan

   

36,611,726

   
       

Sausage Casings Maker

         
 

720,000

   

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles

   

29,295,993

   
       

Spanish Stock Markets

         
 

4,050,000

   

Prosegur

   

26,056,175

   
       

Security Guards

         
     

156,422,409

   
    > Finland 1.3%  
 

1,226,866

   

Vacon (a)

   

51,719,857

   
        Leading Independent Manufacturer
of Variable Speed Alternating
Current Drives
         
 

1,669,000

   

Tikkurila (a)

   

39,317,981

   
        Decorative & Industrial Paint in
Scandinavia & Central &
Eastern Europe
         
 

711,000

   

Konecranes (a)

   

22,656,040

   
        Manufacture & Service of Industrial
Cranes & Port Handling Equipment
         
     

113,693,878

   
    > Norway 1.1%  
 

4,154,000

   

Orkla

   

35,415,629

   
        Food & Brands, Aluminum,
Chemicals Conglomerate
         
 

2,814,434

   

Atea

   

30,904,345

   
        Nordic IT Hardware/Software
Reseller & Installation Company
         
 

1,321,000

   

Subsea 7

   

24,554,477

   
       

Offshore Subsea Contractor

         
     

90,874,451

   
    > Russia 0.7%  
 

1,980,874

   

Yandex (c)

   

59,802,586

   
        Search Engine for Russian &
Turkish Languages
         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Kazakhstan 0.5%  
 

5,143,000

    Halyk Savings Bank of
Kazakhstan - GDR
 

$

42,686,900

   
        Largest Retail Bank & Insurer
in Kazakhstan
         
    > Italy 0.4%  
 

1,959,000

   

Pirelli

   

30,766,497

   
       

Global Tire Supplier

         
    > Belgium 0.3%  
 

437,465

   

EVS Broadcast Equipment

   

28,343,733

   
        Digital Live Mobile Production
Software & Systems
         
    > Iceland 0.3%  
 

28,312,499

   

Marel (g)

   

19,891,497

   
 

7,670,000

   

Marel (g)

   

7,110,357

   
        Largest Manufacturer of Poultry &
Fish Processing Equipment
         
     

27,001,854

   
    > Turkey 0.2%  
 

1,785,000

   

Bizim Toptan

   

17,101,697

   
       

Cash & Carry Stores in Turkey

         

Europe: Total

   

2,823,956,838

   

Other Countries 15.4%

     
    > South Africa 4.4%  
 

14,231,161

   

Coronation Fund Managers

   

133,822,657

   
       

South African Fund Manager

         
 

777,188

   

Naspers

   

85,731,337

   
        Media in Africa, China, Russia &
Other Emerging Markets
         
 

19,098,300

   

Rand Merchant Insurance

   

52,244,590

   
        Directly Sold Property & Casualty
Insurance; Holdings in
Other Insurers
         
 

2,644,083

   

Mr. Price

   

39,533,160

   
        South African Retailer of Apparel,
Household & Sporting Goods
         
 

8,679,940

   

Northam Platinum (c)

   

32,096,321

   
       

Platinum Mining in South Africa

         
 

2,230,504

   

Massmart Holdings

   

29,131,297

   
        General Merchandise, Food &
Home Improvement Stores;
Wal-Mart Subsidiary
         
     

372,559,362

   
    > Canada 4.0%  
 

961,772

   

CCL Industries

   

82,405,286

   
       

Largest Global Label Converter

         
 

1,067,730

   

ShawCor

   

44,524,969

   
       

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

         
 

3,188,000

   

CAE

   

41,958,752

   
        Flight Simulator Equipment &
Training Centers
         
 

653,200

   

Onex Capital

   

36,267,224

   
       

Private Equity

         
 

690,857

   

Baytex

   

28,446,685

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer in Canada

         
  2,168,377    

DeeThree Exploration (c)

   

18,594,495

 
  1,130,000    

DeeThree Exploration (c)(e)

   

9,496,293

   
 

   

Canadian Oil & Gas Producer

         


44



Columbia Acorn International®

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Canada—continued  
 

709,576

   

Black Diamond Group

 

$

21,983,698

   
        Provides Accommodations/Equipment
for Oil Sands Development
         
 

507,064

   

AG Growth

   

21,465,939

   
        Leading Manufacturer of Augers &
Grain Handling Equipment
         
 

766,000

   

Trilogy Energy

   

18,784,496

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer in Canada

         
  1,901,514    

Horizon North Logistics

   

14,379,608

   
        Provides Diversified Oil Service
Offering in Northern Canada
         
     

338,307,445

   
    > Australia 3.8%  
 

13,800,000

   

IAG

   

71,374,551

   
       

General Insurance Provider

         
 

3,500,000

   

Domino's Pizza Enterprises

   

64,954,442

   
        Domino's Pizza Operator in
Australia/New Zealand &
France/Benelux
         
 

10,653,000

   

Challenger Financial

   

63,381,755

   
       

Largest Annuity Provider

         
 

6,520,000

   

Amcor

   

62,996,050

   
        Global Leader in Flexible &
Rigid Packaging
         
 

10,000,000

   

SAI Global

   

38,087,070

   
        Publishing, Certification,
Compliance Services
         
 

1,670,000

   

Austbrokers

   

15,952,213

   
        Local Australian Small Business
Insurance Broker
         
     

316,746,081

   
    > United States 1.9%  
 

1,272,297

   

Textainer Group Holdings

   

48,690,806

   
       

Top International Container Leasor

         
 

601,213

   

FMC Technologies (c)

   

31,437,428

   
       

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

         
 

592,080

   

Atwood Oceanics (c)

   

29,834,911

   
       

Offshore Drilling Contractor

         
 

634,500

   

Hornbeck Offshore (c)

   

26,528,445

   
        Supply Vessel Operator
in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
         
 

685,900

   

Rowan (c)

   

23,101,112

   
       

Contract Offshore Driller

         
     

159,592,702

   
    > New Zealand 0.8%  
 

12,000,000

   

Auckland International Airport

   

39,701,362

   
       

Auckland Airport Operator

         
 

8,000,000

   

Sky City Entertainment

   

27,304,120

   
       

Casino/Entertainment Complex

         
     

67,005,482

   
    > Israel 0.5%  
 

791,000

   

Caesarstone

   

43,014,580

   
       

Quartz Countertops

         

Other Countries: Total

   

1,297,225,652

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 

Latin America 4.5%

     
    > Brazil 1.7%  
 

4,000,000

   

Localiza Rent A Car

 

$

58,069,634

   
       

Car Rental

         
 

58,937,078

   

Beadell Resources (b)(c)

   

33,031,903

   
       

Gold Mining in Brazil

         
 

1,500,000

   

Linx

   

29,623,182

   
        Retail Management Software
in Brazil
         
 

6,000,000

   

Odontoprev

   

24,089,907

   
       

Dental Insurance

         
     

144,814,626

   
    > Mexico 1.6%  
 

15,876,000

   

Qualitas

   

43,193,713

   
        Leading Auto Insurer in Mexico &
Central America
         
 

15,347,000

   

Genomma Lab Internacional (c)

   

39,485,713

   
        Develops, Markets & Distributes
Consumer Products
         
 

3,466,000

   

Gruma (c)

   

28,672,054

   
       

Tortilla Producer & Distributor

         
 

200,000

    Grupo Aeroportuario del
Sureste - ADR
   

24,528,000

   
       

Mexican Airport Operator

         
     

135,879,480

   
    > Guatemala 0.4%  
 

1,626,600

   

Tahoe Resources (c)

   

34,385,927

   
       

Silver Project in Guatemala

         
    > Chile 0.3%  
 

840,872

    Sociedad Quimica y Minera
de Chile - ADR
   

26,689,278

   
        Producer of Specialty Fertilizers,
Lithium & Iodine
         
    > Colombia 0.3%  
 

14,729,000

   

Isagen

   

24,125,820

   
        Leading Colombian Electricity
Provider
         
    > Uruguay 0.2%  
 

1,306,818

    Union Agriculture
Group (c)(e)(f)
   

13,421,021

   
       

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

         

Latin America: Total

   

379,316,152

   
Total Equities: 95.3%
(Cost: $5,675,061,834)
   

8,030,892,178

(h)

 

Short-Term Investments 4.1%

     
 

220,000,000

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, IM
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

220,000,000

   
 

127,891,288

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, Agency
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

127,891,288

   
Total Short-Term Investments: 4.1%
(Cost: $347,891,288)
   

347,891,288

   


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Number of Shares

     

Value

 

Securities Lending Collateral 1.1%

 
 

93,082,112

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Fund,
Institutional Shares
(7 day yield of 0.01%) (i)
 

$

93,082,112

   
Total Securities Lending Collateral: 1.1%
(Cost: $93,082,112)
   

93,082,112

   
Total Investments: 100.5%
(Cost: $6,116,035,234)(j)
   

8,471,865,578

(k)

 
Obligation to Return Collateral for
Securities Loaned: (1.1)%
   

(93,082,112

)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: 0.6%
   

53,448,128

   

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

8,432,231,594

   

ADR - American Depositary Receipts

GDR - Global Depositary Receipts

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2014. The total market value of securities on loan at March 31, 2014 was $86,858,504.

(b)  An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended March 31, 2014, are as follows:

Security

  Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/13
  Purchases/
Additions
  Sales/
Reductions
  Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/14
 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Beadell Resources

   

58,937,078

     

-

     

-

     

58,937,078

   

$

33,031,903

   

$

-

   

Archipelago Resources

   

31,764,600

     

-

     

-

     

31,764,600

     

28,596,433

     

-

   

Smiths News

   

10,944,000

     

321

     

918,321

     

10,026,000

     

25,364,781

     

1,260,317

   

Icom

   

835,000

     

-

     

-

     

835,000

     

19,142,567

     

122,596

   

Empresas Hites (1)

   

23,162,664

     

-

     

23,162,664

     

-

     

-

     

-

   

Total of Affiliated Transactions

   

125,643,342

     

321

     

24,080,985

     

101,562,678

   

$

106,135,684

   

$

1,382,913

   

(1)  At March 31, 2014, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company's outstanding voting shares.

  The aggregate cost and value of these companies at March 31, 2014, was $119,971,259 and $106,135,684, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 1.26% of the Fund's total net assets at March 31, 2014.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  The Fund also received put options through a transaction related to a proposed company restructuring of Archipelago Resources. Additional information on the put options received is as follows:

Security

 

Option Shares

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration Date

 

Value

 

Option (1)

   

31,764,600

   

GBP

0.58

   

August 13, 2014

 

$

2,118,254

   

  GBP - British Pound

(1)  Archipelago Resources is expected to restructure into a new company during 2014. From January 31, 2014, the option is exercisable until the earlier of (i) the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering or (ii) August 13, 2014, subject to extension until the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering (but not later than September 26, 2016). After August 13, 2014, the valuation of the option will fluctuate based upon its fair market value as determined in accordance with the put option agreement. These put options are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees.


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Columbia Acorn International®

Statement of Investments, continued

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(e)  Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2014, the market value of these securities amounted to $51,513,747, which represented 0.61% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

Security

  Acquisition
Dates
 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Archipelago Resources

 

2/23/10-9/26/13

   

31,764,600

   

$

18,376,857

   

$

28,596,433

   

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

   

1,306,818

     

15,000,000

     

13,421,021

   

DeeThree Exploration

 

9/7/10

   

1,130,000

     

2,950,812

     

9,496,293

   
           

$

36,327,669

   

$

51,513,747

   

(f)  Illiquid security.

(g)  The common stock equity holdings of Marel are stated separately on the Statement of Investments due to the application of the onshore or offshore foreign currency exchange rate. The appropriate exchange rate is applied to each purchased security lot based on the applicable registration obtained from Marel's regulatory governing body, the Icelandic Central Bank.

(h)  On March 31, 2014, the Fund's total equity investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

Currency

 

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Japanese Yen

 

$

1,622,941,816

     

19.3

   

Euro

   

1,067,164,117

     

12.7

   

British Pound

   

863,972,446

     

10.2

   

United States Dollar

   

629,776,883

     

7.5

   
Other currencies less
than 5% of total net assets
   

3,847,036,916

     

45.6

   

Total Equities

 

$

8,030,892,178

     

95.3

   

(i)  Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(j)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $6,116,035,234 and net unrealized appreciation was $2,355,830,344 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $2,585,801,439 and gross unrealized depreciation of $229,971,095.

(k)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

    Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

    Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

    Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

  For investments and derivatives categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee


47



> Notes to Statement of Investments

considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

  Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Equities

 

Asia

 

$

231,586,513

   

$

3,270,210,590

   

$

28,596,433

   

$

3,530,393,536

   

Europe

   

88,257,890

     

2,735,698,948

     

-

     

2,823,956,838

   

Other Countries

   

531,418,434

     

765,807,218

     

-

     

1,297,225,652

   

Latin America

   

332,863,228

     

33,031,903

     

13,421,021

     

379,316,152

   

Total Equities

   

1,184,126,065

     

6,804,748,659

     

42,017,454

     

8,030,892,178

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

347,891,288

     

-

     

-

     

347,891,288

   

Total Securities Lending Collateral

   

93,082,112

     

-

     

-

     

93,082,112

   

Total Investments

 

$

1,625,099,465

   

$

6,804,748,659

   

$

42,017,454

   

$

8,471,865,578

   

Unrealized Appreciation on Options

   

-

     

-

     

2,118,254

     

2,118,254

   

Total

 

$

1,625,099,465

   

$

6,804,748,659

   

$

44,135,708

   

$

8,473,983,832

   

  The Fund's assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security's value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Securities acquired via private placement that have a holding period or an extended settlement period are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the investment manager's experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price.

  There were no transfers of financial assets between levels during the period.

  The Fund does not hold any significant investments categorized as Level 3.

  Certain securities classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to estimated earnings of the company and the position of the security within the company's capital structure. The Committee also may use some observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities and market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.


48



Columbia Acorn International®

Portfolio Diversification

At March 31, 2014, the Fund's portfolio investments as a percentage of net assets were diversified as follows:

   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 
> Industrial Goods & Services  
Industrial Materials &
Specialty Chemicals
 

$

690,305,619

     

8.2

   

Machinery

   

585,475,388

     

7.0

   

Other Industrial Services

   

453,422,798

     

5.4

   

Electrical Components

   

229,649,035

     

2.7

   

Conglomerates

   

193,654,292

     

2.3

   

Outsourcing Services

   

110,758,973

     

1.3

   

Construction

   

76,033,191

     

0.9

   

Industrial Distribution

   

25,364,237

     

0.3

   
     

2,364,663,533

     

28.1

   
> Consumer Goods & Services  

Retail

   

624,370,820

     

7.4

   

Casinos & Gaming

   

389,472,203

     

4.6

   

Food & Beverage

   

377,629,784

     

4.5

   

Nondurables

   

158,491,717

     

1.9

   

Other Durable Goods

   

147,078,608

     

1.7

   

Restaurants

   

121,810,835

     

1.4

   

Consumer Goods Distribution

   

109,838,294

     

1.3

   

Other Consumer Services

   

80,107,845

     

1.0

   

Travel

   

58,069,634

     

0.7

   

Furniture & Textiles

   

43,014,580

     

0.5

   

Educational Services

   

42,295,037

     

0.5

   

Consumer Electronics

   

26,743,772

     

0.3

   
     

2,178,923,129

     

25.8

   
> Information  

Business Software

   

273,239,554

     

3.2

   

Internet Related

   

213,149,828

     

2.5

   
Computer Hardware &
Related Equipment
   

209,923,983

     

2.5

   

Mobile Communications

   

107,460,578

     

1.3

   

Computer Services

   

100,651,657

     

1.2

   

Financial Processors

   

90,005,436

     

1.1

   
Semiconductors &
Related Equipment
   

52,913,595

     

0.6

   

Entertainment Programming

   

44,960,179

     

0.5

   

Instrumentation

   

42,498,795

     

0.5

   

Telephone & Data Services

   

30,907,735

     

0.4

   

TV Broadcasting

   

16,405,380

     

0.2

   
Satellite Broadcasting &
Services
   

10,340,631

     

0.1

   

Advertising

   

5,878,025

     

0.1

   
     

1,198,335,376

     

14.2

   
   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 
> Finance  

Insurance

 

$

357,610,244

     

4.2

   
Brokerage & Money
Management
   

209,873,373

     

2.5

   

Banks

   

186,390,455

     

2.2

   

Finance Companies

   

114,937,845

     

1.4

   

Specialized Finance

   

29,295,994

     

0.4

   
     

898,107,911

     

10.7

   
> Other Industries  

Real Estate

   

387,869,021

     

4.6

   

Transportation

   

160,524,417

     

1.9

   

Regulated Utilities

   

24,125,820

     

0.3

   
     

572,519,258

     

6.8

   
> Energy & Minerals  

Oil Services

   

216,344,648

     

2.6

   

Mining

   

156,565,887

     

1.8

   

Oil & Gas Producers

   

75,321,969

     

0.9

   
Oil Refining, Marketing &
Distribution
   

36,531,085

     

0.4

   

Agricultural Commodities

   

13,421,021

     

0.2

   
     

498,184,610

     

5.9

   
> Health Care  

Pharmaceuticals

   

143,724,655

     

1.7

   

Medical Supplies

   

93,541,132

     

1.1

   

Medical Equipment & Devices

   

80,303,345

     

1.0

   

Health Care Services

   

2,589,229

     

0.0

*

 
     

320,158,361

     

3.8

   

Total Equities:

   

8,030,892,178

     

95.3

   

Short-Term Investments:

   

347,891,288

     

4.1

   

Securities Lending Collateral:

   

93,082,112

     

1.1

   

Total Investments:

   

8,471,865,578

     

100.5

   
Obligation to Return
Collateral for Securities
Loaned:
   

(93,082,112

)

   

(1.1

)

 
Cash and Other Assets
Less Liabilities:
   

53,448,128

     

0.6

   

Net Assets:

 

$

8,432,231,594

     

100.0

   

* Rounds to zero.


49




Columbia Acorn USA®

Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Purchases

 

Information

 

Belden

   

0

     

53,000

   

Commvault Systems

   

0

     

50,000

   

Measurement Specialties

   

0

     

19,118

   

Rogers

   

83,000

     

101,000

   

Industrial Goods & Services

 

PGT

   

0

     

263,039

   

Consumer Goods & Services

 

Boulder Brands

   

269,723

     

372,705

   

Casey's General Stores

   

184,000

     

238,000

   

The Chefs' Warehouse

   

198,000

     

353,000

   

The Fresh Market

   

0

     

201,000

   

Health Care

 

Celldex Therapeutics

   

172,000

     

294,000

   

Ultragenyx

   

0

     

61,185

   

Energy & Minerals

 

Bill Barrett Corporation

   

157,000

     

205,000

   

Rice Energy

   

0

     

45,000

   

Rosetta Resources

   

180,000

     

237,000

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales

 

Information

 

Bally Technologies

   

383,000

     

370,110

   

Concur Technologies

   

112,000

     

85,000

   

II-VI

   

1,036,000

     

128,000

   

Ixia

   

740,000

     

369,000

   

Micros Systems

   

310,000

     

0

   

SBA Communications

   

273,000

     

197,000

   

SPS Commerce

   

290,000

     

265,000

   

Industrial Goods & Services

 

Forward Air

   

188,000

     

109,000

   

Consumer Goods & Services

 

Choice Hotels

   

172,666

     

100,666

   

Helen of Troy

   

152,000

     

0

   

Pier 1 Imports

   

805,000

     

620,000

   

Ryman Hospitality Properties

   

236,000

     

0

   

Finance

 

H & E Equipment Services

   

264,072

     

39,641

   

Heath Care

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

   

203,000

     

88,795

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical

   

146,000

     

97,000

   

NPS Pharmaceuticals

   

477,500

     

295,500

   

Sirona Dental Systems

   

183,000

     

120,000

   

Synageva Biopharma

   

321,100

     

300,380

   

Other Industries

 

Associated Estates Realty

   

491,000

     

0

   

Energy & Minerals

 

Atwood Oceanics

   

247,000

     

113,000

   

Gulfmark Offshore

   

68,000

     

0

   

Hornbeck Offshore

   

251,000

     

224,000

   

Quicksilver Resources

   

464,000

     

0

   

SM Energy

   

116,000

     

103,000

   


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Columbia Acorn USA®

Statement of Investments, March 31, 2014

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
           

Equities: 98.6%

 

Information 24.8%

     
    > Business Software 7.4%  
 

745,000

   

Informatica (a)

 

$

28,146,100

   
        Enterprise Data Integration
Software
         
 

343,000

   

Ansys (a)

   

26,417,860

   
        Simulation Software for
Engineers & Designers
         
 

265,000

   

SPS Commerce (a)

   

16,284,250

   
        Supply Chain Management
Software Delivered via the Web
         
 

170,000

   

NetSuite (a)

   

16,121,100

   
        End-to-end IT Systems Solution
Delivered Over the Web
         
 

85,000

   

Concur Technologies (a)

   

8,420,950

   
        Web-enabled Cost & Expense
Management Software
         
 

275,000

   

RealPage (a)

   

4,994,000

   
        Software for Managing Rental
Properties Delivered via the Web
         
 

310,000

   

Exa (a)

   

4,110,600

   
       

Simulation Software

         
 

60,000

   

Demandware (a)

   

3,843,600

   
        eCommerce Website Platform for
Retailers & Apparel
Manufacturers
         
 

394,187

   

InContact (a)

   

3,784,195

   
        Call Center Systems Delivered
via the Web & Telecommunication
Services
         
 

125,000

   

Ellie Mae (a)

   

3,605,000

   
        Software for Managing &
Network for Facilitating
Mortgage Origination
         
 

82,000

   

Envestnet (a)

   

3,294,760

   
        Technology Platform for Investment
Advisors
         
 

50,000

   

Commvault Systems (a)

   

3,247,500

   
       

Data Storage Management

         
 

126,000

   

E2open (a)

   

2,969,820

   
        Supply Chain Management
Software & Supplier/Partner
Network
         
 

53,380

   

Covisint (a)(b)

   

391,276

   
        Collaboration Software
Platform Provider
         
     

125,631,011

   
    > Instrumentation 4.8%  
 

164,000

   

Mettler-Toledo International (a)

   

38,651,520

   
       

Laboratory Equipment

         
 

427,000

   

IPG Photonics (a)

   

30,351,160

   
       

Fiber Lasers

         
 

274,000

   

Trimble Navigation (a)

   

10,650,380

   
       

GPS-based Instruments

         
 

19,118

   

Measurement Specialties (a)

   

1,297,156

   
       

Sensors

         
     

80,950,216

   
    > Telephone & Data Services 2.4%  
 

1,200,000

   

tw telecom (a)

   

37,512,000

   
       

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

364,000

   

Boingo Wireless (a)

 

$

2,467,920

   
       

Wholesale & Retail WiFi Networks

         
     

39,979,920

   
    > Computer Services 2.0%  
 

506,000

   

ExlService Holdings (a)

   

15,640,460

   
       

Business Process Outsourcing

         
 

327,000

   

WNS - ADR (India) (a)

   

5,886,000

   
        Offshore BPO (Business Process
Outsourcing) Services
         
 

175,000

   

Virtusa (a)

   

5,864,250

   
       

Offshore IT Outsourcing

         
 

582,000

   

RCM Technologies (a)

   

3,916,860

   
       

Technology & Engineering Services

         
 

591,000

   

Hackett Group

   

3,534,180

   
        IT Integration & Best Practice
Research
         
     

34,841,750

   
    > Telecommunications Equipment 1.6%  
 

426,000

   

Finisar (a)

   

11,293,260

   
       

Optical Subsystems & Components

         
 

281,000

   

CalAmp (a)

   

7,831,470

   
        Machine to Machine
Communications
         
 

369,000

   

Ixia (a)

   

4,612,500

   
       

Telecom Network Test Equipment

         
 

464,278

   

Infinera (a)

   

4,215,644

   
       

Optical Networking Equipment

         
     

27,952,874

   
    > Semiconductors & Related
Equipment 1.6%
 
 

255,000

   

Monolithic Power Systems (a)

   

9,886,350

   
        High Performance Analog &
Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits
         
 

970,000

   

Atmel (a)

   

8,109,200

   
        Microcontrollers, Radio
Frequency & Memory
Semiconductors
         
 

238,000

   

Ultratech (a)

   

6,947,220

   
       

Semiconductor Equipment

         
 

45,000

   

Hittite Microwave

   

2,836,800

   
        Radio Frequency, Microwave &
Millimeterwave Semiconductors
         
     

27,779,570

   
    > Gaming Equipment & Services 1.4%  
 

370,110

   

Bally Technologies (a)

   

24,527,190

   
       

Slot Machines & Software

         
    > Mobile Communications 1.1%  
 

197,000

   

SBA Communications (a)

   

17,919,120

   
       

Communications Towers

         
    > Financial Processors 0.8%  
 

139,000

   

Global Payments

   

9,884,290

   
       

Credit Card Processor

         
 

153,000

   

Liquidity Services (a)(b)

   

3,985,650

   
        E-Auctions for Surplus &
Salvage Goods
         
     

13,869,940

   


51



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Computer Hardware &
Related Equipment 0.7%
 
 

101,000

   

Rogers (a)

 

$

6,304,420

   
        Printed Circuit Materials &
High-performance Foams
         
 

53,000

   

Belden

   

3,688,800

   
       

Specialty Cable

         
 

128,000

   

II-VI (a)

   

1,975,040

   
       

Laser Optics & Specialty Materials

         
     

11,968,260

   
    > Contract Manufacturing 0.5%  
 

215,000

   

Plexus (a)

   

8,615,050

   
       

Electronic Manufacturing Services

         
    > Internet Related 0.3%  
 

141,831

   

RetailMeNot (a)

   

4,538,592

   
       

Digital Coupon Marketplace

         
    > Business Information &
Marketing Services 0.2%
 
 

230,000

    RPX (a)    

3,744,400

   
        Patent Aggregation & Defensive
Patent Consulting
         

Information: Total

   

422,317,893

   

Industrial Goods & Services 21.0%

     
    > Machinery 15.1%  
 

871,000

   

Ametek

   

44,847,790

   
       

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

         
 

590,000

   

Nordson

   

41,589,100

   
        Dispensing Systems for
Adhesives & Coatings
         
 

855,000

   

Donaldson

   

36,252,000

   
       

Industrial Air Filtration

         
 

757,500

   

HEICO

   

32,883,075

   
        FAA Approved Aircraft
Replacement Parts
         
 

436,000

   

Moog (a)

   

28,562,360

   
        Motion Control Products for
Aerospace, Defense &
Industrial Markets
         
 

237,000

   

Toro

   

14,976,030

   
       

Turf Maintenance Equipment

         
 

245,000

   

Generac

   

14,447,650

   
       

Standby Power Generators

         
 

360,000

   

ESCO Technologies

   

12,668,400

   
       

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

         
 

46,000

   

Middleby (a)

   

12,153,660

   
        Manufacturer of Cooking
Equipment
         
 

264,000

   

Kennametal

   

11,695,200

   
       

Consumable Cutting Tools

         
 

134,000

   

Dorman Products (a)

   

7,914,040

   
       

Aftermarket Auto Parts Distributor

         
     

257,989,305

   
    > Industrial Materials &
Specialty Chemicals 2.4%
 
 

539,000

   

Drew Industries

   

29,213,800

   
        RV & Manufactured Home
Components
         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

290,000

   

PolyOne

 

$

10,631,400

   
        Intermediate Stage Chemicals
Producer
         
     

39,845,200

   
    > Electrical Components 1.5%  
 

152,000

   

Acuity Brands

   

20,150,640

   
       

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

         
 

239,000

   

Thermon (a)

   

5,540,020

   
       

Global Engineered Thermal Solutions

         
     

25,690,660

   
    > Industrial Distribution 0.8%  
 

90,000

   

WESCO International (a)

   

7,489,800

   
       

Industrial Distributor

         
 

217,000

   

MRC Global (a)

   

5,850,320

   
       

Industrial Distributor

         
     

13,340,120

   
    > Other Industrial Services 0.6%  
 

109,000

   

Forward Air

   

5,025,990

   
        Freight Transportation
Between Airports
         
 

151,000

   

KAR Auction Services

   

4,582,850

   
       

Auto Auctions

         
 

132,274

   

Acorn Energy (a)(b)

   

448,409

   
        Fiber Optic Oil Well
Monitoring & Evaluation
         
     

10,057,249

   
    > Construction 0.4%  
 

86,000

    Fortune Brands Home &
Security
   

3,618,880

   
        Home Building Supplies &
Small Locks
         
 

263,039

   

PGT (a)

   

3,027,579

   
       

Wind Resistant Windows & Doors

         
     

6,646,459

   
    > Waste Management 0.2%  
 

82,000

   

Waste Connections

   

3,596,520

   
       

Solid Waste Management

         

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

   

357,165,513

   

Consumer Goods & Services 16.6%

     
    > Travel 5.0%  
 

1,183,950

   

Avis Budget Group (a)

   

57,658,365

   
        Second Largest Car Rental
Company
         
 

614,000

   

Hertz (a)

   

16,356,960

   
       

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

         
 

135,000

   

HomeAway (a)

   

5,085,450

   
        Vacation Rental Online
Marketplace
         
 

100,666

   

Choice Hotels

   

4,630,636

   
        Franchisor of Budget Hotel
Brands
         
 

29,000

   

Vail Resorts

   

2,021,300

   
       

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

         
     

85,752,711

   
    > Retail 3.1%  
 

238,000

   

Casey's General Stores

   

16,086,420

   
        Owner/Operator of Convenience
Stores
         


52



Columbia Acorn USA®

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Retail—continued  
 

620,000

   

Pier 1 Imports

 

$

11,705,600

   
       

Home Furnishing Retailer

         
 

185,991

   

Shutterfly (a)

   

7,938,096

   
       

Internet Photo-centric Retailer

         
 

201,000

   

The Fresh Market (a)

   

6,753,600

   
       

Specialty Food Retailer

         
 

135,000

   

Kate Spade & Company (a)

   

5,007,150

   
       

Global Lifestyle Brand

         
 

46,400

    Restoration Hardware
Holdings (a)
   

3,414,576

   
        Specialty Home Furnishing
Retailer
         
 

101,500

   

Burlington Stores (a)

   

2,996,280

   
       

Off-Price Apparel Retailer

         
     

53,901,722

   
    > Furniture & Textiles 2.6%  
 

333,814

   

Caesarstone (Israel)

   

18,152,805

   
       

Quartz Countertops

         
 

688,000

   

Interface

   

14,138,400

   
       

Modular Carpet

         
 

640,000

   

Knoll

   

11,641,600

   
       

Office Furniture

         
     

43,932,805

   
    > Consumer Goods Distribution 2.0%  
 

358,000

   

Pool

   

21,952,560

   
        Swimming Pool Supplies &
Equipment Distributor
         
 

353,000

   

The Chefs' Warehouse (a)

   

7,554,200

   
        Distributor of Specialty Foods to
Fine Dining Restaurants
         
 

79,000

   

United Natural Foods (a)

   

5,602,680

   
        Distributor of Natural/Organic
Foods to Grocery Stores
         
     

35,109,440

   
    > Other Consumer Services 1.2%  
 

293,000

   

Lifetime Fitness (a)

   

14,093,300

   
       

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

         
 

252,000

   

Blackhawk Network (a)

   

6,146,280

   
        Third Party Distributer of Prepaid
Content, Mostly Gift Cards
         
     

20,239,580

   
    > Other Durable Goods 1.2%  
 

187,000

   

Cavco Industries (a)

   

14,670,150

   
       

Manufactured Homes

         
 

297,000

   

Select Comfort (a)

   

5,369,760

   
       

Specialty Mattresses

         
     

20,039,910

   
    > Food & Beverage 0.6%  
 

372,705

   

Boulder Brands (a)

   

6,567,062

   
       

Healthy Food Products

         
 

100,000

   

B&G Foods

   

3,011,000

   
       

Acquirer of Small Food Brands

         
     

9,578,062

   
    > Restaurants 0.3%  
 

112,000

   

Fiesta Restaurant Group (a)

   

5,106,080

   
        Owns/Operates Two Restaurant
Chains: Pollo Tropical & Taco
Cabana
         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Nondurables 0.3%  
 

166,000

   

Prestige Brands Holdings (a)

 

$

4,523,500

   
       

Household & Personal Care Products

         
    > Apparel 0.2%  
 

475,000

   

Quiksilver (a)

   

3,567,250

   
        Action Sports Lifestyle Branded
Apparel & Footwear
         
    > Educational Services 0.1%  
 

34,350

   

ITT Educational Services (a)(b)

   

985,158

   
       

Post-secondary Degree Services

         

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

   

282,736,218

   

Finance 14.0%

     
    > Banks 8.4%  
 

801,000

   

MB Financial

   

24,798,960

   
       

Chicago Bank

         
 

164,000

   

SVB Financial Group (a)

   

21,119,920

   
       

Bank to Venture Capitalists

         
 

993,000

   

Associated Banc-Corp

   

17,933,580

   
       

Midwest Bank

         
 

392,597

   

Lakeland Financial

   

15,790,251

   
       

Indiana Bank

         
 

173,000

   

City National

   

13,618,560

   
       

Bank & Asset Manager

         
 

1,615,986

   

First Busey

   

9,372,719

   
       

Illinois Bank

         
 

228,000

   

Hancock Holding

   

8,356,200

   
       

Gulf Coast Bank

         
 

487,000

   

TCF Financial

   

8,113,420

   
       

Great Lakes Bank

         
 

566,750

   

Valley National Bancorp (b)

   

5,899,868

   
       

New Jersey/New York Bank

         
 

571,000

   

First Commonwealth

   

5,161,840

   
       

Western Pennsylvania Bank

         
 

695,000

   

TrustCo Bank

   

4,892,800

   
       

New York State Bank

         
 

171,826

   

Sandy Spring Bancorp

   

4,292,213

   
       

Baltimore & Washington, D.C. Bank

         
 

154,849

   

Guaranty Bancorp

   

2,206,598

   
       

Colorado Bank

         
 

89,700

   

Hudson Valley

   

1,708,785

   
       

Metro New York City Bank

         
     

143,265,714

   
    > Finance Companies 3.5%  
 

673,208

   

CAI International (a)

   

16,608,041

   
       

International Container Leasing

         
 

389,000

   

Textainer Group Holdings

   

14,887,030

   
       

Top International Container Leasor

         
 

180,689

   

World Acceptance (a)(b)

   

13,566,130

   
       

Personal Loans

         
 

315,000

   

McGrath Rentcorp

   

11,012,400

   
       

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

         
 

91,000

   

Marlin Business Services

   

1,893,710

   
       

Small Equipment Leasing

         
 

39,641

   

H & E Equipment Services (a)

   

1,603,479

   
       

Heavy Equipment Leasing

         
     

59,570,790

   


53



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Savings & Loans 1.0%  
 

393,487

   

ViewPoint Financial

 

$

11,352,100

   
       

Texas Thrift

         
 

128,000

   

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

   

3,312,640

   
       

Northeast Thrift

         
 

154,268

   

Simplicity Bancorp

   

2,715,117

   
       

Los Angeles Savings & Loan

         
     

17,379,857

   
    > Insurance 0.6%  
 

35,000

   

Enstar Group (a)

   

4,770,850

   
  Insurance/Reinsurance &
Related Services
   
 

45,000

   

Allied World Holdings

   

4,643,550

   
        Commercial Lines
Insurance/Reinsurance
         
     

9,414,400

   
    > Brokerage & Money
Management 0.5%
 
 

139,000

   

SEI Investments

   

4,671,790

   
        Mutual Fund Administration &
Investment Management
         
 

200,000

   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

   

4,502,000

   
       

Global Distressed Real Estate

         
     

9,173,790

   

Finance: Total

   

238,804,551

   

Health Care 10.9%

     
    > Biotechnology & Drug
Delivery 5.4%
 
 

300,380

   

Synageva Biopharma (a)

   

24,922,528

   
        Biotech Focused on Orphan
Diseases
         
 

516,000

   

Seattle Genetics (a)

   

23,508,960

   
        Antibody-based Therapies for
Cancer
         
 

295,500

   

NPS Pharmaceuticals (a)

   

8,844,315

   
        Orphan Drugs & Healthy
Royalties
         
 

97,000

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical (a)

   

6,616,370

   
        Biotech Focused on Orphan
Diseases
         
 

265,000

   

Sarepta Therapeutics (a)

   

6,367,950

   
       

Biotech Focused on Rare Diseases

         
 

88,795

   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (a)

   

5,961,696

   
        Biotech Developing Drugs for
Rare Diseases
         
 

156,200

   

InterMune (a)

   

5,228,014

   
        Drugs for Pulmonary Fibrosis &
Hepatitis C
         
 

294,000

   

Celldex Therapeutics (a)

   

5,194,980

   
        Biotech Developing Drugs for
Cancer
         
 

61,185

   

Ultragenyx (a)

   

2,991,335

   
        Biotech Focused on "Ultra-Orphan"
Drugs
         
 

9,000

   

Intercept Pharmaceuticals (a)

   

2,968,110

   
        Biotech Developing Drugs for
Several Diseases
         
 

228

   

CymaBay Therapeutics (a)

   

1,710

   
       

Diabetes Drug Development

         
     

92,605,968

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Medical Supplies 2.1%  
 

552,600

   

Cepheid (a)

 

$

28,503,108

   
       

Molecular Diagnostics

         
 

87,000

   

Bio-Techne

   

7,427,190

   
        Cytokines, Antibodies & Other
Reagents for Life Science
         
     

35,930,298

   
    > Health Care Services 1.8%  
 

960,000

    Allscripts Healthcare
Solutions (a)
   

17,308,800

   
       

Health Care IT

         
 

150,000

   

HealthSouth

   

5,389,500

   
       

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

         
 

112,000

    Envision Healthcare
Holdings (a)
   

3,788,960

   
        Provider of Health Care
Outsourcing Services
         
 

62,000

   

Medidata Solutions (a)

   

3,369,080

   
        Cloud-based Software for
Drug Studies
         
 

6,000

   

Castlight Health (a)

   

127,320

   
        Provider of Cloud-based Software for
Managing Health Care Costs
         
     

29,983,660

   
    > Pharmaceuticals 1.1%  
 

699,200

   

Akorn (a)

   

15,382,400

   
  Develops, Manufactures &
Sells Specialty Generic Drugs
   
 

331,180

   

Alimera Sciences (a)(b)

   

2,613,010

   
  Ophthalmology-focused
Pharmaceutical Company
   
 

31,509

   

Revance Therapeutics (a)

   

992,534

   
        Drug Developer Focused
on Aesthetics
         
     

18,987,944

   
    > Medical Equipment &
Devices 0.5%
 
 

120,000

   

Sirona Dental Systems (a)

   

8,960,400

   
  Manufacturer of Dental
Equipment
   

Health Care: Total

   

186,468,270

   

Other Industries 6.2%

     
    > Real Estate 5.2%  
 

832,000

   

Extra Space Storage

   

40,360,320

   
       

Self Storage Facilities

         
 

986,800

   

EdR

   

9,739,716

   
       

Student Housing

         
 

1,255,000

   

Kite Realty Group

   

7,530,000

   
       

Community Shopping Centers

         
 

223,000

   

Coresite Realty

   

6,913,000

   
       

Data Centers

         
 

871,000

   

DCT Industrial Trust

   

6,863,480

   
       

Industrial Properties

         
 

356,000

   

St. Joe (a)

   

6,853,000

   
       

Florida Panhandle Landowner

         
 

91,000

   

Post Properties

   

4,468,100

   
       

Multifamily Properties

         
 

196,200

   

Biomed Realty Trust

   

4,020,138

   
        Life Science-focused Office
Buildings
         


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Columbia Acorn USA®

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Real Estate—continued  
 

90,000

    American Residential
Properties (a)(b)
 

$

1,618,200

   
       

Single-family Rental Properties

         
     

88,365,954

   
    > Transportation 1.0%  
 

468,091

   

Rush Enterprises, Class A (a)

   

15,203,596

   
 

105,000

   

Rush Enterprises, Class B (a)

   

2,963,100

   
       

Truck Sales & Service

         
     

18,166,696

   

Other Industries: Total

   

106,532,650

   

Energy & Minerals 5.1%

     
    > Oil & Gas Producers 3.1%  
 

237,000

   

Rosetta Resources (a)

   

11,039,460

   
        Oil & Gas Producer
Exploring in Texas
         
 

134,000

   

PDC Energy (a)

   

8,342,840

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer in U.S.

         
 

103,000

   

SM Energy

   

7,342,870

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

205,000

   

Bill Barrett Corporation (a)

   

5,248,000

   
        Oil & Gas Producer in U.S.
Rockies
         
 

46,000

   

Clayton Williams (a)

   

5,198,460

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

95,000

   

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

   

5,078,700

   
       

Oil & Gas Producer

         
 

240,000

   

WPX Energy (a)

   

4,327,200

   
        Oil & Gas Produced in U.S. &
Argentina
         
 

159,000

   

Laredo Petroleum (a)

   

4,111,740

   
       

Permian Basin Oil Producer

         
 

45,000

   

Rice Energy (a)

   

1,187,550

   
       

Natural Gas Producer

         
 

19,548

   

Matador Resources (a)

   

478,731

   
  Oil & Gas Producer in
Texas & Louisiana
   
     

52,355,551

   
    > Oil Services 1.1%  
 

224,000

   

Hornbeck Offshore (a)

   

9,365,440

   
        Supply Vessel Operator in U.S.
Gulf of Mexico
         
 

113,000

   

Atwood Oceanics (a)

   

5,694,070

   
       

Offshore Drilling Contractor

         
 

54,384

   

Chart Industries (a)

   

4,326,247

   
        Manufacturer of Natural Gas
Processing/Storage Equipment
         
     

19,385,757

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Mining 0.9%  
 

70,000

   

Core Labs (Netherlands)

 

$

13,890,800

   
       

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

         
 

546,000

   

Alexco Resource (a)(b)

   

819,000

   
        Mining, Exploration & Environmental
Services
         
     

14,709,800

   

Energy & Minerals: Total

   

86,451,108

   
Total Equities: 98.6%
(Cost: $878,358,451)
   

1,680,476,203

(c)

 

Short-Term Investments 1.5%

     
 

25,379,582

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, Agency
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

25,379,582

   
Total Short-Term Investments: 1.5%
(Cost: $25,379,582)
   

25,379,582

   

Securities Lending Collateral 1.0%

     
 

17,021,662

    Dreyfus Government
Cash Management Fund,
Institutional Shares
(7 day yield of 0.01%) (d)
   

17,021,662

   
Total Securities Lending Collateral: 1.0%
(Cost: $17,021,662)
   

17,021,662

   
Total Investments: 101.1%
(Cost: $920,759,695)(e)
   

1,722,877,447

(f)

 
Obligation to Return Collateral for
Securities Loaned: (1.0)%
   

(17,021,662

)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: (0.1)%
   

(965,552

)

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

1,704,890,233

   

ADR - American Depositary Receipts

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2014. The total market value of securities on loan at March 31, 2014 was $16,882,366.


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> Notes to Statement of Investments

(c)  On March 31, 2014, the market value of foreign securities represented 2.22% of total net assets. The Fund's foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

Country

 

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Israel

 

$

18,152,805

     

1.06

   

Netherlands

   

13,890,800

     

0.81

   

India

   

5,886,000

     

0.35

   

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$

37,929,605

     

2.22

   

(d)  Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(e)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $920,759,695 and net unrealized appreciation was $802,117,752 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $825,391,301 and gross unrealized depreciation of $23,273,549.

(f)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

    Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

    Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

    Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

  For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.


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Columbia Acorn USA®

Statement of Investments, continued

> Notes to Statement of Investments

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

  Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Equities

 

Information

 

$

422,317,893

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

422,317,893

   

Industrial Goods & Services

   

357,165,513

     

-

     

-

     

357,165,513

   

Consumer Goods & Services

   

282,736,218

     

-

     

-

     

282,736,218

   

Finance

   

238,804,551

     

-

     

-

     

238,804,551

   

Health Care

   

186,468,270

     

-

     

-

     

186,468,270

   

Other Industries

   

106,532,650

     

-

     

-

     

106,532,650

   

Energy & Minerals

   

86,451,108

     

-

     

-

     

86,451,108

   

Total Equities

   

1,680,476,203

     

-

     

-

     

1,680,476,203

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

25,379,582

     

-

     

-

     

25,379,582

   

Total Securities Lending Collateral

   

17,021,662

     

-

     

-

     

17,021,662

   

Total Investments

 

$

1,722,877,447

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

1,722,877,447

   

  There were no transfers of financial assets between levels 1 and 2 during the period.

  The following table shows transfers between Level 1 and Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy:

Transfers In

 

Transfers Out

 
Level 1  

Level 3

 

Level 1

 

Level 3

 
$

970

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

970

   

  Financial assets were transferred from Level 3 to Level 1 as stock commenced trading on an exchange.


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Columbia Acorn International SelectSM

Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Purchases

 

Asia

 
> Korea  

KT&G

   

0

     

97,400

   
> Taiwan  

Hermes Microvision

   

0

     

34,000

   
> Hong Kong  

Melco Crown Entertainment - ADR

   

0

     

170,000

   

Europe

 
> France  

Neopost

   

153,900

     

169,300

   
> Germany  

Telefonica Deutschland

   

0

     

630,000

   
> Sweden  

Swedish Match

   

0

     

169,000

   

Other Countries

 
> Australia  

Amcor

   

370,000

     

790,000

   

Crown Resorts

   

250,000

     

465,000

   

IAG

   

2,000,000

     

2,200,000

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales

 

Asia

 
> Japan  

Dentsu

   

188,000

     

172,000

   

NGK Spark Plug

   

614,000

     

350,000

   

Rinnai

   

166,500

     

108,700

   

Seven Bank

   

2,253,000

     

1,726,000

   

Start Today

   

143,700

     

0

   

Wacom

   

414,000

     

0

   
> Korea  

AmorePacific Group

   

2,631

     

0

   

CJ Corp

   

52,400

     

47,500

   

Coway

   

66,800

     

0

   

KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering

   

174,900

     

108,700

   
> Taiwan  

Taiwan Mobile

   

550,000

     

0

   
> Hong Kong  

Melco International

   

2,391,000

     

1,000,000

   

Europe

 
> United Kingdom  

Babcock International

   

476,000

     

310,000

   

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

   

900,000

     

720,000

   

Smith & Nephew

   

580,000

     

440,000

   
> Norway  

Subsea 7

   

257,000

     

180,000

   
> Sweden  

Hexagon

   

115,000

     

99,000

   
> Switzerland  

Partners Group

   

30,500

     

26,100

   

Other Countries

 
> Canada  

CCL Industries

   

151,000

     

119,000

   
> United States  

Atwood Oceanics

   

67,000

     

0

   

SM Energy

   

66,000

     

0

   


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Columbia Acorn International SelectSM

Statement of Investments, March 31, 2014

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
           

Equities: 92.9%

 

Asia 38.3%

     
    > Japan 15.3%  
 

108,700

   

Rinnai

 

$

9,561,474

   
        Gas Appliances for Household &
Commercial Use
         
 

350,000

   

NGK Spark Plug

   

7,865,206

   
       

Automobile Parts

         
 

1,726,000

   

Seven Bank

   

6,773,512

   
       

ATM Processing Services

         
 

172,000

   

Dentsu

   

6,513,301

   
       

Advertising Agency

         
 

2,750

   

Nippon Prologis REIT

   

5,551,061

   
       

Logistics REIT in Japan

     
 

4,205

   

Orix JREIT

   

5,249,867

   
       

Diversified REIT

         
 

74,000

   

Makita

   

4,073,968

   
       

Power Tools

         
 

91,000

   

FamilyMart

   

4,001,820

   
       

Convenience Store Operator

         
 

206,000

   

Park24

   

3,914,237

   
       

Parking Lot Operator

         
     

53,504,446

   
    > Singapore 6.9%  
 

9,513,999

   

Ascendas REIT

   

17,125,177

   
       

Industrial Property Landlord

         
 

8,571,000

   

Mapletree Logistics Trust

   

7,125,657

   
       

Industrial Property Landlord

         
     

24,250,834

   
    > Korea 5.8%  
 

97,400

   

KT&G

   

7,335,891

   
        Leading Producer of Tobacco &
Ginseng
         
 

108,700

    KEPCO Plant Service &
Engineering
   

6,931,065

   
       

Power Plant & Grid Maintenance

         
 

47,500

   

CJ Corp

   

6,084,269

   
        Holding Company of Korean
Consumer Conglomerate
         
     

20,351,225

   
    > Taiwan 4.4%  
 

6,700,000

   

Far EasTone Telecom

   

14,182,534

   
        Taiwan's Third Largest
Mobile Operator
         
 

34,000

   

Hermes Microvision

   

1,365,029

   
        E-beam Inspection Systems for
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits
         
     

15,547,563

   
    > Indonesia 3.1%  
 

11,903,000

   

Archipelago Resources (a)(b)(c)

   

10,715,808

   
        Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia,
Vietnam & the Philippines
         
    > Hong Kong 2.8%  
 

170,000

    Melco Crown
Entertainment - ADR
   

6,570,500

   
   

Macau Casino Operator

 

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

1,000,000

   

Melco International

 

$

3,362,155

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         
     

9,932,655

   

Asia: Total

   

134,302,531

   

Europe 29.7%

     
    > United Kingdom 9.8%  
 

720,000

   

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

   

12,771,704

   
        International Business
Insurance Broker
         
 

310,000

   

Babcock International

   

6,961,519

   
       

Public Sector Outsourcer

         
 

440,000

   

Smith & Nephew

   

6,667,934

   
       

Medical Equipment & Supplies

         
 

70,442

   

Whitbread

   

4,887,744

   
        The UK's Leading Hotelier &
Coffee Shop
         
 

270,000

   

Telecity

   

3,141,911

   
       

European Data Center Provider

         
     

34,430,812

   
    > Denmark 3.9%  
 

131,474

   

SimCorp

   

5,337,223

   
       

Software for Investment Managers

         
 

104,500

   

Novozymes

   

4,595,081

   
       

Industrial Enzymes

         
 

67,300

   

Jyske Bank (d)

   

3,698,218

   
       

Danish Bank

         
     

13,630,522

   
    > France 3.8%  
 

169,300

   

Neopost (e)

   

13,369,091

   
       

Postage Meter Machines

         
    > Norway 2.7%  
 

724,000

   

Orkla

   

6,172,584

   
        Food & Brands, Aluminum, Chemicals
Conglomerate
         
 

180,000

   

Subsea 7

   

3,345,803

   
       

Offshore Subsea Contractor

         
     

9,518,387

   
    > Germany 2.7%  
 

630,000

   

Telefonica Deutschland

   

5,021,781

   
        Mobile & Fixed-line Communications
in Germany
         
 

107,400

   

Wirecard

   

4,456,542

   
        Online Payment Processing &
Risk Management
         
     

9,478,323

   
    > Sweden 2.6%  
 

169,000

   

Swedish Match

   

5,522,535

   
       

Market Leader in Swedish Snus

         
 

99,000

   

Hexagon

   

3,363,580

   
        Design, Measurement & Visualization
Software & Equipment
         
     

8,886,115

   


59



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Switzerland 2.1%  
 

26,100

   

Partners Group

 

$

7,333,567

   
       

Private Markets Asset Management

         
    > Netherlands 1.1%  
 

33,000

   

Gemalto

   

3,843,394

   
       

Digital Security Solutions

         
    > Spain 1.0%  
 

66,000

   

Viscofan

   

3,451,963

   
       

Sausage Casings Maker

         

Europe: Total

   

103,942,174

   

Other Countries 18.9%

     
    > Australia 11.4%  
 

2,200,000

   

IAG

   

11,378,552

   
       

General Insurance Provider

         
 

1,674,000

   

Challenger Financial

   

9,959,735

   
       

Largest Annuity Provider

         
 

790,000

   

Amcor

   

7,632,957

   
        Global Leader in Flexible & Rigid
Packaging
         
 

465,000

   

Crown Resorts

   

7,191,772

   
       

Australian Casino Operator

         
 

1,700,000

   

Regis Resources

   

3,579,320

   
       

Gold Mining in Australia

         
     

39,742,336

   
    > Canada 4.0%  
 

119,000

   

CCL Industries

   

10,196,002

   
       

Largest Global Label Converter

         
 

159,000

   

Goldcorp

   

3,892,320

   
       

Gold Mining

         
     

14,088,322

   
    > South Africa 3.5%  
 

710,000

   

Coronation Fund Managers

   

6,676,482

   
       

South African Fund Manager

         
 

50,000

   

Naspers

   

5,515,482

   
        Media in Africa, China, Russia &
Other Emerging Markets
         
     

12,191,964

   

Other Countries: Total

   

66,022,622

   

Latin America 6.0%

     
    > Guatemala 3.5%  
 

588,000

   

Tahoe Resources (d)

   

12,430,176

   
       

Silver Project in Guatemala

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Brazil 1.9%  
 

12,057,582

   

Beadell Resources (d)

 

$

6,757,798

   
       

Gold Mining in Brazil

         
    > Uruguay 0.6%  
 

191,666

   

Union Agriculture Group (a)(c)(d)

   

1,968,410

   
       

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

         

Latin America: Total

   

21,156,384

   
Total Equities: 92.9%
(Cost: $262,562,152)
   

325,423,711

(f)

 

Short-Term Investments 6.6%

     
 

20,000,000

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, IM
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

20,000,000

   
 

3,144,049

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, Agency
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

3,144,049

   
Total Short-Term Investments: 6.6%
(Cost: $23,144,049)
   

23,144,049

   

Securities Lending Collateral —%

     
 

124,396

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Fund, Institutional
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (g)
   

124,396

   
Total Securities Lending Collateral: —%
(Cost: $124,396)
   

124,396

   
Total Investments: 99.5%
(Cost: $285,830,597)(h)
   

348,692,156

(i)

 
Obligation to Return Collateral for
Securities Loaned: (—)%
   

(124,396

)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: 0.5%
   

1,729,096

   

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

350,296,856

   

ADR - American Depositary Receipts

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2014, the market value of these securities amounted to $12,684,218, which represented 3.62% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

Security

  Acquisition
Dates
 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Archipelago Resources

 

12/20/10-9/26/13

   

11,903,000

   

$

12,066,977

   

$

10,715,808

   

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

   

191,666

     

2,200,000

     

1,968,410

   
           

$

14,266,977

   

$

12,684,218

   


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Statement of Investments, continued

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(b)  The Fund also received put options through a transaction related to a proposed company restructuring of Archipelago Resources. Additional information on the put options received is as follows:

Security

 

Option Shares

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration Date

 

Value

 

Option (1)

   

11,903,000

   

GBP

0.58

   

August 13, 2014

 

$

793,764

   

  GBP - British Pound

(1)  Archipelago Resources is expected to restructure into a new company during 2014. From January 31, 2014, the option is exercisable until the earlier of (i) the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering or (ii) August 13, 2014, subject to extension until the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering (but not later than September 26, 2016). After August 13, 2014, the valuation of the option will fluctuate based upon its fair market value as determined in accordance with the put option agreement. These put options are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

(c)  Illiquid security.

(d)  Non-income producing security.

(e)  All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2014. The total market value of securities on loan at March 31, 2014 was $118,976.

(f)  On March 31, 2014, the Fund's total equity investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

Currency

 

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Japanese Yen

 

$

53,504,446

     

15.3

   

Australian Dollar

   

46,500,134

     

13.3

   

British Pound

   

45,146,619

     

12.9

   

Euro

   

30,142,772

     

8.6

   

Singapore Dollar

   

24,250,834

     

6.9

   

Canadian Dollar

   

22,626,178

     

6.4

   

South Korean Won

   

20,351,225

     

5.8

   
Other currencies less
than 5% of total net assets
   

82,901,503

     

23.7

   

Total Equities

 

$

325,423,711

     

92.9

   

(g)  Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(h)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $285,830,597 and net unrealized appreciation was $62,861,559 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $76,031,590 and gross unrealized depreciation of $13,170,031.

(i)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.

  At March 31, 2014, the Fund had entered into the following forward foreign currency exchange contract:

Forward Foreign
Currency Exchange
Contracts to Buy
  Forward Foreign
Currency Exchange
Contracts to Sell
  Principal Amount in
Foreign Currency
  Principal Amount in
U.S. Dollar
 

Settlement Date

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD      

ZAR

       

97,024,500

   

$

9,000,000

   

4/15/14

 

$

(197,540

)

 

  The counterparty for all forward foreign currency exchange contracts is Morgan Stanley.

USD - United States Dollar

ZAR - South African Rand

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

    Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

    Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

    Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at


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amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

  For investments and derivatives categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

  Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Equities

 

Asia

 

$

6,570,500

   

$

117,016,223

   

$

10,715,808

   

$

134,302,531

   

Europe

   

-

     

103,942,174

     

-

     

103,942,174

   

Other Countries

   

14,088,322

     

51,934,300

     

-

     

66,022,622

   

Latin America

   

12,430,176

     

6,757,798

     

1,968,410

     

21,156,384

   

Total Equities

   

33,088,998

     

279,650,495

     

12,684,218

     

325,423,711

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

23,144,049

     

-

     

-

     

23,144,049

   

Total Securities Lending Collateral

   

124,396

     

-

     

-

     

124,396

   

Total Investments

 

$

56,357,443

   

$

279,650,495

   

$

12,684,218

   

$

348,692,156

   

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   

-

     

(197,540

)

   

-

     

(197,540

)

 

Options

   

-

     

-

     

793,764

     

793,764

   

Total

 

$

56,357,443

   

$

279,452,955

   

$

13,477,982

   

$

349,288,380

   

  The Fund's assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security's value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rate of the underlying currencies.

  There were no transfers of financial assets between levels during the period.


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Statement of Investments, continued

> Notes to Statement of Investments

  The following table reconciles asset balances for the period ending March 31, 2014, in which significant observable and/or unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

Investments in Securities

  Balance as
of December 31,
2013
  Realized Gain/
(Loss)
  Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Purchases

 

Sales

  Transfers
into
Level 3
  Transfers
out of
Level 3
  Balance as
of March 31,
2014
 

Equities

 

Asia

 

$

10,249,601

   

$

-

   

$

466,207

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

10,715,808

   

Latin America

   

2,048,910

     

-

     

(80,500

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

-

     

1,968,410

   

Options

 

Asia

   

985,539

     

-

     

(191,775

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

-

     

793,764

   
   

$

13,284,050

   

$

-

   

$

193,932

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

13,477,982

   

  The information in the above reconciliation table represents fiscal year to date activity for any securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period.

  The change in unrealized appreciation attributed to securities owned at March 31, 2014, which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), amounted to $193,932.

  Quantitative information pertaining to Level 3 unobservable fair value measurements

    Fair Value
at 3/31/14
 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input(s)

 

Range (Weighted Average)

 

Equities

 

Asia

 

$

10,715,808

   

Discounted cash flow

 

Enterprise valuation and illiquid discount

   

14.6

% to 19.5%

 

Latin America

 

$

1,968,410

   

Market comparable companies

 

Discount for lack of marketability

   

8

% to 13%

 

Options

 

Asia

 

$

793,764

   

Income approach

 

Illiquid discount

   

0.6

%

 

  Certain securities classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to estimated earnings of the company and the position of the security within the company's capital structure. The Committee also may use some observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities and market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.


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Portfolio Diversification

At March 31, 2014, the Fund's portfolio investments as a percentage of net assets were diversified as follows:

   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 

> Consumer Goods & Services

 

Nondurables

 

$

17,531,893

     

5.0

   

Other Durable Goods

   

17,426,680

     

5.0

   

Casinos & Gaming

   

17,124,427

     

4.9

   

Food & Beverage

   

8,974,497

     

2.6

   

Other Consumer Services

   

6,084,269

     

1.7

   

Restaurants

   

4,887,744

     

1.4

   

Retail

   

4,001,820

     

1.1

   
     

76,031,330

     

21.7

   

> Finance

 

Insurance

   

34,109,991

     

9.7

   

Brokerage & Money Management

   

14,010,049

     

4.0

   

Banks

   

10,471,730

     

3.0

   
     

58,591,770

     

16.7

   

> Industrial Goods & Services

 

Machinery

   

17,443,060

     

5.0

   

Outsourcing Services

   

13,892,584

     

4.0

   
Industrial Materials & Specialty
Chemicals
   

12,228,038

     

3.5

   

Conglomerates

   

6,172,584

     

1.7

   

Other Industrial Services

   

3,914,237

     

1.1

   
     

53,650,503

     

15.3

   

> Information

 

Mobile Communications

   

14,182,534

     

4.0

   

Business Software

   

8,700,803

     

2.5

   

Advertising

   

6,513,301

     

1.9

   

Internet Related

   

5,515,482

     

1.6

   

Telephone & Data Services

   

5,021,781

     

1.4

   

Financial Processors

   

4,456,542

     

1.3

   
Computer Hardware & Related
Equipment
   

3,843,394

     

1.1

   

Computer Services

   

3,141,911

     

0.9

   

Semiconductors & Related Equipment

   

1,365,029

     

0.4

   
     

52,740,777

     

15.1

   
   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 

> Energy & Minerals

 

Mining

 

$

37,375,422

     

10.7

   

Oil Services

   

3,345,803

     

1.0

   

Agricultural Commodities

   

1,968,410

     

0.5

   
     

42,689,635

     

12.2

   

> Other Industries

 

Real Estate

   

35,051,762

     

10.0

   
     

35,051,762

     

10.0

   

> Health Care

 

Medical Equipment & Devices

   

6,667,934

     

1.9

   
     

6,667,934

     

1.9

   

Total Equities:

   

325,423,711

     

92.9

   

Short-Term Investments:

   

23,144,049

     

6.6

   

Securities Lending Collateral:

   

124,396

     

0.0

*

 

Total Investments:

   

348,692,156

     

99.5

   
Obligation to Return
Collateral for Securities
Loaned:
   

(124,396

)

   

(0.0

)*

 
Cash and Other Assets
Less Liabilities:
   

1,729,096

     

0.5

   

Net Assets:

 

$

350,296,856

     

100.0

   

* Rounds to zero.


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Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Purchases

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

Airgas

   

117,000

     

190,000

   

LKQ

   

0

     

400,000

   

Information

 

Trimble Navigation

   

490,000

     

550,000

   

Consumer Goods & Services

 

Lifetime Fitness

   

250,000

     

340,000

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

Ametek

   

990,000

     

925,000

   

Donaldson

   

830,000

     

800,000

   

FMC Corporation

   

220,000

     

190,000

   

Forward Air

   

107,000

     

0

   

Nordson

   

288,000

     

270,000

   

Pall

   

265,000

     

220,000

   

Information

 

Amphenol

   

370,000

     

325,000

   

SBA Communications

   

325,000

     

270,000

   

WNS - ADR (India)

   

1,589,000

     

1,510,000

   

Finance

 

CNO Financial Group

   

2,085,000

     

1,875,000

   

Discover Financial Services

   

678,000

     

604,000

   

SEI Investments

   

725,000

     

665,000

   

Consumer Goods & Services

 

Blackhawk Network

   

435,000

     

400,000

   

Choice Hotels

   

200,000

     

130,000

   

Hertz

   

1,415,000

     

950,000

   

Vail Resorts

   

238,000

     

220,000

   

Energy & Minerals

 

Canacol (Colombia)

   

3,600,000

     

3,025,000

   

Rowan

   

260,000

     

173,000

   

Heath Care

 

Cepheid

   

435,000

     

330,000

   

Henry Schein

   

163,000

     

142,000

   


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Number of Shares

     

Value

 
           

Equities: 98.6%

 

Industrial Goods & Services 26.3%

     
    > Machinery 17.6%  
 

925,000

   

Ametek

 

$

47,628,250

   
       

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

     
 

800,000

   

Donaldson

   

33,920,000

   
       

Industrial Air Filtration

     
 

505,000

   

Kennametal

   

22,371,500

   
       

Consumable Cutting Tools

     
 

220,000

   

Pall

   

19,683,400

   
  Life Science, Water &
Industrial Filtration
   
 

270,000

   

Nordson

   

19,032,300

   
  Dispensing Systems for
Adhesives & Coatings
   
     

142,635,450

   
    > Outsourcing Services 3.1%  
 

670,000

   

Quanta Services (a)

   

24,723,000

   
        Electrical & Telecom
Construction Services
         
    > Industrial Distribution 2.5%  
 

190,000

   

Airgas

   

20,236,900

   
       

Industrial Gas Distributor

         
    > Industrial Materials &
Specialty Chemicals 1.8%
 
 

190,000

   

FMC Corporation

   

14,546,400

   
       

Niche Specialty Chemicals

         
    > Other Industrial Services 1.3%  
 

400,000

   

LKQ (a)

   

10,540,000

   
       

Alternative Auto Parts Distribution

     

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

   

212,681,750

   

Information 22.0%

     
    > Instrumentation 5.4%  
 

95,000

   

Mettler-Toledo International (a)

   

22,389,600

   
       

Laboratory Equipment

     
 

550,000

   

Trimble Navigation (a)

   

21,378,500

   
       

GPS-based Instruments

     
     

43,768,100

   
    > Computer Hardware &
Related Equipment 3.7%
 
 

325,000

   

Amphenol

   

29,786,250

   
       

Electronic Connectors

         
    > Computer Services 3.4%  
 

1,510,000

   

WNS - ADR (India) (a)

   

27,180,000

   
        Offshore BPO (Business Process
Outsourcing) Services
         
    > Mobile Communications 3.0%  
 

270,000

   

SBA Communications (a)

   

24,559,200

   
       

Communications Towers

         
    > Business Software 2.8%  
 

180,000

   

Ansys (a)

   

13,863,600

   
  Simulation Software for Engineers &
Designers
   
 

234,000

   

Informatica (a)

   

8,840,520

   
       

Enterprise Data Integration Software

     
     

22,704,120

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Telecommunications Equipment 2.4%  
 

180,000

   

F5 Networks (a)

 

$

19,193,400

   
        Internet Traffic Management
Equipment
         
    > Contract Manufacturing 0.9%  
 

440,000

   

Sanmina-SCI (a)

   

7,678,000

   
       

Electronic Manufacturing Services

         
    > Semiconductors & Related
Equipment 0.4%
 
 

360,000

   

Atmel (a)

   

3,009,600

   
  Microcontrollers, Radio Frequency &
Memory Semiconductors
   

Information: Total

   

177,878,670

   

Finance 16.3%

     
    > Banks 5.0%  
 

333,000

   

City National

   

26,213,760

   
       

Bank & Asset Manager

     
 

800,000

   

Associated Banc-Corp

   

14,448,000

   
       

Midwest Bank

     
     

40,661,760

   
    > Credit Cards 4.3%  
 

604,000

   

Discover Financial Services

   

35,146,760

   
       

Credit Card Company

         
    > Insurance 4.2%  
 

1,875,000

   

CNO Financial Group

   

33,937,500

   
        Life, Long-term Care & Medical
Supplement Insurance
         
    > Brokerage & Money Management 2.8%  
 

665,000

   

SEI Investments

   

22,350,650

   
  Mutual Fund Administration &
Investment Management
   

Finance: Total

   

132,096,670

   

Consumer Goods & Services 14.7%

     
    > Travel 5.8%  
 

950,000

   

Hertz (a)

   

25,308,000

   
       

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

     
 

220,000

   

Vail Resorts

   

15,334,000

   
       

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

     
 

130,000

   

Choice Hotels

   

5,980,000

   
       

Franchisor of Budget Hotel Brands

     
     

46,622,000

   
    > Retail 3.7%  
 

205,000

   

Casey's General Stores

   

13,855,950

   
       

Owner/Operator of Convenience Stores

     
 

115,000

   

ULTA (a)

   

11,210,200

   
       

Specialty Beauty Product Retailer

     
 

195,000

   

Best Buy

   

5,149,950

   
       

Consumer Electronic Specialty Retailer

     
     

30,216,100

   
    > Other Consumer Services 3.3%  
 

340,000

   

Lifetime Fitness (a)

   

16,354,000

   
       

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

     
 

400,000

   

Blackhawk Network (a)

   

9,756,000

   
  Third Party Distributer of Prepaid
Content, Mostly Gift Cards
   


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Columbia Acorn SelectSM

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Other Consumer Services—continued  
 

647,938

    IFM Investments (Century 21
China RE) - ADR (China) (a)
 

$

1,030,221

   
       

Provide Real Estate Services in China

     
     

27,140,221

   
    > Apparel 1.4%  
 

89,000

   

PVH

   

11,104,530

   
       

Apparel Wholesaler & Retailer

         
    > Educational Services 0.4%  
 

120,000

   

ITT Educational Services (a)

   

3,441,600

   
       

Post-secondary Degree Services

         
    > Food & Beverage 0.1%  
 

1,500,000

   

GLG Life Tech (Canada) (a)

   

678,426

   
  Produces an All-natural Sweetener
Extracted from the Stevia Plant
   

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

   

119,202,877

   

Energy & Minerals 9.3%

     
    > Oil & Gas Producers 5.9%  
 

3,025,000

   

Canacol (Colombia) (a)

   

19,099,503

   
       

Oil Producer in South America

     
 

20,600,000

   

Shamaran Petroleum (Iraq) (a)

   

8,385,346

   
  Oil Exploration & Production
in Kurdistan
   
 

410,000

    Pacific Rubiales Energy
(Colombia)
   

7,384,080

   
  Oil Production & Exploration
in Colombia
   
 

22,500,000

    Canadian Overseas Petroleum
(United Kingdom) (a)(b)(c)
   

5,607,191

   
  Oil & Gas Exploration/Production
in the North Sea
   
 

58,300

   

Antero Resources (a)

   

3,649,580

   
       

Utica & Marcellus Shale

     
 

12,000,000

   

Petromanas (Canada) (a)

   

2,225,237

   
       

Exploring for Oil in Albania

     
 

33,700,000

    Petrodorado Energy
(Colombia) (a)(b)
   

1,219,358

   
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
in Colombia, Peru & Paraguay
   
     

47,570,295

   
    > Agricultural Commodities 2.2%  
 

1,742,424

    Union Agriculture Group
(Uruguay) (a)(c)(d)
   

17,894,694

   
       

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

         
    > Oil Services 0.7%  
 

173,000

   

Rowan (a)

   

5,826,640

   
       

Contract Offshore Driller

         
    > Alternative Energy 0.5%  
 

2,000,000

    Synthesis Energy Systems
(China) (a)
   

3,920,000

   
  Owner/Operator of Gasification
Plants/Technology Licenses
   

Energy & Minerals: Total

   

75,211,629

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 

Health Care 6.0%

     
    > Medical Supplies 4.2%  
 

330,000

   

Cepheid (a)

 

$

17,021,400

   
       

Molecular Diagnostics

     
 

142,000

   

Henry Schein (a)

   

16,950,540

   
  Largest Distributor of Healthcare
Products
   
     

33,971,940

   
    > Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 1.8%  
 

310,000

   

Seattle Genetics (a)

   

14,123,600

   
  Antibody-based Therapies for
Cancer
   

Health Care: Total

   

48,095,540

   

Other Industries 4.0%

     
    > Real Estate 4.0%  
 

430,000

   

Post Properties

   

21,113,000

   
       

Multifamily Properties

     
 

230,000

   

Extra Space Storage

   

11,157,300

   
       

Self Storage Facilities

     
     

32,270,300

   

Other Industries: Total

   

32,270,300

   
Total Equities: 98.6%
(Cost: $497,437,515)
   

797,437,436

(e)

 

Short-Term Investments 1.5%

     
 

12,193,976

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, Agency
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

12,193,976

   
Total Short-Term Investments: 1.5%
(Cost: $12,193,976)
   

12,193,976

   
Total Investments: 100.1%
(Cost: $509,631,491) (f)
   

809,631,412

(g)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: (0.1)%
   

(593,287

)

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

809,038,125

   

ADR - American Depositary Receipts


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> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended March 31, 2014, are as follows:

Security

  Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/13
  Purchases/
Additions
  Sales/
Reductions
  Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/14
 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum

   

24,000,000

     

-

     

1,500,000

     

22,500,000

   

$

5,607,191

   

$

-

   
IFM Investments (Century 21
China RE) - ADR (1)
   

898,852

     

-

     

250,914

     

647,938

     

1,030,221

     

-

   

Petrodorado Energy

   

33,700,000

     

-

     

-

     

33,700,000

     

1,219,358

     

-

   

Total of Affiliated Transactions

   

58,598,852

     

-

     

1,750,914

     

56,847,938

   

$

7,856,770

   

$

-

   

(1) At March 31, 2014, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company's outstanding voting shares.

  The aggregate cost and value of these companies at March 31, 2014, was $23,207,419 and $6,826,549, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 0.84% of the Fund's total net assets at March 31, 2014.

(c)  Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2014, the market value of these securities amounted to $23,501,885, which represented 2.90% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

Security

  Acquisition
Dates
 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

   

1,742,424

   

$

20,000,000

   

$

17,894,694

   

Canadian Overseas Petroleum

 

11/24/10

   

22,500,000

     

9,596,330

     

5,607,191

   
           

$

29,596,330

   

$

23,501,885

   

(d)  Illiquid security.

(e)  On March 31, 2014, the market value of foreign securities represented 11.70% of total net assets. The Fund's foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

Country

 

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Colombia

 

$

27,702,940

     

3.43

   

India

   

27,180,000

     

3.36

   

Uruguay

   

17,894,694

     

2.21

   

Iraq

   

8,385,346

     

1.04

   

United Kingdom

   

5,607,191

     

0.69

   

China

   

4,950,221

     

0.61

   

Canada

   

2,903,664

     

0.36

   

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$

94,624,056

     

11.70

   

(f)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $509,631,491 and net unrealized appreciation was $299,999,921 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $335,154,064 and gross unrealized depreciation of $35,154,143.

(g)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

  •  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

  •  Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

  •  Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.


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Columbia Acorn SelectSM

Statement of Investments, continued

> Notes to Statement of Investments

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

  For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

 


Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 



Total
 

Equities

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

$

212,681,750

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

212,681,750

   

Information

   

177,878,670

     

-

     

-

     

177,878,670

   

Finance

   

132,096,670

     

-

     

-

     

132,096,670

   

Consumer Goods & Services

   

119,202,877

     

-

     

-

     

119,202,877

   

Energy & Minerals

   

51,709,744

     

5,607,191

     

17,894,694

     

75,211,629

   

Health Care

   

48,095,540

     

-

     

-

     

48,095,540

   

Other Industries

   

32,270,300

     

-

     

-

     

32,270,300

   

Total Equities

   

773,935,551

     

5,607,191

     

17,894,694

     

797,437,436

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

12,193,976

     

-

     

-

     

12,193,976

   

Total Investments

 

$

786,129,527

   

$

5,607,191

   

$

17,894,694

   

$

809,631,412

   

  The Fund's assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security's value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Securities acquired via private placement that have a holding period or an extended settlement period are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the investment manager's experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price.

  There were no transfers of financial assets between levels during the period.

  The following table reconciles asset balances for the period ending March 31, 2014, in which significant observable and/or unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:



Investments in
Securities
 
Balance as of
December 31,
2013
 
Realized
Gain/
(Loss)
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 


Purchases
 


Sales
 
Transfers
into
Level 3
 
Transfers
out of
Level 3
 
Balance as of
March 31,
2014
 
Equities
Energy & Minerals
 

$

18,626,513

   

$

-

   

$

(731,819

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

17,894,694

   

  The information in the above reconciliation table represents fiscal year to date activity for any securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period.

  The change in unrealized depreciation attributed to securities owned at March 31, 2014, which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), amounted to $731,819.


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> Notes to Statement of Investments

  Quantitative information pertaining to Level 3 unobservable fair value measurements

    Fair Value
at 3/31/14
 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input(s)

  Range (Weighted
Average)
 
Equities
Energy & Minerals
 

$

17,894,694

   

Market comparable companies

 

Discount for lack of marketability

   

8

% to 13%

 

  Certain securities classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to estimated earnings of the company and the position of the security within the company's capital structure. The Committee also may use some observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities and market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.


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Columbia Thermostat FundSM

Statement of Investments, March 31, 2014

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Affiliated Bond Funds 89.8%  
 

46,966,537

    Columbia Short Term
Bond Fund, Class I (a)
 

$

468,256,374

   
 

34,541,806

    Columbia Income
Opportunities
Fund, Class I (a)
   

352,326,427

   
 

38,597,441

    Columbia Intermediate Bond
Fund, Class I (a)
   

351,236,711

   
Total Affiliated Bond Funds:
(Cost: $1,165,582,728)
   

1,171,819,512

   
    > Affiliated Stock Funds 9.9%  
 

1,426,823

    Columbia Dividend Income
Fund, Class I (a)
   

26,553,180

   
 

548,713

    Columbia Acorn International,
Class I (a)
   

25,943,147

   
 

941,537

    Columbia Contrarian Core
Fund, Class I (a)
   

19,593,387

   
 

512,490

    Columbia Acorn Fund,
Class I (a)
   

19,151,739

   
 

692,164

    Columbia Large Cap Enhanced
Core Fund, Class I (a)
   

13,158,035

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

482,291

    Columbia Acorn Select,
Class I (a)
 

$

12,886,800

   
 

623,635

    Columbia Select Large Cap
Growth Fund, Class I (a)(b)
   

12,079,815

   
Total Affiliated Stock Funds:
(Cost: $90,822,786)
   

129,366,103

   
    > Short-Term Investments 0.1%  
 

1,031,762

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, Agency
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

1,031,762

   
Total Short-Term Investments:
(Cost: $1,031,762)
   

1,031,762

   
Total Investments: 99.8%
(Cost: $1,257,437,276)(c)
   

1,302,217,377

(d)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: 0.2%
   

3,129,047

   

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

1,305,346,424

   

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended March 31, 2014, are as follows:

Security

  Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/13
  Purchases/
Additions
  Sales/
Reductions
  Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/14
 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Columbia Short Term Bond Fund, Class I

   

47,811,438

     

2,981,942

     

3,826,843

     

46,966,537

   

$

468,256,374

   

$

1,337,459

   
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund,
Class I
   

35,741,824

     

1,808,227

     

3,008,245

     

34,541,806

     

352,326,427

     

4,549,299

   
Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund,
Class I
   

39,903,530

     

2,536,789

     

3,842,878

     

38,597,441

     

351,236,711

     

2,400,058

   

Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Class I

   

1,469,969

     

828,716

     

871,862

     

1,426,823

     

26,553,180

     

161,926

   

Columbia Acorn International, Class I

   

583,352

     

315,675

     

350,314

     

548,713

     

25,943,147

     

-

   

Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Class I

   

984,664

     

548,011

     

591,138

     

941,537

     

19,593,387

     

-

   

Columbia Acorn Fund, Class I

   

545,386

     

306,100

     

338,996

     

512,490

     

19,151,739

     

-

   
Columbia Large Cap Enhanced
Core Fund, Class I
   

720,935

     

404,479

     

433,250

     

692,164

     

13,158,035

     

-

   

Columbia Acorn Select, Class I

   

509,430

     

284,250

     

311,389

     

482,291

     

12,886,800

     

-

   
Columbia Select Large Cap
Growth Fund, Class I
   

700,545

     

375,125

     

452,035

     

623,635

     

12,079,815

     

-

   

Total of Affiliated Transactions

   

128,971,073

     

10,389,314

     

14,026,950

     

125,333,437

   

$

1,301,185,615

   

$

8,448,742

   

  The aggregate cost and value of these companies at March 31, 2014, was $1,256,405,514 and $1,301,185,615, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 99.68% of the Fund's total net assets at March 31, 2014.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $1,257,437,276 and net unrealized appreciation was $44,780,101 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $49,514,685 and gross unrealized depreciation of $4,734,584.

(d)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.


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> Notes to Statement of Investments

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

    Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

    Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

    Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

  For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

 


Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 



Total
 

Total Affiliated Bond Funds

 

$

1,171,819,512

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

1,171,819,512

   

Total Affiliated Stock Funds

   

129,366,103

     

-

     

-

     

129,366,103

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

1,031,762

     

-

     

-

     

1,031,762

   

Total Investments

 

$

1,302,217,377

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

1,302,217,377

   

There were no transfers of financial assets between levels during the period.


72




Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Purchases

 

Asia

 
> Indonesia  

Arwana Citramulia

   

57,233,000

     

66,827,700

   

Mayora Indah

   

1,889,000

     

2,039,100

   

MNC Skyvision

   

49,308,500

     

54,833,000

   

Surya Citra Media

   

20,432,079

     

21,295,479

   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure

   

8,986,109

     

9,323,409

   
> Taiwan  

Advantech

   

729,169

     

967,169

   

Delta Electronics

   

0

     

848,000

   

Far EasTone Telecom

   

2,732,000

     

3,561,000

   

Ginko International

   

270,000

     

280,000

   
> China  

AMVIG Holdings

   

8,370,000

     

13,122,000

   

Biostime

   

557,500

     

668,000

   

BitAuto - ADR

   

0

     

134,948

   

NewOcean Energy

   

0

     

5,774,000

   

Sihuan Pharmaceuticals

   

788,000

     

4,090,000

   

SouFun - ADR

   

38,215

     

70,809

   

WuXi PharmaTech - ADR

   

116,546

     

276,445

   
> India  

Bosch

   

34,000

     

37,774

   

Colgate Palmolive India

   

183,768

     

220,390

   

Redington India

   

3,819,510

     

4,166,996

   

United Breweries

   

328,926

     

359,450

   

Zee Entertainment Enterprises

   

0

     

1,518,065

   
> Philippines  
Melco Crown Philippines
Resorts
   

34,866,900

     

43,342,000

   

Puregold Price Club

   

4,684,900

     

5,094,500

   

RFM Corporation

   

31,314,400

     

42,417,600

   

Robinsons Retail Holdings

   

3,319,330

     

3,491,580

   

Security Bank

   

1,860,468

     

2,435,328

   
> Hong Kong  

Melco International

   

3,398,000

     

4,336,000

   

Sa Sa International

   

6,801,799

     

11,307,799

   

Vitasoy International

   

2,642,000

     

3,418,000

   
> Thailand  

Home Product Center

   

19,830,683

     

24,525,383

   

Robinson's Department Store

   

3,788,300

     

4,672,400

   

Samui Airport Property Fund

   

7,888,100

     

10,055,200

   
> Singapore  

Petra Foods

   

1,567,000

     

1,798,000

   

Super Group

   

2,112,000

     

2,701,000

   
> Korea  

Koh Young Technology

   

0

     

259,889

   

Paradise

   

158,025

     

172,818

   
> Cambodia  

Nagacorp

   

7,464,000

     

9,228,000

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 
> Japan  

Kansai Paint

   

323,760

     

447,760

   
> Malaysia  

Aeon

   

930,800

     

1,135,300

   

Europe

 
> Finland  

Tikkurila

   

217,257

     

290,000

   
> Kazakhstan  
Halyk Savings Bank of
Kazakhstan - GDR
   

876,046

     

1,268,483

   
> Sweden  

Hexagon

   

236,490

     

303,638

   
> Russia  

Yandex

   

196,239

     

295,239

   
> United Kingdom  

Cable and Wireless

   

7,303,837

     

8,957,839

   
> Turkey  

Bizim Toptan

   

344,552

     

569,979

   
> Spain  

Prosegur

   

468,656

     

840,828

   

Other Countries

 
> South Africa  

Coronation Fund Managers

   

1,444,590

     

2,081,394

   

Massmart Holdings

   

417,276

     

446,313

   

Mr. Price

   

279,765

     

399,378

   

Rand Merchant Insurance

   

2,672,291

     

3,469,702

   
> United States  

Atwood Oceanics

   

97,261

     

111,249

   

Textainer Group Holdings

   

161,393

     

215,040

   
> Canada  

CAE

   

400,003

     

486,425

   

Latin America

 
> Brazil  

Beadell Resources

   

7,058,587

     

9,580,580

   

Linx

   

200,000

     

255,000

   

Localiza Rent A Car

   

504,570

     

718,970

   

Odontoprev

   

969,400

     

1,275,100

   
> Mexico  

Genomma Lab Internacional

   

1,979,300

     

2,050,000

   
Grupo Aeroportuario del
Sureste - ADR
   

31,754

     

42,927

   

Qualitas

   

2,539,500

     

2,687,000

   
> Colombia  

Isagen

   

2,900,000

     

3,344,904

   
> Chile  

Forus

   

0

     

1,117,409

   


73



   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales

 

Asia

 
> Taiwan  

CTCI Corp

   

2,538,000

     

0

   

Flexium Interconnect

   

501,144

     

0

   

Radiant Opto-Electronics

   

525,000

     

0

   

St. Shine Optical

   

210,000

     

196,000

   
> China  

58.com - ADR

   

66,229

     

0

   
> India  

TTK Prestige

   

71,593

     

0

   
> Hong Kong  
ASM Pacific    

124,400

     

0

   

Europe

 
> Russia  

QIWI - ADR

   

127,500

     

0

   

Moscow Exchange

   

2,986,454

     

0

   
> Italy  

Pirelli

   

390,418

     

324,156

   

Latin America

 
> Chile  

Empresas Hites

   

4,342,954

     

0

   


74



Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

Statement of Investments, March 31, 2014

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
           

Equities: 97.1%

 

Asia 58.6%

     
    > Indonesia 9.8%  
 

54,833,000

   

MNC Skyvision

 

$

11,571,588

   
        Largest Satellite Pay TV Operator
in Indonesia
         
 

6,677,000

   

Matahari Department Store (a)

   

8,208,389

   
        Largest Department Store Chain
in Indonesia
         
 

21,295,479

   

Surya Citra Media

   

6,023,456

   
       

Free to Air TV Station in Indonesia

     
 

66,827,700

   

Arwana Citramulia

   

5,577,393

   
       

Ceramic Tiles for Home Decoration

         
 

82,889,190

   

Ace Indonesia

   

5,493,713

   
       

Home Improvement Retailer

         
 

2,039,100

   

Mayora Indah

   

5,420,106

   
        Consumer Branded Food
Manufacturer
         
 

9,323,409

   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure (a)

   

4,943,187

   
       

Communications Towers

         
 

1,591,929

   

Archipelago Resources (b)(c)(d)(e)

   

1,433,152

   
        Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia,
Vietnam & the Philippines
         
     

48,670,984

   
    > Taiwan 8.6%  
 

3,561,000

   

Far EasTone Telecom

   

7,537,911

   
        Taiwan's Third Largest Mobile
Operator
         
 

967,169

   

Advantech

   

6,282,636

   
       

Industrial PC & Components

         
 

3,529,631

   

Lite-On Technology

   

5,276,910

   
        Mobile Device, LED & PC Server
Component Supplier
         
 

848,000

   

Delta Electronics

   

5,251,866

   
        Industrial Automation, Switching
Power Supplies & Passive Components
         
 

653,000

   

PC Home

   

4,900,145

   
       

Taiwanese Internet Retail Company

         
 

280,000

   

Ginko International

   

4,837,871

   
       

Largest Contact Lens Maker in China

         
 

196,000

   

St. Shine Optical

   

4,381,081

   
        World's Leading Disposable Contact
Lens OEM (Original Equipment
Manufacturer)
         
 

1,797,990

   

Chroma Ate

   

4,294,776

   
        Automatic Test Systems, Testing &
Measurement Instruments
         
     

42,763,196

   
    > China 7.8%  
 

276,445

   

WuXi PharmaTech - ADR (a)

   

10,189,763

   
  Largest Contract Research
Organization Business in China
   
 

13,122,000

   

AMVIG Holdings

   

5,023,033

   
        Chinese Tobacco Packaging
Material Supplier
         
 

4,090,000

   

Sihuan Pharmaceuticals

   

4,940,958

   
        Leading Chinese Generic Drug
Manufacturer
         
 

70,809

   

SouFun - ADR

   

4,844,752

   
       

Chinese Real Estate Internet Portal

         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
 

134,948

   

BitAuto - ADR (a)

 

$

4,836,536

   
       

Auto Vertical Website

         
 

668,000

   

Biostime

   

4,589,761

   
        Pediatric Nutrition & Baby Care
Products Provider
         
 

5,774,000

   

NewOcean Energy

   

4,481,593

   
        Southern China Liquefied Petroleum
Gas Distributor
         
     

38,906,396

   
    > India 7.0%  
 

1,518,065

   

Zee Entertainment Enterprises

   

6,904,528

   
        India's Leading Programmer of
Pay Television Content
         
 

37,774

   

Bosch

   

6,900,121

   
       

Automotive Parts

         
 

1,808,593

    Adani Ports & Special
Economic Zone
   

5,688,377

   
       

Indian West Coast Shipping Port

         
 

4,166,996

   

Redington India

   

5,509,474

   
        Supply Chain Solutions for IT &
Mobile Handsets in Emerging Markets
         
 

220,390

   

Colgate Palmolive India

   

5,066,008

   
       

Consumer Products in Oral Care

         
 

359,450

   

United Breweries

   

4,965,740

   
       

India's Largest Brewer

         
     

35,034,248

   
    > Philippines 6.8%  
 

43,342,000

    Melco Crown Philippines
Resorts (a)
   

12,586,943

   
       

Integrated Resort Operator in Manila

         
 

2,435,328

   

Security Bank

   

5,756,338

   
       

Commercial Bank in the Philippines

         
 

42,417,600

   

RFM Corporation

   

5,518,203

   
        Flour, Bread, Pasta & Ice Cream Manufacturer/Distributor
in the Philippines
         
 

3,491,580

   

Robinsons Retail Holdings (a)

   

5,294,306

   
        Multi-format Retailer in
the Philippines
         
 

5,094,500

   

Puregold Price Club

   

5,004,822

   
        Supermarket Operator in
the Philippines
         
     

34,160,612

   
    > Hong Kong 5.7%  
 

4,336,000

   

Melco International

   

14,578,303

   
       

Macau Casino Operator

         
 

11,307,799

   

Sa Sa International

   

9,087,104

   
       

Cosmetics Retailer

         
 

3,418,000

   

Vitasoy International

   

4,967,827

   
       

Hong Kong Soy Food Brand

         
     

28,633,234

   
    > Thailand 4.0%  
 

4,672,400

   

Robinson's Department Store

   

7,619,067

   
        Department Store Operator
in Thailand
         
 

24,525,383

   

Home Product Center

   

7,380,879

   
       

Home Improvement Retailer

         
 

10,055,200

   

Samui Airport Property Fund

   

4,967,924

   
       

Thai Airport Operator

         
     

19,967,870

   


75



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Singapore 2.6%  
 

2,701,000

   

Super Group (b)

 

$

7,485,347

   
        Instant Food & Beverages in
Southeast Asia
         
 

1,798,000

   

Petra Foods

   

5,274,362

   
        Cocoa Processor & Chocolate
Manufacturer
         
     

12,759,709

   
    > Korea 2.1%  
 

172,818

   

Paradise

   

5,282,945

   
        Korean 'Foreigner Only' Casino
Operator
         
 

259,889

   

Koh Young Technology

   

5,238,342

   
        Inspection Systems for Printed
Circuit Boards
         
     

10,521,287

   
    > Cambodia 1.9%  
 

9,228,000

   

Nagacorp

   

9,633,779

   
        Casino/Entertainment Complex in
Cambodia
         
    > Japan 1.3%  
 

447,760

   

Kansai Paint

   

6,374,585

   
        Paint Producer in Japan, India,
China & Southeast Asia
         
    > Malaysia 1.0%  
 

1,135,300

   

Aeon

   

4,999,423

   
        Shopping Center & Department
Store Operator
         

Asia: Total

   

292,425,323

   

Europe 14.2%

     
    > Finland 3.4%  
 

247,840

   

Vacon (b)

   

10,447,962

   
        Leading Independent
Manufacturer
of Variable Speed Alternating
Current Drives
         
 

290,000

   

Tikkurila

   

6,831,764

   
        Decorative & Industrial Paint in
Scandinavia & Central &
Eastern Europe
         
     

17,279,726

   
    > Kazakhstan 2.1%  
 

1,268,483

    Halyk Savings Bank of
Kazakhstan - GDR
   

10,528,409

   
        Largest Retail Bank & Insurer in
Kazakhstan
         
    > Sweden 2.1%  
 

303,638

   

Hexagon

   

10,316,270

   
        Design, Measurement & Visualization
Software & Equipment
         
    > Russia 1.8%  
 

295,239

   

Yandex (a)

   

8,913,265

   
        Search Engine for Russian &
Turkish Languages
         
    > United Kingdom 1.6%  
 

8,957,839

   

Cable and Wireless

   

7,855,317

   
        Leading Telecoms Service Provider
in the Caribbean
         

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Turkey 1.1%  
 

569,979

   

Bizim Toptan

 

$

5,460,845

   
       

Cash & Carry Stores in Turkey

         
    > Spain 1.1%  
 

840,828

   

Prosegur

   

5,409,571

   
       

Security Guards

         
    > Italy 1.0%  
 

324,156

   

Pirelli

   

5,090,937

   
       

Global Tire Supplier

         

Europe: Total

   

70,854,340

   

Other Countries 12.3%

     
    > South Africa 8.2%  
 

2,081,394

   

Coronation Fund Managers

   

19,572,379

   
       

South African Fund Manager

         
 

3,469,702

   

Rand Merchant Insurance

   

9,491,586

   
        Directly Sold Property & Casualty
Insurance; Holdings in Other Insurers
         
 

399,378

   

Mr. Price

   

5,971,323

   
        South African Retailer of
Apparel, Household &
Sporting Goods
         
 

446,313

   

Massmart Holdings

   

5,829,031

   
        General Merchandise, Food &
Home Improvement Stores;
Wal-Mart Subsidiary
         
     

40,864,319

   
    > United States 2.8%  
 

215,040

   

Textainer Group Holdings

   

8,229,581

   
       

Top International Container Leasor

         
 

111,249

   

Atwood Oceanics (a)

   

5,605,837

   
       

Offshore Drilling Contractor

         
     

13,835,418

   
    > Canada 1.3%  
 

486,425

   

CAE

   

6,402,066

   
        Flight Simulator Equipment &
Training Centers
         

Other Countries: Total

   

61,101,803

   

Latin America 12.0%

     
    > Brazil 5.2%  
 

718,970

   

Localiza Rent A Car

   

10,437,581

   
       

Car Rental

         
 

9,580,580

   

Beadell Resources (a)

   

5,369,537

   
       

Gold Mining in Brazil

         
 

1,275,100

   

Odontoprev

   

5,119,507

   
       

Dental Insurance

         
 

255,000

   

Linx

   

5,035,941

   
        Retail Management Software
in Brazil
         
     

25,962,566

   
    > Mexico 4.7%  
 

2,687,000

   

Qualitas

   

7,310,501

   
        Leading Auto Insurer in
Mexico & Central America
         
 

652,200

   

Gruma (a)

   

5,395,243

   
       

Tortilla Producer & Distributor

         
 

2,050,000

   

Genomma Lab Internacional (a)

   

5,274,367

   
        Develops, Markets & Distributes
Consumer Products
         


76



Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Mexico—continued  
 

42,927

    Grupo Aeroportuario del
Sureste - ADR
 

$

5,264,567

   
       

Mexican Airport Operator

         
     

23,244,678

   
    > Colombia 1.1%  
 

3,344,904

   

Isagen

   

5,478,889

   
        Leading Colombian Electricity
Provider
         
    > Chile 1.0%  
 

1,117,409

   

Forus

   

4,992,095

   
        Multi-brand Latin American
Wholesaler & Retailer
         

Latin America: Total

   

59,678,228

   
Total Equities: 97.1%
(Cost: $451,478,314)
   

484,059,694

(f)

 

Short-Term Investments 3.0%

     
 

15,128,245

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, IM
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

15,128,245

   
Total Short-Term Investments: 3.0%
(Cost: $15,128,245)
   

15,128,245

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 

Securities Lending Collateral 0.1%

 
 

381,970

    Dreyfus Government
Cash Management Fund,
Institutional Shares
(7 day yield of 0.01%) (g)
 

$

381,970

   
Total Securities Lending Collateral: 0.1%
(Cost: $381,970)
   

381,970

   
Total Investments: 100.2%
(Cost: $466,988,529) (h)
   

499,569,909

(i)

 
Obligation to Return Collateral for
Securities Loaned: (0.1)%
   

(381,970

)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: (0.1)%
   

(441,677

)

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

498,746,262

   

ADR - American Depositary Receipts

GDR - Global Depositary Receipts

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2014. The total market value of securities on loan at March 31, 2014 was $361,767.

(c)  Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. This security is valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2014, the market value of this security amounted to $1,433,152, which represented 0.29% of total net assets. Additional information on this security is as follows:

Security

  Acquisition
Dates
 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Archipelago Resources

 

8/19/11-9/26/13

   

1,591,929

   

$

1,316,810

   

$

1,433,152

   

(d)  Illiquid security.

(e)  The Fund also received put options through a transaction related to a proposed company restructuring of Archipelago Resources. Additional information on the put options received is as follows:

Security

 

Option Shares

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration Date

 

Value

 

Option (1)

   

1,591,929

   

GBP

0.58

   

August 13, 2014

 

$

106,159

   

  GBP - British Pound

(1)  Archipelago Resources is expected to restructure into a new company during 2014. From January 31, 2014, the option is exercisable until the earlier of (i) the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering or (ii) August 13, 2014, subject to extension until the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering (but not later than September 26, 2016). After August 13, 2014, the valuation of the option will fluctuate based upon its fair market value as determined in accordance with the put option agreement. These put options are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees.


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> Notes to Statement of Investments

(f)  On March 31, 2014, the Fund's total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

Currency

 

Value

  Percentage of
Net Assets
 

United States Dollar

 

$

58,412,710

     

11.7

   

Hong Kong Dollar

   

57,302,358

     

11.5

   

Indonesian Rupiah

   

47,237,833

     

9.5

   

Taiwan Dollar

   

42,763,197

     

8.6

   

South African Rand

   

40,864,319

     

8.2

   

Indian Rupee

   

35,034,248

     

7.0

   

Philippine Peso

   

34,160,612

     

6.8

   

Euro

   

27,780,233

     

5.6

   
Other currencies less
than 5% of total net assets
   

140,504,184

     

28.2

   

Total Equities

 

$

484,059,694

     

97.1

   

(g)  Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(h)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $466,988,529 and net unrealized appreciation was $32,581,380 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $48,440,682 and gross unrealized depreciation of $15,859,302.

(i)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

    Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

    Level 2 - prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

    Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

  For investments and derivatives categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.


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Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

Statement of Investments, continued

> Notes to Statement of Investments

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

  Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Equities

 

Asia

 

$

19,871,051

   

$

271,121,120

   

$

1,433,152

   

$

292,425,323

   

Europe

   

8,913,265

     

61,941,075

     

-

     

70,854,340

   

Other Countries

   

20,237,484

     

40,864,319

     

-

     

61,101,803

   

Latin America

   

54,308,691

     

5,369,537

     

-

     

59,678,228

   

Total Equities

   

103,330,491

     

379,296,051

     

1,433,152

     

484,059,694

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

15,128,245

     

-

     

-

     

15,128,245

   

Total Securities Lending Collateral

   

381,970

     

-

     

-

     

381,970

   

Total Investments

 

$

118,840,706

   

$

379,296,051

   

$

1,433,152

   

$

499,569,909

   

Unrealized Appreciation on Options

   

-

     

-

     

106,159

     

106,159

   

Total

 

$

118,840,706

   

$

379,296,051

   

$

1,539,311

   

$

499,676,068

   

  The Fund's assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security's value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements.

  There were no transfers of financial assets between levels during the period.

  The Fund does not hold any significant investments categorized as Level 3.

  Certain securities classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to estimated earnings of the company and the position of the security within the company's capital structure. The Committee also may use some observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities and market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.


79



Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

Portfolio Diversification

At March 31, 2014, the Fund's portfolio investments as a percentage of net assets were diversified as follows:

   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 
> Consumer Goods & Services  

Retail

 

$

80,241,142

     

16.1

   

Food & Beverage

   

43,616,590

     

8.7

   

Casinos & Gaming

   

42,081,970

     

8.4

   

Consumer Goods Distribution

   

10,575,482

     

2.1

   

Travel

   

10,437,581

     

2.1

   

Nondurables

   

5,274,367

     

1.1

   

Other Durable Goods

   

5,090,936

     

1.0

   
     

197,318,068

     

39.5

   
> Information  

Internet Related

   

18,594,554

     

3.7

   
Computer Hardware & Related
Equipment
   

16,811,412

     

3.4

   

Business Software

   

15,352,211

     

3.1

   

Mobile Communications

   

12,481,098

     

2.5

   

Satellite Broadcasting & Services

   

11,571,588

     

2.3

   

Instrumentation

   

9,533,119

     

1.9

   

Telephone & Data Services

   

7,855,317

     

1.6

   

Entertainment Programming

   

6,904,528

     

1.4

   

TV Broadcasting

   

6,023,456

     

1.2

   
     

105,127,283

     

21.1

   
> Finance  

Insurance

   

21,921,593

     

4.4

   

Brokerage & Money Management

   

19,572,379

     

3.9

   

Banks

   

16,284,747

     

3.3

   

Finance Companies

   

8,229,581

     

1.6

   
     

66,008,300

     

13.2

   
> Industrial Goods & Services  
Industrial Materials & Specialty
Chemicals
   

23,806,776

     

4.8

   

Other Industrial Services

   

12,090,443

     

2.4

   

Electrical Components

   

10,447,962

     

2.1

   

Machinery

   

6,900,121

     

1.4

   

Outsourcing Services

   

5,409,571

     

1.1

   
     

58,654,873

     

11.8

   
   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 
> Health Care  

Pharmaceuticals

 

$

15,130,721

     

3.1

   

Medical Supplies

   

9,218,952

     

1.8

   
     

24,349,673

     

4.9

   
> Energy & Minerals  

Mining

   

6,802,688

     

1.4

   

Oil Services

   

5,605,837

     

1.1

   

Oil Refining, Marketing & Distribution

   

4,481,593

     

0.9

   
     

16,890,118

     

3.4

   
> Other Industries  

Transportation

   

10,232,490

     

2.1

   

Regulated Utilities

   

5,478,889

     

1.1

   
     

15,711,379

     

3.2

   

Total Equities:

   

484,059,694

     

97.1

   

Short-Term Investments:

   

15,128,245

     

3.0

   

Securities Lending Collateral:

   

381,970

     

0.1

   

Total Investments:

   

499,569,909

     

100.2

   
Obligation to Return
Collateral for Securities
Loaned:
   

(381,970

)

   

(0.1

)

 
Cash and Other Assets
Less Liabilities:
   

(441,677

)

   

(0.1

)

 

Net Assets:

 

$

498,746,262

     

100.0

   


80



Columbia Acorn European FundSM

Major Portfolio Changes in the First Quarter

   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Purchases

 

Europe

 
> United Kingdom  

Abcam

   

45,700

     

110,450

   

Aggreko

   

9,900

     

19,060

   

Assura

   

891,300

     

1,809,310

   

AVEVA

   

6,700

     

15,870

   

Babcock International

   

12,100

     

35,030

   

Cable and Wireless

   

332,300

     

569,003

   

Charles Taylor

   

65,540

     

195,540

   

Croda

   

6,700

     

12,230

   

Dialight

   

0

     

33,000

   

Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland

   

37,900

     

50,140

   

Elementis

   

62,300

     

104,990

   

Fidessa Group

   

7,300

     

12,070

   

Halford's

   

33,000

     

65,820

   

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

   

36,700

     

78,940

   

Rightmove

   

6,200

     

11,380

   
RPS Group    

50,700

     

87,630

   

Shaftesbury

   

31,700

     

64,730

   

Smiths News

   

84,100

     

178,590

   

Spirax Sarco

   

12,900

     

24,770

   

Telecity

   

35,000

     

68,350

   

WH Smith

   

24,900

     

39,380

   

Whitbread

   

4,900

     

6,965

   
> France  
1000 mercis    

4,600

     

8,780

   

AKKA Technologies

   

8,200

     

14,380

   

Bonduelle

   

10,000

     

17,330

   

Cegedim

   

9,400

     

13,340

   

Hi-Media

   

100,500

     

155,350

   

Neopost

   

7,700

     

17,230

   

Norbert Dentressangle

   

3,000

     

4,050

   

Saft

   

8,900

     

13,730

   
> Germany  

Aurelius

   

13,200

     

26,000

   

Elringklinger

   

6,100

     

13,430

   

MTU Aero Engines

   

0

     

5,500

   

NORMA Group

   

9,600

     

17,730

   

Rational

   

770

     

1,470

   

TAG Immobilien

   

21,700

     

40,480

   

Telefonica Deutschland

   

0

     

60,230

   

Wirecard

   

8,700

     

14,130

   
> Netherlands  

Aalberts Industries

   

14,300

     

25,230

   

Arcadis

   

9,800

     

16,970

   

Core Labs

   

1,400

     

2,520

   

Gemalto

   

5,900

     

9,110

   

TKH Group

   

8,200

     

15,220

   
   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 
> Sweden  

Hexagon

   

10,070

     

24,100

   

Mekonomen

   

0

     

19,560

   

Sweco

   

22,400

     

39,560

   

Swedish Match

   

0

     

28,110

   

Unibet

   

6,400

     

12,450

   
> Switzerland  

Geberit

   

1,500

     

3,120

   

INFICON

   

750

     

1,340

   

Partners Group

   

2,000

     

3,620

   
> Finland  

Konecranes

   

8,800

     

14,130

   

Munksjo

   

0

     

83,680

   

Tikkurila

   

11,131

     

24,981

   

Vacon

   

13,400

     

28,980

   
> Spain  

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles

   

4,500

     

10,500

   

DIA

   

40,100

     

120,310

   

Prosegur

   

27,703

     

87,060

   

Viscofan

   

5,700

     

14,560

   
> Norway  

Atea

   

25,440

     

46,970

   

Orkla

   

42,600

     

80,730

   

Subsea 7

   

18,600

     

41,610

   
> Denmark  

Jyske Bank

   

5,000

     

9,200

   

SimCorp

   

7,600

     

13,310

   
> Turkey  

Bizim Toptan

   

22,900

     

54,270

   
> Belgium  

EVS Broadcast Equipment

   

4,500

     

7,900

   
> Italy  

Pirelli

   

17,300

     

29,040

   
> Russia  

Yandex

   

10,500

     

14,500

   


81



   

Number of Shares

 
   

12/31/13

 

3/31/14

 

Sales

 

Europe

 
> United Kingdom  

Ocado

   

84,300

     

55,180

   
> France  

Eurofins Scientific

   

2,700

     

2,560

   
> Germany  

Bertrandt

   

2,900

     

0

   
> Russia  

Moscow Exchange

   

190,000

     

0

   

QIWI - ADR

   

8,500

     

0

   


82



Columbia Acorn European FundSM

Statement of Investments, March 31, 2014

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
           

Equities: 94.4%

 

Europe 93.9%

     
    > United Kingdom 30.5%  
 

78,940

   

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

 

$

1,400,275

   
        International Business
Insurance Broker
         
 

1,809,310

   

Assura

   

1,289,507

   
        UK Primary Health Care Property
Developer
         
 

24,770

   

Spirax Sarco

   

1,193,434

   
        Steam Systems for Manufacturing &
Process Industries
         
 

195,540

   

Charles Taylor

   

847,586

   
       

Insurance Services

         
 

68,350

   

Telecity

   

795,369

   
       

European Data Center Provider

         
 

39,380

   

WH Smith

   

789,798

   
  Newsprint, Books & General Stationery
Retailer
   
 

35,030

   

Babcock International

   

786,652

   
       

Public Sector Outsourcer

         
 

110,450

   

Abcam

   

716,292

   
       

Online Sales of Antibodies

         
 

64,730

   

Shaftesbury

   

710,078

   
       

London Prime Retail REIT

         
 

15,870

   

AVEVA

   

554,024

   
       

Engineering Software

         
 

12,230

   

Croda

   

519,110

   
       

Oleochemicals & Industrial Chemicals

         
 

12,070

   

Fidessa Group

   

510,508

   
       

Software for Financial Trading Systems

         
 

65,820

   

Halford's

   

506,741

   
        The UK's Leading Retailer of Leisure
Goods & Auto Parts
         
 

104,990

   

Elementis

   

501,473

   
       

Specialty Chemicals

         
 

11,380

   

Rightmove

   

500,486

   
       

Internet Real Estate Listings

         
 

33,000

   

Dialight

   

499,270

   
        LED Products for Hazardous &
Industrial Environments
         
 

569,003

   

Cable and Wireless

   

498,971

   
        Leading Telecoms Service Provider in
the Caribbean
         
 

6,965

   

Whitbread

   

483,279

   
       

The UK's Leading Hotelier & Coffee Shop

         
 

19,060

   

Aggreko

   

476,956

   
        Temporary Power & Temperature
Control Services
         
 

50,140

   

Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland

   

461,004

   
        Pizza Delivery in UK, Ireland &
Germany
         
 

87,630

    RPS Group    

456,685

   
        Consultant Specializing in Energy,
Water, Urban Planning, Health & Safety
         
 

178,590

   

Smiths News

   

451,815

   
       

Newspaper & Magazine Distributor

     
 

55,180

   

Ocado (a)

   

423,721

   
       

Leading Online Grocery Retailer

     
     

15,373,034

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > France 11.7%  
 

17,230

   

Neopost

 

$

1,360,599

   
       

Postage Meter Machines

         
 

2,560

   

Eurofins Scientific

   

766,194

   
        Food, Pharmaceuticals &
Materials Screening & Testing
         
 

4,050

   

Norbert Dentressangle

   

663,400

   
        Leading European Logistics &
Transport Group
         
 

8,780

    1000 mercis    

596,079

   
       

Interactive Advertising & Marketing

         
 

14,380

   

AKKA Technologies

   

515,868

   
       

Engineering Consultancy

         
 

17,330

   

Bonduelle

   

512,828

   
        Producer of Canned, Deep-Frozen &
Fresh Vegetables
         
 

13,340

   

Cegedim (a)

   

510,904

   
       

Medical Market Research/IT Services

         
 

155,350

   

Hi-Media (a)

   

498,662

   
       

Online Advertiser in Europe

         
 

13,730

   

Saft

   

479,877

   
       

Niche Battery Manufacturer

         
     

5,904,411

   
    > Germany 10.0%  
 

26,000

   

Aurelius

   

988,960

   
       

European Turnaround Investor

         
 

17,730

   

NORMA Group

   

939,536

   
        Clamps for Automotive & Industrial
Applications
         
 

14,130

   

Wirecard

   

586,322

   
        Online Payment Processing & Risk
Management
         
 

13,430

   

Elringklinger

   

529,337

   
       

Automobile Components

         
 

1,470

   

Rational

   

523,500

   
       

Commercial Ovens

         
 

5,500

   

MTU Aero Engines

   

511,149

   
        Airplane Engine Components &
Services
         
 

40,480

   

TAG Immobilien

   

501,905

   
        Owner of Residential Properties
in Germany
         
 

60,230

   

Telefonica Deutschland

   

480,098

   
        Mobile & Fixed-line Communications
in Germany
         
     

5,060,807

   
    > Netherlands 7.2%  
 

9,110

   

Gemalto

   

1,061,010

   
       

Digital Security Solutions

         
 

25,230

   

Aalberts Industries

   

879,380

   
       

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

         
 

16,970

   

Arcadis

   

652,617

   
       

Engineering Consultants

         
 

15,220

   

TKH Group

   

531,534

   
       

Dutch Industrial Conglomerate

         
 

2,520

   

Core Labs

   

500,069

   
       

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

     
     

3,624,610

   


83



Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Sweden 7.1%  
 

28,110

   

Swedish Match

 

$

918,571

   
       

Market Leader in Swedish Snus

         
 

24,100

   

Hexagon

   

818,811

   
        Design, Measurement & Visualization
Software & Equipment
         
 

39,560

   

Sweco

   

661,646

   
       

Engineering Consultants

         
 

12,450

   

Unibet

   

625,164

   
       

European Online Gaming Operator

         
 

19,560

   

Mekonomen

   

539,446

   
        Leading Nordic Integrated
Wholesaler/Retailer of Automotive
Parts & Service
         
     

3,563,638

   
    > Switzerland 6.0%  
 

3,120

   

Geberit

   

1,021,707

   
       

Plumbing Supplies

         
 

3,620

   

Partners Group

   

1,017,146

   
       

Private Markets Asset Management

         
 

1,340

   

INFICON

   

496,409

   
       

Gas Detection Instruments

         
 

120

   

Sika

   

490,832

   
        Chemicals for Construction &
Industrial Applications
         
     

3,026,094

   
    > Finland 5.9%  
 

28,980

   

Vacon

   

1,221,683

   
        Leading Independent Manufacturer
of Variable Speed Alternating
Current Drives
         
 

83,680

   

Munksjo (a)

   

698,607

   
       

Specialty Paper Maker

         
 

24,981

   

Tikkurila

   

588,498

   
        Decorative & Industrial Paint in
Scandinavia & Central &
Eastern Europe
         
 

14,130

   

Konecranes (b)

   

450,253

   
        Manufacture & Service of Industrial
Cranes & Port Handling Equipment
         
     

2,959,041

   
    > Spain 5.7%  
 

120,310

   

DIA

   

1,099,221

   
        Leading Hard Discounter in Spain,
Latin America & the Eastern
Mediterranean
     
 

14,560

   

Viscofan

   

761,524

   
       

Sausage Casings Maker

         
 

87,060

   

Prosegur

   

560,111

   
       

Security Guards

         
 

10,500

   

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles

   

427,233

   
       

Spanish Stock Markets

     
     

2,848,089

   

Number of Shares

     

Value

 
    > Norway 3.9%  
 

41,610

   

Subsea 7

 

$

773,438

   
       

Offshore Subsea Contractor

         
 

80,730

   

Orkla

   

688,277

   
        Food & Brands, Aluminum, Chemicals
Conglomerate
         
 

46,970

   

Atea

   

515,762

   
        Nordic IT Hardware/Software
Reseller & Installation Company
         
     

1,977,477

   
    > Denmark 2.1%  
 

13,310

   

SimCorp

   

540,323

   
       

Software for Investment Managers

         
 

9,200

   

Jyske Bank (a)

   

505,551

   
       

Danish Bank

         
     

1,045,874

   
    > Turkey 1.0%  
 

54,270

   

Bizim Toptan

   

519,949

   
       

Cash & Carry Stores in Turkey

         
    > Belgium 1.0%  
 

7,900

   

EVS Broadcast Equipment

   

511,848

   
        Digital Live Mobile Production
Software & Systems
         
    > Italy 0.9%  
 

29,040

   

Pirelli

   

456,079

   
       

Global Tire Supplier

         
    > Russia 0.9%  
 

14,500

   

Yandex (a)

   

437,755

   
        Search Engine for Russian &
Turkish Languages
         

Europe: Total

   

47,308,706

   

Other Countries 0.5%

     
    > United States 0.5%  
 

5,277

   

Gulfmark Offshore

   

237,148

   
       

Operator of Offshore Supply Vessels

         

Other Countries: Total

   

237,148

   
Total Equities: 94.4%
(Cost: $43,424,157)
   

47,545,854

(c)

 

Short-Term Investments 4.9%

     
 

2,492,228

    JPMorgan U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, IM
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)
   

2,492,228

   
Total Short-Term Investments: 4.9%
(Cost: $2,492,228)
   

2,492,228

   


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Columbia Acorn European FundSM

Statement of Investments, continued

Number of Shares

     

Value

 

Securities Lending Collateral 0.6%

 
 

280,540

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Fund, Institutional
Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (d)
 

$

280,540

   
Total Securities Lending Collateral: 0.6%
(Cost: $280,540)
   

280,540

   
Total Investments: 99.9%
(Cost: $46,196,925)(e)
   

50,318,622

(f)

 
Obligation to Return Collateral for
Securities Loaned: (0.6)%
   

(280,540

)

 
Cash and Other Assets Less
Liabilities: 0.7%
   

328,661

   

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

50,366,743

   

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

> Notes to Statement of Investments

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2014. The total market value of securities on loan at March 31, 2014 was $264,594.

(c)  On March 31, 2014, the Fund's total equity investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

Currency

 

Value

  Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Euro

 

$

20,864,815

     

41.4

   

British Pound

   

15,373,034

     

30.5

   

Swedish Krona

   

3,563,638

     

7.1

   

Swiss Franc

   

3,026,094

     

6.0

   
Other currencies less
than 5% of total net assets
   

4,718,273

     

9.4

   

Total Equities

 

$

47,545,854

     

94.4

   

(d)  Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(e)  At March 31, 2014, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $46,196,925 and net unrealized appreciation was $4,121,697 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $4,835,371 and gross unrealized depreciation of $713,674.

(f)  Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the shareholder report dated December 31, 2013.

Fair Value Measurements

  Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

    Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

    Level 2 - prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

    Level 3 - prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

  Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical


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> Notes to Statement of Investments

Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

  Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

  The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust's Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and certain delegations of authority to determine fair values to the Fund's investment manager. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

  For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

  The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2014, in valuing the Fund's assets:

Investment Type

  Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Equities

 

Europe

 

$

937,824

   

$

46,370,882

   

$

-

   

$

47,308,706

   

Other Countries

   

237,148

     

-

     

-

     

237,148

   

Total Equities

   

1,174,972

     

46,370,882

     

-

     

47,545,854

   

Total Short-Term Investments

   

2,492,228

     

-

     

-

     

2,492,228

   

Total Securities Lending Collateral

   

280,540

     

-

     

-

     

280,540

   

Total Investments

 

$

3,947,740

   

$

46,370,882

   

$

-

   

$

50,318,622

   

  The Fund's assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security's value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements.

  There were no transfers of financial assets between levels during the period.


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Columbia Acorn European FundSM

Portfolio Diversification

At March 31, 2014, the Fund's portfolio investments as a percentage of net assets were diversified as follows:

   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 
> Industrial Goods & Services  

Machinery

 

$

4,963,731

     

9.9

   

Other Industrial Services

   

3,525,246

     

7.0

   
Industrial Materials & Specialty
Chemicals
   

3,327,857

     

6.6

   

Conglomerates

   

3,088,151

     

6.1

   

Electrical Components

   

2,200,830

     

4.4

   

Outsourcing Services

   

1,862,631

     

3.7

   

Construction

   

1,021,707

     

2.0

   
     

19,990,153

     

39.7

   
> Information  

Business Software

   

2,423,665

     

4.8

   

Computer Services

   

1,822,035

     

3.6

   
Computer Hardware & Related
Equipment
   

1,572,857

     

3.1

   

Telephone & Data Services

   

979,069

     

1.9

   

Internet Related

   

938,241

     

1.9

   
Business Information & Marketing
Services
   

596,079

     

1.2

   

Financial Processors

   

586,322

     

1.2

   

Advertising

   

498,662

     

1.0

   
     

9,416,930

     

18.7

   
> Consumer Goods & Services  

Retail

   

3,878,878

     

7.7

   

Food & Beverage

   

2,192,922

     

4.4

   

Restaurants

   

944,283

     

1.9

   

Casinos & Gaming

   

625,164

     

1.2

   

Other Durable Goods

   

456,079

     

0.9

   

Consumer Goods Distribution

   

451,815

     

0.9

   
     

8,549,141

     

17.0

   
> Finance  

Insurance

   

2,247,862

     

4.5

   

Brokerage & Money Management

   

1,017,146

     

2.0

   

Banks

   

505,551

     

1.0

   

Specialized Finance

   

427,233

     

0.8

   
     

4,197,792

     

8.3

   
> Other Industries  

Real Estate

   

2,501,491

     

5.0

   

Transportation

   

663,400

     

1.3

   
     

3,164,891

     

6.3

   
> Energy & Minerals  

Oil Services

   

1,010,586

     

2.0

   

Mining

   

500,069

     

1.0

   
     

1,510,655

     

3.0

   
   

Value

  Percentage
of Net Assets
 
> Health Care  

Medical Supplies

 

$

716,292

     

1.4

   
     

716,292

     

1.4

   

Total Equities:

   

47,545,854

     

94.4

   

Short-Term Investments:

   

2,492,228

     

4.9

   

Securities Lending Collateral:

   

280,540

     

0.6

   

Total Investments:

   

50,318,622

     

99.9

   
Obligation to Return Collateral
for Securities Loaned:
   

(280,540

)

   

(0.6

)

 
Cash and Other Assets
Less Liabilities:
   

328,661

     

0.7

   

Net Assets:

 

$

50,366,743

     

100.0

   


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Columbia Acorn Family of Funds Expense Information

as of 3/31/14

Columbia Acorn® Fund

 

Class A

 

Class B*

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class R

 

Class R4

 

Class R5

 

Class Y

 

Class Z

 

Management Fees

   

0.64

%

   

0.64

%

   

0.64

%

   

0.64

%

       

0.64

%

   

0.64

%

   

0.64

%

   

0.64

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.00

%

       

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.18

%

   

0.33

%

   

0.13

%

   

0.05

%

       

0.15

%

   

0.11

%

   

0.06

%

   

0.14

%

 

Net Expense Ratio

   

1.07

%

   

1.72

%

   

1.77

%

   

0.69

%

       

0.79

%

   

0.75

%

   

0.70

%

   

0.78

%

 

Columbia Acorn International®

 

Management Fees

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.76

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.20

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.20

%

   

0.08

%

   

0.36

%

   

0.27

%

   

0.14

%

   

0.09

%

   

0.16

%

 

Net Expense Ratio

   

1.21

%

   

1.96

%

   

1.96

%

   

0.84

%

   

1.62

%

   

1.03

%

   

0.90

%

   

0.85

%

   

0.92

%

 

Columbia Acorn USA®

 

Management Fees

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

       

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.00

%

       

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.21

%

   

0.58

%

   

0.13

%

   

0.03

%

       

0.19

%

   

0.13

%

   

0.04

%

   

0.21

%

 

Net Expense Ratio

   

1.32

%

   

2.19

%

   

1.99

%

   

0.89

%

       

1.05

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.90

%

   

1.07

%

 

Columbia Acorn International SelectSM

 

Management Fees

   

0.94

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.94

%

       

0.94

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.94

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.00

%

       

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.28

%

   

0.41

%

   

0.30

%

   

0.17

%

       

0.30

%

   

0.21

%

   

0.16

%

   

0.24

%

 

Net Expense Ratio

   

1.47

%

   

2.10

%

   

2.24

%

   

1.11

%

       

1.24

%

   

1.15

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.18

%

 

Columbia Acorn SelectSM

 

Management Fees

   

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

       

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.84

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.00

%

       

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.23

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.20

%

   

0.10

%

       

0.25

%

   

0.16

%

   

0.11

%

   

0.22

%

 

Net Expense Ratio

   

1.32

%

   

2.09

%

   

2.04

%

   

0.94

%

       

1.09

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.95

%

   

1.06

%

 

Columbia Thermostat FundSM

 

Management Fees

   

0.10

%

   

0.10

%

   

0.10

%

           

0.10

%

   

0.10

%

   

0.10

%

   

0.10

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.00

%

           

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.15

%

   

0.15

%

   

0.15

%

           

0.15

%

   

0.13

%

   

0.08

%

   

0.15

%

 

Net Expense Ratio**

   

0.50

%

   

1.00

%

   

1.25

%

           

0.25

%

   

0.23

%

   

0.18

%

   

0.25

%

 

Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets FundSM

 

Management Fees

   

1.06

%

       

1.06

%

   

1.06

%

       

1.06

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.06

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

       

1.00

%

   

0.00

%

       

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

   

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.26

%

       

0.26

%

   

0.14

%

       

0.21

%

   

0.20

%

   

0.18

%

   

0.28

%

 

Net Expense Ratio

   

1.57

%

       

2.32

%

   

1.20

%

       

1.27

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.34

%

 

Columbia Acorn European FundSM

 

Management Fees

   

1.19

%

       

1.19

%

   

1.19

%

           

1.19

%

       

1.19

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

0.25

%

       

1.00

%

   

0.00

%

           

0.00

%

       

0.00

%

 

Other Expenses

   

0.31

%

       

0.31

%

   

0.27

%

           

0.32

%

       

0.30

%

 

Net Expense Ratio

   

1.75

%

       

2.50

%

   

1.46

%

           

1.51

%

       

1.49

%

 

    See the Funds' prospectuses for information on minimum initial investment amounts and other details of buying, selling and exchanging shares of the Funds.

    Fees and expenses are for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The fees and expenses of Columbia Acorn International Select and Columbia Acorn Select include the effect of the voluntary undertaking by Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (CWAM) to reimburse each Fund for the ordinary operating expenses (exclusive of transaction costs and certain other investment-related expenses, interest and fees on borrowings and expenses associated with the Fund's investment in other investment companies, if any), after giving effect to any balance credits or overdraft charges from the Fund's custodian, do not exceed annually each class' average daily net assets as follows:

Fund

 

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class R4

 

Class R5

 

Class Y

 

Class Z

 

Columbia Acorn International Select

   

1.70

%

   

2.20

%

   

2.45

%

   

1.31

%

   

1.45

%

   

1.36

%

   

1.31

%

   

1.45

%

 

Columbia Acorn Select

   

1.60

%

   

2.10

%

   

2.35

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.35

%

   

1.28

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.35

%

 

    These arrangements may be modified or terminated by either the Funds or CWAM on 30 days notice.

    The fees and expenses of Columbia Thermostat Fund include the effect of CWAM's contractual undertaking to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund so that the ordinary operating expenses (exclusive of transaction costs and certain other investment-related expenses, interest and fees on borrowings and expenses associated with the Fund's investment in underlying portfolio funds), do not exceed annually the rates of 0.50%, 1.00%, 1.25%, 0.25%, 0.23%, 0.18% and 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R4, Class R5, Class Y and Class Z shares, respectively, through April 30, 2014. There is no guarantee that this agreement will continue thereafter.

    The fees and expenses of Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund and Columbia Acorn European Fund include the effect of CWAM's contractual undertaking to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of each Fund so that the ordinary operating expenses (exclusive of transaction costs and certain other investment-related expenses, interest and fees on borrowings and expenses associated with the Fund's investment in other investment companies, if any), of each Fund's Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R4 (if offered), Class R5, Class Y (if offered) and Class Z shares through April 30, 2014, do not exceed annually each class' average daily net assets as follows:

Fund

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class R4

 

Class R5

 

Class Y

 

Class Z

 

Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund

   

1.85

%

   

2.60

%

   

1.54

%

   

1.60

%

   

1.59

%

   

1.54

%

   

1.60

%

 

Columbia Acorn European Fund

   

1.75

%

   

2.50

%

   

1.46

%

   

%

   

1.51

%

   

%

   

1.50

%

 

    There is no guarantee that this agreement will continue thereafter.

    The fees and expenses of Columbia Acorn International include the effect of the voluntary undertaking by CWAM and its affiliates to waive a portion of total annual Fund operating expenses incurred by Class A, Class B and Class C shares of Columbia Acorn International such that the Fund's total annual Fund operating expenses will be reduced by 0.04%, 0.03% and 0.02% for Class A, Class B and Class C shares of the Fund, respectively.

  *  The Funds generally no longer accept investments by new or existing investors in Class B shares, except in connection with the reinvestment of any dividend and/or capital gain distributions in Class B shares of the Funds and exchanges by existing Class B shareholders of certain other funds within the Columbia Family of Funds.

  **  Does not include estimated fees and expenses of 0.53% incurred by the Fund from the underlying portfolio funds in which it invests.


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Columbia Acorn Family of Funds

Trustees

Laura M. Born

Chair of the Board

Steven N. Kaplan

Vice Chair of the Board

Michelle L. Collins

Maureen M. Culhane

Margaret M. Eisen

John C. Heaton

Charles P. McQuaid

David J. Rudis

David B. Small

Ralph Wanger (Trustee Emeritus)

Officers

Charles P. McQuaid*

President

Robert A. Chalupnik

Vice President

Michael G. Clarke

Assistant Treasurer

Joseph F. DiMaria

Assistant Treasurer

P. Zachary Egan*

Vice President

Fritz Kaegi

Vice President

John M. Kunka

Assistant Treasurer

Stephen Kusmierczak

Vice President

Joseph C. LaPalm

Vice President

Bruce H. Lauer

Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer

Louis J. Mendes III

Vice President

Robert A. Mohn

Vice President

Christopher J. Olson

Vice President

Christopher O. Petersen

Assistant Secretary

Scott R. Plummer

Assistant Secretary

Robert P. Scales

Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg

Vice President

Linda K. Roth-Wiszowaty

Assistant Secretary

Investment Manager

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC
227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000
Chicago, Illinois 60606

1-800-922-6769

Distributor

Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
225 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent

Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P. O. Box 8081
Boston, Massachusetts 02266-8081

1-800-345-6611

Legal Counsel to the Funds

Perkins Coie LLP
Washington, DC

Legal Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois

This report, including the schedules of investments, is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Columbia Acorn Trust.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies and a copy of the Funds' voting record are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-922-6769 and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, is available from the SEC's website. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is also available at www.columbiamanagement.com under "About Us." From there, click on "Disclosures."

The Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds' Form N-Q is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The Funds' complete portfolio holdings are disclosed at www.columbiamanagement.com approximately 30 to 40 days after each month-end.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a mutual fund carefully before investing. For a free prospectus and, if available, a summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the funds, visit www.columbiamanagement.com. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Columbia Acorn Family of Funds are distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA and managed by Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC.

Find out what's new – visit our web site at:

www.columbiamanagement.com

Our e-mail address is:

ServiceInquiries@ColumbiaManagement.com

Shareholders should not include personal information such as account numbers, Social Security numbers or taxpayer identification numbers in e-mail. We are unable to accept account transactions sent via e-mail.

*Effective March 31, 2014, Mr. McQuaid stepped down from his role as President of Columbia Acorn Trust but will remain a Vice President of the Trust. Effective April 1, 2014, Mr. Egan became President of the Trust.


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For More Information

You'll find more information about the Columbia Acorn Family of Funds in the documents described below. Contact Columbia Funds as follows to obtain these documents free of charge:

By Mail:  Columbia Funds
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Boston, MA 02266-8081

By Telephone: 800.345.6611

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Shareholder Communications with the Board

The Funds' Board of Trustees has adopted procedures by which shareholders may communicate with the Board. Shareholders who wish to communicate with the Board should send their written communications to the Board by mail, c/o Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, 227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attention: Secretary. Shareholder communications must (i) be in writing, (ii) identify the Columbia Acorn Fund to which the communication relates and (iii) state the particular class of shares and number of shares held by the communicating shareholder.

Prospectuses and the Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

The prospectuses and the SAI provide more detailed information about the Funds and their policies. The SAI is legally part of each prospectus (it's incorporated by reference). A copy of each has been filed with the SEC.

Information Provided by the SEC

You can review and copy information about the Funds (including their prospectuses, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, or you can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. You can also obtain copies of this information by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

The investment company registration number of Columbia Acorn Trust, of which each of these Funds is a series, is 811-01829.

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Columbia Acorn Family of Funds
Class A, B, C, I, R, R4, R5, Y and Z Shares

First Quarter Report, March 31, 2014

For More Information

You'll find more information about the Columbia Acorn Family of Funds in the documents described below. Contact Columbia Funds as follows to obtain these documents free of charge:

By Mail:  Columbia Funds
c/o Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081

By Telephone: 800.345.6611

Online: www.columbiamanagement.com

Shareholder Communications with the Board

The Funds' Board of Trustees has adopted procedures by which shareholders may communicate with the Board. Shareholders who wish to communicate with the Board should send their written communications to the Board by mail, c/o Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, 227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attention: Secretary. Shareholder communications must (i) be in writing, (ii) identify the Columbia Acorn Fund to which the communication relates and (iii) state the particular class of shares and number of shares held by the communicating shareholder.

Prospectuses and the Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

The prospectuses and the SAI provide more detailed information about the Funds and their policies. The SAI is legally part of each prospectus (it's incorporated by reference). A copy of each has been filed with the SEC.

Information Provided by the SEC

You can review and copy information about the Funds (including their prospectuses, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, or you can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. You can also obtain copies of this information by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

The investment company registration number of Columbia Acorn Trust, of which each of these Funds is a series, is 811-01829.

© 2014 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC. All rights reserved.

225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110

800.345.6611 www.columbiamanagement.com

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Columbia Management®

Columbia Acorn Family of Funds
Class A, B, C, I, R, R4, R5, Y and Z Shares

First Quarter Report, March 31, 2014

For More Information

You'll find more information about the Columbia Acorn Family of Funds in the documents described below. Contact Columbia Funds as follows to obtain these documents free of charge:

By Mail:  Columbia Funds
c/o Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 8081
Boston, MA 02266-8081

By Telephone: 800.345.6611

Online: www.columbiamanagement.com

Shareholder Communications with the Board

The Funds' Board of Trustees has adopted procedures by which shareholders may communicate with the Board. Shareholders who wish to communicate with the Board should send their written communications to the Board by mail, c/o Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, 227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attention: Secretary. Shareholder communications must (i) be in writing, (ii) identify the Columbia Acorn Fund to which the communication relates and (iii) state the particular class of shares and number of shares held by the communicating shareholder.

Prospectuses and the Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

The prospectuses and the SAI provide more detailed information about the Funds and their policies. The SAI is legally part of each prospectus (it's incorporated by reference). A copy of each has been filed with the SEC.

Information Provided by the SEC

You can review and copy information about the Funds (including their prospectuses, the SAI and shareholder reports) at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. To find out more about the operation of the Public Reference Room, call the SEC at 202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are also available in the EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, or you can receive copies of this information, for a fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. You can also obtain copies of this information by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

The investment company registration number of Columbia Acorn Trust, of which each of these Funds is a series, is 811-01829.

© 2014 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC. All rights reserved.

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