PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG MERRILL LYNCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST, AND COLUMBIA FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.Participation Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • Columbia Acorn Trust • New York
AMENDMENT TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • February 26th, 1999 • Acorn Investment Trust
This Amendment to the Distribution Agreement is made this 17th day of August, 1998 by and between ACORN INVESTMENT TRUST, a business trust organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Acorn") and WAM BROKERAGE SERVICES, L.L.C., a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois ("WAM BD").
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTAdministration Agreement • April 29th, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Illinois
JOINT FILING AGREEMENTJoint Filing Agreement • June 9th, 2003 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Services-computer programming, data processing, etc.
Section 1. Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Principal Office --------------------------Acorn Investment Trust • December 30th, 1997
BETWEENTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • April 28th, 2000 • Acorn Investment Trust • Massachusetts
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 1, 2004 (ADOPTED MARCH 8, 2005)Investment Advisory Agreement • April 29th, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust
As of February 10, 2005, the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement dated August 1, 2004 between Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P. and Columbia Acorn Trust (the "Trust") is hereby amended to reduce the rates at which fees are payable thereunder with respect to certain series of the Trust to the rates indicated on Schedule A hereto.
Exhibit g.5 AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT This Amendment to the Custodian Contract is made as of November 21, 2000, by and between Liberty Acorn Trust (formerly known as Acorn Investment Trust) (the "Fund") and State Street Bank and Trust Company...Custodian Contract • May 1st, 2001 • Liberty Acorn Trust
Exhibit e AMENDED AND RESTATED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BETWEEN LIBERTY ACORN TRUST AND LIBERTY FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC. THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), is hereby made by and between Liberty Acorn Trust, a business trust organized and existing...Underwriting Agreement • April 30th, 2003 • Liberty Acorn Trust
WITNESSETH:Master Custodian Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
Exhibit d.4 AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTAdministration Agreement • April 30th, 2003 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Illinois
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SHAREHOLDERS' SERVICING AND TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT This Amendment No. 3 to the Shareholders' Servicing and Transfer Agent Agreement (the "Amendment") is hereby made by and between Columbia Acorn Trust (the "Trust") (formerly...Transfer Agent Agreement • April 29th, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust
BYLAWS ------ OF --Liberty Acorn Trust • September 20th, 2002
Exhibit e. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BETWEEN LIBERTY ACORN TRUST AND LIBERTY FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC. THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), is hereby made by and between Liberty Acorn Trust, a business trust organized and existing under the laws of...Underwriting Agreement • May 1st, 2001 • Liberty Acorn Trust
BYLAWS OFLiberty Acorn Trust • April 30th, 2003
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement Dated August 1, 2004 (adopted March 8, 2005) As of February 10, 2005, the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement dated August 1, 2004 between Columbia Wanger Asset...Investment Advisory Agreement • August 30th, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust
Agreement and Plan of ReorganizationAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • February 3rd, 2023 • Columbia Acorn Trust
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION dated as of December 20, 2022 (the “Agreement”), is by and among the Target Company, as defined below, on behalf of its series that is the Target Fund, as defined below, the Acquiring Company, as defined below, on behalf of its series that is the Acquiring Fund, as defined below, and, for purposes of paragraphs 5.3, 7.3, 10.2 and 12.2 of this Agreement only, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (collectively, “Columbia Threadneedle”).
AMENDED AND RESTATED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST AND COLUMBIA FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC. THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), is hereby made by and between Columbia Acorn Trust, a business trust organized and existing under...Underwriting Agreement • April 29th, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
COLUMBIA FUNDS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of October 27, 2022 among THE FUNDS LISTED FROM TIME TO TIME ON SCHEDULE I HERETO, VARIOUS BANKS, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., CITIBANK,...Credit Agreement • April 27th, 2023 • Columbia Acorn Trust • New York
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 27, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) among (i) the trusts listed on Schedule I (the “Registrants”), each of which is executing this Agreement on behalf of its respective underlying series set forth beneath such Registrant’s name on Schedule I (each such series, individually, a “Borrower” or “Fund” and, collectively, the “Borrowers” or “Funds”), (ii) the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”), and (iii) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”);
Exhibit h. SHAREHOLDERS' SERVICING AND TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT Agreement is hereby made between Liberty Acorn Trust (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust and Liberty Funds Services, Inc. ("LFS"), a Massachusetts corporation. The Trust may...Shareholders' Servicing and Transfer Agent Agreement • May 1st, 2001 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
RECITALSThe Advisory Agreement • February 26th, 1999 • Acorn Investment Trust
Exhibit d.6 EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, made this ____ day of September, 2002, by and between COLUMBIA THERMOSTAT FUND (the "Fund"), a series of Liberty Acorn Trust (the "Trust"), and LIBERTY WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P., a Delaware...Expense Reimbursement Agreement • September 20th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") as an open-end diversified management investment company ("Columbia Acorn"),...Investment Advisory Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Illinois
Exhibit d.5 COLUMBIA THERMOSTAT FUND ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES AGREEMENT LIBERTY ACORN TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust") and LIBERTY WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WAM"), in consideration for the...Organizational Expenses Agreement • September 20th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER, DIVIDEND DISBURSING AND SHAREHOLDERS’ SERVICING AGENT AGREEMENTShareholders’ Servicing Agent Agreement • April 27th, 2012 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
This agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 1st day of May, 2012, by and between Columbia Acorn Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) acting on behalf of its series all as listed on Schedule A hereto (as the same may from time to time be amended to add or delete one or more series of the Trust) (each series of the Trust, if any, being hereinafter referred to as a “Fund”), and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., a Minnesota corporation (the “Transfer Agent”).
Agreement and Plan of ReorganizationAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • October 7th, 2011 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION dated as of December 20, 2010, is by and among RiverSource International Managers Series, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Acquired Company”), on behalf RiverSource Partners International Select Growth Fund and RiverSource Partners International Small Cap Fund, each a series thereof (each an “Acquired Fund”), Columbia Acorn Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Acquiring Company”), on behalf of Acorn International (the “Acquiring Fund”), and, for purposes of Sections 4.3, 4.4, 6.3 and 9.2 of this Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (“Columbia”).
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENTAdministrative Services Agreement • August 17th, 2011 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Illinois
This Administrative Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2010, is by and between Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (the “Administrator”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Columbia Acorn Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), acting on behalf of its series listed in Schedule A. The terms “Trust” or “Fund” are used to refer to Columbia Acorn Trust or its series, as context requires.
LIBERTY ACORN TRUST RULE 12B-1 PLAN IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT Liberty Acorn Trust ("Trust"), on behalf of each series (each a "Fund") of the Trust designated in Appendix 1 from time to time, acting severally, and Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc. ("LFDI"),...Liberty Acorn • April 25th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust
TRANSFER, DIVIDEND DISBURSING AND SHAREHOLDERS’ SERVICING AGENT AGREEMENTTransfer, Dividend Disbursing And • August 17th, 2011 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
This agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 1st day of May, 2010, by and between Columbia Acorn Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) acting on behalf of its series all as listed on Schedule A hereto (as the same may from time to time be amended to add or delete one or more series of the Trust) (each series of the Trust, if any, being hereinafter referred to as a “Fund”), and Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., a Minnesota corporation (the “Transfer Agent”).
Exhibit 5.1 INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT Acorn Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") as an open-end diversified management investment company ("Acorn"), and Wanger Asset...Investment Advisory Agreement • April 30th, 1998 • Acorn Investment Trust • Illinois
AMENDED AND RESTATED FEE WAIVER AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTFee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement Agreement • April 30th, 2015 • Columbia Acorn Trust
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of April 30, 2015 is by and between Columbia Acorn Trust (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust registered as an open-end diversified management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, on behalf of its series Columbia Acorn European Fund and Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”), and Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Adviser”), and amends and restates the Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2014, between the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and the Adviser.
EXHIBIT 6.1 INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT LIBERTY ACORN TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") as an open-end diversified management investment company ("Liberty Acorn"), and LIBERTY...Investment Advisory Agreement • March 27th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Illinois
Amendment No. 7 to Securities Lending Agency AgreementSecurities Lending Agency Agreement • April 30th, 2018 • Columbia Acorn Trust
This Amendment No. 7 (“Amendment No. 7”) to the Securities Lending Agency Agreement dated as of September 2, 2008, as amended, between Columbia Acorn Trust and Wanger Advisors Trust (each a “Trust” and together the “Trusts”) on behalf of their respective portfolio series (each, a “Fund” and together the “Funds”) and Goldman Sachs Bank USA (formerly, The Goldman Sachs Trust Company), doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending (“GSAL”), (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of January 1, 2018 by and between each Trust and GSAL. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST AND AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.Compliance Agreement • September 27th, 2010 • Columbia Acorn Trust
THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), is hereby made on May 1, 2010 by and between Columbia Acorn Trust (the “Trust”), a business trust organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on behalf of each of its portfolio series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and Ameriprise Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called “Ameriprise”).
COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST BYLAWSColumbia Acorn Trust • December 20th, 2022 • Columbia Acorn Trust
Any Trustee, chairman, vice-chairman, officer or advisory board member may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation in writing to the president, the treasurer or the secretary or to a meeting of the Trustees. The Trustees may remove any officer elected by them with or without cause by the vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office. Except to the extent expressly provided in a written agreement with the Trust, no Trustee, chairman, vice-chairman, officer, or advisory board member resigning, and no officer, chairman, vice-chairman, or advisory board member removed, shall have any right to any compensation for any period following his or her resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal. [amended 9/15/92]
