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
betweenAdministration Agreement • May 1st, 2001 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Illinois
BETWEENTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • April 28th, 2000 • Acorn Investment Trust • Massachusetts
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
JOINT FILING AGREEMENTJoint Filing Agreement • June 9th, 2003 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Services-computer programming, data processing, etc.
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG ML LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST, AND COLUMBIA FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.Participation Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • Columbia Acorn Trust • New York
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.
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTAdministration Agreement • April 29th, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Illinois
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.5 EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, made this 25th 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 • April 30th, 2003 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF LIBERTY ACORN TRUSTAgreement and Declaration of Trust • March 1st, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust
Exhibit a.2 ACORN INVESTMENT TRUST ______________________________________________ AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST ______________________________________________ The undersigned, being a majority of the duly elected and qualified...Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust • July 31st, 2000 • Acorn Investment Trust
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SHAREHOLDERS' SERVICING AND TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENTShareholder Agreements • September 20th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust
BYLAWS ------ OF --Bylaws • September 20th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust
ContractParticipation Agreement • April 27th, 2023 • Columbia Acorn Trust • New York
[For Retail Funds) PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT among ML LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST, and COLUMBIA FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC. THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of the 4th day of March, 2005, by and among ML Life Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), an New York life insurance company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each segregated asset account of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto as may be amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to individually and collectively as the “Account”), Columbia Acorn Trust (the “Fund”), a Massachusetts business trust, and Columbia Funds Distributor, Inc. (the “Underwriter”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. WHEREAS, the shares of beneficial interests of the Fund are divided into several series of shares, each designated a “Portfolio” and representing the interest in a particular managed portfolio of securities and other assets; WHEREAS, the Fund is registered
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 ------Bylaws • September 29th, 2000 • Acorn Investment 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”).
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 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
Exhibit a.2 ACORN INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST The undersigned, being a majority of the duly elected and qualified Trustees of Acorn Investment Trust, a voluntary association with transferable shares organized under...Agreement and Declaration of Trust • May 1st, 2001 • Liberty Acorn Trust
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...Shareholders' Servicing and Transfer Agent Agreement • April 29th, 2005 • Columbia Acorn Trust
COLUMBIA FUNDS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of October 26, 2023 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 22nd, 2024 • Columbia Acorn Trust • New York
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 26, 2023 (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 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
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
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 offer an...Shareholder Agreements • July 31st, 2000 • Acorn Investment Trust • Massachusetts
BYLAWS OFBylaws • April 30th, 2003 • Liberty Acorn Trust
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
Exhibit d.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 • April 25th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust • Illinois
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER, DIVIDEND DISBURSING AND SHAREHOLDERS’ SERVICING AGENT AGREEMENTTransfer, Dividend Disbursing and Shareholders’ 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”).
Exhibit m.2 LIBERTY ACORN TRUST AMENDED AND RESTATED 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...Rule 12b-1 Plan Implementing Agreement • September 20th, 2002 • Liberty Acorn Trust
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”).
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT COLUMBIA ACORN TRUSTDistribution Agreement • August 17th, 2011 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of May 1, 2010 by and between each Massachusetts business trust (each Trust, hereinafter, the “Trust”) listed on Schedule I on behalf of each series of the Trust listed on Schedule I (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Distributor”). Absent written notification to the contrary by either the Trust or the Distributor, each new investment portfolio established in the future shall automatically become a “Fund” for all purposes hereunder and shares of each new class established in the future shall automatically become “Shares” for all purposes hereunder as if set forth on Schedule I.
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.
