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Supplement dated January 2, 2014

to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for the following:

Fund    SAI Dated

Tri-Continental Corporation

   May 1, 2013

Effective January 1, 2014, the information under the caption “Directors” in the “Directors and Officers – Board Members and Officers” section of the SAI is superseded and replaced with the following:

DIRECTORS

Independent Directors

 

Name, address,
year of birth
 

Position held

with Funds and

length of service

 

Principal occupation

during past five years

 

Number of funds

in the Fund Family
overseen by

Board member

 

Other present or past

directorships/trusteeships

(within past 5 years)

  Committee
memberships
Kathleen Blatz 901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402 1954   Board member since 1/06 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds   Attorney; Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1998-2006   131   Director, BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota since 2009   Board Governance, Compliance, Contracts, Investment Review

Pamela G. Carlton 901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402

1954

  Board member since 7/07 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds   President, Springboard-Partners in Cross Cultural Leadership (consulting company) since 2003   131   None   Audit, Investment Review

William P. Carmichael

901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402

1943

  Chair of the Board since 1/14, Board member since 6/11 for RiverSource Funds and since 2003 for Nations Funds   Retired   131   Director, Cobra Electronics Corporation (electronic equipment manufacturer); The Finish Line (athletic shoes and apparel) since July 2003; Director, International Textile Corp. since 2013; former Director, McMoRan Exploration Company (oil and gas exploration and development) 2010-2013; former Trustee, BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds); former Director, Spectrum Brands, Inc. (consumer products); former Director, Simmons Company (bedding)   Board Governance, Compliance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review

Patricia M. Flynn 901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402

1950

  Board member since 11/04 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds   Trustee Professor of Economics and Management, Bentley University since 1976   131   None  

Audit,

Compliance Investment Review


Name, address,
year of birth
 

Position held

with Funds and

length of service

 

Principal occupation

during past five years

 

Number of funds

in the Fund Family
overseen by

Board member

 

Other present or past

directorships/trusteeships

(within past 5 years)

  Committee
memberships

Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. 901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402

1939

  Board member for RiverSource Funds since 1/02 and since 6/11 for Nations Funds, Board Chair 1/07-12/13   President Emeritus and Professor of Economics Emeritus, Carleton College since 2002   131   Director, Valmont Industries, Inc. (irrigation systems manufacturer) since 2002   Board Governance, Compliance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
Catherine James Paglia 901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402 1952   Board member since 11/04 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds   Director, Enterprise Asset Management, Inc. (private real estate and asset management company)   131   Director, Valmont Industries, Inc. (irrigation systems manufacturer) since 2012   Board Governance, Contracts, Executive, Investment Review
Leroy C. Richie 901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402 1941   Board member since 2000 for Legacy Seligman Funds, since 11/08 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds   Counsel, Lewis & Munday, P.C. (law firm) since 2004; Vice President and General Counsel, Automotive Legal Affairs, Chrysler Corporation, 1993-1997   131   Lead Outside Director, Digital Ally, Inc. (digital imaging) since September 2005; Director, Infinity, Inc. (oil and gas exploration and production) since 1994; Director, OGE Energy Corp. (energy and energy services) since November 2007   Contracts, Compliance, Investment Review
Alison Taunton-Rigby 901 S. Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402 1944  

Board member

since 11/02 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds

  Chief Executive Officer and Director, RiboNovix, Inc., (biotechnology) 2003-2010   131   Director, Healthways, Inc. (health and well-being improvement) since 2005; Director, ICI Mutual Insurance Company, RRG since 2011; Director, Abt Associates (government contractor) since 2001; Director, Boston Children’s Hospital since 2002   Audit, Investment Review


Interested Director*

 

Name, address,
year of birth
 

Position held

with funds and

length of service

 

Principal occupation

during past five years

 

Number of funds

in the Fund Family
overseen by

Board member

 

Other present or past

directorships/
trusteeships

(within past 5 years)

 

Committee

memberships

William F. Truscott 53600 Ameriprise Financial Center Minneapolis, MN 55474 1960  

Board member since 11/01 for RiverSource Funds and since 6/11 for Nations Funds; Senior Vice President since 2002 for RiverSource

Funds and since 5/10

for Nations Funds

  Chairman of the Board and President, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC since May 2010 and February 2012, respectively (previously President and Chief Investment Officer, 2001-April 2010); Chief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since September 2012 (previously Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Asset Management & President, Annuities, May 2010- September 2012 and President –U.S. Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer, 2005-April 2010); Director and Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. since May 2010 and February 2012, respectively (previously Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, 2006-April 2010); Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, RiverSource Distributors, Inc. since 2006; President and Chief Executive Officer, Ameriprise Certificate Company, 2006-August 2012.   183   Former Director, Ameriprise Certificate Company, 2006-January 2013   None

 

  * 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.

The rest of this section remains the same.

*Valid until next update

 

 

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