DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT COLUMBIA ACORN TRUSTDistribution Agreement • September 27th, 2010 • 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 • September 27th, 2010 • 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.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • September 27th, 2010 • Columbia Acorn Trust • Illinois
This Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 27, 2010, is by and between Columbia Acorn Trust, a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end diversified management investment company (“CAT”), and Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Columbia WAM”) registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”).
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”).
TRANSFER, DIVIDEND DISBURSING AND SHAREHOLDERS’ SERVICING AGENT AGREEMENTTransfer Agent Agreement • September 27th, 2010 • 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”).
COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST RULE 12B-1 PLAN IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENTRule 12b-1 Plan Implementing Agreement • September 27th, 2010 • Columbia Acorn Trust
