10/03/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/03/2025 10:52
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured
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No Financial Institution Guarantee
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May Lose Value
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Fund at a Glance
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3
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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments
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4
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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
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8
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
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9
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets
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10
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Consolidated Financial Highlights
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12
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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14
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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28
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Federal Income Tax Information
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29
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Trustees and Officers
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29
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Approval of Management Agreement
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36
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Top Holdings
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Upstart Securitization Trust
04/20/2035 9.270%
|
3.9
%
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FREED ABS Trust
12/18/2029 0.000%
|
3.8
%
|
EASY
05/25/2040 9.116%
|
3.8
%
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PRPM Trust
04/25/2070 7.887%
|
3.5
%
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Pagaya AI Debt Grantor Trust
03/15/2033 9.698%
|
3.5
%
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Toorak Mortgage Trust
02/25/2039 10.237%
|
3.5
%
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PRPM LLC
03/25/2029 10.037%
|
3.4
%
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Pagaya AI Debt Trust
06/15/2032 12.105%
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3.4
%
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MPOWER Education Trust
07/21/2042 10.840%
|
3.4
%
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PRPM Trust
11/25/2068 7.436%
|
3.4
%
|
Asset Categories
|
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities -
Non-Agency
|
53.0
%
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Asset-Backed Securities - Non-Agency
|
29.7
%
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities -
Agency
|
8.2
%
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Money Market Funds
|
6.2
%
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Common Stocks
|
2.0
%
|
Asset-Backed Securities - Non-Agency 29.7%
|
||||
Issuer
|
Coupon
Rate
|
Principal
Amount
($)
|
Value ($)
|
|
Affirm Asset Securitization Trust
(a),(b)
|
||||
Series 2025-X1 Class CERT
|
||||
04/15/2030
|
0.000%
|
20,020
|
1,688,006
|
|
Carlyle US CLO Ltd.
(a),(c)
|
||||
Series 2023-5A Class E
|
||||
3-month Term SOFR + 7.900%
Floor 7.900%
01/27/2036
|
12.214%
|
1,000,000
|
1,019,314
|
|
Cherry Securitization Trust
(a)
|
||||
Series 2025-1A Class C
|
||||
11/15/2032
|
9.340%
|
1,500,000
|
1,555,483
|
|
Elmwood CLO VIII Ltd.
(a),(c)
|
||||
Series 2024-1A Class ER
|
||||
3-month Term SOFR + 6.250%
Floor 6.250%
04/20/2037
|
10.576%
|
1,000,000
|
993,758
|
|
FREED ABS Trust
(a),(b)
|
||||
Subordinated Series 2022-4FP Class CERT
|
||||
12/18/2029
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0.000%
|
14,000
|
2,227,562
|
|
MPOWER Education Trust
(a)
|
||||
Series 2025-A Class B
|
||||
07/21/2042
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8.470%
|
500,000
|
505,303
|
|
Series 2025-A Class C
|
||||
07/21/2042
|
10.840%
|
2,000,000
|
1,997,818
|
|
Pagaya AI Debt Grantor Trust
(a)
|
||||
Series 2025-5 Class E
|
||||
03/15/2033
|
9.698%
|
2,000,000
|
2,022,548
|
|
Pagaya AI Debt Trust
(a)
|
||||
Series 2025-R1 Class E
|
||||
06/15/2032
|
12.105%
|
2,000,000
|
1,999,027
|
|
Palmer Square CLO Ltd.
(a),(c)
|
||||
Series 2023-2A Class ER
|
||||
3-month Term SOFR + 6.400%
Floor 6.400%
07/20/2038
|
10.727%
|
1,000,000
|
1,004,813
|
|
Upstart Securitization Trust
(a)
|
||||
Series 2025-1 Class C
|
||||
04/20/2035
|
9.270%
|
2,150,000
|
2,245,488
|
|
Total Asset-Backed Securities - Non-Agency
(Cost $17,315,985)
|
17,259,120
|
Common Stocks 2.0%
|
||
Issuer
|
Shares
|
Value ($)
|
Financials 2.0%
|
||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) 2.0%
|
||
AGNC Investment Corp.
|
62,000
|
584,660
|
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
|
28,500
|
579,405
|
Total
|
1,164,065
|
|
Total Financials
|
1,164,065
|
|
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $1,019,748)
|
1,164,065
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency 8.2%
|
||||
Issuer
|
Coupon
Rate
|
Principal
Amount
($)
|
Value ($)
|
|
Fannie Mae REMICS
(c)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-16 Class MA
|
||||
30-day Average SOFR + 3.950%
Cap 8.250%
01/25/2055
|
8.100%
|
1,880,422
|
1,902,611
|
|
Freddie Mac REMICS
(c)
|
||||
CMO Series 5532 Class MB
|
||||
30-day Average SOFR + 3.950%
Cap 8.250%
04/25/2055
|
8.100%
|
1,891,100
|
1,915,485
|
|
Government National Mortgage Association
(c),(d)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-41 Class SL
|
||||
-1.0 x 30-day Average SOFR +
7.200%
Cap 7.200%
03/20/2055
|
2.852%
|
5,967,497
|
922,226
|
|
Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency
(Cost $4,717,241)
|
4,740,322
|
|||
|
||||
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Non-Agency 53.0%
|
||||
A&D Mortgage Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
Subordinated CMO Series 2024-NQM5 Class B1B
|
||||
11/25/2069
|
7.710%
|
333,000
|
325,982
|
|
COLT Mortgage Loan Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
CMO Series 2023-1 Class B2
|
||||
04/25/2068
|
8.000%
|
1,000,000
|
996,650
|
|
Dominion Mortgage Trust
(a),(f)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-RTL1 Class M
|
||||
03/20/2030
|
10.186%
|
1,500,000
|
1,504,314
|
|
EASY
(a),(e)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-RTL1 Class M
|
||||
05/25/2040
|
9.116%
|
2,250,000
|
2,213,665
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Non-Agency (continued)
|
||||
Issuer
|
Coupon
Rate
|
Principal
Amount
($)
|
Value ($)
|
|
FIGRE Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-PF1 Class F
|
||||
06/25/2055
|
9.398%
|
1,686,000
|
1,661,812
|
|
HOMES Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-NQM2 Class B2
|
||||
02/25/2070
|
7.405%
|
2,000,000
|
1,944,009
|
|
Homeward Opportunities Fund Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
CMO Series 2024-RRTL2 Class M2
|
||||
09/25/2039
|
9.081%
|
1,576,000
|
1,568,213
|
|
PRET LLC
(a),(f)
|
||||
CMO Series 2024-NPL6 Class A2
|
||||
10/25/2054
|
8.716%
|
1,474,000
|
1,473,091
|
|
PRPM LLC
(a),(f)
|
||||
CMO Series 2024-2 Class A2
|
||||
03/25/2029
|
10.037%
|
2,000,000
|
2,003,813
|
|
CMO Series 2024-6 Class A2
|
||||
11/25/2029
|
8.596%
|
2,000,000
|
1,978,532
|
|
CMO Series 2025-2 Class A2
|
||||
05/25/2030
|
9.560%
|
1,750,000
|
1,746,903
|
|
CMO Series 2025-RCF1 Class M3
|
||||
02/25/2055
|
4.500%
|
1,000,000
|
900,797
|
|
PRPM Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-NQM2 Class B1
|
||||
04/25/2070
|
7.887%
|
2,000,000
|
2,035,291
|
|
Subordinated CMO Series 2023-NQM1 Class B2
|
||||
01/25/2068
|
6.268%
|
1,250,000
|
1,236,526
|
|
Subordinated CMO Series 2023-NQM3 Class B2
|
||||
11/25/2068
|
7.436%
|
2,000,000
|
1,988,504
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Non-Agency (continued)
|
||||
Issuer
|
Coupon
Rate
|
Principal
Amount
($)
|
Value ($)
|
|
RCO VIII Mortgage LLC
(a),(f)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-3 Class A2
|
||||
05/25/2030
|
8.836%
|
1,750,000
|
1,750,019
|
|
Toorak Mortgage Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
CMO Series 2024-RRT1 Class B2
|
||||
02/25/2039
|
10.237%
|
2,000,000
|
2,019,353
|
|
VCC Trust
(a),(f)
|
||||
CMO Series 2025-MC1 Class A2
|
||||
05/25/2055
|
12.047%
|
1,500,000
|
1,500,886
|
|
Visio Trust
(a),(e)
|
||||
Subordinated CMO Series 2023-1 Class B2
|
||||
03/25/2058
|
7.833%
|
2,000,000
|
1,981,431
|
|
Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Non-Agency
(Cost $30,496,244)
|
30,829,791
|
Money Market Funds 6.2%
|
||
Shares
|
Value ($)
|
|
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 4.473%
(g),(h)
|
3,597,297
|
3,596,218
|
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $3,596,111)
|
3,596,218
|
|
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $57,145,329)
|
57,589,516
|
|
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net
|
536,363
|
|
Net Assets
|
58,125,879
|
Long futures contracts
|
||||||
Description
|
Number of
contracts
|
Expiration
date
|
Trading
currency
|
Notional
amount
|
Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($)
|
Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($)
|
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note
|
14
|
09/2025
|
USD
|
1,554,875
|
-
|
(7,472
)
|
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note
|
125
|
09/2025
|
USD
|
13,521,484
|
73,919
|
-
|
Total
|
73,919
|
(7,472
)
|
(a)
|
Represents privately placed and other securities and instruments exempt from Securities and Exchange Commission registration (collectively, private placements),
such as Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 144A eligible securities, which are often sold only to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2025, the total value of these securities
amounted to $48,088,911, which represents 82.73% of total net assets.
|
(b)
|
Security represents a pool of loans that generate cash payments generally over fixed periods of time. Such securities entitle the security holders to receive distributions
(i.e. principal and interest, net of fees and expenses) that are tied to the payments made by the borrower on the underlying loans. Due to the structure of the security
the cash payments received are not known until the time of payment. The interest rate shown is the stated coupon rate as of July 31, 2025 and is not reflective of the
cash flow payments. The security is represented in shares.
|
(c)
|
Variable rate security. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of July 31, 2025.
|
(d)
|
Represents interest only securities which have the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans.
|
(e)
|
Variable or floating rate security, the interest rate of which adjusts periodically based on changes in current interest rates and prepayments on the underlying pool of
assets. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of July 31, 2025.
|
(f)
|
Represents a variable rate security with a step coupon where the rate adjusts according to a schedule for a series of periods, typically lower for an initial period and
then increasing to a higher coupon rate thereafter. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of July 31, 2025.
|
(g)
|
The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at July 31, 2025.
|
(h)
|
Under Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company's outstanding voting
securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during
the year ended July 31, 2025 are as follows:
|
Affiliated issuers
|
Beginning
of period($)
|
Purchases($)
|
Sales($)
|
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($)
|
End of
period($)
|
Realized gain
(loss)($)
|
Dividends($)
|
End of
period shares
|
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 4.473%
|
||||||||
-
|
57,606,286
|
(54,010,175
)
|
107
|
3,596,218
|
2,707
|
117,256
|
3,597,297
|
CMO
|
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
|
SOFR
|
Secured Overnight Financing Rate
|
USD
|
US Dollar
|
Level 1 ($)
|
Level 2 ($)
|
Level 3 ($)
|
Total ($)
|
|
Investments in Securities
|
||||
Asset-Backed Securities - Non-Agency
|
-
|
17,259,120
|
-
|
17,259,120
|
Common Stocks
|
||||
Financials
|
1,164,065
|
-
|
-
|
1,164,065
|
Total Common Stocks
|
1,164,065
|
-
|
-
|
1,164,065
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency
|
-
|
4,740,322
|
-
|
4,740,322
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Non-Agency
|
-
|
30,829,791
|
-
|
30,829,791
|
Money Market Funds
|
3,596,218
|
-
|
-
|
3,596,218
|
Total Investments in Securities
|
4,760,283
|
52,829,233
|
-
|
57,589,516
|
Investments in Derivatives
|
||||
Asset
|
||||
Futures Contracts
|
73,919
|
-
|
-
|
73,919
|
Liability
|
||||
Futures Contracts
|
(7,472
)
|
-
|
-
|
(7,472
)
|
Total
|
4,826,730
|
52,829,233
|
-
|
57,655,963
|
Assets
|
|
Investments in securities, at value
|
|
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $53,549,218)
|
$
53,993,298
|
Affiliated issuers (cost $3,596,111)
|
3,596,218
|
Margin deposits on:
|
|
Futures contracts
|
200,750
|
Receivable for:
|
|
Capital shares sold
|
194,847
|
Dividends
|
19,780
|
Interest
|
184,303
|
Variation margin for futures contracts
|
875
|
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager
|
680
|
Prepaid expenses
|
3,451
|
Total assets
|
58,194,202
|
Liabilities
|
|
Payable for:
|
|
Variation margin for futures contracts
|
1,953
|
Management services fees
|
1,969
|
Distribution and/or service fees
|
751
|
Transfer agent fees
|
28,404
|
Accounting services fees
|
18,000
|
Printing and postage fees
|
5,534
|
Miscellaneous fees
|
5,495
|
Compensation of board members
|
903
|
Other expenses
|
4,901
|
Deferred compensation of board members
|
413
|
Total liabilities
|
68,323
|
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock
|
$58,125,879
|
Represented by
|
|
Paid in capital
|
57,190,901
|
Total distributable earnings (loss)
|
934,978
|
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock
|
$58,125,879
|
Class A
|
|
Net assets
|
$55,303,987
|
Shares outstanding
|
2,715,681
|
Net asset value per share
|
$20.36
|
Maximum sales charge
|
3.00%
|
Maximum offering price per share (calculated by dividing the net asset value per share by 1.0 minus the maximum sales charge for Class A shares)
|
$20.99
|
Institutional Class
|
|
Net assets
|
$2,821,892
|
Shares outstanding
|
138,497
|
Net asset value per share
|
$20.38
|
Net investment income
|
|
Income:
|
|
Dividends - unaffiliated issuers
|
$
49,710
|
Dividends - affiliated issuers
|
117,256
|
Interest
|
1,735,628
|
Total income
|
1,902,594
|
Expenses:
|
|
Management services fees
|
191,432
|
Distribution and/or service fees
|
|
Class A
|
75,044
|
Transfer agent fees
|
|
Class A
|
41,440
|
Institutional Class
|
592
|
Custodian fees
|
139
|
Printing and postage fees
|
18,160
|
Registration fees
|
5,715
|
Accounting services fees
|
18,000
|
Legal fees
|
5,466
|
Compensation of board members
|
2,823
|
Deferred compensation of board members
|
414
|
Other
|
6,855
|
Total expenses
|
366,080
|
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates
|
(62,849
)
|
Total net expenses
|
303,231
|
Net investment income
|
1,599,363
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) - net
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) on:
|
|
Investments - unaffiliated issuers
|
5,539
|
Investments - affiliated issuers
|
2,707
|
Futures contracts
|
(194,327
)
|
Net realized loss
|
(186,081
)
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
|
|
Investments - unaffiliated issuers
|
444,080
|
Investments - affiliated issuers
|
107
|
Futures contracts
|
66,447
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
510,634
|
Net realized and unrealized gain
|
324,553
|
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
$1,923,916
|
Year Ended
July 31, 2025
(a)
|
|
Operations
|
|
Net investment income
|
$
1,599,363
|
Net realized loss
|
(186,081
)
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
510,634
|
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
1,923,916
|
Distributions to shareholders
|
|
Net investment income and net realized gains
|
|
Class A
|
(954,021
)
|
Institutional Class
|
(34,825
)
|
Total distributions to shareholders
|
(988,846
)
|
Increase in net assets from capital stock activity
|
7,190,809
|
Total increase in net assets
|
8,125,879
|
Net assets at beginning of period
|
50,000,000
|
Net assets at end of period
|
$58,125,879
|
Year Ended
|
||
July 31, 2025
(a)
|
||
Shares
|
Dollars ($)
|
|
Capital stock activity
|
||
Class A
|
||
Shares sold
|
215,319
|
4,371,687
|
Distributions reinvested
|
862
|
17,553
|
Net increase
|
216,181
|
4,389,240
|
Institutional Class
|
||
Shares sold
|
137,243
|
2,786,260
|
Distributions reinvested
|
754
|
15,309
|
Net increase
|
137,997
|
2,801,569
|
Total net increase
|
354,178
|
7,190,809
|
(a)
|
Based on operations from April 17, 2025 (the Fund's commencement of operations) through the stated period end.
|
Net asset value,
beginning of
period
|
Net
investment
income
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
Distributions
from net
investment
income
|
Total
distributions to
shareholders
|
|
Class A
|
||||||
Year Ended 7/31/2025
(c)
|
$20.00
|
0.61
|
0.12
|
0.73
|
(0.37
)
|
(0.37
)
|
Institutional Class
|
||||||
Year Ended 7/31/2025
(c)
|
$20.00
|
0.81
|
(0.04
)
(d)
|
0.77
|
(0.39
)
|
(0.39
)
|
Notes to Consolidated Financial Highlights
|
|
(a)
|
In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any other funds in which it
invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the Fund's reported expense ratios.
|
(b)
|
Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable.
|
(c)
|
The Fund commenced operations on April 17, 2025. Per share data and total return reflect activity from that date.
|
(d)
|
Calculation of the net gain (loss) per share (both realized and unrealized) does not correlate to the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) presented in the
Consolidated Statement of Operations due to timing of Fund shares sold and redeemed in relation to fluctuations in the market value of the portfolio. For a new share
class, the difference may be due to the timing of the commencement of operations for the share class.
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
Total
return
|
Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a)
|
Total net
expense
ratio to
average
net assets
(a),(b)
|
Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets
|
Portfolio
turnover
|
Net
assets,
end of
period
(000's)
|
|
Class A
|
|||||||
Year Ended 7/31/2025
(c)
|
$20.36
|
3.65%
|
2.29%
|
1.99%
|
10.37%
|
5%
|
$55,304
|
Institutional Class
|
|||||||
Year Ended 7/31/2025
(c)
|
$20.38
|
3.88%
|
1.82%
|
1.49%
|
13.80%
|
5%
|
$2,822
|
% of consolidated fund net assets
|
0.02
%
|
Net assets
|
$10,093
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
92
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
-
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
1
|
Asset derivatives
|
||
Risk exposure
category
|
Consolidated statement
of assets and liabilities
location
|
Fair value ($)
|
Interest rate risk
|
Component of total distributable earnings (loss) - unrealized appreciation on futures contracts
|
73,919
*
|
Liability derivatives
|
||
Risk exposure
category
|
Consolidated statement
of assets and liabilities
location
|
Fair value ($)
|
Interest rate risk
|
Component of total distributable earnings (loss) - unrealized depreciation on futures contracts
|
7,472
*
|
*
|
Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the tables following the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day's variation margin
for futures and centrally cleared swaps, if any, is reported in receivables or payables in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
|
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income
|
|
Risk exposure category
|
Futures
contracts
($)
|
Interest rate risk
|
(194,327
)
|
|
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income
|
|
Risk exposure category
|
Futures
contracts
($)
|
Interest rate risk
|
66,447
|
Derivative instrument
|
Average notional
amounts ($)
|
Futures contracts - long
|
12,982,448
|
Futures contracts - short
|
25,167
|
Effective rate (%)
|
|
Class A
|
0.28
|
Institutional Class
|
0.28
|
Front End (%)
|
CDSC (%)
|
Amount ($)
|
|
Class A
|
3.00
|
-
|
52,415
|
Fee rate(s) contractual
through
November 30, 2026 (%)
|
|
Class A
|
1.99
|
Institutional Class
|
1.49
|
Undistributed net
investment
income ($)
|
Accumulated
net realized
(loss) ($)
|
Paid in
capital ($)
|
5,456
|
(5,548
)
|
92
|
Ordinary
income ($)
|
Long-term
capital gains ($)
|
Total ($)
|
988,846
|
-
|
988,846
|
Undistributed
ordinary income ($)
|
Undistributed
long-term
capital gains ($)
|
Capital loss
carryforwards ($)
|
Net unrealized
appreciation ($)
|
616,386
|
-
|
(119,633
)
|
438,730
|
Federal
tax cost ($)
|
Gross unrealized
appreciation ($)
|
Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($)
|
Net unrealized
appreciation ($)
|
57,217,271
|
438,730
|
-
|
438,730
|
No expiration
short-term ($)
|
No expiration
long-term ($)
|
Total ($)
|
Utilized ($)
|
(58,730
)
|
(60,903
)
|
(119,633
)
|
-
|
Section
199A
dividends
|
|
2.55%
|
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position Held
With the Fund and
Length of Service
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds
Complex*
Overseen
|
Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the Past
Five Years and other
Relevant Board
Experience
|
George S. Batejan
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1954
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Executive Vice President, Global Head of
Technology and Operations, Janus Capital Group,
Inc. 2010-2016
|
177
|
Former Chairman of the
Board, NICSA (National
Investment Company
Services Association)
(Executive Committee,
Nominating Committee and
Governance Committee),
2014-2016; former Director,
Intech Investment
Management, 2011-2016;
former Board Member, Metro
Denver Chamber of
Commerce, 2015-2016;
former Advisory Board
Member, University of
Colorado Business School,
2015-2018; former Board
Member, Chase Bank
International, 1993-1994
|
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position Held
With the Fund and
Length of Service
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds
Complex*
Overseen
|
Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the Past
Five Years and other
Relevant Board
Experience
|
Kathleen Blatz
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1954
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Attorney, specializing in arbitration and mediation,
since 2006; Trustee of Gerald Rauenhorst 1982
Trusts, 2020-2024; Interim President and Chief
Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Minnesota (health care insurance), February-July
2018, April-October 2021; Chief Justice, Minnesota
Supreme Court, 1998-2006; Associate Justice,
Minnesota Supreme Court, 1996-1998; Fourth
Judicial District Court Judge, Hennepin County,
1994-1996; Attorney in private practice and public
service, 1984-1993; State Representative,
Minnesota House of Representatives, 1979-1993,
which included service on the Tax and Financial
Institutions and Insurance Committees; Member
and Interim Chair, Minnesota Sports Facilities
Authority, January-July 2017
|
177
|
Former Trustee, Blue Cross
and Blue Shield of
Minnesota, 2009-2021 (Chair
of the Business Development
Committee, 2014-2017; Chair
of the Governance
Committee, 2017-2019);
former Member and Chair of
the Board, Minnesota Sports
Facilities Authority, January
2017-July 2017; former
Director, Robina Foundation,
2009-2020 (Chair,
2014-2020); Director, Richard
M. Schulze Family
Foundation, since 2021
|
Pamela G. Carlton
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1954
|
Chair and
Trustee since
2024
|
President, Springboard-Partners in Cross Cultural
Leadership (consulting company), since 2003;
Managing Director of US Equity Research, JP
Morgan Chase, 1999-2003; Director of US Equity
Research, Chase Asset Management, 1996-1999;
Co-Director Latin America Research, 1993-1996,
COO Global Research, 1992-1996, Co-Director of
US Research, 1991-1992, Investment Banker,
1982-1991, Morgan Stanley; Attorney, Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, 1980-1982
|
177
|
Trustee, New York
Presbyterian Hospital Board,
since 1996; Director, DR Bank
(Audit Committee, since
2017 and Audit Committee
Chair, since November 2023);
Director, Evercore Inc. (Audit
Committee, Nominating and
Governance Committee)
(financial services
company), since 2019;
Director, Apollo Commercial
Real Estate Finance, Inc.
(Chair, Nominating and
Governance Committee),
since 2021; the Governing
Council of the Independent
Directors Council (IDC), since
2021; Director, Apollo
Asset-Backed Finance LC
Board, since 2024; Member,
Independent Directors
Institute (IDC) since 2021
and Member, Investment
Company Institute (ICI)
Board of Governance since
2024
|
Janet Langford Carrig
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1957
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary, ConocoPhillips (independent
energy company), September 2007-October 2018
|
177
|
Former Director, EQT
Corporation (natural gas
producer), July 2019-April
2025; former Director,
Whiting Petroleum
Corporation (independent oil
and gas company),
2020-2022
|
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position Held
With the Fund and
Length of Service
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds
Complex*
Overseen
|
Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the Past
Five Years and other
Relevant Board
Experience
|
J. Kevin Connaughton
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC,
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1964
|
Trustee since
2024
|
CEO and President, RhodeWay Financial
(non-profit financial planning firm), since
December 2022; Member, FINRA National
Adjudicatory Council, January 2020-December
2023; Adjunct Professor of Finance, Bentley
University, January 2018-April 2023; Consultant to
Independent Trustees of CFVIT and CFST I from
March 2016 to June 2020 with respect to CFVIT
and to December 2020 with respect to CFST I;
Managing Director and General Manager of Mutual
Fund Products, Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC, May 2010-February 2015; President,
Columbia Funds, 2008-2015; and senior officer of
Columbia Funds and affiliated funds, 2003-2015
|
175
|
Former Director, The Autism
Project, March
2015-December 2021; former
Member of the Investment
Committee, St. Michael's
College, November
2015-February 2020; former
Trustee, St. Michael's
College, June
2017-September 2019;
former Trustee, New Century
Portfolios (former mutual
fund complex), January
2015-December 2017
|
Olive M. Darragh
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC,
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1962
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Managing Director of Darragh Inc. (strategy and
talent management consulting firm), since 2010;
Founder and CEO, Zolio, Inc. (investment
management talent identification platform), since
2004; Consultant to Independent Trustees of
CFVIT and CFST I from June 2019 to June 2020
with respect to CFVIT and to December 2020 with
respect to CFST I; Partner, Tudor Investments,
2004-2010; Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
(consulting), 1990-2004; Touche Ross CPA,
1985-1988
|
175
|
Treasurer, Edinburgh
University US Trust Board,
since January 2023; Member,
HBS Community Action
Partners Board, since
September 2022; former
Director, University of
Edinburgh Business School
(Member of US Board),
2004-2019; former Director,
Boston Public Library
Foundation, 2008-2017
|
Patricia M. Flynn
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1950
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Professor Emeritus of Economics and
Management, Bentley University, since 2023;
Professor of Economics and Management, Bentley
University, 1976-2023; Dean, McCallum Graduate
School of Business, Bentley University, 1992-2002
|
177
|
Former Trustee, MA
Taxpayers Foundation,
1997-2022; former Director,
The MA Business
Roundtable, 2003-2019;
former Chairperson,
Innovation Index Advisory
Committee, MA Technology
Collaborative, 1997-2020
|
Brian J. Gallagher
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1954
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Retired; Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and its
predecessors, 1977-2016
|
177
|
Trustee, Catholic Schools
Foundation, 2004-2024
|
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position Held
With the Fund and
Length of Service
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds
Complex*
Overseen
|
Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the Past
Five Years and other
Relevant Board
Experience
|
Douglas A. Hacker
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1955
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Independent business executive, since May 2006;
Executive Vice President - Strategy of United
Airlines, December 2002-May 2006; President of
UAL Loyalty Services (airline marketing company),
September 2001-December 2002; Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of United
Airlines, July 1999-September 2001
|
177
|
Director, SpartanNash
Company (food distributor),
since November 2013 (Chair
of the Board since May
2021); Director, Aircastle
Limited (aircraft leasing) ,
since August 2006 (Chair of
Audit Committee); former
Director, Nash Finch
Company (food distributor),
2005-2013; former Director,
SeaCube Container Leasing
Ltd. (container leasing),
2010-2013; and former
Director, Travelport
Worldwide Limited (travel
information technology),
2014-2019
|
Nancy T. Luktish
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1956
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Senior Vice President, Partner and Director of
Marketing, Wellington Management Company, LLP
(investment adviser), 1997-2010; Chair, Wellington
Management Portfolios (commingled non-U.S.
investment pools), 2007 -2010; Director, Wellington
Trust Company, NA and other Wellington affiliates,
1997-2010
|
175
|
None
|
Jeninne C. McGee
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1962
|
Trustee since
2025
|
Retired; Executive Vice President and Chief Risk
Officer of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 2021-2023;
Senior Vice President, Operational Risk and Data
Governance, Ameriprise Financial Inc., 2018-2021
|
175
|
Director, First Command
(Chair of Risk Committee)
(financial planning firm for
military personnel), since
2023; Trustee and Vice Chair,
Carleton College (on the
Finance Committee and
Investment Committee),
since 2017
|
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position Held
With the Fund and
Length of Service
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds
Complex*
Overseen
|
Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the Past
Five Years and other
Relevant Board
Experience
|
David M. Moffett
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1952
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Retired; former Chief Executive Officer of Freddie
Mac and Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bank
|
177
|
Director, CSX Corporation
(transportation suppliers);
Director, PayPal
Holdings Inc. (payment and
data processing services);
former Director, eBay Inc.
(online trading community),
2007-2015; and former
Director, CIT Bank, CIT
Group Inc. (commercial and
consumer finance),
2010-2016; former Senior
Adviser to The Carlyle Group
(financial services), March
2008-September 2008;
former Governance
Consultant to Bridgewater
Associates (investment
company), January
2013-December 2015
|
Catherine James Paglia
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1952
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Director, Enterprise Asset Management, Inc.
(private real estate and asset management
company), since September 1998; Managing
Director and Partner, Interlaken Capital, Inc.,
1989-1997; Vice President, 1982-1985, Principal,
1985-1987, Managing Director, 1987-1989, Morgan
Stanley; Vice President, Investment Banking,
1980-1982, Associate, Investment Banking,
1976-1980, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
|
177
|
Director, Valmont Industries,
Inc. (irrigation systems
manufacturer), since 2012;
Trustee, Carleton College (on
the Investment Committee),
since 1987; Trustee,
Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (on the
Investment Committee),
since 2009
|
Natalie A. Trunow
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1967
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Chief Executive Officer, Millennial Portfolio
Solutions LLC (asset management and consulting
services) January 2016-January 2021;
Non-executive Member of the Investment
Committee and Valuation Committee, Sarona
Asset Management Inc. (private equity firm)
September 2019-December 2022; Advisor, Horizon
Investments (asset management and consulting
services), August 2018- January 2022; Advisor,
Paradigm Asset Management, November
2016-January 2022; Consultant to Independent
Trustees of CFVIT and CFST I from September
2016 to June 2020 with respect to CFVIT and to
December 2020 with respect to CFST I; Director of
Investments/Consultant, Casey Family Programs,
April 2016-November 2016; Senior Vice President
and Chief Investment Officer, Calvert Investments,
August 2008-January 2016; Section Head and
Portfolio Manager, General Motors Asset
Management, June 1997-August 2008
|
175
|
Independent Director,
(Investment Committee),
Health Services for Children
with Special Needs, Inc.,
2010-2021; Independent
Director, (Executive
Committee and Chair, Audit
Committee), Consumer
Credit Counseling Services
(formerly Guidewell Financial
Solutions), 2016-2023;
Independent Director
(Investment Committee),
Sarona Asset Management,
2019-2022
|
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position Held
With the Fund and
Length of Service
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds
Complex*
Overseen
|
Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the Past
Five Years and other
Relevant Board
Experience
|
Sandra L. Yeager
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1964
|
Trustee since
2024
|
Retired; President and founder, Hanoverian Capital,
LLC (SEC registered investment advisor firm),
2008-2016; Managing Director, DuPont Capital,
2006-2008; Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Investment Management, 2004-2006; Senior Vice
President, Alliance Bernstein, 1990-2004
|
177
|
Former Director, NAPE
(National Alliance for
Partnerships in Equity)
Education Foundation,
October 2016-October 2020;
Advisory Board, Jennersville
YMCA, June 2022-June 2023
|
Name,
Address,
Year of Birth
|
Position Held
With the Fund and
Length of Service
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years
and Other Relevant
Professional Experience
|
Number of
Funds in the
Columbia Funds
Complex*
Overseen
|
Other Directorships Held
by Trustee During the
Past Five Years and
Other Relevant Board
Experience
|
Ryan C. Larrenaga
c/o Columbia Management
Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1970
|
Trustee since
September 2025,
Senior Vice President
since 2017, Chief
Legal Officer since
2017 and Secretary
since 2015
|
Vice President and Chief Counsel - Legal,
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., since August 2018;
officer of the Columbia Funds or affiliated
registered and unregistered funds since 2005
|
177
|
None
|
*
|
The term "Columbia Funds Complex" as used herein includes Columbia Credit Income Opportunities Fund, Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund,
Tri-Continental Corporation and each series of Columbia Acorn Trust, Columbia Funds Series Trust (CFST), Columbia Funds Series Trust I (CFST I), Columbia Funds
Series Trust II (CFST II), Columbia ETF Trust I (CET I), Columbia ETF Trust II (CET II), Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust (CFVIT), Columbia Funds Variable
Series Trust (CFVST) and Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II (CFVST II). Messrs. Batejan, Gallagher, Hacker, Larrenaga and Moffett and Mses. Blatz, Carlton,
Carrig, Flynn, Paglia and Yeager serve as directors of Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund and Tri-Continental Corporation.
|
**
|
Interested person (as defined under the 1940 Act) by reason of being an officer, director, security holder and/or employee of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise
Financial.
|
Name,
address and
year of birth
|
Position and year
first appointed to
position for any Fund
in the Columbia
Funds Complex or a
predecessor thereof
|
Principal occupation(s) during past five years
|
Michael G. Clarke
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1969
|
President and Principal
Executive Officer (2025)
|
Senior Vice President and North America Head of Operations & Investor Services and Member of
Board of Governors, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, since June 2023 and
January 2024, respectively (previously Senior Vice President and Head of Global Operations &
Investor Services, March 2022 - June 2023, Vice President, Head of North America Operations, and
Co-Head of Global Operations, June 2019 - February 2022 and Vice President - Accounting and
Tax, May 2010 - May 2019); formerly Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the
Columbia Funds, January 2009 - September 2025; formerly Senior Vice President of the Columbia
Funds, January 2019 - September 2025; senior officer of Columbia Funds and affiliated funds,
since 2002; Director, Ameriprise Trust Company, since June 2023; Chair and President since
August 2025; Director, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., since September 2024.
|
Charles H. Chiesa
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1978
|
Chief Financial Officer
(2025) and Principal
Financial Officer, Treasurer
and Chief Accounting
Officer (2024)
|
Vice President, Head of Accounting and Tax of Global Operations & Investor Services, Columbia
Management Investment Advisers, LLC, since May 2024; Senior Manager, KPMG, October 2022 -
May 2024; Director - Business Analyst, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
December 2013 - October 2022.
|
William F. Truscott
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1960
|
Senior Vice President (2001)
|
Formerly, Trustee/Director of Columbia Funds Complex or legacy funds, November 2001 - January
1, 2021; Chief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., since
September 2012; Chairman of the Board and President, Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC, since July 2004 and February 2012, respectively; President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., since January
2024, February 2012 and November 2008, respectively; Chairman of the Board and Director, TAM
UK International Holdings Limited, since July 2021; President and Chairman of the Board, Columbia
Wanger Asset Management, LLC, since October 2024; formerly Chairman of the Board and Director,
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings, Sàrl, March 2013 - December 2022 and December
2008 - December 2022, respectively; senior executive of various entities affiliated with Columbia
Threadneedle Investments
®
.
|
Christopher O. Petersen
5228 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474
1970
|
Senior Vice President and
Assistant Secretary (2021)
|
Formerly, Trustee/Director of funds within the Columbia Funds Complex, July 1, 2020 - November
22, 2021; Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., since
September 2021 (previously Vice President and Lead Chief Counsel, January 2015 - September
2021); formerly, President and Principal Executive Officer of the Columbia Funds, 2015 - 2021;
officer of Columbia Funds and affiliated funds, since 2007.
|
Thomas P. McGuire
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1972
|
Senior Vice President and
Chief Compliance Officer
(2012)
|
Vice President - Asset Management Compliance, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., since May 2010; Chief
Compliance Officer, Columbia Acorn Trust and Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust, since
December 2015; formerly, Chief Compliance Officer, Ameriprise Certificate Company, September
2010 - September 2020.
|
Michael E. DeFao
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1968
|
Vice President (2011) and
Assistant Secretary (2010)
|
Vice President and Chief Counsel, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., since May 2010; Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, since
October 2021 (previously Vice President and Assistant Secretary, May 2010 - September 2021).
|
Veronica A. Seaman
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
1962
|
Vice President (2025)
|
Vice President, Global Operations and Investor Services, since 2010; Director (since 2018), and
President (since 2024), Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
|
Item 2. Code of Ethics
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the "Code") that applies to the registrant's principal
executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party. During the period covered by this report, there were not any amendments to a provision of the Code that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of Form N-CSR. During the period covered by this report, there were no waivers, including any implicit waivers, from a provision of the Code that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of Form N-CSR. A copy of the Code is attached hereto.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The registrant's Board of Directors has determined that Brian J. Gallagher, Sandra L. Yeager, J. Kevin Connaughton, Douglas A. Hacker and David M. Moffett, each of whom are members of the registrant's Board of Directors and Audit Committee, each qualify as an audit committee financial expert. Mr. Gallagher, Ms. Yeager, Mr. Hacker and Mr. Moffett are each independent directors, as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this item's instructions.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The Registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years. The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years for the series of the relevant registrant whose reports to shareholders are included in this annual filing.
Amount billed to the registrant's |
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Amount billed to the registrant ($) |
investment advisor ($) |
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July 31, 2025 |
July 31, 2024 |
July 31, 2025 |
July 31, 2024 |
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Audit fees (a) |
17,855 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Audit-related |
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fees (b) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tax fees (c) |
29,784 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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All other fees (d) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Non-audit fees |
0 |
0 |
474,000 |
581,000 |
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(g) |
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(a)Audit Fees include amounts related to the audit of the registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.
(b)Audit-RelatedFees include amounts for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant's financial statements and are not reported in Audit Fees above.
(c)Tax Fees include amounts for the review of annual tax returns, the review of required shareholder distribution calculations and typically include amounts for professional services by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and
foreign tax filings, if applicable.
(d)All Other Fees include amounts for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) above and typically include SOC-1 reviews.
(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures The registrant's Audit Committee is required to pre-approve the engagement of the registrant's independent auditors to provide
audit and non-audit services to the registrant and non-audit services to its investment adviser (excluding any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is sub-contracted or overseen by another investment adviser (the "Adviser") or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund (a "Control Affiliate") if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.
The Audit Committee has adopted a Policy for Engagement of Independent Auditors for Audit and Non- Audit Services (the "Policy"). The Policy sets forth the understanding of the Audit Committee regarding the engagement of the registrant's independent accountants to provide (i) audit and permissible audit- related, tax and other services to the registrant ("Fund Services"); (ii) nonaudit services to the registrant's Adviser and any Control Affiliates, that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fund ("Fund-related Adviser Services"); and (iii) certain other audit and non-audit services to the registrant's Adviser and its Control Affiliates. A service will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee if it is to be provided by the Fund's independent auditor; provided, however, that pre- approval of non-audit services to the Fund, the Adviser or Control Affiliates may be waived if certain de minimis requirements set forth in the SEC's rules are met.
Under the Policy, the Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to any pre-designated member or members who are independent board members. The member(s) to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next regular meeting. The Audit Committee's responsibilities with respect to the pre- approval of services performed by the independent auditor may not be delegated to management.
On an annual basis, at a regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting, the Fund's Treasurer or other Fund officer shall submit to the Audit Committee a schedule of the types of Fund Services and Fund- related Adviser Services that are subject to specific preapproval. This schedule will provide a description of each type of service that is subject to specific pre-approval, along with total projected fees for each service. The pre-approval will generally cover a one-year period. The Audit Committee will review and approve the types of services and the projected fees for the next one-year period and may add to, or subtract from, the list of preapproved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations. This specific approval acknowledges that the Audit
Committee is in agreement with the specific types of services that the independent auditor will be permitted to perform and the projected fees for each service.
The Fund's Treasurer or other Fund officer shall report to the Audit Committee at each of its regular meetings regarding all Fund Services or Fund-related Adviser Services provided since the last such report was rendered, including a description of the services, by category, with forecasted fees for the annual reporting period, proposed changes requiring specific pre-approval and a description of services provided by the independent auditor, by category, with actual fees during the current reporting period.
(e)(2) None, or 0%, of the Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees paid by the Fund or affiliated entities relating directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant disclosed above were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraphs (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (which permits audit committee approval after the start of the engagement with respect to services other than audit, review or attest services, if certain conditions are satisfied).
(f)Not applicable.
(g)The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant's accountant for services rendered to the registrant and rendered to the registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.
(h)The registrant's Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant's adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence.
(i)Not applicable.
(j)Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
(a)The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)58)(A) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A). Brian J. Gallagher, Patricia M. Flynn, Sandra L. Yeager, Douglas A. Hacker, J. Kevin Connaughton and David M. Moffett are each independent directors and collectively constitute the entire Audit Committee.
(b)Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments
(a)The registrant's "Schedule I - Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers" (as set forth in 17 CFR 210.12-12) is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
(b)Not applicable.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract
Statement regarding basis for approval of Investment Advisory Contract is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
General. The Funds have delegated to the Investment Manager the responsibility to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Funds, including Funds managed by subadvisers. In deciding to delegate this responsibility to the Investment Manager, the Board reviewed the policies adopted by the Investment Manager. These included the procedures that the Investment Manager follows when a vote presents a conflict between the interests of the Funds and their shareholders and the Investment Manager and its affiliates.
The Investment Manager's policy is to vote all proxies for Fund securities in a manner considered by the Investment Manager to be in the best economic interests of its clients, including the Funds, without regard to any benefit or detriment to the Investment Manager, its employees or its affiliates. The best economic interests of clients is defined for this purpose as the interest of enhancing or protecting the value of client accounts, considered as a group rather than individually, as the Investment Manager determines in its discretion. The Investment Manager endeavors to vote all proxies of which it becomes aware prior to the vote deadline; provided, however, that in certain circumstances the Investment Manager may refrain from voting securities. For instance, the Investment Manager may refrain from voting foreign securities if it determines that the costs of voting outweigh the expected benefits of voting and typically will not vote securities if voting would impose trading restrictions.
The Board may, in its discretion, vote proxies for the Funds. For instance, the Board may determine to vote on matters that may present a material conflict of interest to the Investment Manager. In addition, the Board may instruct the Investment Manager to vote in accordance with guidelines approved by the Board.
Oversight. The operation of the Investment Manager's proxy voting policy and procedures is overseen by a group of representatives from the Investment Manager and its advisory affiliates. Oversight of the Investment Manager's proxy voting is also provided by a committee within the Investment Manager comprised of portfolio managers and research analysts. The Board reviews on an annual basis, or more frequently if determined appropriate, the Investment Manager's administration of the proxy voting process.
Corporate Governance and Proxy Voting Guidelines (the Guidelines). The Investment Manager has adopted the Guidelines, which set out voting stances on key issues and the broad principles shaping its approach, as well as the types of related voting action the Investment Manager may take. The Guidelines also provide indicative examples of key guidelines used in any given region, which illustrate the standards against which voting decisions are considered. The Investment Manager has developed voting stances that align with the Guidelines and will generally vote in accordance with such voting stances. The Investment Manager may determine to vote differently from the voting stances on particular proposals in the event it determines that doing so is in the clients' best economic interests. The Investment Manager may consider the voting recommendations of analysts, portfolio managers, subadvisers and information obtained from outside resources, including one or more third party research providers. When proposals are not covered by the voting stances or a voting determination must be made on a case-by-casebasis, a portfolio manager or analyst will make the voting determination based on his or her determination of the clients' best economic interests.
Addressing Conflicts of Interest. The Investment Manager seeks to address potential material conflicts of interest by voting in accordance with predetermined voting stances. In addition, if the Investment Manager determines that a material conflict of interest exists, the Investment Manager will invoke one or more of the following conflict management practices: (i) causing the proxies to be voted in accordance with the recommendations of an independent third party (which may be the Investment Manager's proxy voting administrator or research provider); (ii) causing the proxies to be delegated to an independent third party (which may be the Investment Manager's proxy voting administrator or research provider); and (iii) in infrequent cases, forwarding the proxies to an Independent Trustee authorized to vote the proxies for the Funds. A member of a governing body responsible for overseeing proxy voting is prohibited from voting on any proposal for which he or she has a conflict of interest by reason of a direct relationship with the issuer or other party affected by a given proposal. Persons making recommendations are required to disclose any relationship with a party making a proposal or other matter known to the person that would create a potential conflict of interest.
Voting Proxies of Affiliated Underlying Funds. Certain Funds may invest in shares of other Columbia Funds (referred to in this context as "underlying funds") and may own substantial portions of these underlying funds. If such Funds are in a master-feeder structure, the feeder fund will either seek instructions from its shareholders with regard to the voting of proxies with respect to the master fund's shares and vote such proxies in accordance with such instructions or vote the shares held by it in the same proportion as the vote of all other master fund shareholders. With respect to Funds that hold shares of underlying funds other than in a master-feeder structure, the holding Funds will typically vote proxies of the underlying funds in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of the underlying fund's shares, unless the Board otherwise instructs.
Proxy Voting Agents. The Investment Manager has retained Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., a third- party vendor, as its proxy voting administrator to implement its proxy voting process and to provide recordkeeping and vote disclosure services. Typically, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. populates
ballots for issuers deemed to present potential material conflicts of interest in accordance with predetermined voting stances, as described above under Addressing Conflicts of Interest. The Investment Manager has retained both Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis & Company, LLC to provide proxy research services.
Additional Information. Information regarding how the Columbia Funds (except certain Columbia Funds that do not invest in voting securities) voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30 will be available by August 31 of this year free of charge: (i) through the Columbia Funds' website at columbiathreadneedleus.com and/or (ii) on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Item 13. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies |
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Portfolio Managers |
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Portfolio Manager |
Title |
Role with the Fund |
Managed the Fund Since |
Jason Callan |
Senior Portfolio Manager, Co- |
Co-Portfolio Manager |
April 2025 |
Head of Structured Assets, and |
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Head of Core & Core Plus |
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Ryan Osborn, CFA |
Senior Portfolio Manager and |
Co-Portfolio Manager |
April 2025 |
Co-Head of Structured Assets |
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Mr. Callan joined the Investment Manager in 2007. Mr. Callan began his investment career in 2003 and earned a B.S. from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.
Mr. Osborn joined the Investment Manager in 2004. Mr. Osborn began his investment career in 2004 and earned a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Other Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers:
AS OF FYE 7/31/25
Other Accounts Managed (excluding the Fund) |
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Fund |
Portfolio |
Number and |
Approximate |
Performance |
Ownership |
Manager |
Type of |
Total Net |
Based |
of Fund |
|
Account* |
Assets |
Accounts** |
Shares |
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Columbia Credit |
Jason Callan |
13 RICs |
$21.75 billion |
None |
None |
Income |
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12 PIVs |
$28.51 billion |
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Opportunities |
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531 other |
$1.81 billion |
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Fund |
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accounts |
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Ryan Osborn, |
5 RICs |
$5.15 billion |
None |
None |
|
CFA |
5 Other |
$6.71 million |
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Accounts |
*RIC refers to a Registered Investment Company; PIV refers to a Pooled Investment Vehicle.
**Number and type of accounts for which the advisory fee paid is based in part or wholly on performance and the aggregate net assets in those accounts.
Potential Conflicts of Interest:
Columbia Management: Like other investment professionals with multiple clients, a Fund's portfolio manager(s)
may face certain potential conflicts of interest in connection with managing both the Fund and other accounts at the same time. The Investment Manager and the Funds have adopted compliance policies and procedures that attempt to address certain of the potential conflicts that portfolio managers face in this regard. Certain of these conflicts of interest are summarized below.
The management of funds or other accounts with different advisory fee rates and/or fee structures, including accounts, such as the Investment Manager's hedge funds, that pay advisory fees based on account performance (performance fee accounts), may raise potential conflicts of interest for a portfolio manager by creating an incentive to favor accounts that pay higher fees, including performance fee accounts, such that the portfolio manager may have an incentive to allocate attractive investments disproportionately to performance fee accounts.
Similar conflicts of interest also may arise when a portfolio manager has personal investments in other accounts that may create an incentive to favor those accounts. When the Investment Manager determines it necessary or appropriate in order to ensure compliance with restrictions on joint transactions under the 1940 Act, a Fund may not be able to invest in privately-placed securities in which other accounts advised by the Investment Manager using a similar style, including performance fee accounts, are able to invest, even when the Investment Manager believes such securities would otherwise represent attractive investment opportunities. As a general matter and subject to the Investment Manager's Code of Ethics and certain limited exceptions, including for investments in the Investment Manager's hedge funds, the Investment Manager's investment professionals do not have the opportunity to invest in client accounts, other than the Funds.
A portfolio manager who is responsible for managing multiple funds and/or accounts may devote unequal time and attention to the management of those Funds and/or accounts. The effects of this potential conflict may be more pronounced where Funds and/or accounts managed by a particular portfolio manager have different investment strategies.
A portfolio manager may be able to select or influence the selection of the broker/dealers that are used to execute securities transactions for the Funds. A portfolio manager's decision as to the selection of broker/dealers could produce disproportionate costs and benefits among the Funds and the other accounts the portfolio manager manages.
A potential conflict of interest may arise when a portfolio manager buys or sells the same securities for a Fund and other accounts. On occasions when a portfolio manager considers the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interests of a Fund as well as other accounts, the Investment Manager's trading desk may, to the extent consistent with applicable laws and regulations, aggregate the securities to be sold or bought in order to obtain the best execution and lower brokerage commissions, if any. Aggregation of trades may create the potential for unfairness to a Fund or another account if a portfolio manager favors one account over another in allocating the securities bought or sold. The Investment Manager and its Participating Affiliates may coordinate their trading operations for certain types of securities and transactions pursuant to personnel-sharing agreements or similar intercompany arrangements. However, typically the Investment Manager does not coordinate trading activities with a Participating Affiliate with respect to accounts of that Participating Affiliate unless such Participating Affiliate is also providing trading services for accounts managed by the Investment Manager. Similarly, a Participating Affiliate typically does not coordinate trading activities with the Investment Manager with respect to accounts of the Investment Manager unless the Investment Manager is also providing trading services for accounts managed by such Participating Affiliate. As a result, it is possible that the Investment Manager and its Participating Affiliates may trade in the same instruments at the same time,
in the same or opposite direction or in different sequence, which could negatively impact the prices paid by the Fund on such instruments. Additionally, in circumstances where trading services are being provided on a coordinated basis for the Investment Manager's accounts (including the Funds) and the accounts of one or more Participating Affiliates in accordance with applicable law, it is possible that the allocation opportunities available to the Funds may be decreased, especially for less actively traded securities, or orders may take longer to execute, which may negatively impact Fund performance.
"Cross trades," in which a portfolio manager sells a particular security held by a Fund to another account (potentially saving transaction costs for both accounts), could involve a potential conflict of interest if, for example, a portfolio manager is permitted to sell a security from one account to another account at a higher price than an independent third party would pay. The Investment Manager and the Funds have adopted compliance procedures that provide that any transactions between a Fund and another account managed by the Investment Manager are to be made at a current market price, consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
Another potential conflict of interest may arise based on the different investment objectives and strategies of a Fund and other accounts managed by its portfolio manager(s). Depending on another account's objectives and other factors, a portfolio manager may give advice to and make decisions for a Fund that may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of decisions made, with respect to another account. A portfolio manager's investment decisions are the product of many factors in addition to basic suitability for the particular account involved. Thus, a portfolio manager may buy or sell a particular security for certain accounts, and not for a Fund, even though it could have been bought or sold for the Fund at the same time. A portfolio manager also may buy a particular security for one or more accounts when one or more other accounts are selling the security (including short sales). There may be circumstances when a portfolio manager's purchases or sales of portfolio securities for one or more accounts may have an adverse effect on other accounts, including the Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in underlying funds, a portfolio manager will be subject to additional potential conflicts of interest. Because of the structure of funds-of-funds, the potential conflicts of interest for the portfolio managers may be different than the potential conflicts of interest for portfolio managers who manage other Funds. The Investment Manager and its affiliates may receive higher compensation as a result of allocations to underlying funds with higher fees.
AFund's portfolio manager(s) also may have other potential conflicts of interest in managing the Fund, and the description above is not a complete description of every conflict that could exist in managing the Fund and other accounts. Many of the potential conflicts of interest to which the Investment
Manager's portfolio managers are subject are essentially the same or similar to the potential conflicts of interest related to the investment management activities of the Investment Manager and its affiliates.
In addition, a portfolio manager's responsibilities may include working as a securities analyst. This dual role may give rise to conflicts with respect to making investment decisions for accounts that he/she manages versus communicating his/her analyses to other portfolio managers concerning securities that he/she follows as an analyst.
Structure of Compensation
Columbia Management: Portfolio manager direct compensation is typically comprised of a base salary, and an annual incentive award that is paid either in the form of a cash bonus if the size of the award is under a specified threshold, or, if the size of the award is over a specified threshold, the award is paid in a combination of a cash bonus, an equity incentive award, and deferred compensation. Equity incentive awards are made in the form of Ameriprise Financial restricted stock or, for more senior employees, both Ameriprise Financial restricted stock and stock options. The investment return credited on deferred compensation is based on the performance of specified Columbia Funds, in most cases including the Columbia Funds the portfolio manager manages.
Base salary is typically determined based on market data relevant to the employee's position, as well as other factors including internal equity. Base salaries are reviewed annually, and increases are typically given as promotional increases, internal equity adjustments, or market adjustments.
Under the Columbia Management annual incentive plan for investment professionals, awards are discretionary, and the amount of incentive awards for investment team members is variable based on
(1)an evaluation of the investment performance of the investment team of which the investment professional is a member, reflecting the performance (and client experience) of the funds or accounts the investment professional manages and, if applicable, reflecting the individual's work as an investment research analyst, (2) the results of a peer and/or management review of the individual, taking into account attributes such as team participation, investment process followed, communications, and leadership, and (3) the amount of aggregate funding of the plan determined by senior management of Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Ameriprise Financial, which takes into account Columbia Threadneedle Investments revenues and profitability, as well as Ameriprise Financial profitability, historical plan funding levels and other factors. Columbia Threadneedle Investments revenues and profitability are largely determined by assets under management. In determining the allocation of incentive compensation to investment teams, the amount of assets and related revenues managed by the team is also considered, alongside investment performance. Individual awards are subject to a comprehensive risk adjustment review process to ensure proper reflection in remuneration of adherence to our controls and Code of Conduct.
Investment performance for a fund or other account is measured using a scorecard that compares account performance against benchmarks, custom indexes and/or peer groups. Account performance may also be compared to unaffiliated passively managed ETFs, taking into consideration the management fees of comparable passively managed ETFs, when available and as determined by the Investment Manager. Consideration is given to relative performance over the one-, three- and five-year periods, with the largest weighting on the three-year comparison. For individuals and teams that manage multiple strategies and accounts, relative asset size is a key determinant in calculating the aggregate score, with weighting typically proportionate to actual assets. For investment leaders who have group management responsibilities, another factor in their evaluation is an assessment of the group's overall investment performance. Exceptions to this general approach to bonuses exist for certain teams and individuals.
Equity incentive awards are designed to align participants' interests with those of the shareholders of Ameriprise Financial. Equity incentive awards vest over multiple years, so they help retain employees.
Deferred compensation awards are designed to align participants' interests with the investors in the Columbia Funds and other accounts they manage. The value of the deferral account is based on the performance of Columbia Funds. Employees have the option of selecting from various Columbia Funds for their deferral account, however portfolio managers must (other than by strict exception) allocate a minimum of 25% of their incentive awarded through the deferral program to the Columbia Fund(s) they manage. Deferrals vest over multiple years, so they help retain employees.
For all employees the benefit programs generally are the same and are competitive within the financial services industry. Employees participate in a wide variety of plans, including options in Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, 401(k), and a cash balance pension plan.
Item 14. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
(1)The registrant commenced investment operations on April 17, 2025. For the year ended July 31, 2025, the registrant did not repurchase any of its shares under its quarterly share repurchase policy because the registrant had not yet commenced its first repurchase offer to shareholders, which occurred in September 2025, under which no shareholder tendered shares for repurchase by the registrant.
(2a) The registrant's quarterly share repurchase policy was approved by the registrant's Board of Directors in
2025.
(2b) The registrant is authorized to repurchase at least 5% and up to 25% of its outstanding shares from
shareholders during quarterly repurchase offers.
(2c) The registrant's quarterly share repurchase policy has no expiration date.
(2d) Not Applicable
(2e) Not Applicable
Item 15. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's board of trustees implemented since the registrant last provided disclosure as to such procedures in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K or Item 15 of Form N- CSR.
Item 16. Controls and Procedures
(a)The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, based on their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, have concluded that such controls and procedures are adequately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the registrant's management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b)There was no change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
Not applicable.
Item 19. Exhibits
(a)(1) Code of ethics required to be disclosed under Item 2 of Form N-CSR attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CODE ETH.
(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.
(b)Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a- 2(b)) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(registrant) |
Columbia Credit Income Opportunities Fund |
By (Signature and Title) |
/s/ Michael G. Clarke |
Michael G. Clarke, President and Principal Executive Officer |
|
Date |
September 22, 2025 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title) |
/s/ Michael G. Clarke |
Michael G. Clarke, President and Principal Executive Officer |
|
Date |
September 22, 2025 |
By (Signature and Title) |
/s/ Charles H. Chiesa |
Charles H. Chiesa, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, |
|
Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer |
|
Date |
September 22, 2025 |