UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-21852
Columbia Funds Series Trust II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Daniel J. Beckman
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Ryan C. Larrenaga, Esq.
c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 345-6611
Date of fiscal year end: July 31
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2024
Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Disciplined Value Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Disciplined Value Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth.
Portfolio management
Raghavendran Sivaraman, Ph.D., CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2019
Oleg Nusinzon, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2021
Morningstar style boxTM
The Morningstar Style Box is based on a fund’s portfolio holdings. For equity funds, the vertical axis shows the market capitalization of the stocks owned, and the horizontal axis shows investment style (value, blend, or growth). Information shown is based on the most recent data provided by Morningstar.
© 2024 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The Morningstar information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. Since the Fund launched more than one share class at its inception, Class A shares were used. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
The Russell 1000 Value Index, an unmanaged index, measures the performance of those stocks in the Russell 1000 Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Equity sector breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total equity investments. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
4
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive certain fees and/or to reimburse certain expenses until November 30, 2024, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board, such that net expenses, subject to applicable exclusions, will not exceed for 0.66% for Institutional 2 Class and 0.61% for Institutional 3 Class. Any amounts waived will not be reimbursed by the Fund. This change was effective December 1, 2023. If this change had been in place for the entire six month period ended January 31, 2024, the actual expenses paid would have been $3.40 for Institutional 2 Class and $3.14 for Institutional 3 Class; the hypothetical expenses paid would have been $3.35 for Institutional 2 Class and $3.10 for Institutional 3 Class.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | |
Communication Services 4.3% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services 3.1% |
| | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | |
| | |
|
Playtika Holding Corp.(a) | | |
|
| | |
New York Times Co. (The), Class A | | |
| | |
Total Communication Services | |
Consumer Discretionary 5.3% |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 1.0% |
MGM Resorts International(a) | | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a) | | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | |
|
|
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | | |
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 1.4% |
| | |
|
| | |
|
| | |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
| | |
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | | |
| | |
|
| | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | |
| | |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 7.5% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
Janus Henderson Group PLC | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
|
| | |
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.6% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Health Care Providers & Services 3.3% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
|
| | |
Air Freight & Logistics 1.8% |
| | |
|
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Electrical Equipment 0.2% |
| | |
Ground Transportation 0.8% |
| | |
|
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | | |
| | |
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Professional Services 1.7% |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | |
Trading Companies & Distributors 1.5% |
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | | |
| |
Information Technology 9.8% |
Communications Equipment 2.6% |
| | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 4.5% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Total Information Technology | |
|
|
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
Hotel & Resort REITs 1.9% |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | |
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
|
| | |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | |
| | |
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers 1.8% |
| | |
| |
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $144,905,469) | |
|
|
| | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541%(c),(d) | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $4,034,514) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $148,939,983) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
At January 31, 2024, securities and/or cash totaling $328,769 were pledged as collateral.
Investments in derivatives
|
| | | | | Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
| | | | | | |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| Non-income producing investment. |
| This security or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral in connection with derivative contracts. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Notes to Portfolio of Investments (continued)
| As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended January 31, 2024 are as follows: |
| | | | Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($) | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541% |
| | | | | | | | |
Currency Legend
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
Investments in Derivatives | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
Derivative instruments are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $144,905,469) | |
Affiliated issuers (cost $4,034,514) | |
| |
| |
| |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
Dividends — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total net increase (decrease) | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| Ratios include interest on collateral expense which is less than 0.01%. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus. Class V shares were available only to investors who received (and who continuously held) Class V shares in connection with previous fund reorganizations.
In September 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved a proposal to combine Class V shares into Class A shares of the Fund (the Proposal). Shareholders holding Class V shares of the Fund on the record date of October 6, 2023, received a proxy to vote on the Proposal and at a meeting held on December 7, 2023, the Proposal was approved. On December 8, 2023, Class V shareholders received Class A shares of the Fund with an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of their Class V shares. The combination of Class V shares into Class A shares was tax-free for federal tax purposes.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees also approved a proposal to liquidate Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares of the Fund. Effective on March 11, 2024, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares of the Fund were closed to new and existing investors and effective on April 19, 2024, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares of the Fund will be liquidated. For federal tax purposes, these liquidations will be treated as redemptions of fund shares.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Equity securities listed on an exchange are valued at the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. Securities with a closing price not readily available or not listed on any exchange are valued at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices. Listed preferred stocks convertible into common stocks are valued using an evaluated price from a pricing service.
20
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Foreign equity securities are valued based on the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. If any foreign equity security closing prices are not readily available, the securities are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices on such exchanges or markets. Foreign currency exchange rates are determined at the scheduled closing time of the New York Stock Exchange. Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange; therefore, the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In those situations, foreign securities will be fair valued pursuant to a policy approved by the Board of Trustees. Under the policy, the Fund may utilize a third-party pricing service to determine these fair values. The third-party pricing service takes into account multiple factors, including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of the foreign exchange or market, to determine a good faith estimate that reasonably reflects the current market conditions as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The fair value of a security is likely to be different from the quoted or published price, if available.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Futures and options on futures contracts are valued based upon the settlement price at the close of regular trading on their principal exchanges or, in the absence of a settlement price, at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Derivative instruments
The Fund invests in certain derivative instruments, as detailed below, in seeking to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more securities, currencies, commodities, indices, or other assets or instruments. Derivatives may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining desired exposure to certain assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Derivatives may involve various risks, including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market (making it difficult for the Fund to sell or terminate, including at favorable prices) and the potential for market movements which may expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amount shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The notional amounts of derivative instruments, if applicable, are not recorded in the financial statements.
A derivative instrument may suffer a marked-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform its obligations under the contract. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund and the amount of any variation margin held by the counterparty, plus any replacement costs or related amounts. With exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the clearinghouse or central counterparty provides some protection in the case of clearing member default. The clearinghouse or central counterparty stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, failure of the clearinghouse or central counterparty may pose additional
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) counterparty credit risk. However, credit risk still exists in exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer account. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients and such shortfall is remedied by the central counterparty or otherwise, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers (including the Fund), potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (ISDA Master Agreement) or similar agreement with its derivatives counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange forward contracts and contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting), including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset or netting in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
Collateral (margin) requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the clearinghouse or central counterparty for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Brokers can ask for margin in excess of the minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms for most over-the-counter derivatives are subject to regulatory requirements to exchange variation margin with trading counterparties and may have contract specific margin terms as well. For over-the-counter derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any variation margin currently pledged by the Fund and/or the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund may also pay interest expense on cash collateral received from the broker or receive interest income on cash collateral pledged to the broker. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of over-the-counter derivatives transactions to terminate derivatives contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net asset value declines by a stated percentage over a specified time period or if the Fund fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The Fund also has termination rights if the counterparty fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement. In determining whether to exercise such termination rights, the Fund would consider, in addition to counterparty credit risk, whether termination would result in a net liability owed from the counterparty.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and represent commitments for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. The Fund bought and sold futures contracts to maintain appropriate equity market exposure while keeping sufficient cash to accommodate daily redemptions. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments.
22
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. The Fund generally expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Effects of derivative transactions in the financial statements
The following tables are intended to provide additional information about the effect of derivatives on the financial statements of the Fund, including: the fair value of derivatives by risk category and the location of those fair values in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; and the impact of derivative transactions over the period in the Statement of Operations, including realized and unrealized gains (losses). The derivative instrument schedules following the Portfolio of Investments present additional information regarding derivative instruments outstanding at the end of the period, if any.
The following table is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) at January 31, 2024:
| | |
| Statement
of assets and liabilities
location | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | |
| Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the tables following the 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
The following table indicates the effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
The following table is a summary of the average daily outstanding volume by derivative instrument for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
| Average notional
amounts ($) |
| |
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Corporate actions and dividend income are generally recorded net of any non-reclaimable tax withholdings, on the ex-dividend date or upon receipt of an ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign securities.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The Fund may receive distributions from holdings in equity securities, business development companies (BDCs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), limited partnerships (LPs), other regulated investment companies (RICs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs), which report information as to the tax character of their distributions annually. These distributions are allocated to dividend income, capital gain and return of capital based on actual information reported. Return of capital is recorded as a reduction of the cost basis of securities held. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, return of capital is recorded as a realized gain. With respect to REITs, to the extent actual information has not yet been reported, estimates for return of capital are made by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). The Investment Manager’s estimates are subsequently adjusted when the actual character of the distributions is disclosed by the REITs, which could result in a proportionate change in return of capital to shareholders.
Awards from class action litigation are recorded as a reduction of cost basis if the Fund still owns the applicable securities on the payment date. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities on the payment date, the proceeds are recorded as realized gains.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain
24
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.75% to 0.55% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, these minimum account balance fees reduced total expenses of the Fund by $1,283.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C and Class R shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses. For Class R shares, of the 0.50% fee, up to 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $57,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Shareholder services fees
The Fund had adopted a shareholder services plan that permitted it to pay for certain services provided to Class V shareholders by their selling and/or servicing agents. The Fund may have paid shareholder servicing fees up to an aggregate annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares (comprised of up to 0.25% for shareholder services and up to 0.25% for administrative support services). These fees were limited to an aggregate annual rate of not more than 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class V shares. As a result of Class V shares of the Fund being combined into Class A shares, December 8, 2023 was the last day the Fund paid a shareholder services fee for Class V shares.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
26
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | This charge is imposed on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. In addition to the contractual agreement, the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described above) so that Fund level expenses (expenses directly attributable to the Fund and not to a specific share class) are waived proportionately across all share classes. This arrangement may be revised or discontinued at any time. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
appreciation ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $47,616,770 and $53,884,178, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Affiliated money market fund
The Fund invests in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, an affiliated money market fund established for the exclusive use by the Fund and other affiliated funds (the Affiliated MMF). The income earned by the Fund from such investments is included as Dividends - affiliated issuers in the Statement of Operations. As an investing fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Affiliated MMF. The Affiliated MMF prices its shares with a floating net asset value. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to money market fund rules requiring institutional prime money market funds like the Affiliated MMF to be subject, by April 2, 2024, to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the imposition of such a fee is determined to be in the best interest of the Affiliated MMF and, by October 2, 2024, to a liquidity fee if daily net redemptions exceed 5% of net assets.
Note 7. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
The Fund did not borrow or lend money under the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 8. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
28
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 9. Significant risks
Financial sector risk
The Fund may be vulnerable to the particular risks that may affect companies in the financial services sector. Companies in the financial services sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk of regulatory change, decreased liquidity in credit markets and unstable interest rates. Such companies may have concentrated portfolios, such as a high level of loans to one or more industries or sectors, which makes them vulnerable to economic conditions that affect such industries or sectors. Performance of such companies may be affected by competitive pressures and exposure to investments, agreements and counterparties, including credit products that, under certain circumstances, may lead to losses (e.g., subprime loans). Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation that may limit the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and interest rates and fees that they may charge. In addition, profitability of such companies is largely dependent upon the availability and the cost of capital.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Note 10. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued. Other than as noted in Note 1 above, there were no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 11. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
30
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Results of Meeting of Shareholders
During the period, the Board of Trustees of Columbia Funds Series Trust II solicited approval of the holders of Class V shares of Columbia Disciplined Value Fund (the “Fund”) for the combination of the Fund’s Class V shares with Class A shares of the Fund including, as part of such combination, the adoption with respect to Class V shares of a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 identical to that currently in effect with respect to Class A shares of the Fund (the “Proposal”). At a Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders held on December 7, 2023, Class V shareholders approved the Proposal. Shareholders of each Fund were entitled to one vote for each dollar of net asset value (number of shares owned times net asset value per share) determined at the close of business on the record date, and each fractional dollar amount is entitled to a proportionate fractional vote.
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
31
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Government Money Market Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Government Money Market Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Monthly schedule of portfolio holdings
The Fund’s portfolio holdings are filed with the SEC monthly on Form N-MFP. The Fund’s Form N-MFP filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov and can be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with maximum current income consistent with liquidity and stability of principal.
Portfolio management
John McColley*
*Mr. McColley will be retiring in mid-2024.
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
The Fund’s share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in fees associated with each share class.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The performance of different share classes may vary from that shown because of differences in fees and expenses. The Fund’s returns reflect the effect of fee waivers/expense reimbursements, if any. Without such waivers/reimbursements, the Fund’s returns would be lower. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
Prior to October 1, 2016, the Fund operated as a prime money market fund and invested in certain types of securities that the Fund is no longer permitted to hold to any significant extent (i.e., over 0.5% of total assets). Consequently, the performance information may have been different if the current investment limitations had been in effect during the period prior to the Fund’s conversion to a government money market fund.
The Fund is neither insured nor guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to maintain the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
4
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
Repurchase Agreements 11.2% |
| | | | |
Tri-party RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. |
dated 01/31/2024, matures 02/01/2024, |
repurchase price $105,015,458
(collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, Total Market Value $107,100,006) |
| | | | |
Tri-party TD Securities (USA) LLC |
dated 01/31/2024, matures 02/01/2024, |
repurchase price $70,010,306
(collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, Total Market Value $71,400,095) |
| | | | |
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $175,000,000) | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Total Treasury Bills
(Cost $523,554,680) | |
|
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations 53.4% |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp(a) |
| | | | |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (continued) |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal Farm Credit Banks Discount Notes |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal Home Loan Banks(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal Home Loan Banks Discount Notes |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (continued) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal National Mortgage Association |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Tennessee Valley Authority Discount Notes |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations
(Cost $830,580,901) | |
|
U.S. Treasury Obligations 1.9% |
| | | | |
|
3-month U.S. Treasury Index + 0.037%
07/31/2024 | | | | |
3-month U.S. Treasury Index + 0.200%
01/31/2025 | | | | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $30,010,163) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $1,559,145,744) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| Variable rate security. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of January 31, 2024. |
Abbreviation Legend
| Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Short-term securities are valued using amortized cost, as permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of these securities, but because the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category represent certain short-term obligations which are valued using amortized cost, an income approach which converts future cash flows to a present value based upon the discount or premium at purchase.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,384,145,744) | |
Repurchase agreements (cost $175,000,000) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distributions to shareholders | |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Increase in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total increase in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any, and is not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
| Ratios include the impact of voluntary waivers paid by the Investment Manager. For the periods indicated below, if the Investment Manager had not paid these voluntary waivers, the Fund’s net expense ratio would increase by: |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
net assets | Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Government Money Market Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares are available through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
In September 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved a proposal to accelerate the conversion of Class C shares into Class A shares of the Fund and to combine Class R shares into Class A shares of the Fund. Effective at the close of business on November 15, 2023, shares held by Class C shareholders were converted into Class A shares and effective at the close of business on December 8, 2023, shares held by Class R shareholders were combined into Class A shares. These were tax-free transactions for Class C and Class R shareholders.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Certain securities in the Fund are valued utilizing the amortized cost valuation method permitted in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act provided certain conditions are met, including that the Board of Trustees continues to believe that the amortized cost valuation method fairly reflects the market-based net asset value per share of the Fund. This method involves valuing a portfolio security initially at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant accretion or amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, respectively. The Board of Trustees has established procedures intended to stabilize the Fund’s net asset value for purposes of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares at $1.00 per share. These procedures include determinations, at such intervals as the Board of Trustees deems appropriate and reasonable in light of current market conditions, of the extent, if any, to which the Fund’s market-based net asset value deviates from $1.00 per share. In the event such deviation exceeds 1/2 of 1%, the Board of Trustees will promptly consider what action, if any, should be initiated.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
16
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreement transactions with institutions that management has determined are creditworthy. The Fund, through the custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities collateralizing a repurchase agreement. Management is responsible for determining that the collateral is at least equal, at all times, to the value of the repurchase obligation including interest. A repurchase agreement transaction involves certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty. These risks include possible delays in or restrictions on the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities and a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
Offsetting of assets and liabilities
The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets and liabilities available for offset under netting arrangements as well as any related collateral received or pledged by the Fund as of January 31, 2024:
| RBC
Dominion
Securities ($) | | |
| | | |
| | | |
Total financial and derivative net assets | | | |
Total collateral received (pledged) (a) | | | |
| | | |
| In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. |
| Represents the net amount due from/(to) counterparties in the event of default. |
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Interest income, including amortization of premium and discount, is recognized daily.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually after the fiscal year in which the capital gains were earned or more frequently to seek to maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share, unless such capital gains are offset by any available capital loss carryforward. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.33% to 0.12% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.32% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
18
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, these minimum account balance fees reduced total expenses of the Fund by $2,353.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at an annual rate of up to 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares, and a fee at an annual rate of up to 0.75% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class C and Class R shares, respectively. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund did not pay fees for Class A, Class C and Class R shares. The contractual fee suspension on Class A shares is effective through November 30, 2024. As a result of Class C shares of the Fund being converted to Class A shares, November 15, 2023 was the last day the Fund would have paid a distribution and service fee for Class C shares. As a result of Class R shares being combined into Class A shares, December 8, 2023 was the last day the Fund would have paid a distribution and service fee for Class R shares.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $393,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Sales charges
CDSCs received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below. These CDSCs are from the sale of shares issued by the Fund in exchange for shares of a non-money market fund subject to a CDSC that were subsequently redeemed within the CDSC timeframe imposed from the original purchase.
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. In addition, from time to time, the Investment Manager and its affiliates may waive or absorb expenses of the Fund with the intent of allowing the Fund to avoid a negative net yield or to increase the Fund’s positive net yield. The Fund’s yield would be negative if Fund expenses exceed Fund income. Any such expense limitation is voluntary and may be revised or terminated at any time without notice to shareholders and, accordingly, any positive net yield resulting therefrom will cease. In addition to the contractual agreement, the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described above) so that Fund level expenses (expenses directly attributable to the Fund and not to a specific share class) are waived proportionately across all share classes. This arrangement may be revised or discontinued at any time. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods. The contractual expense cap includes distribution and shareholder services fees. As discussed above, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is not charged to Class A shares.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was approximately $1,559,146,000. Tax cost of investments may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
20
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The following capital loss carryforwards, determined at July 31, 2023, may be available to reduce future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
No expiration
short-term ($) | No expiration
long-term ($) | |
| | |
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
As noted above, the Fund may only participate in the Interfund Program as a lending fund. The Fund did not lend money under the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 6. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 7. Significant risks
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments in the Fund’s portfolio may decline because the issuer defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Lower-rated or unrated debt instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated debt instruments.
Government money market fund risk
Although government money market funds (such as the Fund) may seek to preserve the value of shareholders’ investment at $1.00 per share, the net asset values of such money market fund shares can fall, and in infrequent cases in the past have fallen, below $1.00 per share, potentially causing shareholders who redeem their shares at such net asset values to lose money from their original investment.
At times of (i) significant redemption activity by shareholders, including, for example, when a single investor or a few large investors make a significant redemption of Fund shares, (ii) insufficient levels of cash in the Fund’s portfolio to satisfy redemption activity, and (iii) disruption in the normal operation of the markets in which the Fund buys and sells portfolio securities, the Fund could be forced to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable prices in order to generate sufficient cash to pay redeeming shareholders. Sales of portfolio securities at such times could result in losses to the Fund and cause the net asset value of Fund shares to fall below $1.00 per share. Additionally, in some cases, the default of a single portfolio security could cause the net asset value of Fund shares to fall below $1.00 per share. In addition, neither the Investment Manager nor any of its affiliates has a legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that they or any person will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
It is possible that, during periods of low prevailing interest rates or otherwise, the income from portfolio securities may be less than the amount needed to pay ongoing Fund operating expenses and may prevent payment of any dividends or distributions to Fund shareholders or cause the net asset value of Fund shares to fall below $1.00 per share. In such cases, the Fund may reduce or eliminate the payment of such dividends or distributions or seek to reduce certain of its operating expenses. There is no guarantee that such actions would enable the Fund to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases or decreases in interest rates. Higher periods of inflation could lead such authorities to raise interest rates. Increasing interest rates may negatively affect the value of debt securities held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance and net asset value per share. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated by its investments may not keep pace with inflation.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events
22
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, one unaffiliated shareholder of record owned 20.2% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. The Fund has no knowledge about whether any portion of those shares was owned beneficially. Affiliated shareholders of record owned 51.8% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 8. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued and noted no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 9. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
Columbia Government Money Market Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Columbia Government Money Market Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a high level of income generally exempt from federal income tax as well as from Minnesota state and local tax.
Portfolio management
Douglas White, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2018
Catherine Stienstra
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2007
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Bloomberg Minnesota Municipal Bond Index | | | | | |
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index | | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 3.00%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
The Bloomberg Minnesota Municipal Bond Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of Minnesota Investment-grade bonds with maturities of one year or more.
The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the broad market for investment-grade, tax-exempt bonds with a maturity of at least one year.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Quality breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total fixed income investments.
Bond ratings apply to the underlying holdings of the Fund and not the Fund itself and are divided into categories ranging from highest to lowest credit quality, determined by using the middle rating of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, after dropping the highest and lowest available ratings. When ratings are available from only two rating agencies, the lower rating is used. When a rating is available from only one rating agency, that rating is used. If a security is not rated but has a rating by Kroll and/or DBRS, the same methodology is applied to those bonds that would otherwise be not rated. When a bond is not rated by any rating agency, it is designated as “Not rated.” Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subjective opinions, not statements of fact, and are subject to change, including daily. The ratings assigned by credit rating agencies are but one of the considerations that the Investment Manager and/or Fund’s subadviser incorporates into its credit analysis process, along with such other issuer-specific factors as cash flows, capital structure and leverage ratios, ability to de-leverage (repay) through free cash flow, quality of management, market positioning and access to capital, as well as such security-specific factors as the terms of the security (e.g., interest rate and time to maturity) and the amount and type of any collateral.
4
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | | | |
Variable Rate Demand Notes 0.3% |
City of Minneapolis(a),(b) |
|
|
Series 2018 (Wells Fargo Bank NA) |
| | | | |
Total Floating Rate Notes
(Cost $1,300,000) | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2019A |
| | | | |
Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission(c) |
|
Subordinated Series 2019B |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2022B |
| | | | |
| |
|
St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority(d) |
|
Sanctuary St. Cloud Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
Spectrum High School Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Cologne Academy Charter School Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
Eagle Ridge Academy Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
Lakes International Language Academy |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Global Academy Charter Schools |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Paladin Career & Technical High School |
|
| | | | |
|
|
Friendship Academy of the Arts |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Northeast College Prep Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Pact Charter School Project |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
Academy for Higher Learning Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
Woodbury Leadership Project |
|
| | | | |
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul |
|
Higher Ground Academy Project |
|
| | | | |
Hmong College Prep Academy Project |
|
| | | | |
Hope Community Academy Project |
|
| | | | |
Nova Classical Academy Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
|
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Project |
|
| | | | |
|
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Project |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
|
Concordia College Corp. Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
College of St. Scholastica |
|
| | | | |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
College of St. Scholastica |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Glencoe Regional Health Services Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
Maple Grove Hospital Corp. |
|
| | | | |
North Memorial Health Care |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Series 2023B (Mandatory Put 11/15/30) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Glencoe Regional Health Services |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
St. Francis Regional Medical Center |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
Montevideo Hospital Project |
|
| | | | |
Duluth Economic Development Authority |
|
Essentia Health Obligation Group |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
St. Luke Hospital of Duluth |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
HealthPartners Obligation Group |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Joint Power Authority 3.5% |
Minnesota Municipal Power Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Northern Municipal Power Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(f) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Anoka-Hennepin Independent School District No. 11 |
Certificate of Participation |
|
| | | | |
Northeastern Metropolitan Intermediate School District No. 916 |
Certificate of Participation |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
St. Paul Independent School District No. 625 |
Certificate of Participation |
Series 2019 (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Zumbro Education District |
Certificate of Participation |
|
| | | | |
| |
Local General Obligation 24.6% |
Anoka-Hennepin Independent School District No. 11 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
School District Credit Enhancement Program |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Becker Independent School District No. 726(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Blooming Prairie Independent School District No. 756 |
Unlimited General Obligation Refunding Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Brainerd Independent School District No. 181 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
Series 2018A (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
Chisago Lakes Independent School District No. 2144 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Minnesota School District Credit Enhancement Program |
|
| | | | |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Dilworth Glyndon Felton Independent School District No. 2164 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Duluth Independent School District No. 709(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Eden Prairie Independent School District No. 272 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Series 2019B (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
Elk River Independent School District No. 728 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
School District Credit Enhancement Program |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Gibbon Independent School District No. 2365 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Hastings Independent School District No. 200(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
Series 2018A (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Lac Qui Parle Valley Independent School District No. 2853 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Litchfield Independent School District No. 465 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
MACCRAY Independent School District No. 2180 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Marshall Independent School District No. 413 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Series 2019B (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area |
|
| | | | |
Moorhead Independent School District No. 152 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Mounds View Independent School District No. 621 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Student Credit Enhancement Program School Building |
|
| | | | |
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Independent School District No. 622 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Norwood Young America Independent School District No. 108 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Richfield Independent School District No. 280 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Student Credit Enhancement Program School Building |
|
| | | | |
Roseville Independent School District No. 623 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
Russell Tyler Ruthton Independent School District No. 2902 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Series 2019A (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Sartell-St. Stephen Independent School District No. 748(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
Series 2016B (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Sauk Rapids-Rice Independent School District No. 47 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
South Washington County Independent School District No. 833(g) |
Unlimited General Obligation Refunding Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
St. Francis Independent School District No. 15 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Stillwater Independent School District No. 834(g) |
Unlimited General Obligation Refunding Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Watertown-Mayer Independent School District No. 111(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Worthington Independent School District No. 518 |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Anoka Housing & Redevelopment Authority |
|
Woodland Park Apartments Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
Mississippi View Apartments Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
Crystal Leased Housing Association |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
Multifamily Housing Landings Silver Lake Village |
|
| | | | |
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul |
|
848 Payne Ave. Apartments Green Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Northwest Multi-County Housing & Redevelopment Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
City of Rochester Electric Utility |
|
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority(h),(i) |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
|
Chosen Valley Care Center |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Boutwells Landing Care Center |
|
| | | | |
Dakota County Community Development Agency |
|
Ebenezer Ridges Care Center TCU Project |
|
| | | | |
Duluth Economic Development Authority |
|
Benedictine Health System |
|
| | | | |
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul(e) |
|
Episcopal Homes Obligation Group |
|
| | | | |
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
St. Paul Port Authority(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Minnesota Rural Water Finance Authority, Inc. |
|
Public Projects Construction |
|
| | | | |
|
Centennial Independent School District No. 12(f) |
Prerefunded 02/01/25 Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Series 2015A (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Goodhue County Education District No. 6051 |
Prerefunded 02/01/24 Certificate of Participation |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Hermantown Independent School District No. 700 |
Prerefunded 02/01/24 Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
Series 2014A (School District Credit Enhancement Program) |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of St. Paul |
Prerefunded 11/15/25 Revenue Bonds |
HealthEast Care System Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Retirement Communities 5.4% |
|
|
Homestead at Anoka, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Apple Valley Senior Housing |
|
| | | | |
|
Orchard Path Phase II Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Haven Homes, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
Evercare Senior Living LLC |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Benedictine Living Community |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
Homestead Rochester, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Woodcrest of Country Manor Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
Presbyterian Homes Bloomington |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
Folkstone Senior Living Co. |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Dakota County Community Development Agency(e) |
|
Walker Highviews Hills LLC |
|
| | | | |
Woodbury Housing & Redevelopment Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico(f),(h) |
|
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.(f),(h) |
|
|
| | | | |
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.(h) |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Minneapolis/St. Paul Housing Finance Board |
Mortgage-Backed Revenue Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Mortgage-Backed Securities Pass-Through Program |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Series 2016 (GNMA / FNMA) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
State General Obligation 3.0% |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Minnesota Office of Higher Education(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
Supplemental Student Loan Program |
|
| | | | |
| |
Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $571,271,853) | |
|
| | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds MuniCash, Institutional | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $12,859,624) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $585,431,477) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| The Fund is entitled to receive principal and interest from the guarantor after a day or a week’s notice or upon maturity. The maturity date disclosed represents the final maturity. |
| Represents a variable rate security where the coupon rate adjusts on specified dates (generally daily or weekly) using the prevailing money market rate. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of January 31, 2024. |
| Income from this security may be subject to alternative minimum tax. |
| 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 January 31, 2024. |
| 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 January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $3,819,011, which represents 0.72% of total net assets. |
| |
| Represents a security purchased on a when-issued basis. |
| Municipal obligations include debt obligations issued by or on behalf of territories, possessions, or sovereign nations within the territorial boundaries of the United States. At January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $10,652,240, which represents 2.01% of total net assets. |
| Represents a security in default. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
Abbreviation Legend
| Federal National Mortgage Association |
| Government National Mortgage Association |
| National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $585,431,477) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Investments purchased on a delayed delivery basis | |
| |
Distributions to shareholders | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
Interest on interfund lending | |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Decrease in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total decrease in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
20
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
22
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| Ratios include interfund lending expense which is less than 0.01%. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
| Per share amounts have been adjusted on a retroactive basis to reflect a 4 to 1 reverse stock split completed after the close of business on September 11, 2020. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
24
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a non-diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Debt securities generally are valued based on prices obtained from pricing services, which are intended to reflect market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of similar securities. The services may use various pricing techniques that take into account, as applicable, factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as approved independent broker-dealer quotes. Debt securities for which quotations are not readily available or not believed to be reflective of market value may also be valued based upon a bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
26
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Derivative instruments
The Fund invests in certain derivative instruments, as detailed below, in seeking to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more securities, currencies, commodities, indices, or other assets or instruments. Derivatives may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining desired exposure to certain assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Derivatives may involve various risks, including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market (making it difficult for the Fund to sell or terminate, including at favorable prices) and the potential for market movements which may expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amount shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The notional amounts of derivative instruments, if applicable, are not recorded in the financial statements.
A derivative instrument may suffer a marked-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform its obligations under the contract. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund and the amount of any variation margin held by the counterparty, plus any replacement costs or related amounts. With exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the clearinghouse or central counterparty provides some protection in the case of clearing member default. The clearinghouse or central counterparty stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, failure of the clearinghouse or central counterparty may pose additional counterparty credit risk. However, credit risk still exists in exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer account. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients and such shortfall is remedied by the central counterparty or otherwise, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers (including the Fund), potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (ISDA Master Agreement) or similar agreement with its derivatives counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange forward contracts and contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting), including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset or netting in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
Collateral (margin) requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the clearinghouse or central counterparty for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Brokers can ask for margin in excess of the minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms for most over-the-counter derivatives are subject to regulatory requirements to exchange variation margin with trading counterparties and may have contract specific margin terms as well. For over-the-counter derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any variation margin currently pledged by the Fund and/or the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund may also pay interest expense on cash collateral received from
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) the broker or receive interest income on cash collateral pledged to the broker. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of over-the-counter derivatives transactions to terminate derivatives contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net asset value declines by a stated percentage over a specified time period or if the Fund fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The Fund also has termination rights if the counterparty fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement. In determining whether to exercise such termination rights, the Fund would consider, in addition to counterparty credit risk, whether termination would result in a net liability owed from the counterparty.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and represent commitments for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. The Fund bought and sold futures contracts to manage exposure to movements in interest rates. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. The Fund generally expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Effects of derivative transactions in the financial statements
The following tables are intended to provide additional information about the effect of derivatives on the financial statements of the Fund, including: the fair value of derivatives by risk category and the location of those fair values in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; and the impact of derivative transactions over the period in the Statement of Operations, including realized and unrealized gains (losses). The derivative instrument schedules following the Portfolio of Investments present additional information regarding derivative instruments outstanding at the end of the period, if any.
The following table indicates the effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
The following table is a summary of the average daily outstanding volume by derivative instrument for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
| Average notional
amounts ($) |
Futures contracts — short | |
28
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Delayed delivery securities
The Fund may trade securities on other than normal settlement terms, including securities purchased or sold on a “when-issued” or "forward commitment" basis. This may increase risk to the Fund since the other party to the transaction may fail to deliver, which could cause the Fund to subsequently invest at less advantageous prices. The Fund designates cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the delayed delivery commitment.
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Market premiums and discounts, including original issue discounts, are amortized and accreted, respectively, over the expected life of the security on all debt securities, unless otherwise noted.
The Fund may place a debt security on non-accrual status and reduce related interest income when it becomes probable that the interest will not be collected and the amount of uncollectible interest can be reasonably estimated. The Fund may also adjust accrual rates when it becomes probable the full interest will not be collected and a partial payment will be received. A defaulted debt security is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its net tax-exempt and investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.47% to 0.31% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.47% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
30
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, these minimum account balance fees reduced total expenses of the Fund by $40.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25% and 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A and Class C shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $441,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of $500,000 or more if redeemed within 12 months after purchase. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
31
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
(depreciation) ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
The following capital loss carryforwards, determined at July 31, 2023, may be available to reduce future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
No expiration
short-term ($) | No expiration
long-term ($) | |
| | |
32
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $36,080,952 and $52,756,432, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
The Fund’s activity in the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024 was as follows:
| | Weighted average
interest rate (%) | Number of days
with outstanding loans |
| | | |
Interest expense incurred by the Fund is recorded as interfund lending in the Statement of Operations. The Fund had no outstanding interfund loans at January 31, 2024.
Note 7. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
33
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 8. Significant risks
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments in the Fund’s portfolio may decline because the issuer defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Lower-rated or unrated debt instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated debt instruments.
High-yield investments risk
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called "high-yield" or "junk" bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases or decreases in interest rates. Higher periods of inflation could lead such authorities to raise interest rates. Increasing interest rates may negatively affect the value of debt securities held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance and net asset value per share. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated by its investments may not keep pace with inflation.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with a lack of marketability of investments which may make it difficult to sell the investment at a desirable time or price. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may adversely affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other investments, or forego another, more appealing investment opportunity. Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. A less liquid market can lead to an increase in Fund redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and net asset value per share, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell securities in a down market.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
34
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal securities risk
Municipal securities are debt obligations generally issued to obtain funds for various public purposes, including general financing for state and local governments, or financing for a specific project or public facility, and include obligations of the governments of the U.S. territories, commonwealths and possessions such as Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the extent such obligations are exempt from state and U.S. federal income taxes. The value of municipal securities can be significantly affected by actual or expected political and legislative changes at the federal or state level. Municipal securities may be fully or partially backed by the taxing authority of the local government, by the credit of a private issuer, by the current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets or by domestic or foreign entities providing credit support, such as letters of credit, guarantees or insurance, and are generally classified into general obligation bonds and special revenue obligations. Because many municipal securities are issued to finance projects in sectors such as education, health care, transportation and utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal market.
Issuers in a state, territory, commonwealth or possession in which the Fund invests may experience significant financial difficulties for various reasons, including as the result of events that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled such as economic downturns or similar periods of economic stress, social conflict or unrest, labor disruption and natural disasters. Such financial difficulties may lead to credit rating downgrades or defaults of such issuers which in turn, could affect the market values and marketability of many or all municipal obligations of issuers in such state, territory, commonwealth or possession. The value of the Fund’s shares will be negatively impacted to the extent it invests in such securities. The Fund’s annual and semiannual reports show the Fund’s investment exposures at a point in time. The risk of investing in the Fund is directly correlated to the Fund’s investment exposures.
Because the Fund invests substantially in municipal securities issued by the state identified in the Fund’s name and political sub-divisions of that state, the Fund will be particularly affected by adverse tax, legislative, regulatory, demographic or political changes as well as changes impacting the state’s financial, economic or other condition and prospects. In addition, because of the relatively small number of issuers of tax-exempt securities in the state, the Fund may invest a higher percentage of assets in a single issuer and, therefore, be more exposed to the risk of loss than a fund that invests more broadly. The value of municipal and other securities owned by the Fund also may be adversely affected by future changes in federal or state income tax laws.
Non-diversification risk
A non-diversified fund is permitted to invest a greater percentage of its total assets in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. This increases the risk that a change in the value of any one investment held by the Fund could affect the overall value of the Fund more than it would affect that of a diversified fund holding a greater number of investments. Accordingly, the Fund’s value will likely be more volatile than the value of a more diversified fund.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 63.5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 9. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued and noted no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 10. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
35
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
36
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks total return, with a focus on income exempt from federal income tax and capital appreciation.
Portfolio management
Catherine Stienstra
Lead Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2007
Douglas White, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2018
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index | | | | | |
Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond Index | | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 3.00%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the broad market for investment-grade, tax-exempt bonds with a maturity of at least one year.
The Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond Index measures the non-investment-grade and non-rated US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate, tax-exempt bond market within the 50 United States and four other qualifying regions (Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands).
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Quality breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total fixed income investments.
Bond ratings apply to the underlying holdings of the Fund and not the Fund itself and are divided into categories ranging from highest to lowest credit quality, determined by using the middle rating of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, after dropping the highest and lowest available ratings. When ratings are available from only two rating agencies, the lower rating is used. When a rating is available from only one rating agency, that rating is used. If a security is not rated but has a rating by Kroll and/or DBRS, the same methodology is applied to those bonds that would otherwise be not rated. When a bond is not rated by any rating agency, it is designated as “Not rated.” Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subjective opinions, not statements of fact, and are subject to change, including daily. The ratings assigned by credit rating agencies are but one of the considerations that the Investment Manager and/or Fund’s subadviser incorporates into its credit analysis process, along with such other issuer-specific factors as cash flows, capital structure and leverage ratios, ability to de-leverage (repay) through free cash flow, quality of management, market positioning and access to capital, as well as such security-specific factors as the terms of the security (e.g., interest rate and time to maturity) and the amount and type of any collateral.
Top Ten States/Territories (%)
(at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding Money Market Funds and investments in derivatives, if any.
For further detail about these holdings, please refer to the section entitled “Portfolio of Investments.”
Fund holdings are as of the date given, are subject to change at any time, and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
4
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | | | |
|
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
Subordinated Series 2015 (JPMorgan Chase Bank) |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2014I-2 (JPMorgan Chase Bank) |
| | | | |
New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority(a),(b) |
|
Series 2011 (JPMorgan Chase Bank) |
| | | | |
New York City Transitional Finance Authority(a),(b) |
|
|
Subordinated Series 2015 (JPMorgan Chase Bank) |
| | | | |
New York City Water & Sewer System(a),(b) |
|
|
Series 2013 (JPMorgan Chase Bank) |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
|
IHC Health Services, Inc. |
Series 2005A (JPMorgan Chase Bank) |
| | | | |
Total Floating Rate Notes
(Cost $20,690,000) | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Black Belt Energy Gas District |
|
|
Series 2023D-1 (Mandatory Put 02/01/29) |
| | | | |
County of Jefferson Sewer |
|
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Hoover Industrial Development Board(c) |
|
US Steel Corporation Project |
|
| | | | |
Southeast Energy Authority |
|
|
Series 2002B-1 (Mandatory Put 08/01/28) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Arizona Industrial Development Authority |
|
Macombs Facility Project Social Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
|
| | | | |
Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix (The) |
|
Downtown Phoenix Student Housing II LLC - Arizona State University Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima (The)(d) |
|
American Leadership Academy |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
La Paz County Industrial Development Authority |
|
Charter School Solutions - Harmony Public Schools Project |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
California Community Choice Financing Authority(e) |
|
Green Bonds - Clean Energy Project |
Series 2023 (Mandatory Put 11/01/30) |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
California Health Facilities Financing Authority |
|
|
Subordinated Series 2017A-2 |
| | | | |
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank |
|
Equitable School Revolving Fund |
|
| | | | |
California Municipal Finance Authority |
|
Community Medical Centers |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
HumanGood California Obligated Group |
|
| | | | |
California Municipal Finance Authority(d) |
|
California Baptist University |
|
| | | | |
Catalyst Impact Fund Housing |
|
| | | | |
California Public Finance Authority(d) |
|
Enso Village Project - Green Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Enso Village Project - TEMPS 85 |
|
| | | | |
California School Finance Authority(d) |
Prerefunded 07/01/25 Revenue Bonds |
River Springs Charter School Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
California Statewide Communities Development Authority |
|
Front Porch Communities & Services |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
California Statewide Communities Development Authority(d) |
|
Loma Linda University Medical Center |
|
| | | | |
City of Los Angeles Department of Airports(c) |
|
Los Angeles International Airport |
|
| | | | |
Compton Unified School District(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Compton Unified School District |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Glendale Unified School District(f) |
Prerefunded 09/01/25 Unlimited General Obligation Refunding Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.(f) |
|
Subordinated Series 2021B-2 |
| | | | |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Hastings Campus Housing Finance Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Poway Unified School District(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Improvement District No. 2007-1-A |
|
| | | | |
Riverside County Transportation Commission(f) |
|
|
Series 2013 Escrowed to Maturity |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2021B |
| | | | |
State Center Community College District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
Unrefunded Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Aerotropolis Regional Transportation Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
City & County of Denver(f) |
|
|
| | | | |
City & County of Denver Airport System(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2018A |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Colorado Bridge Enterprise(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority(d) |
Improvement Refunding Revenue Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Colorado Health Facilities Authority |
Improvement Refunding Revenue Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Covenant Retirement Communities |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
CommonSpirit Health Obligation Group |
|
| | | | |
NJH-SJH Center for Outpatient Health |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Parkview Medical Center, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Colorado Housing & Finance Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Fiddlers Business Improvement District(d) |
Unlimited General Obligation Refunding Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1 |
|
Subordinated Series 2020B |
| | | | |
Windler Public Improvement Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
Delaware State Health Facilities Authority |
|
Bayhealth Medical Center Project |
|
| | | | |
District of Columbia 0.9% |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Dulles Toll Road |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Capital Trust Agency, Inc.(d) |
|
| | | | |
|
Wonderful Foundations Charter School Portfolio Projects |
|
| | | | |
Capital Trust Agency, Inc.(d),(g) |
|
1st Mortgage Tallahassee Tapestry Senior Housing Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Capital Trust Agency, Inc.(d),(f) |
|
| | | | |
Capital Trust Authority(d) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Central Florida Expressway Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
John Knox Village Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
County of Miami-Dade Seaport Department(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
County of Osceola Transportation(f) |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Florida Development Finance Corp.(d) |
|
Renaissance Charter School, Inc. Projects |
|
| | | | |
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority(c) |
|
Tampa International Airport |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Lee County Industrial Development Authority |
|
Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
Miami-Dade County Educational Facilities Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Miami-Dade County Health Facilities Authority |
|
Nicklaus Childrens Hospital |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority |
|
Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai |
|
| | | | |
Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences of Boca Raton |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Polk County Industrial Development Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Putnam County Development Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Seminole County Industrial Development Authority |
|
Legacy Pointe at UCF Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Atlanta Urban Residential Finance Authority |
|
|
Series 2023B (Mandatory Put 06/01/25) |
| | | | |
City of Atlanta Department of Aviation(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Dalton Whitfield County Joint Development Authority |
|
Hamilton Health Care System Obligation |
|
| | | | |
Floyd County Development Authority |
|
Spires Berry College Project |
|
| | | | |
Fulton County Development Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Gainesville & Hall County Hospital Authority |
|
Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
Georgia Housing & Finance Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Single Family Mortgage Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. |
|
Series 2023A (Mandatory Put 06/01/30) |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Series 2023C (Mandatory Put 09/01/30) |
| | | | |
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia |
|
Plant Vogtle Units 3&4 Project |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Oconee County Industrial Development Authority |
|
Presbyterian Village Athens Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Idaho Health Facilities Authority |
|
St. Luke’s Health System Project |
|
| | | | |
|
Terraces of Boise Project |
|
| | | | |
Spring Valley Community Infrastructure District No. 1(d) |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Chicago Board of Education |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Unlimited General Obligation Refunding Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Chicago Board of Education(d) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
Chicago Board of Education(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Refunding Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Chicago O’Hare International Airport(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Chicago O’Hare International Airport |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Limited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
City of Chicago Wastewater Transmission |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
City of Chicago Waterworks |
|
|
|
| | | | |
City of Springfield Electric |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Illinois Finance Authority |
|
LEARN Charter School Project Social Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Northshore University Health System |
|
| | | | |
Illinois Housing Development Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority(f) |
|
Capital Appreciation - McCormick Place Expansion Project |
|
| | | | |
McCormick Place Expansion |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
Capital Appreciation - McCormick Place Expansion Project |
|
| | | | |
McCormick Place Expansion Project |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority |
|
McCormick Place Expansion |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
McCormick Place Expansion Project |
|
| | | | |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority(h) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
|
Iowa Fertilizer Co. Project |
|
| | | | |
Lifespace Communities, Inc. |
|
| | | | |
|
Lifespace Communities, Inc. |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
University of Kansas Hospital Authority |
Improvement Refunding Revenue Bonds |
Kansas University Health System |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Kentucky Public Energy Authority |
|
Series 2023A-1 (Mandatory Put 02/01/32) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Ascension Parish Industrial Development Board, Inc. |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority |
|
Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
Provident Group - Flagship Properties |
|
| | | | |
New Orleans Aviation Board(c) |
|
General Airport-North Terminal |
|
| | | | |
|
|
NuStar Logistics LP Project |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Maryland Community Development Administration |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Maryland Economic Development Corp.(c) |
|
Green Bonds - Purple Line Light Rail Project |
|
| | | | |
Maryland Economic Development Corp. |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority |
|
Meritus Medical Center Issue |
|
| | | | |
|
University of Maryland Medical System |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency |
|
UMass Memorial Healthcare |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
UMass Boston Student Housing Project |
|
| | | | |
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority(c) |
|
|
Subordinated Series 2017B |
| | | | |
Massachusetts Port Authority(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Great Lakes Water Authority Water Supply System |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Michigan Finance Authority |
|
Senior Lien - Great Lakes Water Authority |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Michigan State Housing Development Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Michigan Strategic Fund(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
Rebuilding Michigan Program |
|
| | | | |
Wayne County Airport Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Wayne County Airport Authority(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
|
Spectrum High School Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
Lakes International Language Academy |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
Folkstone Senior Living Co. |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Duluth Economic Development Authority |
|
Essentia Health Obligation Group |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Hastings Independent School District No. 200(f) |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
Student Credit Enhancement Program School Building |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission(c) |
|
Subordinated Series 2016D |
| | | | |
St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority(e) |
|
Sanctuary St. Cloud Project |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Medical Research Lutheran Services |
|
| | | | |
Kansas City Industrial Development Authority(c) |
|
Kansas City International Airport |
|
| | | | |
Kirkwood Industrial Development Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Missouri Housing Development Commission |
|
First Place Homeownership Loan Program |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission |
|
|
| | | | |
St. Louis County Industrial Development Authority |
|
St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors Obligated Group |
|
| | | | |
|
Friendship Village Sunset Hills |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Douglas County Hospital Authority No. 2 |
|
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital |
|
| | | | |
Douglas County Hospital Authority No. 3 |
|
Health Facilities - Nebraska Methodist Health System |
|
| | | | |
Nebraska Educational Health Cultural & Social Services Finance Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
|
Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center |
|
| | | | |
State of Nevada Department of Business & Industry(d) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
New Hampshire Business Finance Authority(d) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
New Hampshire Health & Education Facilities Authority Act |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Camden County Improvement Authority (The) |
|
Social Bonds - Cooper Norcross Academy |
|
| | | | |
City of Newark Mass Transit Access Tax |
|
Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Redevelopment Project |
|
| | | | |
New Jersey Economic Development Authority(c) |
|
New Jersey Natural Gas Co. Project |
|
| | | | |
New Jersey Economic Development Authority |
|
Subordinated Series 2017A |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
Portal North Bridge Project |
|
| | | | |
Self-Designated Social Bonds |
|
| | | | |
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency |
|
|
|
| | | | |
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority(f) |
|
Capital Appreciation Transportation System |
|
| | | | |
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
New Jersey Turnpike Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
South Jersey Port Corp.(c) |
|
|
Subordinated Series 2017B |
| | | | |
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. |
|
Subordinated Series 2018B |
| | | | |
| |
|
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Single Family Mortgage Program |
Series 2019D Class I (GNMA) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Build NYC Resource Corp.(d) |
|
Social Bonds - East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School Project |
|
| | | | |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2022B-1 |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2023E-1 |
| | | | |
Glen Cove Local Economic Assistance Corp.(e) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Housing Development Corp. |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Huntington Local Development Corp. |
|
Fountaingate Garden Project |
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority(f) |
|
|
| | | | |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
New York City Housing Development Corp. |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
New York City Transitional Finance Authority |
|
|
Subordinated Series 2020D |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2022A-1 |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2022F-1 |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2023A |
| | | | |
New York Liberty Development Corp. |
|
|
| | | | |
New York State Dormitory Authority |
|
NYU Langone Hospitals Obligated Group |
|
| | | | |
New York State Environmental Facilities Corp.(c),(d) |
|
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. |
Series 2019 (Mandatory Put 12/03/29) |
| | | | |
New York State Housing Finance Agency |
|
|
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
New York State Thruway Authority |
|
Personal Income Tax - Bidding Group |
|
| | | | |
|
Green Bonds - Bidding Group |
|
| | | | |
New York Transportation Development Corp.(c) |
|
Delta Air Lines, Inc. LaGuardia |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
John F. Kennedy International Airport New Terminal One Project |
|
| | | | |
LaGuardia Airport Terminal C&D |
|
| | | | |
New York State Thruway Service Areas Project |
|
| | | | |
Terminal 4 John F. Kennedy International Airport Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
State of New York Mortgage Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Ulster County Capital Resource Corp.(d) |
|
Woodland Pond at New Paltz |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Westchester County Local Development Corp.(d) |
|
Purchase Senior Learning Community |
|
| | | | |
|
Purchase Senior Learning Community |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
North Carolina Medical Care Commission |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Lutheran Services for the Aging |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
North Carolina Turnpike Authority |
|
Senior Lien - Triangle Expressway |
|
| | | | |
North Carolina Turnpike Authority(f) |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Triangle Expressway System |
|
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency |
|
Home Mortgage Finance Program |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Housing Finance Program-Home Mortgage Finance |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority |
Refunding Senior Revenue Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
|
United Church Homes, Inc. |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Lake County Port & Economic Development Authority(d),(g) |
|
1st Mortgage - Tapestry Wickliffe LLC |
|
| | | | |
Ohio Air Quality Development Authority(c) |
|
Ohio Valley Electric Crop. |
Series 2019 (Mandatory Put 10/01/29) |
| | | | |
Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission |
|
Ashtabula County Medical Center Obligated Group |
|
| | | | |
Ohio Housing Finance Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Summit County Development Finance Authority |
|
University of Akron Parking Project |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Tulsa County Industrial Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Port of Portland Airport(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
State of Oregon Housing & Community Services Department |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
City of Philadelphia Airport(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Cumberland County Municipal Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Franklin County Industrial Development Authority |
|
Menno-Haven, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
| | | | |
Luzerne County Industrial Development Authority(c) |
|
Pennsylvania-American Water Co. Project |
Series 2019 (Mandatory Put 12/03/29) |
| | | | |
Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority |
|
Meadowood Senior Living Project |
|
| | | | |
|
ACTS Retirement - Life Communities |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Northampton County General Purpose Authority |
|
St. Luke’s University Health Network |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority |
|
Presbyterian Senior Living Project |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
Presbyterian Senior Living Project |
|
| | | | |
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority(d),(g) |
|
Tapestry Moon Senior Housing Project |
|
| | | | |
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority(c) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
The PennDOT Major Bridges Package One Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission |
|
|
Subordinated Series 2016A-1 |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2018B |
| | | | |
Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development |
|
Thomas Jefferson University |
|
| | | | |
|
First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School |
|
| | | | |
School District of Philadelphia (The) |
Limited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
State Public School Building Authority |
Prerefunded 12/01/26 Revenue Bonds |
Philadelphia School District Project |
|
| | | | |
|
School District of Philadelphia |
|
| | | | |
Union County Hospital Authority |
|
Evangelical Community Hospital |
|
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
20
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
|
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico(f),(i) |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority(d),(i) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority(g),(i) |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.(f),(i) |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.(i) |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency |
|
Series 2023B-1 (Mandatory Put 03/01/31) |
| | | | |
South Carolina Ports Authority(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
South Carolina Public Service Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
South Dakota Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
South Dakota Housing Development Authority |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Chattanooga Health Educational & Housing Facility Board |
|
Student Housing - CDFI Phase I |
|
| | | | |
Greeneville Health & Educational Facilities Board |
|
Ballad Health Obligation Group |
|
| | | | |
Knox County Health Educational & Housing Facility Board |
|
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital |
|
| | | | |
Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facilities Board |
|
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
New Memphis Arena Public Building Authority(f) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Shelby County Health Educational & Housing Facilities Board |
|
The Farms at Bailey Station Project |
|
| | | | |
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp. |
|
|
Series 2023A-1 (Mandatory Put 05/01/28) |
| | | | |
Tennessee Housing Development Agency |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Angelina & Neches River Authority(c),(d) |
|
Jefferson Enterprise Energy LLC Project |
|
| | | | |
Arlington Higher Education Finance Corp. |
|
Brooks Academies of Texas |
|
| | | | |
Arlington Higher Education Finance Corp.(d) |
|
Legacy Traditional Schools - Texas Project |
|
| | | | |
Austin Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Bexar County Health Facilities Development Corp. |
|
Army Retirement Residence Foundation |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Central Texas Turnpike System(f) |
|
|
| | | | |
Central Texas Turnpike System |
|
Subordinated Series 2015C |
| | | | |
City of Austin Airport System |
|
|
| | | | |
City of Austin Airport System(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
City of Houston Airport System(c) |
|
Subordinated Series 2023A (AGM) |
| | | | |
|
Subordinated Series 2018A |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2020A |
| | | | |
Subordinated Series 2021A |
| | | | |
Clifton Higher Education Finance Corp. |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Conroe Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
22
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Crowley Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Humble Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Katy Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. |
|
Texas Children’s Health System |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
MRC Senior Living-Langford Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(g) |
|
4-K Housing, Inc. Stoney Brook Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Cardinal Bay, Inc. - Village on the Park |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Cardinal Bay, Inc. - Village on the Park/Carriage Inn Project |
|
| | | | |
New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(f) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
North Texas Tollway Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
Port Beaumont Navigation District(c),(d) |
|
Jefferson Gulf Coast Energy Project |
|
| | | | |
Pottsboro Higher Education Finance Corp. |
|
|
| | | | |
Rockwall Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Sherman Independent School District |
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
Methodist Hospitals of Dallas |
|
| | | | |
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp. |
|
LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC I-635 Managed Lanes Project |
|
| | | | |
Senior Lien - North Tarrant Express |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp.(c) |
|
NTE Mobility Partners LLC North Tarrant Express Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Senior Lien - Blueridge Transportation Group LLC |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Texas Transportation Commission(f) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Texas Water Development Board |
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
City of Salt Lake City Airport(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
Downtown East Streetcar Sewer Public Infrastructure District(d) |
Limited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Mida Golf and Equestrian Center Public Infrastructure District(d) |
Limited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Salt Lake City Corp. Airport(c) |
|
|
| | | | |
UIPA Crossroads Public Infrastructure District(d) |
|
|
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Utah Charter School Finance Authority(d) |
|
Ascent Academies Charter Schools |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District |
|
1st Tier General Resolution |
|
| | | | |
City of Chesapeake Expressway Toll Road |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
Unlimited General Obligation Bonds |
|
| | | | |
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority(c) |
|
Senior Lien - 95 Express Lanes LLC Project |
|
| | | | |
Senior Lien - I-495 HOT Lanes Project |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| |
|
King County Housing Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
King County Public Hospital District No. 4 |
|
|
| | | | |
Washington Health Care Facilities Authority |
|
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
24
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Virginia Mason Medical Center |
|
| | | | |
Washington State Housing Finance Commission |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Washington State Housing Finance Commission(d) |
|
Presbyterian Retirement Co. |
|
| | | | |
Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences Project |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
Prerefunded 11/15/24 Revenue Bonds |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
ACTS Retirement - Life Communities |
|
| | | | |
Coral Academy Science Las Vegas |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Public Finance Authority(d) |
|
Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Municipal Bonds (continued) |
| | | | |
Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst, Inc. |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Wonderful Foundations Charter School Portfolio Projects |
|
| | | | |
University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics |
|
Green Bonds - University of Wisconsin Hospital |
|
| | | | |
Wisconsin Center District(f) |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
|
Cedar Crest, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
|
Covenant Communities, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
PHW Muskego, Inc. Project |
|
| | | | |
Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $1,828,856,146) | |
|
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Municipal Short Term 0.3% |
| | | | |
|
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank(c),(d) |
|
Series 2023 (Mandatory Put 08/15/24) |
| | | | |
Total Municipal Short Term
(Cost $5,000,000) | |
|
| | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds MuniCash, Institutional | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $217,484) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $1,854,763,630) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| The Fund is entitled to receive principal and interest from the guarantor after a day or a week’s notice or upon maturity. The maturity date disclosed represents the final maturity. |
| Represents a variable rate security where the coupon rate adjusts on specified dates (generally daily or weekly) using the prevailing money market rate. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of January 31, 2024. |
| Income from this security may be subject to alternative minimum tax. |
| 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 January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $107,667,139, which represents 6.19% of total net assets. |
| 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 January 31, 2024. |
| |
| Represents a security in default. |
| Represents a security purchased on a when-issued basis. |
| Municipal obligations include debt obligations issued by or on behalf of territories, possessions, or sovereign nations within the territorial boundaries of the United States. At January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $69,575,002, which represents 4.00% of total net assets. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
Abbreviation Legend
| Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation |
| Build America Mutual Assurance Co. |
| Federal Housing Authority |
| Government National Mortgage Association |
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
26
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,854,763,630) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Investments purchased on a delayed delivery basis | |
| |
Distributions to shareholders | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
28
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
Interest on interfund lending | |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Decrease in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total decrease in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
30
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
31
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
32
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
33
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| Ratios include interfund lending expense which is less than 0.01%. |
| Ratios include interest on collateral expense which is less than 0.01%. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
| Ratios include the impact of voluntary waivers paid by the Investment Manager. If the Investment Manager had not paid these voluntary waivers, the Fund’s net expense ratio would increase by less than 0.01%. |
| Per share amounts have been adjusted on a retroactive basis to reflect a 4 to 1 reverse stock split completed after the close of business on September 11, 2020. |
| Ratios include interest and fee expense related to the participation in certain inverse floater programs. If interest and fee expense related to the participation in certain inverse floater programs had been excluded, expenses would have been lower by less than 0.01%. Due to an equal increase in interest income from fixed rate municipal bonds held in trust, there is no impact on the Fund’s net assets, net asset value per share, total return or net investment income. |
| Ratios include interest and fee expense related to the participation in certain inverse floater programs. If interest and fee expense related to the participation in certain inverse floater programs had been excluded, expenses would have been lower by 0.01%. Due to an equal increase in interest income from fixed rate municipal bonds held in trust, there is no impact on the Fund’s net assets, net asset value per share, total return or net investment income. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
34
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
35
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Debt securities generally are valued based on prices obtained from pricing services, which are intended to reflect market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of similar securities. The services may use various pricing techniques that take into account, as applicable, factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as approved independent broker-dealer quotes. Debt securities for which quotations are not readily available or not believed to be reflective of market value may also be valued based upon a bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
36
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Derivative instruments
The Fund invests in certain derivative instruments, as detailed below, in seeking to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more securities, currencies, commodities, indices, or other assets or instruments. Derivatives may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining desired exposure to certain assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Derivatives may involve various risks, including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market (making it difficult for the Fund to sell or terminate, including at favorable prices) and the potential for market movements which may expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amount shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The notional amounts of derivative instruments, if applicable, are not recorded in the financial statements.
A derivative instrument may suffer a marked-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform its obligations under the contract. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund and the amount of any variation margin held by the counterparty, plus any replacement costs or related amounts. With exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the clearinghouse or central counterparty provides some protection in the case of clearing member default. The clearinghouse or central counterparty stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, failure of the clearinghouse or central counterparty may pose additional counterparty credit risk. However, credit risk still exists in exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer account. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients and such shortfall is remedied by the central counterparty or otherwise, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers (including the Fund), potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (ISDA Master Agreement) or similar agreement with its derivatives counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange forward contracts and contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting), including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset or netting in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
Collateral (margin) requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the clearinghouse or central counterparty for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Brokers can ask for margin in excess of the minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms for most over-the-counter derivatives are subject to regulatory requirements to exchange variation margin with trading counterparties and may have contract specific margin terms as well. For over-the-counter derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any variation margin currently pledged by the Fund and/or the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund may also pay interest expense on cash collateral received from
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
37
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) the broker or receive interest income on cash collateral pledged to the broker. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of over-the-counter derivatives transactions to terminate derivatives contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net asset value declines by a stated percentage over a specified time period or if the Fund fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The Fund also has termination rights if the counterparty fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement. In determining whether to exercise such termination rights, the Fund would consider, in addition to counterparty credit risk, whether termination would result in a net liability owed from the counterparty.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and represent commitments for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. The Fund bought and sold futures contracts to manage exposure to movements in interest rates. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. The Fund generally expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Effects of derivative transactions in the financial statements
The following tables are intended to provide additional information about the effect of derivatives on the financial statements of the Fund, including: the fair value of derivatives by risk category and the location of those fair values in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; and the impact of derivative transactions over the period in the Statement of Operations, including realized and unrealized gains (losses). The derivative instrument schedules following the Portfolio of Investments present additional information regarding derivative instruments outstanding at the end of the period, if any.
At January 31, 2024, the Fund had no outstanding derivatives.
The following table indicates the effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
38
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The following table is a summary of the average daily outstanding volume by derivative instrument for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
| Average notional
amounts ($) |
Futures contracts — short | |
Delayed delivery securities
The Fund may trade securities on other than normal settlement terms, including securities purchased or sold on a “when-issued” or "forward commitment" basis. This may increase risk to the Fund since the other party to the transaction may fail to deliver, which could cause the Fund to subsequently invest at less advantageous prices. The Fund designates cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the delayed delivery commitment.
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Market premiums and discounts, including original issue discounts, are amortized and accreted, respectively, over the expected life of the security on all debt securities, unless otherwise noted.
The Fund may place a debt security on non-accrual status and reduce related interest income when it becomes probable that the interest will not be collected and the amount of uncollectible interest can be reasonably estimated. The Fund may also adjust accrual rates when it becomes probable the full interest will not be collected and a partial payment will be received. A defaulted debt security is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its net tax-exempt and investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
39
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.48% to 0.29% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.47% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
40
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, no minimum account balance fees were charged by the Fund.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25% and 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A and Class C shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $380,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of $500,000 or more if redeemed within 12 months after purchase. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
41
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
(depreciation) ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
The following capital loss carryforwards, determined at July 31, 2023, may be available to reduce future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
No expiration
short-term ($) | No expiration
long-term ($) | |
| | |
42
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $221,205,108 and $282,488,303, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
The Fund’s activity in the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024 was as follows:
| | Weighted average
interest rate (%) | Number of days
with outstanding loans |
| | | |
Interest expense incurred by the Fund is recorded as interfund lending in the Statement of Operations. The Fund had no outstanding interfund loans at January 31, 2024.
Note 7. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
43
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 8. Significant risks
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments in the Fund’s portfolio may decline because the issuer defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Lower-rated or unrated debt instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated debt instruments.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases or decreases in interest rates. Higher periods of inflation could lead such authorities to raise interest rates. Increasing interest rates may negatively affect the value of debt securities held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance and net asset value per share. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated by its investments may not keep pace with inflation.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with a lack of marketability of investments which may make it difficult to sell the investment at a desirable time or price. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may adversely affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other investments, or forego another, more appealing investment opportunity. Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. A less liquid market can lead to an increase in Fund redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and net asset value per share, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell securities in a down market.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
Municipal securities risk
Municipal securities are debt obligations generally issued to obtain funds for various public purposes, including general financing for state and local governments, or financing for a specific project or public facility, and include obligations of the governments of the U.S. territories, commonwealths and possessions such as Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the extent such obligations are exempt from state and U.S. federal income taxes. The value of municipal securities can be significantly affected by actual or expected political and legislative changes at the federal or state level. Municipal securities may be fully or partially backed by the taxing authority of the local government, by the credit of a private issuer, by the current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets or by domestic or foreign entities providing credit support,
44
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) such as letters of credit, guarantees or insurance, and are generally classified into general obligation bonds and special revenue obligations. Because many municipal securities are issued to finance projects in sectors such as education, health care, transportation and utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal market.
Issuers in a state, territory, commonwealth or possession in which the Fund invests may experience significant financial difficulties for various reasons, including as the result of events that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled such as economic downturns or similar periods of economic stress, social conflict or unrest, labor disruption and natural disasters. Such financial difficulties may lead to credit rating downgrades or defaults of such issuers which in turn, could affect the market values and marketability of many or all municipal obligations of issuers in such state, territory, commonwealth or possession. The value of the Fund’s shares will be negatively impacted to the extent it invests in such securities. The Fund’s annual and semiannual reports show the Fund’s investment exposures at a point in time. The risk of investing in the Fund is directly correlated to the Fund’s investment exposures.
Securities issued by a particular state and its instrumentalities are subject to the risk of unfavorable developments in such state. A municipal security can be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative, regulatory, demographic or political changes as well as changes in a particular state’s (state and its instrumentalities’) financial, economic or other condition and prospects.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 49.5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 9. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued and noted no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 10. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
45
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Strategic Municipal Income Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth.
Portfolio management
Raghavendran Sivaraman, Ph.D., CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2019
Oleg Nusinzon, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2021
Morningstar style boxTM
The Morningstar Style Box is based on a fund’s portfolio holdings. For equity funds, the vertical axis shows the market capitalization of the stocks owned, and the horizontal axis shows investment style (value, blend, or growth). Information shown is based on the most recent data provided by Morningstar.
© 2024 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The Morningstar information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Russell 1000 Growth Index | | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. Since the Fund launched more than one share class at its inception, Class A shares were used. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
The Russell 1000 Growth Index, an unmanaged index, measures the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Equity sector breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total equity investments. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Equity sub-industry breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
Semiconductor Materials & Equipment | |
| |
| |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total equity investments. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
4
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | |
Communication Services 11.9% |
|
Playtika Holding Corp.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Interactive Media & Services 10.6% |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
Total Communication Services | |
Consumer Discretionary 15.2% |
|
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 3.3% |
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
TJX Companies, Inc. (The) | | |
| | |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.5% |
| | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
|
| | |
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 0.6% |
| | |
|
| | |
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | | |
| | |
|
| | |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.2% |
| | |
| |
|
|
First Citizens BancShares Inc., Class A | | |
|
| | |
|
| | |
MasterCard, Inc., Class A | | |
| | |
| | |
|
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | |
| |
|
|
| | |
| | |
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.2% |
| | |
Align Technology, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Health Care Providers & Services 2.7% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
|
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
Commercial Services & Supplies 1.3% |
| | |
Ground Transportation 0.6% |
Uber Technologies, Inc.(a) | | |
|
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
|
American Airlines Group, Inc.(a) | | |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
Professional Services 0.7% |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Information Technology 43.6% |
Communications Equipment 0.3% |
| | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 10.9% |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 12.1% |
| | |
Total Information Technology | |
|
Construction Materials 1.1% |
| | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $132,411,562) | |
|
|
| | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541%(c),(d) | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $2,303,755) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $134,715,317) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
At January 31, 2024, securities and/or cash totaling $378,020 were pledged as collateral.
Investments in derivatives
|
| | | | | Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
| | | | | | |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| Non-income producing investment. |
| This security or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral in connection with derivative contracts. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
| As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended January 31, 2024 are as follows: |
| | | | Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($) | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541% |
| | | | | | | | |
Currency Legend
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
Investments in Derivatives | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
Derivative instruments are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $132,411,562) | |
Affiliated issuers (cost $2,303,755) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
Dividends — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total increase in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total net increase (decrease) | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | Net
investment
income
(loss) | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | Net
investment
income
(loss) | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| Ratios include interest on collateral expense which is less than 0.01%. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to liquidate Institutional 2 Class and Class R shares of the Fund. Effective on March 11, 2024, Institutional 2 Class and Class R shares of the Fund were closed to new and existing investors and effective on April 19, 2024, Institutional 2 Class and Class R shares of the Fund will be liquidated. For federal tax purposes, these liquidations will be treated as redemptions of fund shares.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Equity securities listed on an exchange are valued at the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. Securities with a closing price not readily available or not listed on any exchange are valued at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices. Listed preferred stocks convertible into common stocks are valued using an evaluated price from a pricing service.
Foreign equity securities are valued based on the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. If any foreign equity security closing prices are not readily available, the securities are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices on such exchanges or markets. Foreign currency exchange rates are determined at the scheduled closing time of the New York Stock Exchange. Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange; therefore, the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In those situations, foreign securities will be fair valued pursuant to a policy approved by the Board of Trustees. Under the policy, the Fund may utilize a third-party pricing service to determine these fair values. The third-party pricing service takes into account multiple factors, including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the
20
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) close of the foreign exchange or market, to determine a good faith estimate that reasonably reflects the current market conditions as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The fair value of a security is likely to be different from the quoted or published price, if available.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Futures and options on futures contracts are valued based upon the settlement price at the close of regular trading on their principal exchanges or, in the absence of a settlement price, at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Derivative instruments
The Fund invests in certain derivative instruments, as detailed below, in seeking to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more securities, currencies, commodities, indices, or other assets or instruments. Derivatives may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining desired exposure to certain assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Derivatives may involve various risks, including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market (making it difficult for the Fund to sell or terminate, including at favorable prices) and the potential for market movements which may expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amount shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The notional amounts of derivative instruments, if applicable, are not recorded in the financial statements.
A derivative instrument may suffer a marked-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform its obligations under the contract. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund and the amount of any variation margin held by the counterparty, plus any replacement costs or related amounts. With exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the clearinghouse or central counterparty provides some protection in the case of clearing member default. The clearinghouse or central counterparty stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, failure of the clearinghouse or central counterparty may pose additional counterparty credit risk. However, credit risk still exists in exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer account. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients and such shortfall is remedied by the central counterparty or otherwise, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers (including the Fund), potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (ISDA Master Agreement) or similar agreement with its derivatives counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and a
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange forward contracts and contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting), including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset or netting in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
Collateral (margin) requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the clearinghouse or central counterparty for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Brokers can ask for margin in excess of the minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms for most over-the-counter derivatives are subject to regulatory requirements to exchange variation margin with trading counterparties and may have contract specific margin terms as well. For over-the-counter derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any variation margin currently pledged by the Fund and/or the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund may also pay interest expense on cash collateral received from the broker or receive interest income on cash collateral pledged to the broker. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of over-the-counter derivatives transactions to terminate derivatives contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net asset value declines by a stated percentage over a specified time period or if the Fund fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The Fund also has termination rights if the counterparty fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement. In determining whether to exercise such termination rights, the Fund would consider, in addition to counterparty credit risk, whether termination would result in a net liability owed from the counterparty.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and represent commitments for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. The Fund bought and sold futures contracts to maintain appropriate equity market exposure while keeping sufficient cash to accommodate daily redemptions. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. The Fund generally expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
22
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Effects of derivative transactions in the financial statements
The following tables are intended to provide additional information about the effect of derivatives on the financial statements of the Fund, including: the fair value of derivatives by risk category and the location of those fair values in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; and the impact of derivative transactions over the period in the Statement of Operations, including realized and unrealized gains (losses). The derivative instrument schedules following the Portfolio of Investments present additional information regarding derivative instruments outstanding at the end of the period, if any.
The following table is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) at January 31, 2024:
| | |
| Statement
of assets and liabilities
location | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | |
| Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the tables following the 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
The following table indicates the effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
The following table is a summary of the average daily outstanding volume by derivative instrument for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
| Average notional
amounts ($) |
| |
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Corporate actions and dividend income are generally recorded net of any non-reclaimable tax withholdings, on the ex-dividend date or upon receipt of an ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign securities.
The Fund may receive distributions from holdings in equity securities, business development companies (BDCs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), limited partnerships (LPs), other regulated investment companies (RICs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs), which report information as to the tax character of their distributions annually. These distributions are allocated to dividend income, capital gain and return of capital based on actual information reported. Return of capital is recorded as a reduction of the cost basis of securities held. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, return of capital is recorded as a realized gain. With respect to REITs, to the extent actual information has not yet been reported, estimates for return of capital are made by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). The Investment Manager’s estimates are subsequently adjusted when the actual character of the distributions is disclosed by the REITs, which could result in a proportionate change in return of capital to shareholders.
Awards from class action litigation are recorded as a reduction of cost basis if the Fund still owns the applicable securities on the payment date. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities on the payment date, the proceeds are recorded as realized gains.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
24
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.75% to 0.55% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, these minimum account balance fees reduced total expenses of the Fund by $40.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C and Class R shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses. For Class R shares, of the 0.50% fee, up to 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $47,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
26
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. In addition to the contractual agreement, the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described above) so that Fund level expenses (expenses directly attributable to the Fund and not to a specific share class) are waived proportionately across all share classes. This arrangement may be revised or discontinued at any time. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
appreciation ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
Under current tax rules, regulated investment companies can elect to treat certain late-year ordinary losses incurred and post-October capital losses (capital losses realized after October 31) as arising on the first day of the following taxable year. The Fund will elect to treat the following late-year ordinary losses and post-October capital losses at July 31, 2023 as arising on August 1, 2023.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Late year
ordinary losses ($) | Post-October
capital losses ($) |
| |
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $71,530,655 and $65,417,331, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Affiliated money market fund
The Fund invests in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, an affiliated money market fund established for the exclusive use by the Fund and other affiliated funds (the Affiliated MMF). The income earned by the Fund from such investments is included as Dividends - affiliated issuers in the Statement of Operations. As an investing fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Affiliated MMF. The Affiliated MMF prices its shares with a floating net asset value. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to money market fund rules requiring institutional prime money market funds like the Affiliated MMF to be subject, by April 2, 2024, to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the imposition of such a fee is determined to be in the best interest of the Affiliated MMF and, by October 2, 2024, to a liquidity fee if daily net redemptions exceed 5% of net assets.
Note 7. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
The Fund did not borrow or lend money under the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 8. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings
28
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 9. Significant risks
Information technology sector risk
The Fund may be vulnerable to the particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector. Companies in the information technology sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services, new market entrants, competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many information technology sector companies have limited operating histories and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term. Some companies in the information technology sector are facing increased government and regulatory scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or regulatory action, which could negatively impact the value of their securities.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 53.6% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 10. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued. Other than as noted in Note 1 above, there were no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 11. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
30
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Disciplined Growth Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Global Opportunities Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Global Opportunities Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders maximum total return through a combination of growth of capital and current income.
Portfolio management
Dan Boncarosky, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2017
Thomas Nakamura
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2022
Juno Chen, CFA*
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since January 2024
*Effective January 31, 2024, Ms. Chen was named as portfolio manager of the Fund.
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
MSCI ACWI All Cap Index (Net) | | | | | |
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index | | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
The Blended Benchmark consists of 50% MSCI ACWI All Cap Index (Net) and 50% Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index.
The MSCI ACWI All Cap Index (Net) captures large-, mid-, small- and micro-cap representation across 23 developed markets countries and large-, mid- and small-cap representation across 24 emerging markets countries.
The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the global investment-grade fixed-rate debt markets.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes (except the MSCI ACWI All Cap Index (Net), which reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes) or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Equity sector breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total equity investments. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Country breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Includes investments in Money Market Funds. |
Country breakdown is based primarily on issuer’s place of organization/incorporation. Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
The Fund may use place of organization/incorporation or other factors in determining whether an issuer is domestic (U.S.) or foreign for purposes of its investment policies. At January 31, 2024, the Fund invested at least 40% of its net assets in foreign companies in accordance with its principal investment strategy.
4
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Market exposure through derivatives investments (% of notional exposure) (at January 31, 2024)(a) |
| | | |
Fixed Income Derivative Contracts | | | |
Equity Derivative Contracts | | | |
Foreign Currency Derivative Contracts | | | |
Total Notional Market Value of Derivative Contracts | | | |
(a) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts and swap contracts are based upon unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as a percentage of net assets. Options written contracts are based upon the value as a percentage of net assets. For a description of the Fund’s investments in derivatives, see Investments in derivatives following the Portfolio of Investments, and Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
6
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | |
|
| | |
Northern Star Resources Ltd. | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
| | |
|
Liberty Global Ltd., Class C(a) | | |
|
| | |
| | |
Itaú Unibanco Holding SA, ADR | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
NU Holdings Ltd., Class A(a) | | |
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, ADR | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
| | |
| | |
Pan American Silver Corp. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
China Resources Land Ltd. | | |
Eastroc Beverage Group Co., Ltd., Class A | | |
Full Truck Alliance Co., Ltd., ADR(a) | | |
Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd., Class A | | |
Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd.(a) | | |
| | |
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd., Class A | | |
| | |
PDD Holdings, Inc., ADR(a) | | |
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Class A | | |
Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. | | |
Songcheng Performance Development Co., Ltd., Class A | | |
Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd., Class A | | |
| | |
Trip.com Group Ltd., ADR(a) | | |
WuXi Biologics Cayman, Inc.(a) | | |
Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd., Class A | | |
| |
|
| | |
|
| | |
|
| | |
DBV Technologies SA, ADR(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
National Bank of Greece SA(a) | | |
| |
|
| | |
| | |
Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd. | | |
| | |
| |
|
| | |
AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. | | |
| | |
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co., Ltd. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) | | |
| |
|
| | |
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk | | |
| |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
| | |
Bank of Ireland Group PLC | | |
Flutter Entertainment PLC(a) | | |
| |
|
| | |
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a) | | |
| |
|
| | |
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. | | |
MEITEC Group Holdings, Inc. | | |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | | |
| | |
PAL GROUP Holdings Co., Ltd. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Ship Healthcare Holdings, Inc. | | |
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. | | |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
| | |
| | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
Kaspi.KZ JSC, GDR, Registered Shares(c) | | |
|
Arca Continental SAB de CV | | |
| | |
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV | | |
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O | | |
Qualitas Controladora SAB de CV | | |
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV, Class V | | |
| |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
| | |
|
| | |
|
| | |
|
Detsky Mir PJSC(a),(d),(e),(f) | | |
Fix Price Group PLC, GDR(c),(d),(e),(f) | | |
Lukoil PJSC(d),(e),(f),(g) | | |
| |
|
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. | | |
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. | | |
| | |
| |
|
Coupang, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp.(a) | | |
Samsung Biologics Co., Ltd.(a) | | |
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. | | |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
| | |
Nestlé SA, Registered Shares | | |
Novartis AG, Registered Shares | | |
| | |
| |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | | |
| | |
| | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ADR | | |
Unimicron Technology Corp. | | |
| | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
| | |
British American Tobacco PLC | | |
Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC | | |
| | |
Diversified Energy Co. PLC(c) | | |
Intermediate Capital Group PLC | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | | |
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a) | | |
Aris Water Solutions, Inc. | | |
Ascent Resources, Class B(a),(d),(e),(f) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a) | | |
| | |
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a) | | |
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | | |
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
Burlington Stores, Inc.(a) | | |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
| | |
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | | |
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Class A | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The) | | |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | |
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.(a) | | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | | |
| | |
| | |
lululemon athletica, Inc.(a) | | |
MasterCard, Inc., Class A | | |
Matthews International Corp., Class A | | |
| | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
Moelis & Co., ADR, Class A | | |
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Newpark Resources, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Quanex Building Products Corp. | | |
| | |
| | |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Revolution Medicines, Inc.(a) | | |
Roche Holding AG, Genusschein Shares | | |
| | |
| | |
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | |
Samsonite International SA(a) | | |
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. | | |
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A | | |
Service Corp. International | | |
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Skyline Champion Corp.(a) | | |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A | | |
| | |
| | |
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a) | | |
| | |
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
| |
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $174,963,242) | |
|
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Exchange-Traded Equity Funds 2.1% |
| | |
|
| | |
Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF | | |
| |
Total Exchange-Traded Equity Funds
(Cost $6,034,161) | |
|
Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds 2.1% |
| | |
|
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF | | |
Total Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds
(Cost $7,015,848) | |
Foreign Government Obligations(h),(i) 6.5% |
| | | | |
|
Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond(c) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
French Republic Government Bond OAT(c) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Japan Government 20-Year Bond |
| | | | |
Japan Government 30-Year Bond |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Foreign Government Obligations(h),(i) (continued) |
| | | | |
|
Mexico Government International Bond |
| | | | |
|
Netherlands Government Bond(c),(j) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $25,220,131) | |
|
Inflation-Indexed Bonds(h) 0.4% |
| | | | |
|
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro(c) |
| | | | |
|
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond |
| | | | |
Total Inflation-Indexed Bonds
(Cost $1,214,213) | |
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency 6.1% |
| | | | |
|
Government National Mortgage Association TBA(k) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security TBA(k) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency (continued) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency
(Cost $20,399,998) | |
|
| | |
|
Localiza Rent a Car SA(a) | | |
| |
|
|
| | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541%(l),(m) | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $85,636,997) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $320,484,590) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
At January 31, 2024, securities and/or cash totaling $7,009,358 were pledged as collateral.
Investments in derivatives
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
| | | | Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts (continued) |
| | | | Unrealized appreciation ($) | Unrealized depreciation ($) |
| | Goldman Sachs International | | | |
| | Goldman Sachs International | | | |
| | Goldman Sachs International | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts (continued) |
| | | | Unrealized appreciation ($) | Unrealized depreciation ($) |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
10-Year Mini Japanese Government Bond | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Canadian Government 10-Year Bond | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Japanese 10-Year Government Bond | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Note | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
| | | | | Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
Russell 2000 Index E-mini | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Call option contracts written |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Cleared credit default swap contracts - sell protection |
| | | | | | | | | | | Unrealized
appreciation
($) | Unrealized
depreciation
($) |
Markit CDX Emerging Markets Index, Series 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index, Series 41 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Markit iTraxx Europe Main Index, Series 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
* Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues as of period end serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| Non-income producing investment. |
| This security or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral in connection with derivative contracts. |
| 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 January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $4,245,688, which represents 1.26% of total net assets. |
| Represents fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $190,499, which represents 0.06% of total net assets. |
| Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. Disposal of a restricted investment may involve time-consuming negotiations and expenses, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult to achieve. Private placement securities are generally considered to be restricted, although certain of those securities may be traded between qualified institutional investors under the provisions of Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 144A. The Fund will not incur any registration costs upon such a trade. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. At January 31, 2024, the total market value of these securities amounted to $190,499, which represents 0.06% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows: |
| | | | |
Ascent Resources, Class B | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| Valuation based on significant unobservable inputs. |
| As a result of sanctions and restricted cross-border payments, certain income and/or principal has not been recognized by the Fund. The Fund will continue to monitor the net realizable value and record the income when it is considered collectible. |
| Principal amounts are denominated in United States Dollars unless otherwise noted. |
| Principal and interest may not be guaranteed by a governmental entity. |
| |
| Represents a security purchased on a when-issued basis. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Notes to Portfolio of Investments (continued)
| As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended January 31, 2024 are as follows: |
| | | | Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($) | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541% |
| | | | | | | | |
Abbreviation Legend
| American Depositary Receipt |
| Global Depositary Receipt |
| |
Currency Legend
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Foreign equity securities actively traded in markets where there is a significant delay in the local close relative to the New York Stock Exchange are classified as Level 2. The values of these securities may include an adjustment to reflect the impact of market movements following the close of local trading, as described in Note 2 to the financial statements – Security valuation.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Exchange-Traded Equity Funds | | | | |
Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds | | | | |
Foreign Government Obligations | | | | |
| | | | |
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
Investments in Derivatives | | | | |
| | | | |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | | |
| | | | |
Call Option Contracts Written | | | | |
| | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets. These assets include certain foreign securities for which a third party statistical pricing service may be employed for purposes of fair market valuation. The model utilized by such third party statistical pricing service takes into account a security’s correlation to available market data including, but not limited to, intraday index, ADR, and exchange-traded fund movements.
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts and swap contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
The Fund does not hold any significant investments (greater than one percent of net assets) categorized as Level 3.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $234,847,593) | |
Affiliated issuers (cost $85,636,997) | |
| |
Foreign currency (cost $1,029,409) | |
| |
| |
| |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Option contracts written, at value (premiums received $460) | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | |
| |
| |
Investments purchased on a delayed delivery basis | |
| |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
Variation margin for swap contracts | |
Foreign capital gains taxes deferred | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
20
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share(a) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| Net asset value per share rounds to this amount due to fractional shares outstanding. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
Dividends — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
European Union tax reclaim | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
22
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Operations (continued)Six Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
Foreign currency translations | |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | |
| |
Option contracts purchased | |
| |
| |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
Foreign currency translations | |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | |
| |
Option contracts purchased | |
| |
| |
Foreign capital gains tax | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Decrease in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total decrease in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
24
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | Net
investment
income
(loss) | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
26
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | Net
investment
income
(loss) | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| Net investment income per share includes European Union tax reclaims which amounted to less than $0.01 per share. Excluding this amount, the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been lower by 0.08%. |
| Ratios include interest on collateral expense. For the periods indicated below, if interest on collateral expense had been excluded, expenses would have been lower by: |
| Ratios include interfund lending expense which is less than 0.01%. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
28
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to accelerate the conversion of Class C shares into Class A shares of the Fund and a proposal to liquidate Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares of the Fund. Effective on February 12, 2024, Class C shares of the Fund were closed to new and existing investors and effective on April 15, 2024, shares held by Class C shareholders will be converted into Class A shares in a tax-free transaction. Effective on March 11, 2024, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares of the Fund were closed to new and existing investors and effective on April 19, 2024, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares of the Fund will be liquidated. For federal tax purposes, these liquidations will be treated as redemptions of fund shares.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Equity securities listed on an exchange are valued at the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. Securities with a closing price not readily available or not listed on any exchange are valued at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices. Listed preferred stocks convertible into common stocks are valued using an evaluated price from a pricing service.
Debt securities generally are valued based on prices obtained from pricing services, which are intended to reflect market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of similar securities. The services may use various pricing techniques that take into account, as applicable, factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as approved independent broker-dealer quotes. Debt securities for which quotations are not readily available or not believed to be reflective of market value may also be valued based upon a bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
30
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Asset- and mortgage-backed securities are generally valued by pricing services, which utilize pricing models that incorporate the securities’ cash flow and loan performance data. These models also take into account available market data, including trades, market quotations, and benchmark yield curves for identical or similar securities. Factors used to identify similar securities may include, but are not limited to, issuer, collateral type, vintage, prepayment speeds, collateral performance, credit ratings, credit enhancement and expected life. Asset-backed securities for which quotations are readily available may also be valued based upon an over-the-counter or exchange bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
Foreign equity securities are valued based on the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. If any foreign equity security closing prices are not readily available, the securities are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices on such exchanges or markets. Foreign currency exchange rates are determined at the scheduled closing time of the New York Stock Exchange. Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange; therefore, the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In those situations, foreign securities will be fair valued pursuant to a policy approved by the Board of Trustees. Under the policy, the Fund may utilize a third-party pricing service to determine these fair values. The third-party pricing service takes into account multiple factors, including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of the foreign exchange or market, to determine a good faith estimate that reasonably reflects the current market conditions as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The fair value of a security is likely to be different from the quoted or published price, if available.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are marked-to-market based upon foreign currency exchange rates provided by a pricing service.
Futures and options on futures contracts are valued based upon the settlement price at the close of regular trading on their principal exchanges or, in the absence of a settlement price, at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices.
Option contracts are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices on their primary exchanges. Option contracts, including over-the-counter option contracts, with no readily available market quotations are valued using mid-market evaluations from independent third-party vendors.
Swap transactions are valued through an independent pricing service or broker, or if neither is available, through an internal model based upon observable inputs.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
31
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Foreign currency transactions and translations
The values of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are generally translated into U.S. dollars at exchange rates determined at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions and translations include gains (losses) arising from the fluctuation in exchange rates between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, gains (losses) arising from the disposition of foreign currency and currency gains (losses) between the accrual and payment dates on dividends, interest income and foreign withholding taxes.
For financial statement purposes, the Fund does not distinguish that portion of gains (losses) on investments which is due to changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of the investments. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the Statement of Operations.
Derivative instruments
The Fund invests in certain derivative instruments, as detailed below, in seeking to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more securities, currencies, commodities, indices, or other assets or instruments. Derivatives may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining desired exposure to certain assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Derivatives may involve various risks, including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market (making it difficult for the Fund to sell or terminate, including at favorable prices) and the potential for market movements which may expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amount shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The notional amounts of derivative instruments, if applicable, are not recorded in the financial statements.
A derivative instrument may suffer a marked-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform its obligations under the contract. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund and the amount of any variation margin held by the counterparty, plus any replacement costs or related amounts. With exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the clearinghouse or central counterparty provides some protection in the case of clearing member default. The clearinghouse or central counterparty stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, failure of the clearinghouse or central counterparty may pose additional counterparty credit risk. However, credit risk still exists in exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer account. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients and such shortfall is remedied by the central counterparty or otherwise, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers (including the Fund), potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (ISDA Master Agreement) or similar agreement with its derivatives counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange forward contracts and contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting), including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset or netting in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
32
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Collateral (margin) requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the clearinghouse or central counterparty for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Brokers can ask for margin in excess of the minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms for most over-the-counter derivatives are subject to regulatory requirements to exchange variation margin with trading counterparties and may have contract specific margin terms as well. For over-the-counter derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any variation margin currently pledged by the Fund and/or the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund may also pay interest expense on cash collateral received from the broker or receive interest income on cash collateral pledged to the broker. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of over-the-counter derivatives transactions to terminate derivatives contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net asset value declines by a stated percentage over a specified time period or if the Fund fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The Fund also has termination rights if the counterparty fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement. In determining whether to exercise such termination rights, the Fund would consider, in addition to counterparty credit risk, whether termination would result in a net liability owed from the counterparty.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are over-the-counter agreements between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. The Fund utilized forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the currency exposure associated with some or all of the Fund’s securities, to shift foreign currency exposure back to U.S. dollars, to shift investment exposure from one currency to another, to shift U.S. dollar exposure to achieve a representative weighted mix of major currencies in its benchmark and to recover an underweight country exposure in its portfolio. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods.
The values of forward foreign currency exchange contracts fluctuate daily with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Changes in the value of these contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is exercised or has expired. The Fund will realize a gain or loss when the forward foreign currency exchange contract is closed or expires. Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in U.S. dollars without delivery of foreign currency.
The use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the prices of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The risks of forward foreign currency exchange contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar (or other foreign currencies) and the possibility that counterparties will not complete their contractual obligations, which may be in excess of the amount reflected, if any, in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and represent commitments for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. The Fund bought and sold futures contracts to produce incremental earnings, to manage the duration and yield curve exposure of the Fund versus the benchmark, to manage exposure to movements in interest rates, to manage exposure to the securities market, to maintain appropriate equity market exposure while keeping sufficient cash to accommodate daily redemptions and primarily for the purpose of gaining market exposure to various currency, interest rate and equity markets. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
33
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. The Fund generally expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Options contracts
Options are contracts which entitle the holder to purchase or sell securities or other identified assets at a specified price, or in the case of index option contracts, to receive or pay the difference between the index value and the strike price of the index option contract. Option contracts can be either exchange-traded or over-the-counter. The Fund purchased and has written option contracts to produce incremental earnings, to decrease the Fund’s exposure to equity risk, to increase return on investments and to protect gains. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Completion of transactions for option contracts traded in the over-the-counter market depends upon the performance of the other party. Collateral may be collected or posted by the Fund to secure over-the-counter option contract trades. Collateral held or posted by the Fund for such option contract trades must be returned to the broker or the Fund upon closure, exercise or expiration of the contract.
Options contracts purchased are recorded as investments. When the Fund writes an options contract, the premium received is recorded as an asset and an amount equivalent to the premium is recorded as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is subsequently adjusted to reflect the current fair value of the option written. Changes in the fair value of the written option are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is exercised or has expired. The Fund realizes a gain or loss when the option contract is closed or expires. When option contracts are exercised, the proceeds on sales for a written call or purchased put option contract, or the purchase cost for a written put or purchased call option contract, is adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid.
For over-the-counter options purchased, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral held by the Fund should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Option contracts written by the Fund do not typically give rise to significant counterparty credit risk, as options written generally obligate the Fund and not the counterparty to perform. The risk in writing a call option contract is that the Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases above the strike price and the option contract is exercised. The risk in writing a put option contract is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security decreases below the strike price and the option contract is exercised. Exercise of a written option could result in the Fund purchasing or selling a security or foreign currency when it otherwise would not, or at a price different from the current market value. In purchasing and writing options, the Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying instrument or the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market.
Swap contracts
Swap contracts are negotiated in the over-the-counter market and are entered into bilaterally or centrally cleared (centrally cleared swap contract). In a centrally cleared swap contract, immediately following execution of the swap contract with a broker, the swap contract is novated to a central counterparty and the central counterparty becomes the Fund’s counterparty to the centrally cleared swap contract. The Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the futures commission merchant (FCM), which pledges it through to the central counterparty in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap contract. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments and cash deposited is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. For a bilateral swap contract, the Fund has credit exposure to the broker, but exchanges daily variation margin with the broker based on the mark-to-market value of the swap contract to minimize that exposure. For centrally cleared swap contracts, the Fund has minimal credit exposure to the FCM because the central counterparty stands between the Fund and the relevant
34
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) buyer/seller on the other side of the contract. Swap contracts are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). The daily change in valuation of centrally cleared swap contracts, if any, is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Entering into these contracts involves, to varying degrees, elements of interest, liquidity and counterparty credit risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates, market conditions or other conditions, that it may be difficult to initiate a swap transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price which may result in significant losses, and that the bilateral counterparty, FCM or central counterparty, as applicable, may not fulfill its obligation under the contract.
Credit default swap contracts
The Fund entered into credit default swap contracts to increase or decrease its credit exposure to an index. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Credit default swap contracts are transactions in which one party pays fixed periodic payments to a counterparty in consideration for an agreement from the counterparty to make a specific payment should a specified credit event(s) take place. Although specified credit events are contract specific, credit events are typically bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium.
As the purchaser of a credit default swap contract, the Fund purchases protection by paying a periodic interest rate on the notional amount to the counterparty. The interest amount is accrued daily as a component of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and is recorded as a realized loss upon payment. If a credit event as specified in the contract occurs, the Fund may have the option either to deliver the reference obligation to the seller in exchange for a cash payment of its par amount, or to receive a net cash settlement equal to the par amount less an agreed-upon value of the reference obligation as of the date of the credit event. The difference between the value of the obligation or cash delivered and the notional amount received will be recorded as a realized gain (loss).
As the seller of a credit default swap contract, the Fund sells protection to a buyer and will generally receive a periodic interest rate on a notional amount. The interest amount is accrued daily as a component of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and is recorded as a realized gain upon receipt of the payment. If a credit event as specified in the contract with the counterparty occurs, the Fund may either be required to accept the reference obligation from the buyer in exchange for a cash payment of its notional amount, or to pay the buyer a net cash settlement equal to the notional amount less an agreed-upon value of the reference obligation (recovery value) as of the date of the credit event. The difference between the value of the obligation or cash received and the notional amount paid will be recorded as a realized gain (loss). The maximum potential amount of undiscounted future payments the Fund could be required to make as the seller of protection under a credit default swap contract is equal to the notional amount of the reference obligation. These potential amounts may be partially offset by any recovery values of the respective reference obligations or upfront receipts upon entering into the agreement. The notional amounts and market values of all credit default swap contracts in which the Fund is the seller of protection, if any, are disclosed in the Credit Default Swap Contracts Outstanding schedule following the Portfolio of Investments.
As a protection seller, the Fund bears the risk of loss from the credit events specified in the contract with the counterparty. For credit default swap contracts on credit indices, quoted market prices and resulting market values serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the contract.
Any upfront payment or receipt by the Fund upon entering into a credit default swap contract is recorded as an asset or liability, respectively, and amortized daily as a component of realized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations. Credit default swap contracts are valued daily, and the change in value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the termination of the swap, at which time a realized gain (loss) is recorded.
Credit default swap contracts can involve greater risks than if a fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to general market risks, credit default swaps are subject to counterparty credit risk, leverage risk, hedging risk, correlation risk and liquidity risk.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
35
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Effects of derivative transactions in the financial statements
The following tables are intended to provide additional information about the effect of derivatives on the financial statements of the Fund, including: the fair value of derivatives by risk category and the location of those fair values in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; and the impact of derivative transactions over the period in the Statement of Operations, including realized and unrealized gains (losses). The derivative instrument schedules following the Portfolio of Investments present additional information regarding derivative instruments outstanding at the end of the period, if any.
The following table is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) at January 31, 2024:
| | |
| Statement
of assets and liabilities
location | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized appreciation on swap contracts | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | |
| Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | |
| | |
| | |
| Statement
of assets and liabilities
location | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | |
| Option contracts written, at value | |
| Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | |
| | |
| Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the tables following the 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
36
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The following table indicates the effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income |
| Forward
foreign
currency
exchange
contracts
($) | | Option
contracts
purchased
($) | Option
contracts
written
($) | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income |
| Forward
foreign
currency
exchange
contracts
($) | | Option
contracts
purchased
($) | Option
contracts
written
($) | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
The following table is a summary of the average daily outstanding volume by derivative instrument for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
| Average notional
amounts ($) |
| |
Futures contracts — short | |
Credit default swap contracts — sell protection | |
| |
Option contracts purchased | |
| |
| Average unrealized
appreciation ($) | Average unrealized
depreciation ($) |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | | |
Asset- and mortgage-backed securities
The Fund may invest in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities. The maturity dates shown represent the original maturity of the underlying obligation. Actual maturity may vary based upon prepayment activity on these obligations. All, or a portion, of the obligation may be prepaid at any time because the underlying asset may be prepaid. As a result, decreasing market interest rates could result in an increased level of prepayment. An increased prepayment rate will have the effect of shortening the maturity of the security. Unless otherwise noted, the coupon rates presented are fixed rates.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
37
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Delayed delivery securities
The Fund may trade securities on other than normal settlement terms, including securities purchased or sold on a “when-issued” or "forward commitment" basis. This may increase risk to the Fund since the other party to the transaction may fail to deliver, which could cause the Fund to subsequently invest at less advantageous prices. The Fund designates cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the delayed delivery commitment.
To be announced securities
The Fund may trade securities on a To Be Announced (TBA) basis. As with other delayed-delivery transactions, a seller agrees to issue a TBA security at a future date. However, the seller does not specify the particular securities to be delivered. Instead, the Fund agrees to accept any security that meets specified terms.
In some cases, Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements (MSFTAs) may be used to govern transactions of certain forward-settling agency mortgage-backed securities, such as delayed-delivery and TBAs, between the Fund and counterparty. The MSFTA maintains provisions for, among other things, initiation and confirmation, payment and transfer, events of default, termination, and maintenance of collateral relating to such transactions.
Mortgage dollar roll transactions
The Fund may enter into mortgage “dollar rolls” in which the Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts with the same counterparty to repurchase similar but not identical securities (same type, coupon and maturity) on a specified future date. These transactions may increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. During the roll period, the Fund loses the right to receive principal and interest paid on the securities sold. However, the Fund may benefit because it receives negotiated amounts in the form of reductions of the purchase price for the future purchase plus the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the securities sold until the settlement date of the forward purchase. The Fund records the incremental difference between the forward purchase and sale of each forward roll as a realized gain or loss. Unless any realized gains exceed the income, capital appreciation, and gain or loss due to mortgage prepayments that would have been realized on the securities sold as part of the mortgage dollar roll, the use of this technique may diminish the investment performance of the Fund compared to what the performance would have been without the use of mortgage dollar rolls. Mortgage dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase may decline below the repurchase price, or that the counterparty may default on its obligations. All cash proceeds will be invested in instruments that are permissible investments for the Fund. The Fund identifies cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the forward purchase price. The Fund does not currently enter into mortgage dollar rolls that are accounted for as financing transactions.
Treasury inflation protected securities
The Fund may invest in treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS). The principal amount of TIPS is adjusted periodically and is increased for inflation or decreased for deflation based on a monthly published index. These adjustments are recorded as interest income in the Statement of Operations. Coupon payments are based on the adjusted principal at the time the interest is paid.
38
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Offsetting of assets and liabilities
The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets and liabilities available for offset under netting arrangements as well as any related collateral received or pledged by the Fund as of January 31, 2024:
| | | Goldman
Sachs
International
($) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Centrally cleared credit default swap | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Call option contracts written | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Financial and Derivative Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total collateral received (pledged)(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Exposure can only be netted across transactions governed under the same master agreement with the same legal entity. |
| Centrally cleared swaps are included within payable/receivable for variation margin on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. |
| Represents the net amount due from/(to) counterparties in the event of default. |
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
39
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Market premiums and discounts, including original issue discounts, are amortized and accreted, respectively, over the expected life of the security on all debt securities, unless otherwise noted. The Fund classifies gains and losses realized on prepayments received on mortgage-backed securities as adjustments to interest income.
The Fund may place a debt security on non-accrual status and reduce related interest income when it becomes probable that the interest will not be collected and the amount of uncollectible interest can be reasonably estimated. The Fund may also adjust accrual rates when it becomes probable the full interest will not be collected and a partial payment will be received. A defaulted debt security is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Corporate actions and dividend income are generally recorded net of any non-reclaimable tax withholdings, on the ex-dividend date or upon receipt of an ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign securities.
The Fund may receive distributions from holdings in equity securities, business development companies (BDCs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), limited partnerships (LPs), other regulated investment companies (RICs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs), which report information as to the tax character of their distributions annually. These distributions are allocated to dividend income, capital gain and return of capital based on actual information reported. Return of capital is recorded as a reduction of the cost basis of securities held. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, return of capital is recorded as a realized gain. With respect to REITs, to the extent actual information has not yet been reported, estimates for return of capital are made by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). The Investment Manager’s estimates are subsequently adjusted when the actual character of the distributions is disclosed by the REITs, which could result in a proportionate change in return of capital to shareholders.
Awards from class action litigation are recorded as a reduction of cost basis if the Fund still owns the applicable securities on the payment date. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities on the payment date, the proceeds are recorded as realized gains.
Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
40
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Foreign taxes
The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Fund will accrue such taxes and recoveries, as applicable, based upon its current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which it invests.
Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level, based on statutory rates. The Fund accrues for such foreign taxes on realized and unrealized gains at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction, as applicable. The amount, if any, is disclosed as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The Fund may file withholding tax reclaims in certain European Union countries to recover a portion of foreign taxes previously withheld on dividends earned, which may be reclaimable based upon certain provisions in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (EU) and subsequent rulings by the European Court of Justice. The Fund may record a reclaim receivable when the amount is known, the Fund has received notice of a pending refund, and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. Income received from EU reclaims is included in the Statement of Operations.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees and underlying fund fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is a blend of (i) 0.00% on assets invested in Columbia proprietary funds, including exchange-traded funds, that pay an investment management fee to the Investment Manager, and (ii) a fee that declines from 0.72% to 0.52%, depending on asset levels, on assets invested in securities, instruments and other assets not described above, including other funds advised by the Investment Manager that do not pay a management services fee, derivatives and individual securities. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.72% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
41
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests. Because the Underlying Funds have varied expense and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. These expenses are not reflected in the expenses shown in the Statement of Operations and are not included in the ratios to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
42
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, no minimum account balance fees were charged by the Fund.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C and Class R shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses. For Class R shares, of the 0.50% fee, up to 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $358,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
43
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
appreciation ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
The following capital loss carryforwards, determined at July 31, 2023, may be available to reduce future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
No expiration
short-term ($) | No expiration
long-term ($) | |
| | |
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $177,728,748 and $212,361,967, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024, of which $122,267,197 and $124,068,050, respectively, were U.S. government securities. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Affiliated money market fund
The Fund invests significantly in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, an affiliated money market fund established for the exclusive use by the Fund and other affiliated funds (the Affiliated MMF). The income earned by the Fund from such investments is included as Dividends - affiliated issuers in the Statement of Operations. As an investing fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Affiliated MMF. The Affiliated MMF prices its shares with a floating net asset value. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to money market fund rules requiring institutional prime money market funds like the Affiliated MMF to be subject, by April 2, 2024, to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the imposition of such a fee is determined to be in the best interest of the Affiliated MMF and, by October 2, 2024, to a liquidity fee if daily net redemptions exceed 5% of net assets.
44
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 7. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
The Fund’s activity in the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024 was as follows:
| | Weighted average
interest rate (%) | Number of days
with outstanding loans |
| | | |
Interest income earned by the Fund is recorded as interfund lending in the Statement of Operations. The Fund had no outstanding interfund loans at January 31, 2024.
Note 8. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 9. Significant risks
Derivatives risk
Losses involving derivative instruments may be substantial, because a relatively small movement in the underlying reference (which is generally the price, rate or other economic indicator associated with a security(ies), commodity, currency, index or other instrument or asset) may result in a substantial loss for the Fund. In addition to the potential for increased losses, the use of derivative instruments may lead to increased volatility within the Fund. Derivatives will typically increase the Fund’s exposure to principal risks to which it is otherwise exposed, and may expose the Fund to additional risks, including correlation risk, counterparty risk, hedging risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk and pricing risk.
Foreign currency risk
The performance of the Fund may be materially affected positively or negatively by foreign currency strength or weakness relative to the U.S. dollar, particularly if the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in foreign securities or other assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
45
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) over short or long periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, imposition of currency controls and economic or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. The Fund may also incur currency conversion costs when converting foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa.
Foreign securities and emerging market countries risk
Investing in foreign securities may involve heightened risks relative to investments in U.S. securities. Investing in foreign securities subjects the Fund to the risks associated with the issuer’s country of organization and places of business operations, including risks associated with political, regulatory, economic, social, diplomatic and other conditions or events occurring in the country or region, which may result in significant market volatility. In addition, certain foreign securities may be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. securities. Investing in emerging markets may increase these risks and expose the Fund to elevated risks associated with increased inflation, deflation or currency devaluation. To the extent that the Fund concentrates its investment exposure to any one or a few specific countries, the Fund will be particularly susceptible to the risks associated with the conditions, events or other factors impacting those countries or regions and may, therefore, have a greater risk than that of a fund that is more geographically diversified. The financial information and disclosure made available by issuers of emerging market securities may be considerably less reliable than publicly available information about other foreign securities. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which regulates auditors of U.S. public companies, is unable to inspect audit work papers in certain foreign countries. Investors in foreign countries often have limited rights and few practical remedies to pursue shareholder claims, including class actions or fraud claims, and the ability of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice and other authorities to bring and enforce actions against foreign issuers or foreign persons is limited.
Information technology sector risk
The Fund may be vulnerable to the particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector. Companies in the information technology sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services, new market entrants, competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many information technology sector companies have limited operating histories and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term. Some companies in the information technology sector are facing increased government and regulatory scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or regulatory action, which could negatively impact the value of their securities.
Leverage risk
Leverage occurs when the Fund increases its assets available for investment using borrowings, derivatives, or similar instruments or techniques. The use of leverage may produce volatility and may exaggerate changes in the Fund’s net asset value and in the return on the Fund’s portfolio, which may increase the risk that the Fund will lose more than it has invested. If the Fund uses leverage, through the purchase of particular instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may experience capital losses that exceed the net assets of the Fund. Leverage can create an interest expense that may lower the Fund’s overall returns. Leverage presents the opportunity for increased net income and capital gains, but may also exaggerate the Fund’s volatility and risk of loss. There can be no guarantee that a leveraging strategy will be successful.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain;
46
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Money market fund investment risk
An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds float their net asset value while others seek to preserve the value of investments at a stable net asset value (typically, $1.00 per share). An investment in a money market fund, even an investment in a fund seeking to maintain a stable net asset value per share, is not guaranteed and it is possible for the Fund to lose money by investing in these and other types of money market funds. In addition to the fees and expenses that the Fund directly bears, the Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of any money market funds in which it invests, including affiliated money market funds. By investing in a money market fund, the Fund will be exposed to the investment risks of the money market fund in direct proportion to such investment. To the extent the Fund invests in instruments such as derivatives, the Fund may hold investments, which may be significant, in money market fund shares to cover its obligations resulting from the Fund’s investments in such instruments. Money market funds and the securities they invest in are subject to comprehensive regulations. The enactment of new legislation or regulations, as well as changes in interpretation and enforcement of current laws, may affect the manner of operation, performance and/or yield of money market funds.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 87.3% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 10. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued. Other than as noted in Note 1 above, there were no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 11. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
47
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
48
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Global Opportunities Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Floating Rate Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Floating Rate Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a high level of current income and, as a secondary objective, preservation of capital.
Portfolio management
Vesa Tontti, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2019
Daniel DeYoung
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2020
Stanton Ray
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since July 2023
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index | | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 3.00%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. Since the Fund launched more than one share class at its inception, Class A shares were used. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is an unmanaged market value-weighted index designed to represent the investable universe of the U.S. dollar-denominated leveraged loan market.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
Convertible Preferred Stocks | |
| |
Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds | |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Quality breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total fixed income investments.
Bond ratings apply to the underlying holdings of the Fund and not the Fund itself and are divided into categories ranging from highest to lowest credit quality, determined by using the rating assigned by Moody’s, as available. If Moody’s doesn’t rate a bond, then the S&P rating is used. When a bond is not rated by any rating agency, it is designated as “Not rated.” Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subjective opinions, not statements of fact, and are subject to change, including daily. The ratings assigned by credit rating agencies are but one of the considerations that the Investment Manager and/or Fund’s subadviser incorporates into its credit analysis process, along with such other issuer-specific factors as cash flows, capital structure and leverage ratios, ability to de-leverage (repay) through free cash flow, quality of management, market positioning and access to capital, as well as such security-specific factors as the terms of the security (e.g., interest rate and time to maturity) and the amount and type of any collateral. Additionally, the Investment Manager considers the interest rate to be paid on the investment, the portfolio’s exposure to a particular sector, and the relative value of the loan within the sector, among other factors.
4
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | |
Communication Services 0.1% |
|
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(a) | | |
iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
Star Tribune Co. (The)(a),(b),(c) | | |
| | |
Total Communication Services | |
Consumer Discretionary 0.0% |
|
| | |
|
Serta Simmons Bedding LLC(a) | | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | |
|
Energy Equipment & Services 0.0% |
McDermott International Ltd.(a) | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.0% |
New Frontera Holdings(a),(c) | | |
Southcross Energy Partners LLC(a),(c) | | |
Southcross Energy Partners LLC, Class A(a),(c) | | |
| | |
| |
|
|
| | |
Windstream Services LLC(a) | | |
| | |
| |
|
Health Care Providers & Services 0.0% |
Envision Healthcare Corp.(a) | | |
| |
|
|
TNT Crane and Rigging, Inc.(a) | | |
| |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
Information Technology 0.1% |
Communications Equipment 0.0% |
Riverbed Technology, Inc.(a) | | |
|
Avaya Holdings Corp.(a),(c) | | |
Avaya Holdings Corp.(a),(c) | | |
| | |
Total Information Technology | |
|
Containers & Packaging 0.0% |
Flint Group Packaging(a),(b),(c) | | |
| |
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $6,982,543) | |
Convertible Preferred Stocks 0.0% |
| | | |
Information Technology 0.0% |
Communications Equipment 0.0% |
Riverbed Technology, Inc.(c) | | | |
Total Information Technology | |
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Cost $201,433) | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes 4.8% |
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges 0.5% |
|
| | | | |
|
Olympus Water US Holding Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
Provident Funding Associates LP/Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
United Wholesale Mortgage LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
FAGE International SA/USA Dairy Industry, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Colgate Energy Partners III LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
Media and Entertainment 0.1% |
iHeartCommunications, Inc. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Venture Global LNG, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC/Co-Issuer(d) |
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Logan Merger Sub, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC(d) |
| | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(Cost $37,060,151) | |
Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds 1.1% |
| | |
|
First Trust Senior Loan ETF | | |
| | |
SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF | | |
| |
Total Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds
(Cost $7,941,692) | |
|
| | | | |
|
Dynasty Acquisition Co., Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
08/24/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
08/24/2028 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
08/24/2028 | | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
|
AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd./American Airlines, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 0.750%
04/20/2028 | | | | |
AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd./American Airlines, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
06/04/2029 | | | | |
United AirLines, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
04/21/2028 | | | | |
WestJet Airlines Ltd.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 1.000%
12/11/2026 | | | | |
| |
|
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
12/13/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
05/06/2030 | | | | |
First Brands Group LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.000%
Floor 1.000%
03/30/2027 | | | | |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.000%
Floor 1.000%
03/30/2027 | | | | |
| |
Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges 2.1% |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
02/04/2028 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Allspring Buyer LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
11/01/2028 | | | | |
Aretec Group, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
08/09/2030 | | | | |
Citadel Securities LP(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
07/29/2030 | | | | |
Hightower Holding LLC (e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.750%
04/21/2028 | | | | |
Russell Investments US Institutional Holdco, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 1.000%
05/30/2025 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
01/13/2029 | | | | |
| |
|
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
05/19/2028 | | | | |
Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
04/12/2028 | | | | |
Covia Holdings LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 1.000%
07/31/2026 | | | | |
CPG International LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
Floor 0.500%
04/28/2029 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Foundation Building Materials(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
01/31/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
01/29/2031 | | | | |
GYP Holdings III Corp. (e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
05/12/2030 | | | | |
Hunter Douglas Holding BV(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
02/26/2029 | | | | |
LBM Acquisition LLC(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
12/17/2027 | | | | |
Park River Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.750%
12/28/2027 | | | | |
QUIKRETE Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.625%
02/01/2027 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
03/19/2029 | | | | |
SRS Distribution, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
06/02/2028 | | | | |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
06/02/2028 | | | | |
Standard Building Solutions, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
Floor 0.500%
09/22/2028 | | | | |
White Cap Supply Holdings LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
10/19/2027 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 1.000%
12/31/2026 | | | | |
| |
|
Charter Communications Operating LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 1.750%
02/01/2027 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
01/18/2028 | | | | |
DIRECTV Financing LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.000%
Floor 0.750%
08/02/2027 | | | | |
Iridium Satellite LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
Floor 0.750%
09/20/2030 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
12/07/2026 | | | | |
UPC Financing Partnership(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
01/31/2029 | | | | |
Virgin Media Bristol LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
01/31/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
01/31/2029 | | | | |
| |
|
Aruba Investments Holdings LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.750%
11/24/2027 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 0.750%
08/27/2026 | | | | |
Axalta Coating Systems (e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
Floor 0.500%
12/20/2029 | | | | |
Herens Holdco SARL(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.925%
Floor 0.750%
07/03/2028 | | | | |
Ineos Quattro Holdings UK Ltd.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
04/02/2029 | | | | |
Innophos Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
02/05/2027 | | | | |
Nouryon Finance BV(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
04/03/2028 | | | | |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
04/03/2028 | | | | |
Olympus Water US Holding Corp.(e),(f),(g) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
11/09/2028 | | | | |
Olympus Water US Holding Corp.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
11/09/2028 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
04/23/2029 | | | | |
Sparta US Holdco LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.750%
08/02/2028 | | | | |
Tronox Finance LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
08/16/2028 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Windsor Holdings III LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
08/01/2030 | | | | |
WR Grace Holdings LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
09/22/2028 | | | | |
| |
Construction Machinery 0.1% |
Columbus McKinnon Corp.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
05/14/2028 | | | | |
Consumer Cyclical Services 4.6% |
Allied Universal Holdco LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
05/12/2028 | | | | |
Amentum Government Services Holdings LLC(e),(f) |
Tranche 1 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
01/29/2027 | | | | |
Tranche 3 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.500%
02/15/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
07/10/2028 | | | | |
Arches Buyer, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
12/06/2027 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
12/29/2028 | | | | |
Conservice Midco LLC(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
05/13/2027 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Corporation Service Co.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
11/02/2029 | | | | |
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
08/21/2025 | | | | |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
01/31/2030 | | | | |
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.500%
01/31/2030 | | | | |
Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC/GD Finance Co., Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.000%
11/09/2029 | | | | |
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC(e),(f) |
Tranche B1 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
10/13/2030 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
Floor 0.500%
01/15/2027 | | | | |
Uber Technologies, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
03/03/2030 | | | | |
WaterBridge Midstream Operating LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.750%
Floor 1.000%
06/22/2026 | | | | |
WW International, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
04/13/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
01/22/2031 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
12/13/2029 | | | | |
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
12/22/2026 | | | | |
Osmosis Buyer Ltd.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
07/31/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
05/18/2028 | | | | |
SWF Holdings I Corp.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.750%
10/06/2028 | | | | |
Thor Industries, Inc. (e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 1.750%
11/15/2030 | | | | |
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.100%
03/15/2030 | | | | |
Weber-Stephen Products LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.750%
10/30/2027 | | | | |
| |
Diversified Manufacturing 3.4% |
Barnes Group, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
09/03/2030 | | | | |
DXP Enterprises, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
6-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 1.000%
10/11/2030 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
EMRLD Borrower LP(e),(f),(g) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
05/31/2030 | | | | |
Filtration Group Corp.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
10/21/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
10/21/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
Floor 0.750%
03/31/2027 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
11/16/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
06/21/2028 | | | | |
TK Elevator Midco GmbH(e),(f) |
|
6-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
07/30/2027 | | | | |
Vertiv Group, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
03/02/2027 | | | | |
WEC US Holdings Ltd.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
01/17/2031 | | | | |
| |
|
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
07/31/2030 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
12/16/2027 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.000%
04/05/2031 | | | | |
Carroll County Energy LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
02/13/2026 | | | | |
Generation Bridge Northeast LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
08/22/2029 | | | | |
Nautilus Power LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.250%
Floor 2.000%
11/16/2026 | | | | |
New Frontera Holdings LLC(c),(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 13.000%
Floor 1.000%
07/28/2026 | | | | |
New Frontera Holdings LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 1.500%
Floor 1.000%
07/28/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
Covanta Holdings Corp. (e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
Floor 0.500%
11/30/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
Floor 0.500%
11/30/2028 | | | | |
EnergySolutions LLC/Envirocare of Utah LLC (e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.500%
09/20/2030 | | | | |
Rockwood Service Corp.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
01/23/2027 | | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
|
Avolon Borrower 1 LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.000%
Floor 0.500%
06/22/2028 | | | | |
|
Aramark Intermediate HoldCo Corp.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
04/06/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
06/22/2030 | | | | |
Del Monte Foods, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
05/16/2029 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 6.000%
Floor 0.500%
01/24/2030 | | | | |
Primary Products Finance LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
04/01/2029 | | | | |
Triton Water Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
03/31/2028 | | | | |
US Foods, Inc./Foodservice.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
11/22/2028 | | | | |
Utz Quality Foods LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
01/20/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
02/06/2030 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
10/31/2029 | | | | |
Fertitta Entertainment LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.500%
01/27/2029 | | | | |
Flutter Entertainment PLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
07/22/2028 | | | | |
3-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
Floor 0.500%
11/25/2030 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.750%
12/11/2028 | | | | |
Light and Wonder International, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
04/14/2029 | | | | |
Ontario Gaming GTA LP(e),(f) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
08/01/2030 | | | | |
PCI Gaming Authority(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
05/29/2026 | | | | |
Penn Entertainment, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
05/03/2029 | | | | |
Scientific Games Holdings LP(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
04/04/2029 | | | | |
| |
|
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
02/22/2028 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
09/29/2028 | | | | |
Element Materials Technology Group US Holdings Inc./EM Midco 2 LLC(e),(f) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
07/06/2029 | | | | |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
07/06/2029 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
Floor 0.500%
07/03/2028 | | | | |
3-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
Cap 0.500%
07/03/2028 | | | | |
Medline Borrower LP(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
10/23/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
11/15/2028 | | | | |
Phoenix Guarantor, Inc.(e),(f) |
Tranche B1 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
03/05/2026 | | | | |
Tranche B3 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
03/05/2026 | | | | |
Pluto Acquisition I, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
06/22/2026 | | | | |
Select Medical Corp.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
03/06/2027 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
09/27/2030 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
12/19/2030 | | | | |
Team Health Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 5.250%
Floor 1.000%
03/02/2027 | | | | |
Upstream Newco, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
11/20/2026 | | | | |
| |
|
Hamilton Projects Acquiror LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
Floor 1.000%
06/17/2027 | | | | |
Parkway Generation LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/18/2029 | | | | |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/18/2029 | | | | |
| |
|
Alterra Mountain Co.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
08/17/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
05/31/2030 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.750%
08/09/2027 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.750%
10/18/2028 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Cinemark USA, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
05/24/2030 | | | | |
Formula One Management Ltd.(e),(f) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
Floor 0.500%
01/15/2030 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
01/15/2026 | | | | |
Merlin Entertainment(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
11/30/2029 | | | | |
NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC(e),(f),(h) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 1.000%
05/08/2025 | | | | |
|
Tranche B3 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.750%
04/29/2026 | | | | |
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC/IMG Worldwide Holdings LLC(e),(f) |
Tranche B1 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
05/18/2025 | | | | |
| |
|
Four Seasons Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
Floor 0.500%
11/30/2029 | | | | |
Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
08/02/2028 | | | | |
Playa Resorts Holding BV(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
01/05/2029 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Travel + Leisure Co.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
12/14/2029 | | | | |
| |
Media and Entertainment 5.3% |
AppLovin Corp.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.100%
Floor 0.500%
10/25/2028 | | | | |
Cengage Learning, Inc.(e),(f) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 1.000%
07/14/2026 | | | | |
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
08/21/2026 | | | | |
|
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
12/17/2026 | | | | |
Creative Artists Agency LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
11/27/2028 | | | | |
Dotdash Meredith, Inc.(c),(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.500%
12/01/2028 | | | | |
E.W. Scripps Co. (The)(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.563%
05/01/2026 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.750%
01/07/2028 | | | | |
Gray Television, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
12/01/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 1.000%
03/28/2025 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
iHeartCommunications, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
05/01/2026 | | | | |
Nielsen Consumer, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
03/06/2028 | | | | |
Playtika Holding Corp.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
03/13/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
02/12/2027 | | | | |
Sinclair Television Group, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
04/01/2028 | | | | |
Univision Communications, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.750%
01/31/2029 | | | | |
| |
|
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
12/31/2030 | | | | |
GIP III Stetson I LP/II(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
10/31/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
10/11/2030 | | | | |
Oryx Midstream Services Permian Basin LLC(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
10/05/2028 | | | | |
Oryx Midstream Services Permian Basin LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
10/05/2028 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Traverse Midstream Partners LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
02/16/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
06/07/2029 | | | | |
Lealand Finance Co. BV(c),(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
06/28/2024 | | | | |
Lealand Finance Co. BV(e),(f),(h) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
06/30/2025 | | | | |
| |
Other Financial Institutions 2.4% |
19th Holdings Golf LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
02/07/2029 | | | | |
|
|
6-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
04/27/2028 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
06/27/2029 | | | | |
Freeport LNG Investments LLP(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
12/21/2028 | | | | |
GIP Pilot Acquisition Partners LP(e),(f),(g) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
10/04/2030 | | | | |
IGT Holding IV AB/IFS(e),(f),(g) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.400%
Floor 0.500%
03/31/2028 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 1.750%
11/16/2026 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
Floor 0.500%
12/01/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
APi Group DE, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
10/01/2026 | | | | |
Hillman Group, Inc. (The)(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
07/14/2028 | | | | |
WireCo WorldGroup, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
11/13/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
Anchor Glass Container Corp.(e),(f) |
|
6-month Term SOFR + 7.750%
Floor 1.000%
06/07/2026 | | | | |
Charter Next Generation, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
12/01/2027 | | | | |
Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.675%
Floor 0.500%
04/13/2029 | | | | |
Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.675%
Floor 0.500%
04/13/2029 | | | | |
Flint Group Packaging Inks North America Holdings LLC(e),(f),(h) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 0.100%
12/30/2027 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Tranche B 2nd Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 0.100%
12/30/2027 | | | | |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
12/31/2026 | | | | |
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
08/14/2026 | | | | |
Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
02/05/2026 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
09/24/2028 | | | | |
Tosca Services LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.750%
08/18/2027 | | | | |
| |
|
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
05/05/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
06/02/2028 | | | | |
Sunshine Luxembourg VII SARL(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.750%
10/01/2026 | | | | |
| |
|
AssuredPartners, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
02/12/2027 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
12/23/2026 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
07/31/2027 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
08/19/2028 | | | | |
Broadstreet Partners, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
01/27/2029 | | | | |
Hub International Ltd.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.750%
06/20/2030 | | | | |
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc./Lightning Cayman Merger Sub Ltd.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
02/24/2028 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
09/27/2030 | | | | |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
11/22/2029 | | | | |
| |
|
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 2.000%
12/30/2026 | | | | |
|
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.250%
09/20/2030 | | | | |
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
04/30/2026 | | | | |
Dave & Buster’s, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
06/29/2029 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
IRB Holding Corp.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.750%
12/15/2027 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
08/03/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
Great Outdoors Group LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
03/06/2028 | | | | |
Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
10/19/2027 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/11/2028 | | | | |
Restoration Hardware, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
10/20/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
06/08/2028 | | | | |
Ascend Learning LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
12/11/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 5.750%
Floor 0.500%
12/10/2029 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
athenahealth Group, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
02/15/2029 | | | | |
Atlas CC Acquisition Corp.(e),(f) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.750%
05/25/2028 | | | | |
Tranche C 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.750%
05/25/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
05/30/2026 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 8.500%
Floor 1.000%
08/01/2028 | | | | |
Barracuda Parent LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
Floor 0.500%
08/15/2029 | | | | |
Camelot U.S. Acquisition LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
10/30/2026 | | | | |
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 1.000%
01/31/2031 | | | | |
Central Parent LLC(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
07/06/2029 | | | | |
Cloud Software Group, Inc.(e),(f) |
Tranche A 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
09/29/2028 | | | | |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
Floor 0.500%
03/30/2029 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
10/08/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
07/02/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
06/02/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
10/16/2026 | | | | |
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
01/18/2029 | | | | |
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
01/18/2029 | | | | |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
01/18/2029 | | | | |
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.750%
02/10/2028 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 2.500%
07/06/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.000%
Floor 0.500%
09/12/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
08/31/2027 | | | | |
Helios Software Holdings, Inc./ION Corporate Solutions Finance SARL(e),(f),(g) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
07/18/2030 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Idemia Group SAS(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 0.750%
09/30/2028 | | | | |
|
Tranche B1 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
03/02/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
10/27/2028 | | | | |
Ingram Micro, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
06/30/2028 | | | | |
ION Trading Finance Ltd.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
04/01/2028 | | | | |
Loyalty Ventures, Inc.(e),(i) |
|
| | | | |
Lummus Technology Holdings V LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 1.000%
06/30/2027 | | | | |
Lummus Technology Holdings V LLC(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
12/31/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
03/01/2029 | | | | |
Mitchell International, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.500%
10/15/2028 | | | | |
Mitnick Corporate Purchaser, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
Floor 0.500%
05/02/2029 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.000%
Floor 0.750%
10/09/2026 | | | | |
MYOB US Borrower LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
05/06/2026 | | | | |
Natel Engineering Co., Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 6.250%
Floor 1.000%
04/30/2026 | | | | |
Neptune BidCo US, Inc.(e),(f) |
Tranche A 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
10/11/2028 | | | | |
Nielsen Consumer, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 6.250%
Floor 0.500%
03/06/2028 | | | | |
Open Text Corp.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
01/31/2030 | | | | |
|
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/01/2028 | | | | |
Tranche B1 2nd Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 7.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/01/2029 | | | | |
Presidio Holdings, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
01/22/2027 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
08/31/2028 | | | | |
Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.(e),(f) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/15/2028 | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
20
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Riverbed Technology LLC(e),(f),(h) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
07/01/2028 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.250%
Floor 0.500%
06/30/2028 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
12/17/2027 | | | | |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
12/17/2027 | | | | |
|
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
10/07/2027 | | | | |
Sovos Compliance LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.500%
Floor 0.500%
08/11/2028 | | | | |
Tempo Acquisition LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.750%
Floor 0.500%
08/31/2028 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
05/04/2026 | | | | |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.250%
Floor 0.500%
05/03/2027 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
01/30/2031 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 5.000%
Floor 1.000%
09/01/2025 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
Verscend Holdings Corp.(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
08/27/2025 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/15/2029 | | | | |
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
09/20/2030 | | | | |
| |
Transportation Services 0.5% |
First Student Bidco, Inc.(e),(f) |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
07/21/2028 | | | | |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.000%
Floor 0.500%
07/21/2028 | | | | |
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.000%
Floor 0.500%
07/21/2028 | | | | |
| |
|
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 5.500%
08/15/2028 | | | | |
Crown Subsea Communications Holdings, Inc.(e),(f),(g) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 0.750%
01/26/2031 | | | | |
SBA Senior Finance II LLC(e),(f) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 2.000%
01/25/2031 | | | | |
| |
Total Senior Loans
(Cost $689,727,679) | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
|
| | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541%(j),(k) | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $55,684,708) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $797,598,206) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| Non-income producing investment. |
| Represents fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $2, which represents less than 0.01% of total net assets. |
| Valuation based on significant unobservable inputs. |
| 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 January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $33,612,244, which represents 4.48% of total net assets. |
| The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate at January 31, 2024 of contracts within the senior loan facility. Interest rates on contracts are primarily determined either weekly, monthly or quarterly by reference to the indicated base lending rate and spread and the reset period. Base lending rates may be subject to a floor or minimum rate. The interest rate for senior loans purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis will be determined upon settlement, therefore no interest rate is disclosed. Senior loans often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, remaining maturities of senior loans may be less than the stated maturities. Generally, the Fund is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan. |
| Variable rate security. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of January 31, 2024. |
| Represents a security purchased on a forward commitment basis. |
| Payment-in-kind security. Interest can be paid by issuing additional par of the security or in cash. |
| Represents a security in default. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
| As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended January 31, 2024 are as follows: |
| | | | Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($) | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541% |
| | | | | | | | |
Abbreviation Legend
| Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
22
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Foreign equity securities actively traded in markets where there is a significant delay in the local close relative to the New York Stock Exchange are classified as Level 2. The values of these securities may include an adjustment to reflect the impact of market movements following the close of local trading, as described in Note 2 to the financial statements – Security valuation.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Convertible Preferred Stocks | | | | |
| | | | |
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks | | | | |
| | | | |
Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets. These assets include certain foreign securities for which a third party statistical pricing service may be employed for purposes of fair market valuation. The model utilized by such third party statistical pricing service takes into account a security’s correlation to available market data including, but not limited to, intraday index, ADR, and exchange-traded fund movements.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant observable and unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
| Balance
as of
07/31/2023
($) | Increase
(decrease)
in accrued
discounts/
premiums
($) | | Change
in unrealized
appreciation
($) | | | | Transfers
out of
Level 3
($) | Balance
as of
01/31/2024
($) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Convertible Preferred Stocks | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
(a) Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) relating to securities held at January 31, 2024 was $(261,121), which is comprised of Common Stocks of $(485,869) and Senior Loans of $224,748.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 3 category are valued utilizing the valuation technique deemed the most appropriate in the circumstances. Convertible preferred stocks and senior loans were valued using single market quotations from broker dealers which may have included, but were not limited to, observable transactions for identical or similar assets in the market and the distressed nature of the security. Common stocks – communication services and materials securities classified as Level 3 were valued using the market approach; common stocks – energy and information technology securities classified as Level 3 were valued using single market quotations from broker dealers. The appropriateness of fair values for these securities is monitored on an ongoing basis which may include results of back testing, manual price reviews and other control procedures. Significant increases (decreases) to any of these inputs would have resulted in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.
Financial assets were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 due to utilizing a single market quotation from a broker dealer. As a result, management concluded that the market input(s) were generally unobservable.
Financial assets were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 as observable market inputs were utilized and management determined that there was sufficient, reliable and observable market data to value these assets as of period end.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
24
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $741,913,498) | |
Affiliated issuers (cost $55,684,708) | |
| |
| |
| |
Investments sold on a delayed delivery basis | |
| |
| |
| |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Investments purchased on a delayed delivery basis | |
| |
Distributions to shareholders | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
26
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
Dividends — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
28
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total net increase (decrease) | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
30
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
31
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
| Per share amounts have been adjusted on a retroactive basis to reflect a 4 to 1 reverse stock split completed after the close of business on September 11, 2020. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
32
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
33
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Floating Rate Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to liquidate Class R shares of the Fund. Effective on March 11, 2024, Class R shares of the Fund were closed to new and existing investors and effective on April 19, 2024, Class R shares of the Fund will be liquidated. For federal tax purposes, this liquidation will be treated as a redemption of fund shares.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Equity securities listed on an exchange are valued at the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. Securities with a closing price not readily available or not listed on any exchange are valued at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices. Listed preferred stocks convertible into common stocks are valued using an evaluated price from a pricing service.
Debt securities generally are valued based on prices obtained from pricing services, which are intended to reflect market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of similar securities. The services may use various pricing techniques that take into account, as applicable, factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as approved independent broker-dealer quotes. Debt securities for which quotations are not readily available or not believed to be reflective of market value may also be valued based upon a bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
Senior loan securities for which reliable market quotations are readily available are generally valued by pricing services at the average of the bids received.
34
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Foreign equity securities are valued based on the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. If any foreign equity security closing prices are not readily available, the securities are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices on such exchanges or markets. Foreign currency exchange rates are determined at the scheduled closing time of the New York Stock Exchange. Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange; therefore, the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In those situations, foreign securities will be fair valued pursuant to a policy approved by the Board of Trustees. Under the policy, the Fund may utilize a third-party pricing service to determine these fair values. The third-party pricing service takes into account multiple factors, including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of the foreign exchange or market, to determine a good faith estimate that reasonably reflects the current market conditions as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The fair value of a security is likely to be different from the quoted or published price, if available.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Investments in senior loans
The Fund may invest in senior loan participations and assignments of all or a portion of a loan. When the Fund purchases a senior loan participation, the Fund typically enters into a contractual relationship with the lender or third party selling such participations (Selling Participant), but not the borrower, and assumes the credit risk of the borrower, Selling Participant and any other parties positioned between the Fund and the borrower. In addition, the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the senior loan that it has purchased from the Selling Participant. In contrast, when the Fund purchases an assignment of a senior loan, the Fund typically has direct rights against the borrower; provided, however, that the Fund’s rights may be more limited than the lender from which it acquired the assignment and the Fund may be able to enforce its rights only through an administrative agent. Although certain senior loan participations or assignments are secured by collateral, the Fund could experience delays or limitations in realizing such collateral or have its interest subordinated to other indebtedness of the obligor. In the event that the administrator or collateral agent of a loan becomes insolvent or enters into receivership or bankruptcy, the Fund may incur costs and delays in realizing payment or may suffer a loss of principal and/or interest. The risk of loss is greater for unsecured or subordinated loans. In addition, senior loan participations and assignments are vulnerable to market, economic or other conditions or events that may reduce the demand for loan participations and assignments and certain loan participations and assignments which were liquid when purchased, may become illiquid.
The Fund may enter into senior loan participations and assignments where all or a portion of the loan may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. These commitments, if any, are generally traded and priced in the same manner as other senior loan securities and are disclosed as unfunded senior loan commitments in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments with a corresponding payable for investments purchased. The Fund designates cash or liquid securities to cover these commitments.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
35
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Delayed delivery securities
The Fund may trade securities on other than normal settlement terms, including securities purchased or sold on a “when-issued” or "forward commitment" basis. This may increase risk to the Fund since the other party to the transaction may fail to deliver, which could cause the Fund to subsequently invest at less advantageous prices. The Fund designates cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the delayed delivery commitment.
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
The trade date for senior loans purchased in the primary market is the date on which the loan is allocated. The trade date for senior loans purchased in the secondary market is the date on which the transaction is entered into.
Income recognition
Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Market premiums and discounts, including original issue discounts, are amortized and accreted, respectively, over the expected life of the security on all debt securities, unless otherwise noted. For convertible securities, premiums attributable to the conversion feature are not amortized.
The Fund may place a debt security on non-accrual status and reduce related interest income when it becomes probable that the interest will not be collected and the amount of uncollectible interest can be reasonably estimated. The Fund may also adjust accrual rates when it becomes probable the full interest will not be collected and a partial payment will be received. A defaulted debt security is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Corporate actions and dividend income are generally recorded net of any non-reclaimable tax withholdings, on the ex-dividend date or upon receipt of an ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign securities.
The Fund may receive distributions from holdings in equity securities, business development companies (BDCs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), limited partnerships (LPs), other regulated investment companies (RICs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs), which report information as to the tax character of their distributions annually. These distributions are allocated to dividend income, capital gain and return of capital based on actual information reported. Return of capital is recorded as a reduction of the cost basis of securities held. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, return of capital is recorded as a realized gain. With respect to REITs, to the extent actual information has not yet been reported, estimates for return of capital are made by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). The Investment Manager’s estimates are subsequently adjusted when the actual character of the distributions is disclosed by the REITs, which could result in a proportionate change in return of capital to shareholders.
Awards from class action litigation are recorded as a reduction of cost basis if the Fund still owns the applicable securities on the payment date. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities on the payment date, the proceeds are recorded as realized gains.
The value of additional securities received as an income payment through a payment-in-kind, if any, is recorded as interest income and increases the cost basis of such securities.
The Fund may receive other income from senior loans, including amendment fees, consent fees and commitment fees. These fees are recorded as income when received by the Fund. These amounts are included in Interest Income in the Statement of Operations.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
36
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.66% to 0.40% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
37
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, no minimum account balance fees were charged by the Fund.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C and Class R shares, respectively.
38
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses. For Class R shares, of the 0.50% fee, up to 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $906,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
39
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
(depreciation) ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
The following capital loss carryforwards, determined at July 31, 2023, may be available to reduce future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
No expiration
short-term ($) | No expiration
long-term ($) | |
| | |
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $217,880,636 and $195,318,215, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Affiliated money market fund
The Fund invests in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, an affiliated money market fund established for the exclusive use by the Fund and other affiliated funds (the Affiliated MMF). The income earned by the Fund from such investments is included as Dividends - affiliated issuers in the Statement of Operations. As an investing fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Affiliated MMF. The Affiliated MMF prices its shares with a floating net asset value. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to money market fund rules requiring institutional prime money market funds like the Affiliated MMF to be subject, by April 2, 2024, to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the imposition of such a fee is determined to be in the best interest of the Affiliated MMF and, by October 2, 2024, to a liquidity fee if daily net redemptions exceed 5% of net assets.
Note 7. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
40
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The Fund’s activity in the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024 was as follows:
| | Weighted average
interest rate (%) | Number of days
with outstanding loans |
| | | |
Interest income earned by the Fund is recorded as interfund lending in the Statement of Operations. The Fund had no outstanding interfund loans at January 31, 2024.
Note 8. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 9. Significant risks
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments in the Fund’s portfolio may decline because the issuer defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Lower-rated or unrated debt instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated debt instruments.
Floating rate loan risk
Floating rate loans are generally subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, may trade infrequently on the secondary market, may trade only in the over-the-counter market and are typically subject to extended settlement periods. Each of these factors may result in increased liquidity risk and impaired value when the Fund needs to liquidate such loans. Additionally, portfolio managers may avoid the receipt of material, non-public information (Confidential Information) about the issuers of floating rate loans (including from the issuer itself) being considered for acquisition by the Fund, or held in the Fund. A decision not to receive Confidential Information may disadvantage the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. Certain floating rate and other loans may not be fully collateralized and may decline in value. Because rates on certain floating rate loans reset only periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates (and particularly sudden and significant changes) can cause fluctuations in the Fund’s NAV.
High-yield investments risk
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called "high-yield" or "junk" bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
41
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise, though the values of floating rate instruments tend to move less in response to changes in interest rates than the values of fixed rate instruments. Debt instruments with floating coupon rates are typically less sensitive to interest rate changes, but these debt instruments may decline in value if their coupon rates do not keep pace with increases in interest rates. Because rates on certain floating rate loans and floating rate debt instruments reset only periodically, changes in interest rates (and particularly sudden and significant changes) can be expected to cause fluctuations in the Fund’s NAV. Because the Fund invests primarily in floating rate loans and floating rate debt securities, a decrease in interest rates will typically reduce the amount of income the Fund receives from such loans. Changes in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in debt instruments. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt instrument, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate declines also may increase prepayments of debt obligations, which, in turn, would increase prepayment risk. Very low or negative interest rates may impact the Fund’s yield and may increase the risk that, if followed by rising interest rates, the Fund’s performance will be negatively impacted. The Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated by its investments may not keep pace with inflation. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases or decreases in interest rates. Higher periods of inflation could lead such authorities to raise interest rates. Such actions may negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance and NAV. Rising interest rates may prompt redemptions from the Fund, which may force the Fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with a lack of marketability of investments which may make it difficult to sell the investment at a desirable time or price. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may adversely affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other investments, or forego another, more appealing investment opportunity. Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. A less liquid market can lead to an increase in Fund redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and net asset value per share, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell securities in a down market.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs,
42
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 36.9% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 10. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued. Other than as noted in Note 1 above, there were no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 11. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
Columbia Floating Rate Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
43
Columbia Floating Rate Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Income Opportunities Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Income Opportunities Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a high total return through current income and capital appreciation.
Portfolio management
Brian Lavin, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2003
Daniel DeYoung
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2019
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
ICE BofA BB-B US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index | | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 4.75%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
The ICE BofA BB-B US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index is an unmanaged index of high-yield bonds. The index is subject to a 2% cap on allocation to any one issuer. The 2% cap is intended to provide broad diversification and better reflect the overall character of the high yield market.
Effective July 1, 2022 the ICE BofA BB-B US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index includes transaction costs.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
Foreign Government Obligations | |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Quality breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total fixed income investments.
Bond ratings apply to the underlying holdings of the Fund and not the Fund itself and are divided into categories ranging from highest to lowest credit quality, determined by using the average rating of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. When ratings are available from only two rating agencies, the average of the two rating is used. When a rating is available from only one rating agency, that rating is used. When a bond is not rated by any rating agency, it is designated as “Not rated.” Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subjective opinions, not statements of fact, and are subject to change, including daily. The ratings assigned by credit rating agencies are but one of the considerations that the Investment Manager and/or Fund’s subadviser incorporates into its credit analysis process, along with such other issuer-specific factors as cash flows, capital structure and leverage ratios, ability to de-leverage (repay) through free cash flow, quality of management, market positioning and access to capital, as well as such security-specific factors as the terms of the security (e.g., interest rate and time to maturity) and the amount and type of any collateral.
4
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | |
Communication Services 0.0% |
|
Haights Cross Communications, Inc.(a),(b),(c) | | |
| | |
Ziff Davis Holdings, Inc.(a),(b),(c) | | |
| | |
Total Communication Services | |
Consumer Discretionary 0.0% |
Automobile Components 0.0% |
| | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | |
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.0% |
| | |
| |
|
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers —% |
Calpine Corp. Escrow(a),(b),(c) | | |
| |
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $3,191,147) | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | |
|
NextEra Energy Partners LP(d) |
| | | | |
Total Convertible Bonds
(Cost $7,271,002) | |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes 93.1% |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd./Miles Loyalty Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Intellectual Property Assets Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
IHO Verwaltungs GmbH(d),(e) |
| | | | |
Panther BF Aggregator 2 LP/Finance Co., Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
ZF North America Capital, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges 1.8% |
|
| | | | |
AG TTMT Escrow Issuer LLC(d) |
| | | | |
Aretec Escrow Issuer 2, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
SRS Distribution, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Summit Materials LLC /Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
CCO Holdings LLC/Capital Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
CCO Holdings LLC/Capital Corp. |
| | | | |
CCO Holdings LLC/Holdings Capital Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Virgin Media Finance PLC(d) |
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
VZ Secured Financing BV(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B BV(d) |
| | | | |
Axalta Coating Systems LLC(d) |
| | | | |
Cheever Escrow Issuer LLC(d) |
| | | | |
Element Solutions, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Innophos Holdings, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Olympus Water US Holding Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Construction Machinery 1.1% |
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Ritchie Bros Holdings, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Consumer Cyclical Services 1.8% |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Uber Technologies, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
CD&R Smokey Buyer, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Diversified Manufacturing 1.4% |
Chart Industries, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Emerald Debt Merger Sub LLC(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Vertical US Newco, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
WESCO Distribution, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Clearway Energy Operating LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Leeward Renewable Energy Operations LLC(d) |
| | | | |
NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Pattern Energy Operations LP/Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
TerraForm Power Operating LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
GFL Environmental, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Provident Funding Associates LP/Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
Quicken Loans LLC/Co-Issuer, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Rocket Mortgage LLC/Co-Issuer, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
United Wholesale Mortgage LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Darling Ingredients, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
FAGE International SA/USA Dairy Industry, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Primo Water Holdings, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Simmons Foods, Inc./Prepared Foods, Inc./Pet Food, Inc./Feed(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(d),(f) |
| | | | |
CDI Escrow Issuer, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
International Game Technology PLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Light & Wonder International, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Midwest Gaming Borrower LLC(d) |
| | | | |
Scientific Games Holdings LP/US FinCo, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Scientific Games International, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Capital Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Bausch & Lomb Escrow Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Indigo Merger Sub, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Shea Homes LP/Funding Corp. |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Civitas Resources, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Colgate Energy Partners III LLC(d) |
| | | | |
CrownRock LP/Finance, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Hilcorp Energy I LP/Finance Co.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Permian Resources Operating LLC(d) |
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Carnival Holdings Bermuda Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC(d) |
| | | | |
Media and Entertainment 3.9% |
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
iHeartCommunications, Inc. |
| | | | |
iHeartCommunications, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Outfront Media Capital LLC/Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Playtika Holding Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Univision Communications, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Antero Midstream Partners LP/Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
CNX Midstream Partners LP(d) |
| | | | |
DCP Midstream Operating LP |
| | | | |
Delek Logistics Partners LP/Finance Corp. |
| | | | |
EQM Midstream Partners LP |
| | | | |
| | | | |
EQM Midstream Partners LP(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
TransMontaigne Partners LP/TLP Finance Corp. |
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Venture Global LNG, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Kodiak Gas Services LLC(d),(f) |
| | | | |
Nabors Industries, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Transocean Aquila Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
Transocean Titan Financing Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Williams Scotsman International, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Park Intermediate Holdings LLC/Domestic Property/Finance Co-Issuer(d) |
| | | | |
Park Intermediate Holdings LLC/PK Domestic Property LLC/Finance Co-Issuer(d) |
| | | | |
RHP Hotel Properties LP/Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Service Properties Trust(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC/PLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Holdings USA, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Trivium Packaging Finance BV(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Bausch Health Companies, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Grifols Escrow Issuer SA(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC/Co-Issuer(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
HUB International, Ltd.(d) |
| | | | |
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.(d),(g) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.(g) |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
LCM Investments Holdings II LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
PetSmart, Inc./Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
Albertsons Companies LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC(d) |
| | | | |
SEG Holding LLC/Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
Black Knight InfoServ LLC(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Boxer Parent Co., Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Central Parent LLC/CDK Global II LLC/Financing, Co., Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Central Parent, Inc./CDK Global, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Clarivate Science Holdings Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
Cloud Software Group, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
GTCR W-2 Merger Sub LLC(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Helios Software Holdings, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
ION Trading Technologies Sarl(d) |
| | | | |
Iron Mountain Information Management Services, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Logan Merger Sub, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. |
| | | | |
NCR Atleos Escrow Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Neptune Bidco US, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Shift4 Payments LLC/Finance Sub, Inc.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Tempo Acquisition LLC/Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC/Finance Corp.(d) |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC(d) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(Cost $680,189,881) | |
|
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Foreign Government Obligations(h) 0.8% |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $5,528,472) | |
|
|
| | | | |
Consumer Cyclical Services 0.6% |
8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc.(i),(j) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
10/01/2025 | | | | |
Media and Entertainment 0.7% |
Cengage Learning, Inc.(i),(j) |
Tranche B 1st Lien Term Loan |
3-month Term SOFR + 4.750%
Floor 1.000%
07/14/2026 | | | | |
|
|
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
Floor 0.750%
02/11/2028 | | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
Ascend Learning LLC(i),(j) |
|
1-month Term SOFR + 3.500%
Floor 0.500%
12/11/2028 | | | | |
|
|
3-month Term SOFR + 3.250%
Floor 0.500%
05/04/2026 | | | | |
3-month Term SOFR + 3.750%
05/04/2026 | | | | |
| |
Total Senior Loans
(Cost $20,678,819) | |
|
| | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541%(k),(l) | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $14,756,915) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $731,616,236) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| Represents fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $61, which represents less than 0.01% of total net assets. |
| Non-income producing investment. |
| Valuation based on significant unobservable inputs. |
| 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 January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $580,726,561, which represents 82.48% of total net assets. |
| Payment-in-kind security. Interest can be paid by issuing additional par of the security or in cash. |
| Represents a security purchased on a when-issued basis. |
| Represents a security in default. |
| Principal and interest may not be guaranteed by a governmental entity. |
| The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate at January 31, 2024 of contracts within the senior loan facility. Interest rates on contracts are primarily determined either weekly, monthly or quarterly by reference to the indicated base lending rate and spread and the reset period. Base lending rates may be subject to a floor or minimum rate. The interest rate for senior loans purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis will be determined upon settlement, therefore no interest rate is disclosed. Senior loans often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, remaining maturities of senior loans may be less than the stated maturities. Generally, the Fund is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Notes to Portfolio of Investments (continued)
| Variable rate security. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of January 31, 2024. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
| As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 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 period ended January 31, 2024 are as follows: |
| | | | Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($) | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541% |
| | | | | | | | |
Abbreviation Legend
| Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Foreign Government Obligations | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.
The Fund does not hold any significant investments (greater than one percent of net assets) categorized as Level 3.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $716,859,321) | |
Affiliated issuers (cost $14,756,915) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Investments purchased on a delayed delivery basis | |
| |
Distributions to shareholders | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
Dividends — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Decrease in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total decrease in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
20
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
22
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
| 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 Statement of Operations due to timing of Fund shares sold and redeemed in relation to fluctuations in the market value of the portfolio. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
24
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to liquidate Class R shares of the Fund. Effective on March 11, 2024, Class R shares of the Fund were closed to new and existing investors and effective on April 19, 2024, Class R shares of the Fund will be liquidated. For federal tax purposes, this liquidation will be treated as a redemption of fund shares.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Equity securities listed on an exchange are valued at the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. Securities with a closing price not readily available or not listed on any exchange are valued at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices. Listed preferred stocks convertible into common stocks are valued using an evaluated price from a pricing service.
Debt securities generally are valued based on prices obtained from pricing services, which are intended to reflect market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of similar securities. The services may use various pricing techniques that take into account, as applicable, factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as approved independent broker-dealer quotes. Debt securities for which quotations are not readily available or not believed to be reflective of market value may also be valued based upon a bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
Senior loan securities for which reliable market quotations are readily available are generally valued by pricing services at the average of the bids received.
26
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Foreign equity securities are valued based on the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. If any foreign equity security closing prices are not readily available, the securities are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices on such exchanges or markets. Foreign currency exchange rates are determined at the scheduled closing time of the New York Stock Exchange. Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange; therefore, the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In those situations, foreign securities will be fair valued pursuant to a policy approved by the Board of Trustees. Under the policy, the Fund may utilize a third-party pricing service to determine these fair values. The third-party pricing service takes into account multiple factors, including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of the foreign exchange or market, to determine a good faith estimate that reasonably reflects the current market conditions as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The fair value of a security is likely to be different from the quoted or published price, if available.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Investments in senior loans
The Fund may invest in senior loan assignments. When the Fund purchases an assignment of a senior loan, the Fund typically has direct rights against the borrower; provided, however, that the Fund’s rights may be more limited than the lender from which it acquired the assignment and the Fund may be able to enforce its rights only through an administrative agent. Although certain senior loan assignments are secured by collateral, the Fund could experience delays or limitations in realizing such collateral or have its interest subordinated to other indebtedness of the obligor. In the event that the administrator or collateral agent of a loan becomes insolvent or enters into receivership or bankruptcy, the Fund may incur costs and delays in realizing payment or may suffer a loss of principal and/or interest. The risk of loss is greater for unsecured or subordinated loans. In addition, senior loan assignments are vulnerable to market, economic or other conditions or events that may reduce the demand for senior loan assignments and certain senior loan assignments which were liquid when purchased, may become illiquid.
The Fund may enter into senior loan assignments where all or a portion of the loan may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. These commitments, if any, are generally traded and priced in the same manner as other senior loan securities and are disclosed as unfunded senior loan commitments in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments with a corresponding payable for investments purchased. The Fund designates cash or liquid securities to cover these commitments.
Delayed delivery securities
The Fund may trade securities on other than normal settlement terms, including securities purchased or sold on a “when-issued” or "forward commitment" basis. This may increase risk to the Fund since the other party to the transaction may fail to deliver, which could cause the Fund to subsequently invest at less advantageous prices. The Fund designates cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the delayed delivery commitment.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
The trade date for senior loans purchased in the primary market is the date on which the loan is allocated. The trade date for senior loans purchased in the secondary market is the date on which the transaction is entered into.
Income recognition
Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Market premiums and discounts, including original issue discounts, are amortized and accreted, respectively, over the expected life of the security on all debt securities, unless otherwise noted. For convertible securities, premiums attributable to the conversion feature are not amortized.
The Fund may place a debt security on non-accrual status and reduce related interest income when it becomes probable that the interest will not be collected and the amount of uncollectible interest can be reasonably estimated. The Fund may also adjust accrual rates when it becomes probable the full interest will not be collected and a partial payment will be received. A defaulted debt security is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Corporate actions and dividend income are generally recorded net of any non-reclaimable tax withholdings, on the ex-dividend date or upon receipt of an ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign securities.
The Fund may receive distributions from holdings in equity securities, business development companies (BDCs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), limited partnerships (LPs), other regulated investment companies (RICs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs), which report information as to the tax character of their distributions annually. These distributions are allocated to dividend income, capital gain and return of capital based on actual information reported. Return of capital is recorded as a reduction of the cost basis of securities held. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, return of capital is recorded as a realized gain. With respect to REITs, to the extent actual information has not yet been reported, estimates for return of capital are made by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). The Investment Manager’s estimates are subsequently adjusted when the actual character of the distributions is disclosed by the REITs, which could result in a proportionate change in return of capital to shareholders.
Awards from class action litigation are recorded as a reduction of cost basis if the Fund still owns the applicable securities on the payment date. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities on the payment date, the proceeds are recorded as realized gains.
The value of additional securities received as an income payment through a payment-in-kind, if any, is recorded as interest income and increases the cost basis of such securities.
The Fund may receive other income from senior loans, including amendment fees, consent fees and commitment fees. These fees are recorded as income when received by the Fund. These amounts are included in Interest Income in the Statement of Operations.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
28
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Foreign taxes
The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Fund will accrue such taxes and recoveries, as applicable, based upon its current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which it invests.
Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level, based on statutory rates. The Fund accrues for such foreign taxes on realized and unrealized gains at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction, as applicable. The amount, if any, is disclosed as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.66% to 0.40% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, these minimum account balance fees reduced total expenses of the Fund by $298.
30
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C and Class R shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses. For Class R shares, of the 0.50% fee, up to 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $884,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| Fee rate(s) contractual
through
November 30, 2024 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
31
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
(depreciation) ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $105,968,939 and $114,327,548, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Affiliated money market fund
The Fund invests in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, an affiliated money market fund established for the exclusive use by the Fund and other affiliated funds (the Affiliated MMF). The income earned by the Fund from such investments is included as Dividends - affiliated issuers in the Statement of Operations. As an investing fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Affiliated MMF. The Affiliated MMF prices its shares with a floating net asset value. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to money market fund rules requiring institutional prime money market funds like the Affiliated MMF to be subject, by April 2, 2024, to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the imposition of such a fee is determined to be in the best interest of the Affiliated MMF and, by October 2, 2024, to a liquidity fee if daily net redemptions exceed 5% of net assets.
Note 7. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
32
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The Fund’s activity in the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024 was as follows:
| | Weighted average
interest rate (%) | Number of days
with outstanding loans |
| | | |
Interest income earned by the Fund is recorded as interfund lending in the Statement of Operations. The Fund had no outstanding interfund loans at January 31, 2024.
Note 8. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 9. Significant risks
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments in the Fund’s portfolio may decline because the issuer defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Lower-rated or unrated debt instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated debt instruments.
High-yield investments risk
Securities and other debt instruments held by the Fund that are rated below investment grade (commonly called "high-yield" or "junk" bonds) and unrated debt instruments of comparable quality expose the Fund to a greater risk of loss of principal and income than a fund that invests solely or primarily in investment grade debt instruments. In addition, these investments have greater price fluctuations, are less liquid and are more likely to experience a default than higher-rated debt instruments. High-yield debt instruments are considered to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases or decreases in interest rates. Higher periods of inflation could lead such authorities to raise interest rates. Increasing interest rates may negatively affect the value of debt securities held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance and net asset value per share. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated by its investments may not keep pace with inflation.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
33
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with a lack of marketability of investments which may make it difficult to sell the investment at a desirable time or price. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may adversely affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other investments, or forego another, more appealing investment opportunity. Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. A less liquid market can lead to an increase in Fund redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and net asset value per share, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell securities in a down market.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 36.1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 10. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued. Other than as noted in Note 1 above, there were no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 11. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not
34
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
35
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income consistent with preservation of capital.
Portfolio management
Tom Murphy, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2003
Royce D. Wilson, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2012
John Dawson, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2020
Shannon Rinehart, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since February 2022
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Index | | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 3.00%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
The Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Index includes U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies, with maturities between 1 and 5 years.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Quality breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total fixed income investments.
Bond ratings apply to the underlying holdings of the Fund and not the Fund itself and are divided into categories ranging from highest to lowest credit quality, determined by using the middle rating of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, after dropping the highest and lowest available ratings. When ratings are available from only two rating agencies, the lower rating is used. When a rating is available from only one rating agency, that rating is used. If a security is not rated but has a rating by Kroll and/or DBRS, the same methodology is applied to those bonds that would otherwise be not rated. When a bond is not rated by any rating agency, it is designated as “Not rated.” Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subjective opinions, not statements of fact, and are subject to change, including daily. The ratings assigned by credit rating agencies are but one of the considerations that the Investment Manager and/or Fund’s subadviser incorporates into its credit analysis process, along with such other issuer-specific factors as cash flows, capital structure and leverage ratios, ability to de-leverage (repay) through free cash flow, quality of management, market positioning and access to capital, as well as such security-specific factors as the terms of the security (e.g., interest rate and time to maturity) and the amount and type of any collateral.
4
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Had Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or certain of its affiliates not waived/reimbursed certain fees and expenses, account value at the end of the period would have been reduced.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
Corporate Bonds & Notes 90.2% |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. |
| | | | |
| |
|
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC |
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(a) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)(a) |
| | | | |
Truist Financial Corp.(a) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Capital |
| | | | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Diversified Manufacturing 0.5% |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
FirstEnergy Transmission LLC(b) |
| | | | |
NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP(b) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. |
| | | | |
Pennsylvania Electric Co.(b) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
|
GFL Environmental, Inc.(b) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Healthcare Insurance 3.3% |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. |
| | | | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
| | | | |
| |
|
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I(b) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Pacific Life Global Funding II(b) |
| | | | |
Peachtree Corners Funding Trust(b) |
| | | | |
Principal Life Global Funding II(b) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Media and Entertainment 0.9% |
Discovery Communications LLC |
| | | | |
|
Colorado Interstate Gas Co. LLC/Issuing Corp.(b) |
| | | | |
Enable Midstream Partners LP |
| | | | |
Plains All American Pipeline LP/Finance Corp. |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Western Midstream Operating LP |
| | | | |
Williams Companies, Inc. (The) |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
BAT International Finance PLC |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Corporate Bonds & Notes (continued) |
| | | | |
Transportation Services 1.3% |
|
| | | | |
|
Sprint Spectrum Co. I/II/III LLC(b) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(Cost $487,884,185) | |
|
U.S. Treasury Obligations 3.5% |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $18,947,143) | |
|
| | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541%(c),(d) | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $32,015,022) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $538,846,350) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
At January 31, 2024, securities and/or cash totaling $1,440,445 were pledged as collateral.
Investments in derivatives
|
| | | | | Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note | | | | | | |
|
| | | | | Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Note | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| 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 January 31, 2024. |
| 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 January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $142,667,264, which represents 26.74% of total net assets. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Notes to Portfolio of Investments (continued)
| As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended January 31, 2024 are as follows: |
| | | | Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($) | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541% |
| | | | | | | | |
Currency Legend
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
Investments in Derivatives | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.
Derivative instruments are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $506,831,328) | |
Affiliated issuers (cost $32,015,022) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
Expense reimbursement due from Investment Manager | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distributions to shareholders | |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
Fees waived or expenses reimbursed by Investment Manager and its affiliates | |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Decrease in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total decrease in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Debt securities generally are valued based on prices obtained from pricing services, which are intended to reflect market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of similar securities. The services may use various pricing techniques that take into account, as applicable, factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as approved independent broker-dealer quotes. Debt securities for which quotations are not readily available or not believed to be reflective of market value may also be valued based upon a bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Futures and options on futures contracts are valued based upon the settlement price at the close of regular trading on their principal exchanges or, in the absence of a settlement price, at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
20
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Derivative instruments
The Fund invests in certain derivative instruments, as detailed below, in seeking to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more securities, currencies, commodities, indices, or other assets or instruments. Derivatives may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining desired exposure to certain assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Derivatives may involve various risks, including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market (making it difficult for the Fund to sell or terminate, including at favorable prices) and the potential for market movements which may expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amount shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The notional amounts of derivative instruments, if applicable, are not recorded in the financial statements.
A derivative instrument may suffer a marked-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform its obligations under the contract. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund and the amount of any variation margin held by the counterparty, plus any replacement costs or related amounts. With exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the clearinghouse or central counterparty provides some protection in the case of clearing member default. The clearinghouse or central counterparty stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, failure of the clearinghouse or central counterparty may pose additional counterparty credit risk. However, credit risk still exists in exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer account. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients and such shortfall is remedied by the central counterparty or otherwise, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers (including the Fund), potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (ISDA Master Agreement) or similar agreement with its derivatives counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange forward contracts and contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting), including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset or netting in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
Collateral (margin) requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the clearinghouse or central counterparty for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Brokers can ask for margin in excess of the minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms for most over-the-counter derivatives are subject to regulatory requirements to exchange variation margin with trading counterparties and may have contract specific margin terms as well. For over-the-counter derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any variation margin currently pledged by the Fund and/or the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund may also pay interest expense on cash collateral received from the broker or receive interest income on cash collateral pledged to the broker. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of over-the-counter derivatives transactions to terminate derivatives contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net asset value declines by a stated percentage over a specified time period or if the Fund fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The Fund also has termination rights if the counterparty fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement. In determining whether to exercise such termination rights, the Fund would consider, in addition to counterparty credit risk, whether termination would result in a net liability owed from the counterparty.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and represent commitments for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. The Fund bought and sold futures contracts to manage the duration and yield curve exposure of the Fund versus the benchmark. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. The Fund generally expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Effects of derivative transactions in the financial statements
The following tables are intended to provide additional information about the effect of derivatives on the financial statements of the Fund, including: the fair value of derivatives by risk category and the location of those fair values in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; and the impact of derivative transactions over the period in the Statement of Operations, including realized and unrealized gains (losses). The derivative instrument schedules following the Portfolio of Investments present additional information regarding derivative instruments outstanding at the end of the period, if any.
The following table is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) at January 31, 2024:
| | |
| Statement
of assets and liabilities
location | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | |
22
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | | |
| Statement
of assets and liabilities
location | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | |
| Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the tables following the 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
The following table indicates the effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
The following table is a summary of the average daily outstanding volume by derivative instrument for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
| Average notional
amounts ($) |
| |
Futures contracts — short | |
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Market premiums and discounts, including original issue discounts, are amortized and accreted, respectively, over the expected life of the security on all debt securities, unless otherwise noted.
The Fund may place a debt security on non-accrual status and reduce related interest income when it becomes probable that the interest will not be collected and the amount of uncollectible interest can be reasonably estimated. The Fund may also adjust accrual rates when it becomes probable the full interest will not be collected and a partial payment will be received. A defaulted debt security is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Foreign taxes
The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Fund will accrue such taxes and recoveries, as applicable, based upon its current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which it invests.
Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level, based on statutory rates. The Fund accrues for such foreign taxes on realized and unrealized gains at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction, as applicable. The amount, if any, is disclosed as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting
24
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.43% to 0.28% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.43% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, these minimum account balance fees reduced total expenses of the Fund by $20.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25% and 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A and Class C shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $446,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| December 1, 2023
through
November 30, 2024 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage
26
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
(depreciation) ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
The following capital loss carryforwards, determined at July 31, 2023, may be available to reduce future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
No expiration
short-term ($) | No expiration
long-term ($) | |
| | |
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $226,479,597 and $293,602,953, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024, of which $2,487,582 and $17,350,678, respectively, were U.S. government securities. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Affiliated money market fund
The Fund invests in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, an affiliated money market fund established for the exclusive use by the Fund and other affiliated funds (the Affiliated MMF). The income earned by the Fund from such investments is included as Dividends - affiliated issuers in the Statement of Operations. As an investing fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Affiliated MMF. The Affiliated MMF prices its shares with a floating net asset value. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to money market fund rules requiring institutional prime money market funds like the Affiliated MMF to be subject, by April 2, 2024, to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the imposition of such a fee is determined to be in the best interest of the Affiliated MMF and, by October 2, 2024, to a liquidity fee if daily net redemptions exceed 5% of net assets.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 7. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
The Fund’s activity in the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024 was as follows:
| | Weighted average
interest rate (%) | Number of days
with outstanding loans |
| | | |
Interest income earned by the Fund is recorded as interfund lending in the Statement of Operations. The Fund had no outstanding interfund loans at January 31, 2024.
Note 8. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 9. Significant risks
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments in the Fund’s portfolio may decline because the issuer defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Lower-rated or unrated debt instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated debt instruments.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases or decreases in interest rates. Higher periods of inflation could lead such authorities to raise interest rates. Increasing interest rates may negatively affect the value of debt securities held by the
28
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance and net asset value per share. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated by its investments may not keep pace with inflation.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk associated with a lack of marketability of investments which may make it difficult to sell the investment at a desirable time or price. Changing regulatory, market or other conditions or environments (for example, the interest rate or credit environments) may adversely affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may have to accept a lower selling price for the holding, sell other investments, or forego another, more appealing investment opportunity. Generally, the less liquid the market at the time the Fund sells a portfolio investment, the greater the risk of loss or decline of value to the Fund. A less liquid market can lead to an increase in Fund redemptions, which may negatively impact Fund performance and net asset value per share, including, for example, if the Fund is forced to sell securities in a down market.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 43.0% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 10. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued and noted no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 11. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
30
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Limited Duration Credit Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available for delivery free of charge upon request and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
Shares of the Fund are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act). Investments in the Fund may be made only by investment companies, common or commingled trust funds, or similar organizations or persons that are accredited investors within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act. Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund (the Fund) holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Monthly schedule of portfolio holdings
The Fund’s portfolio holdings are filed with the SEC monthly on Form N-MFP. The Fund’s Form N-MFP filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov and can be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Portfolio management
John McColley*
*Mr. McColley will be retiring in mid-2024.
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper | |
Asset-Backed Securities — Non-Agency(a) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | |
| |
| Category comprised of short-term asset-backed securities. |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
4
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper 2.6% |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
MetLife Short Term Funding LLC(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Asset-Backed Commercial Paper
(Cost $455,014,160) | |
|
Asset-Backed Securities — Non-Agency 4.7% |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Bank of America Auto Trust(a) |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Citizens Auto Receivables Trust(a) |
|
| | | | |
De Lage Landen Financial Services, Inc.(a) |
|
| | | | |
Dell Equipment Finance Trust(a) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
Enterprise Fleet Financing(a) |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
Asset-Backed Securities — Non-Agency (continued) |
| | | | |
Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC(a) |
|
| | | | |
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
MMAF Equipment Finance LLC(a) |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
SFS Auto Receivables Securitization Trust(a) |
|
| | | | |
Tesla Electric Vehicle Trust(a) |
|
| | | | |
Total Asset-Backed Securities — Non-Agency
(Cost $823,905,804) | |
|
Certificates of Deposit 2.0% |
| | | | |
ANZ New Zealand International Ltd. |
| | | | |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
| | | | |
Total Certificates of Deposit
(Cost $350,000,000) | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Commercial Paper (continued) |
| | | | |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Construction Machinery 4.7% |
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
John Deere Capital Corp.(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
John Deere Credit, Inc.(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Healthcare Insurance 0.1% |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.(a) |
| | | | |
Commercial Paper (continued) |
| | | | |
|
New York Life Capital Corp.(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
|
Novartis Finance Corp.(a) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
|
|
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| |
Total Commercial Paper
(Cost $5,423,520,461) | |
|
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Repurchase Agreements 25.3% |
| | | | |
Tri-party Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
dated 01/31/2024, matures 02/01/2024, |
repurchase price $4,150,610,972
(collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, Total Market Value $4,150,610,998) |
| | | | |
Tri-party RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. |
dated 01/31/2024, matures 02/01/2024, |
repurchase price $200,029,444
(collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, Total Market Value $204,000,073) |
| | | | |
Tri-party TD Securities (USA) LLC |
dated 01/31/2024, matures 02/01/2024, |
repurchase price $100,014,722
(collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, Total Market Value $102,000,009) |
| | | | |
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $4,450,000,000) | |
|
|
| | | | |
|
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| |
Total Treasury Bills
(Cost $2,460,588,406) | |
|
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations 15.4% |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp(b) |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (continued) |
| | | | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.(b) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal Farm Credit Banks Discount Notes |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal Home Loan Banks(b) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal Home Loan Banks Discount Notes |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Federal National Mortgage Association |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Tennessee Valley Authority Discount Notes |
| | | | |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations
(Cost $2,713,528,092) | |
|
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) U.S. Treasury Obligations 3.2% |
| | | | |
|
3-month U.S. Treasury Index + 0.037%
07/31/2024 | | | | |
3-month U.S. Treasury Index + 0.200%
01/31/2025 | | | | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $553,104,155) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $17,229,661,078) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| 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 January 31, 2024, the total value of these securities amounted to $6,118,205,248, which represents 34.84% of total net assets. |
| Variable rate security. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of January 31, 2024. |
Abbreviation Legend
| Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements (continued)
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper | | | | |
Asset-Backed Securities — Non-Agency | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $12,779,661,078) | |
Repurchase agreements (cost $4,450,000,000) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Distributions to shareholders | |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Shareholder reports and communication | |
| |
| |
| |
Commitment fees for bank credit facility | |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Increase in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total increase in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share held for the periods shown. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year.
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | |
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | |
Total from investment operations | | | | | | |
Less distributions to shareholders from: | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | | | | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Ratios to average net assets | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). Investments in the Fund may be made only by investment companies, common or commingled trust funds, or similar organizations or persons that are accredited investors within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Debt securities generally are valued based on prices obtained from pricing services, which are intended to reflect market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of similar securities. The services may use various pricing techniques that take into account, as applicable, factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as approved independent broker-dealer quotes. Debt securities for which quotations are not readily available or not believed to be reflective of market value may also be valued based upon a bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
Asset- and mortgage-backed securities are generally valued by pricing services, which utilize pricing models that incorporate the securities’ cash flow and loan performance data. These models also take into account available market data, including trades, market quotations, and benchmark yield curves for identical or similar securities. Factors used to identify similar securities may include, but are not limited to, issuer, collateral type, vintage, prepayment speeds, collateral performance, credit ratings, credit enhancement and expected life. Asset-backed securities for which quotations are readily available may also be valued based upon an over-the-counter or exchange bid quote from an approved independent broker-dealer. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued primarily at amortized market value, unless this method results in a valuation that management believes does not approximate fair value.
The Fund calculates its net asset value to four decimals (e.g., $1.0000) using market-based pricing and operates with a floating net asset value. Although the Fund is a money market fund, the net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate with changes in the values of the Fund’s portfolio securities. As a result, the Fund’s net asset value may be above or below $1.0000. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Fund maintained a stable net asset value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreement transactions with institutions that management has determined are creditworthy. The Fund, through the custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities collateralizing a repurchase agreement. Management is responsible for determining that the collateral is at least equal, at all times, to the value of the
14
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) repurchase obligation including interest. A repurchase agreement transaction involves certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty. These risks include possible delays in or restrictions on the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities and a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
Asset- and mortgage-backed securities
The Fund may invest in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities. The maturity dates shown represent the original maturity of the underlying obligation. Actual maturity may vary based upon prepayment activity on these obligations. All, or a portion, of the obligation may be prepaid at any time because the underlying asset may be prepaid. As a result, decreasing market interest rates could result in an increased level of prepayment. An increased prepayment rate will have the effect of shortening the maturity of the security. Unless otherwise noted, the coupon rates presented are fixed rates.
Offsetting of assets and liabilities
The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets and liabilities available for offset under netting arrangements as well as any related collateral received or pledged by the Fund as of January 31, 2024:
| | RBC
Dominion
Securities ($) | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total financial and derivative net assets | | | | |
Total collateral received (pledged) (a) | | | | |
| | | | |
| In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. |
| Represents the net amount due from/(to) counterparties in the event of default. |
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Interest income, including amortization of premium and discount, is recognized daily.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually after the fiscal year in which the capital gains were earned, unless offset by any available capital loss carryforward. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Money Market Fund Reforms
In July 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to certain rules that govern money market funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The amendments increase the daily liquid asset and weekly liquid asset minimum requirements. In addition, effective October 2, 2023, the amendments removed provisions from the current rule that permit the Fund to temporarily suspend redemptions and to impose liquidity fees if weekly assets fall below a certain threshold. The amendments will also require the Fund to impose, by October 2024, a mandatory liquidity fee when the Fund experiences daily net redemptions that exceed five percent of net assets, unless the liquidity costs are de minimis. The Fund will be required, by April 2, 2024, to impose a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the Fund’s Board or its delegate determines that a fee is in the best interest of the Fund. The rule amendments will become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register with a tiered transition period for the Fund to comply with the amendments.
Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, subject to the policies set by the Board of Trustees, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The Fund does not pay a management fee for the investment advisory or administrative services provided to the Fund, but it may pay taxes, brokerage commissions and nonadvisory expenses.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan
16
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
The Fund has a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, under which the Fund does not pay an annual fee to the Transfer Agent.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. The Fund does not pay the Distributor a fee for the distribution services it provides to the Fund.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
(depreciation) ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Note 5. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
As noted above, the Fund may only participate in the Interfund Program as a lending fund. The Fund did not lend money under the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 6. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is disclosed as Commitment fees for bank credit facility in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 7. Significant risks
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that the value of debt instruments in the Fund’s portfolio may decline because the issuer defaults or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling, or is perceived to be unable or unwilling, to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments to the Fund when due. Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain debt instruments to indicate their credit risk. Lower-rated or unrated debt instruments held by the Fund may present increased credit risk as compared to higher-rated debt instruments.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of losses attributable to changes in interest rates. In general, if interest rates rise, the values of debt instruments tend to fall, and if interest rates fall, the values of debt instruments tend to rise. Actions by governments and central banking authorities can result in increases or decreases in interest rates. Higher periods of inflation could lead such authorities to raise interest rates. Increasing interest rates may negatively affect the value of debt securities held by the Fund, resulting in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance and net asset value per share. In general, the longer the maturity or duration of a debt security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated by its investments may not keep pace with inflation.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
18
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Money market fund risk
At times of (i) significant redemption activity by shareholders, including, for example, when a single investor or a few large investors make a significant redemption of Fund shares, (ii) insufficient levels of cash in the Fund’s portfolio to satisfy redemption activity, and (iii) disruption in the normal operation of the markets in which the Fund buys and sells portfolio securities, the Fund could be forced to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable prices in order to generate sufficient cash to pay redeeming shareholders. Sales of portfolio securities at such times could result in losses to the Fund. In addition, neither the Investment Manager nor any of its affiliates has a legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that they or any person will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
By April 2, 2024, institutional prime and institutional tax-exempt money market funds will be subject to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% on redemptions if that fee is determined to be in the best interest of the fund and, by October 2, 2024, such funds will also be subject to a mandatory liquidity fee on redemptions if net redemptions exceed 5% of their net assets. These fees, upon imposition, will reduce the amount you receive on redemptions.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 100.0% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 8. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued and noted no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Note 9. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
20
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Semiannual ReportJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Columbia Disciplined Core Fund
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements." The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
Each Tailored Shareholder Report will be share-class specific and will highlight key fund information the SEC believes is most relevant to investors in assessing their investment in the Fund. Much of the information, including a Fund’s financial statements, that is currently disclosed in a Fund’s shareholder reports will instead be made available on the Fund’s website and filed on Form N-CSR on an annual and semiannual basis. This information will be delivered to investors free of charge upon request. Columbia Fund reports will follow the Tailored Shareholder Report approach beginning with reports covering the period ending May 31, 2024.
The new rule also requires the Fund to mail a printed version of the Tailored Shareholder Report to all shareholders who have not elected to receive shareholder reports electronically. Rather than receiving a postcard notifying investors that the shareholder report for Funds in which they invest is available online, investors will begin receiving the Tailored Shareholder Report in the mail unless they have elected to receive their Fund documents electronically.
Not FDIC or NCUA Insured • No Financial Institution Guarantee • May Lose Value
If you elect to receive the shareholder report for Columbia Disciplined Core Fund (the Fund) in paper, mailed to you, the Fund mails one shareholder report to each shareholder address, unless such shareholder elects to receive shareholder reports from the Fund electronically via e-mail or by having a paper notice mailed to you (Postcard Notice) that your Fund’s shareholder report is available at the Columbia funds’ website (columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/). If you would like more than one report in paper to be mailed to you, or would like to elect to receive reports via e-mail or access them through Postcard Notice, please call shareholder services at 800.345.6611 and additional reports will be sent to you.
Proxy voting policies and procedures
The policy of the Board of Trustees is to vote the proxies of the companies in which the Fund holds investments consistent with the procedures as stated in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain a copy of the SAI without charge by calling 800.345.6611; contacting your financial intermediary; visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/; or searching the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is filed with the SEC by August 31st for the most recent 12-month period ending June 30th of that year, and is available without charge by visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/, or searching the website of the SEC at sec.gov.
Quarterly schedule of investments
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as filed on Form N-PORT, is available on columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or can also be obtained without charge, upon request, by calling 800.345.6611.
Additional Fund information
For more information about the Fund, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or call 800.345.6611. Customer Service Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Fund investment manager
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager)
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund distributor
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Fund transfer agent
Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Fund at a Glance(Unaudited) Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth.
Portfolio management
Raghavendran Sivaraman, Ph.D., CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2019
Oleg Nusinzon, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
Managed Fund since 2021
Morningstar style boxTM
The Morningstar Style Box is based on a fund’s portfolio holdings. For equity funds, the vertical axis shows the market capitalization of the stocks owned, and the horizontal axis shows investment style (value, blend, or growth). Information shown is based on the most recent data provided by Morningstar.
© 2024 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The Morningstar information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
Average annual total returns (%) (for the period ended January 31, 2024) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Returns for Class A shares are shown with and without the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%. Returns for Class C shares are shown with and without the 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for the first year only. The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges and have limited eligibility. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for details. Performance for different share classes will vary based on differences in sales charges and fees associated with each share class. All results shown assume reinvestment of distributions during the period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Performance results reflect the effect of any fee waivers or reimbursements of Fund expenses by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and/or any of its affiliates. Absent these fee waivers or expense reimbursement arrangements, performance results would have been lower.
The performance information shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by contacting your financial intermediary, visiting columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/ or calling 800.345.6611.
*
The returns shown for periods prior to the share class inception date (including returns for the Life of the Fund, if shown, which are since Fund inception) include the returns of the Fund’s oldest share class. Since the Fund launched more than one share class at its inception, Class A shares were used. These returns are adjusted to reflect any higher class-related operating expenses of the newer share classes, as applicable. Please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/investment-products/mutual-funds/appended-performance for more information.
The S&P 500 Index, an unmanaged index, measures the performance of 500 widely held, large-capitalization U.S. stocks and is frequently used as a general measure of market performance.
Indices are not available for investment, are not professionally managed and do not reflect sales charges, fees, brokerage commissions, taxes or other expenses of investing. Securities in the Fund may not match those in an index.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
3
Fund at a Glance (continued)(Unaudited)
Portfolio breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total investments excluding investments in derivatives, if any. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
Equity sector breakdown (%) (at January 31, 2024) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Percentages indicated are based upon total equity investments. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change.
4
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses(Unaudited) As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are shareholder transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing fund costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
Analyzing your Fund’s expenses
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by investors in each share class of the Fund during the period. The actual and hypothetical information in the table is based on an initial investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period indicated and held for the entire period. Expense information is calculated two ways and each method provides you with different information. The amount listed in the “Actual” column is calculated using the Fund’s actual operating expenses and total return for the period. You may use the Actual information, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the results by the expenses paid during the period under the “Actual” column. The amount listed in the “Hypothetical” column assumes a 5% annual rate of return before expenses (which is not the Fund’s actual return) and then applies the Fund’s actual expense ratio for the period to the hypothetical return. You should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate either your actual account balance at the end of the period or the expenses you paid during the period. See “Compare with other funds” below for details on how to use the hypothetical data.
Compare with other funds
Since all mutual funds are required to include the same hypothetical calculations about expenses in shareholder reports, you can use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare the hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. As you compare hypothetical examples of other funds, it is important to note that hypothetical examples are meant to highlight the ongoing costs of investing in a fund only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges, or redemption or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical calculations are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included in these calculations, your costs would be higher.
August 1, 2023 — January 31, 2024 |
| Account value at the
beginning of the
period ($) | Account value at the
end of the
period ($) | Expenses paid during
the period ($) | Fund’s annualized
expense ratio (%) |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period and then multiplied by the number of days in the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year and divided by 366.
Expenses do not include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund from its investment in underlying funds, including affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
5
Portfolio of InvestmentsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
|
| | |
Communication Services 9.0% |
Interactive Media & Services 8.9% |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | | |
| | |
|
| | |
Total Communication Services | |
Consumer Discretionary 10.7% |
|
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.6% |
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a) | | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a) | | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
TJX Companies, Inc. (The) | | |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.2% |
lululemon athletica, Inc.(a) | | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | |
|
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 2.3% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
| | |
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | | |
| | |
|
| | |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 3.6% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
6
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
|
| | |
| | |
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 4.1% |
| | |
Align Technology, Inc.(a) | | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Health Care Providers & Services 2.9% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
|
|
| | |
Air Freight & Logistics 1.7% |
| | |
|
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) | | |
| | |
| | |
Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
Professional Services 1.6% |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | |
| |
Information Technology 29.3% |
Communications Equipment 2.0% |
| | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 8.5% |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 6.8% |
| | |
Total Information Technology | |
|
|
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | |
| | |
| | |
|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
7
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Common Stocks (continued) |
| | |
|
Hotel & Resort REITs 0.4% |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | |
|
| | |
| |
|
|
| | |
| | |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | |
| | |
| |
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $2,834,115,684) | |
|
|
| | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541%(c),(d) | | |
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $44,424,997) | |
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $2,878,540,681) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net | | |
| |
At January 31, 2024, securities and/or cash totaling $8,349,180 were pledged as collateral.
Investments in derivatives
|
| | | | | Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($) | Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($) |
| | | | | | |
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
| Non-income producing investment. |
| This security or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral in connection with derivative contracts. |
| The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at January 31, 2024. |
| As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended January 31, 2024 are as follows: |
| | | | Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($) | | | | |
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 5.541% |
| | | | | | | | |
Currency Legend
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
8
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Portfolio of Investments (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Fair value measurements
The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
■
Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
■
Level 2 — Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
■
Level 3 — Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).
Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.
Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments. However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices. Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager. Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Investment Manager, through its Valuation Committee (the Committee), as valuation designee, responsible for determining the fair value of the assets of the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available using valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.
The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation policies and procedures (the Policies). The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors. The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions. Representatives of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC report to the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2024:
| | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | |
Investments in Derivatives | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.
Derivative instruments are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
9
Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
Investments in securities, at value | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,834,115,684) | |
Affiliated issuers (cost $44,424,997) | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Variation margin for futures contracts | |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
| |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
| |
| |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | |
Total - representing net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
10
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
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) | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
| |
| |
| |
Net asset value per share | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
11
Statement of OperationsSix Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| |
| |
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers | |
Dividends — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
| |
Distribution and/or service fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Printing and postage fees | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Compensation of chief compliance officer | |
Compensation of board members | |
Deferred compensation of board members | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated issuers | |
Investments — affiliated issuers | |
| |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
12
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited) | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Net investment income and net realized gains | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | |
Decrease in net assets from capital stock activity | | |
Total increase in net assets | | |
Net assets at beginning of period | | |
Net assets at end of period | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
13
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | |
| January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
14
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
15
The following table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance. Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of a class held for the periods shown. Per share net investment income (loss) amounts are calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. Total return assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, if any. Total return does not reflect payment of sales charges, if any. Total return and portfolio turnover are not annualized for periods of less than one year. The ratios of expenses and net investment income are annualized for periods of less than one year. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to purchase and sales transactions of short-term instruments and certain derivatives, if any. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | Net
investment
income
(loss) | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
16
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
17
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net asset value,
beginning of
period | Net
investment
income
(loss) | Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss) | Total from
investment
operations | Distributions
from net
investment
income | Distributions
from net
realized
gains | Total
distributions to
shareholders |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
| 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. |
| Total net expenses include the impact of certain fee waivers/expense reimbursements made by the Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. |
| Ratios include interest on collateral expense which is less than 0.01%. |
| The benefits derived from expense reductions had an impact of less than 0.01%. |
| |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
18
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Financial Highlights (continued)
| Net
asset
value,
end of
period | | Total gross
expense
ratio to
average
| Total net
expense
ratio to
average
| Net investment
income (loss)
ratio to
average
net assets | | Net
assets,
end of
period
(000’s) |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|
Six Months Ended 1/31/2024 (Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
19
Notes to Financial StatementsJanuary 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 1. Organization
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund (the Fund), a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust II (the Trust), is a diversified fund. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
Fund shares
The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares (without par value). The Fund offers each of the share classes listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each share class votes separately when required by the Trust’s organizational documents or by law. Each share class has its own expense and sales charge structure. Different share classes may have different minimum initial investment amounts and pay different net investment income distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of distributing such share classes vary. Distributions to shareholders in a liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class.
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, Class A and Class C shares are offered to the general public for investment. Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years. Advisor Class, Institutional Class, Institutional 2 Class, Institutional 3 Class and Class R shares are available for purchase through authorized investment professionals to omnibus retirement plans or to institutional investors and to certain other investors as also described in the Fund’s prospectus.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to liquidate Class R shares of the Fund. Effective on March 11, 2024, Class R shares of the Fund were closed to new and existing investors and effective on April 19, 2024, Class R shares of the Fund will be liquidated. For federal tax purposes, this liquidation will be treated as a redemption of fund shares.
Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946). The financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
Security valuation
Equity securities listed on an exchange are valued at the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. Securities with a closing price not readily available or not listed on any exchange are valued at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices. Listed preferred stocks convertible into common stocks are valued using an evaluated price from a pricing service.
Foreign equity securities are valued based on the closing price or last trade price on their primary exchange at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. If any foreign equity security closing prices are not readily available, the securities are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices on such exchanges or markets. Foreign currency exchange rates are determined at the scheduled closing time of the New York Stock Exchange. Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange; therefore, the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In those situations, foreign securities will be fair valued pursuant to a policy approved by the Board of Trustees. Under the policy, the Fund may utilize a third-party pricing service to determine these fair values. The third-party pricing service takes into account multiple factors, including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the
20
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) close of the foreign exchange or market, to determine a good faith estimate that reasonably reflects the current market conditions as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The fair value of a security is likely to be different from the quoted or published price, if available.
Investments in open-end investment companies (other than exchange-traded funds (ETFs)), are valued at the latest net asset value reported by those companies as of the valuation time.
Futures and options on futures contracts are valued based upon the settlement price at the close of regular trading on their principal exchanges or, in the absence of a settlement price, at the mean of the latest quoted bid and ask prices.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or that have quotations which management believes are not reflective of market value or reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. If a security or class of securities (such as foreign securities) is valued at fair value, such value is likely to be different from the quoted or published price for the security, if available.
The determination of fair value often requires significant judgment. To determine fair value, management may use assumptions including but not limited to future cash flows and estimated risk premiums. Multiple inputs from various sources may be used to determine fair value.
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category. This information is disclosed following the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
Derivative instruments
The Fund invests in certain derivative instruments, as detailed below, in seeking to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more securities, currencies, commodities, indices, or other assets or instruments. Derivatives may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining desired exposure to certain assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. The Fund may also use derivative instruments to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Derivatives may involve various risks, including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market (making it difficult for the Fund to sell or terminate, including at favorable prices) and the potential for market movements which may expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amount shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The notional amounts of derivative instruments, if applicable, are not recorded in the financial statements.
A derivative instrument may suffer a marked-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform its obligations under the contract. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund and the amount of any variation margin held by the counterparty, plus any replacement costs or related amounts. With exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the clearinghouse or central counterparty provides some protection in the case of clearing member default. The clearinghouse or central counterparty stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, failure of the clearinghouse or central counterparty may pose additional counterparty credit risk. However, credit risk still exists in exchange-traded or centrally cleared derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer account. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients and such shortfall is remedied by the central counterparty or otherwise, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers (including the Fund), potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (ISDA Master Agreement) or similar agreement with its derivatives counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between the Fund and a
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
21
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange forward contracts and contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting), including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset or netting in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
Collateral (margin) requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the clearinghouse or central counterparty for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Brokers can ask for margin in excess of the minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms for most over-the-counter derivatives are subject to regulatory requirements to exchange variation margin with trading counterparties and may have contract specific margin terms as well. For over-the-counter derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any variation margin currently pledged by the Fund and/or the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund may also pay interest expense on cash collateral received from the broker or receive interest income on cash collateral pledged to the broker. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of over-the-counter derivatives transactions to terminate derivatives contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net asset value declines by a stated percentage over a specified time period or if the Fund fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The Fund also has termination rights if the counterparty fails to meet certain terms of the ISDA Master Agreement. In determining whether to exercise such termination rights, the Fund would consider, in addition to counterparty credit risk, whether termination would result in a net liability owed from the counterparty.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and represent commitments for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. The Fund bought and sold futures contracts to maintain appropriate equity market exposure while keeping sufficient cash to accommodate daily redemptions. These instruments may be used for other purposes in future periods. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as margin deposits. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. The Fund generally expects to earn interest income on its margin deposits. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
22
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Effects of derivative transactions in the financial statements
The following tables are intended to provide additional information about the effect of derivatives on the financial statements of the Fund, including: the fair value of derivatives by risk category and the location of those fair values in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; and the impact of derivative transactions over the period in the Statement of Operations, including realized and unrealized gains (losses). The derivative instrument schedules following the Portfolio of Investments present additional information regarding derivative instruments outstanding at the end of the period, if any.
The following table is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) at January 31, 2024:
| | |
| Statement
of assets and liabilities
location | |
| Component of total distributable earnings (loss) — unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | |
| Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the tables following the 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
The following table indicates the effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income |
| |
| |
The following table is a summary of the average daily outstanding volume by derivative instrument for the six months ended January 31, 2024:
| Average notional
amounts ($) |
| |
Security transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Cost is determined and gains (losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.
Income recognition
Corporate actions and dividend income are generally recorded net of any non-reclaimable tax withholdings, on the ex-dividend date or upon receipt of an ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign securities.
The Fund may receive distributions from holdings in equity securities, business development companies (BDCs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), limited partnerships (LPs), other regulated investment companies (RICs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs), which report information as to the tax character of their distributions annually. These distributions are allocated to dividend income, capital gain and return of capital based on actual information reported. Return of capital is recorded as a reduction of the cost basis of securities held. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, return of capital is recorded as a realized gain. With respect to REITs, to the extent actual information has not yet been reported, estimates for return of capital are made by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
23
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). The Investment Manager’s estimates are subsequently adjusted when the actual character of the distributions is disclosed by the REITs, which could result in a proportionate change in return of capital to shareholders.
Awards from class action litigation are recorded as a reduction of cost basis if the Fund still owns the applicable securities on the payment date. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities on the payment date, the proceeds are recorded as realized gains.
Expenses
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Fund and other funds of the Trust based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund. Expenses directly attributable to a specific class of shares are charged to that share class.
Determination of class net asset value
All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses, which are charged to that share class, as shown in the Statement of Operations) and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are allocated to each class of the Fund on a daily basis, based on the relative net assets of each class, for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class.
Federal income tax status
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and will distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, if any, for its tax year, and as such will not be subject to federal income taxes. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute in each calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income, capital gain net income and certain other amounts, if any, such that the Fund should not be subject to federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is recorded.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents and, in some cases, by contract, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust or its funds. In addition, certain of the Fund’s contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Fund cannot be determined, and the Fund has no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Recent accounting pronouncements and regulatory updates
Tailored Shareholder Reports
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, "Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements". The rule and form amendments will, among other things, require the Fund to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports that highlight key information. The amendments will require that funds tag information in a structured data format and that certain more in-depth information be made available online and available for delivery free of charge to investors on request. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023. There is an 18-month transition period after the effective date of the amendments.
24
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 3. Fees and other transactions with affiliates
Management services fees
The Fund has entered into a Management Agreement with Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial). Under the Management Agreement, the Investment Manager provides the Fund with investment research and advice, as well as administrative and accounting services. The management services fee is an annual fee that is equal to a percentage of the Fund’s daily net assets that declines from 0.75% to 0.55% as the Fund’s net assets increase. The annualized effective management services fee rate for the six months ended January 31, 2024 was 0.63% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Compensation of Board members
Members of the Board of Trustees who are not officers or employees of the Investment Manager or Ameriprise Financial are compensated for their services to the Fund as disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Plan), these members of the Board of Trustees may elect to defer payment of up to 100% of their compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of certain funds managed by the Investment Manager. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes and remains in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Deferred Plan. All amounts payable under the Deferred Plan constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Fund. The expense for the Deferred Plan, which includes Trustees’ fees deferred during the current period as well as any gains or losses on the Trustees’ deferred compensation balances as a result of market fluctuations, is included in "Deferred compensation of board members" in the Statement of Operations.
Compensation of Chief Compliance Officer
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer for the Fund in accordance with federal securities regulations. As disclosed in the Statement of Operations, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s total compensation is allocated to the Fund, along with other allocations to affiliated registered investment companies managed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates, based on relative net assets.
Transfer agency fees
Under a Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. (the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, is responsible for providing transfer agency services to the Fund. The Transfer Agent has contracted with SS&C GIDS, Inc. (SS&C GIDS) to serve as sub-transfer agent. The Transfer Agent pays the fees of SS&C GIDS for services as sub-transfer agent and SS&C GIDS is not entitled to reimbursement for such fees from the Fund (with the exception of out-of-pocket fees).
The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a monthly transfer agency fee based on the number or the average value of accounts, depending on the type of account. In addition, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee for shareholder services based on the number of accounts or on a percentage of the average aggregate value of the Fund’s shares maintained in omnibus accounts up to the lesser of the amount charged by the financial intermediary or a cap established by the Board of Trustees from time to time.
The Transfer Agent also receives compensation from the Fund for various shareholder services and reimbursements for certain out-of-pocket fees. Total transfer agency fees for Institutional 2 Class and Institutional 3 Class shares are subject to an annual limitation of not more than 0.07% and 0.02%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each share class.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
25
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) For the six months ended January 31, 2024, the Fund’s annualized effective transfer agency fee rates as a percentage of average daily net assets of each class were as follows:
An annual minimum account balance fee of $20 may apply to certain accounts with a value below the applicable share class’s initial minimum investment requirements to reduce the impact of small accounts on transfer agency fees. These minimum account balance fees are remitted to the Fund and recorded as part of expense reductions in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended January 31, 2024, these minimum account balance fees reduced total expenses of the Fund by $960.
Distribution and service fees
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Investment Manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, for distribution and shareholder services. Under a Plan and Agreement of Distribution, the Fund pays a fee at the maximum annual rates of up to 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C and Class R shares, respectively. For Class C shares, of the 1.00% fee, up to 0.75% can be reimbursed for distribution expenses and up to an additional 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses. For Class R shares, of the 0.50% fee, up to 0.25% can be reimbursed for shareholder servicing expenses.
The amount of distribution and shareholder services expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (unreimbursed expense) was approximately $1,073,000 for Class C shares. This amount is based on the most recent information available as of December 31, 2023, and may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). To the extent the unreimbursed expense has been fully recovered, the distribution and/or shareholder services fee is reduced.
Sales charges
Sales charges, including front-end charges and CDSCs, received by the Distributor for distributing Fund shares for the six months ended January 31, 2024, if any, are listed below:
| This charge is imposed on certain investments of between $1 million and $50 million redeemed within 18 months after purchase, as follows: 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months after purchase, and 0.50% if redeemed more than 12, but less than 18, months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
| This charge applies to redemptions within 12 months after purchase, with certain limited exceptions. |
The Fund’s other share classes are not subject to sales charges.
26
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Investment Manager and its affiliates
The Investment Manager and certain of its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding certain fees and expenses described below) for the period(s) disclosed below, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees, so that the Fund’s net operating expenses, after giving effect to fees waived/expenses reimbursed and any balance credits and/or overdraft charges from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the following annual rate(s) as a percentage of the classes’ average daily net assets:
| Fee rate(s) contractual
through
Nov 30, 2024 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Under the agreement governing these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, the following fees and expenses are excluded from the waiver/reimbursement commitment, and therefore will be paid by the Fund, if applicable: taxes (including foreign transaction taxes), expenses associated with investments in affiliated and non-affiliated pooled investment vehicles (including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds), transaction costs and brokerage commissions, costs related to any securities lending program, dividend expenses associated with securities sold short, inverse floater program fees and expenses, transaction charges and interest on borrowed money, interest, costs associated with shareholder meetings, infrequent and/or unusual expenses and any other expenses the exclusion of which is specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be modified or amended only with approval from the Investment Manager, certain of its affiliates and the Fund. Any fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed under the expense reimbursement arrangements described above are not recoverable by the Investment Manager or its affiliates in future periods.
Note 4. Federal tax information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP because of temporary or permanent book to tax differences.
At January 31, 2024, the approximate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross approximate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:
| Gross unrealized
appreciation ($) | Gross unrealized
(depreciation) ($) | Net unrealized
appreciation ($) |
| | | |
Tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) may also include timing differences that do not constitute adjustments to tax basis.
Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions in the Fund that would require recognition in the financial statements. However, management’s conclusion may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws, regulations, and administrative interpretations (including relevant court decisions). Generally, the Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
27
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 5. Portfolio information
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and derivatives, if any, aggregated to $978,214,401 and $1,162,171,849, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2024. The amount of purchase and sale activity impacts the portfolio turnover rate reported in the Financial Highlights.
Note 6. Affiliated money market fund
The Fund invests in Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, an affiliated money market fund established for the exclusive use by the Fund and other affiliated funds (the Affiliated MMF). The income earned by the Fund from such investments is included as Dividends - affiliated issuers in the Statement of Operations. As an investing fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Affiliated MMF. The Affiliated MMF prices its shares with a floating net asset value. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to money market fund rules requiring institutional prime money market funds like the Affiliated MMF to be subject, by April 2, 2024, to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% if the imposition of such a fee is determined to be in the best interest of the Affiliated MMF and, by October 2, 2024, to a liquidity fee if daily net redemptions exceed 5% of net assets.
Note 7. Interfund lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund participates in a program (the Interfund Program) allowing each participating Columbia Fund (each, a Participating Fund) to lend money directly to and, except for closed-end funds and money market funds, borrow money directly from other Participating Funds for temporary purposes. The amounts eligible for borrowing and lending under the Interfund Program are subject to certain restrictions.
Interfund loans are subject to the risk that the borrowing fund could be unable to repay the loan when due, and a delay in repayment to the lending fund could result in lost opportunities and/or additional lending costs. The exemptive order is subject to conditions intended to mitigate conflicts of interest arising from the Investment Manager’s relationship with each Participating Fund.
The Fund did not borrow or lend money under the Interfund Program during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
Note 8. Line of credit
The Fund has access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. whereby the Fund may borrow for the temporary funding of shareholder redemptions or for other temporary or emergency purposes. Pursuant to an October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the credit facility, which is an agreement between the Fund and certain other funds managed by the Investment Manager or an affiliated investment manager, severally and not jointly, permits aggregate borrowings up to $900 million. Interest is currently charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%. Each borrowing under the credit facility matures no later than 60 days after the date of borrowing. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of the unused amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.15% per annum. The commitment fee is included in other expenses in the Statement of Operations. This agreement expires annually in October unless extended or renewed. Prior to the October 26, 2023 amendment and restatement, the Fund had access to a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which permitted collective borrowings up to $950 million. Interest was charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate equal to the higher of (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the secured overnight financing rate plus 0.10% and (iii) the overnight bank funding rate plus, in each case, 1.00%.
The Fund had no borrowings during the six months ended January 31, 2024.
28
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 9. Significant risks
Information technology sector risk
The Fund may be vulnerable to the particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector. Companies in the information technology sector are subject to certain risks, including the risk that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. Performance of such companies may be affected by factors including obtaining and protecting patents (or the failure to do so) and significant competitive pressures, including aggressive pricing of their products or services, new market entrants, competition for market share and short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments. Such competitive pressures may lead to limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. As a result, the value of their securities may fall or fail to rise. In addition, many information technology sector companies have limited operating histories and prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term. Some companies in the information technology sector are facing increased government and regulatory scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or regulatory action, which could negatively impact the value of their securities.
Market risk
The Fund may incur losses due to declines in the value of one or more securities in which it invests. These declines may be due to factors affecting a particular issuer, or the result of, among other things, political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the relevant market(s) more generally. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to price or value hard-to-value assets in thinly traded and closed markets and could cause significant redemptions and operational challenges. Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. As a result, local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, other conflicts, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health issues, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on global economic and market conditions.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions and market disruptions, including declines in regional and global stock markets, unusual volatility in global commodity markets and significant devaluations of Russian currency. The extent and duration of the military action are impossible to predict but could continue to be significant. Market disruption caused by the Russian military action, and any countermeasures or responses thereto (including international sanctions, a downgrade in a country’s credit rating, purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts, tariffs, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, cyberattacks and espionage) could continue to have severe adverse impacts on regional and/or global securities and commodities markets, including markets for oil and natural gas. These impacts may include reduced market liquidity, distress in credit markets, further disruption of global supply chains, increased risk of inflation, restricted cross-border payments and limited access to investments and/or assets in certain international markets and/or issuers. These developments and other related events could negatively impact Fund performance.
Shareholder concentration risk
At January 31, 2024, affiliated shareholders of record owned 80.4% of the outstanding shares of the Fund in one or more accounts. Fund shares sold to or redeemed by concentrated accounts may have a significant effect on the operations of the Fund. In the case of a large redemption, the Fund may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, including its liquid positions, which may result in Fund losses and the Fund holding a higher percentage of less liquid positions. Large redemptions could result in decreased economies of scale and increased operating expenses for non-redeeming Fund shareholders.
Note 10. Subsequent events
Management has evaluated the events and transactions that have occurred through the date the financial statements were issued. Other than as noted in Note 1 above, there were no items requiring adjustment of the financial statements or additional disclosure.
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
29
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)January 31, 2024 (Unaudited) Note 11. Information regarding pending and settled legal proceedings
Ameriprise Financial and certain of its affiliates are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of their activities as part of a diversified financial services firm. Ameriprise Financial believes that the Fund is not currently the subject of, and that neither Ameriprise Financial nor any of its affiliates are the subject of, any pending legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund. Ameriprise Financial is required to make quarterly (10-Q), annual (10-K) and, as necessary, 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on legal and regulatory matters that relate to Ameriprise Financial and its affiliates. Copies of these filings may be obtained by accessing the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
There can be no assurance that these matters, or the adverse publicity associated with them, will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sale of Fund shares or other adverse consequences to the Fund. Further, although we believe proceedings are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the ability of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates to perform under their contracts with the Fund, these proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, we are unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief that could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Ameriprise Financial or one or more of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
30
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund | Semiannual Report 2024
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
Columbia Disciplined Core Fund
P.O. Box 219104
Kansas City, MO 64121-9104
Please read and consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses for any fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the Fund, go to
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/. The Fund is distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA, and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.
columbiathreadneedleus.com/investor/
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for semiannual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for semiannual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for semiannual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
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. |
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. 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 directors.
Item 11. 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 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 13. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Code of ethics required to be disclosed under Item 2 of Form N-CSR: Not applicable for semiannual reports.
(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 Funds Series Trust II |
| |
By (Signature and Title) | /s/ Daniel J. Beckman |
| Daniel J. Beckman, President and Principal Executive Officer |
| |
Date | March 22, 2024 |
| |
| |
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/ Daniel J. Beckman |
| Daniel J. Beckman, President and Principal Executive Officer |
| |
Date | March 22, 2024 |
By (Signature and Title) | /s/ Michael G. Clarke |
| Michael G. Clarke, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, |
| Chief Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |
| |
Date | March 22, 2024 |