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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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| o | Preliminary Proxy Statement | |
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| ý | Definitive Proxy Statement | |
| o | Definitive Additional Materials | |
| o | Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12 | |
Columbia Technology Fund | ||
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COLUMBIA FUNDS MANAGEMENT COMPANY
1300 S.W. Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97201
July 5, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Transmitted herewith for filing pursuant to Rule 14a-6 (h) through the EDGAR system are revised proxy materials, including the Proxy ballot, for use in connection with the Special meetings of shareholders to be held by the following Columbia Funds:
| | File Nos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia Balanced Fund, Inc. | 33-41401/811-6338 | |
| Columbia Common Stock Fund, Inc. | 33-41400/811-6341 | |
| Columbia Daily Income Company | 2-51727/811-2507 | |
| Columbia Fixed Income Securities Fund, Inc. | 2-79750/811-3581 | |
| Columbia Growth Fund, Inc. | 2-25785/811-1449 | |
| Columbia High Yield Fund, Inc. | 33-65478/811-7834 | |
| Columbia International Stock Fund, Inc. | 33-48994/811-7024 | |
| Columbia Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. | 2-89785/811-3983 | |
| Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, Inc. | 33-73540/811-8256 | |
| Columbia Special Fund, Inc. | 2-99207/811-4362 | |
| Columbia Small Cap Fund, Inc. | 333-5863/811-7671 | |
| Columbia Short Term Bond Fund, Inc. | 33-8843/811-4842 | |
| Columbia Strategic Value Fund, Inc. | 333-47058/811-10161 | |
| Columbia Technology Fund, Inc. | 333-47048/811-10159 | |
| Columbia National Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. | 33-65474/811-7832 |
This material was mailed to their shareholders on or about July 3, 2002. If you have any questions or comments regarding this filing, please contact me at (503) 795-6397.
Sincerely, | ||
MARK A. WENTZIEN | ||
Mark A. Wentzien Vice President—Legal |
| THIS IS YOUR BALLOT |  | YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
| COLUMBIA FUNDS | ||
| Vote your Proxy on thePHONE, byFACSIMILE or theINTERNET. | ||
It saves Money! Telephone and Internet voting saves postage costs. Savings which can help minimize fund expenses. | ||
It saves Time! Telephone and Internet voting is instantaneous—24 hours a day. | ||
It's Easy! Just follow these simple steps: | ||
1. Read your proxy statement and have it at hand. | ||
2. Call toll-free 1-800-597-7836 or go to website:https://vote.proxy-direct.com | ||
3. Enter your 14 digitControl Number from this Proxy Card. | ||
4. Follow the recorded or on-screen directions. | ||
5. Donot mail your Proxy Card when you vote by phone, facsimile or Internet. | ||
Questions? Call Columbia Funds 1-800-547-1707 |
If you have multiple accounts with the same registration (name, address and SSN), they may be consolidated on one ballot. Below are the funds you own in the account(s) represented on this ballot.
| FUND | FUND | FUND | ||||
| Common Stock | Growth | International Stock | ||||
| Special | Small Cap | Real Estate Equity | ||||
| Balanced | Daily Income Company | Short Term Bond | ||||
| Fixed Income Securities | Oregon Muni Bond | High Yield | ||||
| National Muni Bond | Technology | Strategic Value Fund |
| THIS IS YOUR BALLOT | | YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
| COLUMBIA FUNDS | ||
Joint Proxy for the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held July 31, 2002
Please use this ballot to vote on the proposed changes to the Funds, as described in the enclosed proxy statement. In signing below, you appoint either Jeff B. Curtis or Mark A. Wentzien as proxies, with power of substitution, to represent and to vote, at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds, on July 31, 2002 at 10:00 a.m., and at any adjournments thereof, all shares you own of each of the Funds, which you would be entitled to vote if you were represented in person. If you have questions, please call us toll-free at 1-800-547-1707.
This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder(s). If no direction is made, when you return this proxy, it will be voted "FOR" the proposals.
| Vote via the internet: Vote via the telephone: Vote via the facsimile: | https://vote.proxy-direct.com 1-800-597-7836 1-888-796-9932 | |||
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| Note: Please sign exactly as your name appears on this proxy card. If you are a joint owner, please ensure that each owner signs this ballot. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee, guardian, or as custodian for a minor, please give your full title as such. If you are signing for a corporation, please sign the full corporate name and indicate the signer's office. If the shareholder is a partner, please sign in the partnership's name. | ||||
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This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Boards of Directors of the Funds. The Funds' Boards of Directors recommend that you vote IN FAVOR of each Proposal.
PLEASE MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE: ý
1. | Election of Directors: To elect five directors to each of the Funds: | |||||||||||||||||
| 01. 04. | J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr. Richard L. Woolworth | 02. 05. | James C. George Charles R. Nelson | 03. | Patrick J. Simpson | FOR ALL o | WITHHOLD ALL o | EXCEPT FOR o | ||||||||||
To withhold authority to vote for any nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the nominee number(s) on the line provided.
o | To voteFOR all Proposals below for each Fund, mark this box. (No other vote is necessary.) | |
| o | To voteAGAINST all Proposals below for each Fund, mark this box. (No other vote is necessary.) | |
| o | ToABSTAIN with respect to all Proposals below for each Fund, mark this box. (No other vote is necessary.) |
| 2. | Restatement of Articles of Incorporation. To approve a restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of each fund, including an amendment allowing the issuance of multiple classes of shares. |
| o to vote all Funds FOR; | o to vote all Funds AGAINST; | o to ABSTAIN votes for all Funds; | or vote separately by Fund below. |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | o | o | o | Growth | o | o | o | International Stock | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Special | o | o | o | Small Cap | o | o | o | Real Estate Equity | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Balanced | o | o | o | Daily Income Company | o | o | o | Short Term Bond | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Fixed Income Securities | o | o | o | Oregon Muni Bond | o | o | o | High Yield | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| National Muni Bond | o | o | o | Technology | o | o | o | Strategic Value | o | o | o |
| 3a. | To modify the investment restriction regarding securities lending. |
| o to vote all Funds FOR; | o to vote all Funds AGAINST; | o to ABSTAIN votes for all Funds; | or vote separately by Fund below. |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | o | o | o | Growth | o | o | o | International Stock | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Special | o | o | o | Small Cap | o | o | o | Real Estate Equity | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Balanced | o | o | o | Daily Income Company | o | o | o | Short Term Bond | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Fixed Income Securities | o | o | o | Oregon Muni Bond | o | o | o | High Yield | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| National Muni Bond | o | o | o | Technology | o | o | o | Strategic Value | o | o | o |
| 3b. | To modify and reclassify the investment restriction regarding investments in restricted and illiquid securities. |
| o to vote all Funds FOR; | o to vote all Funds AGAINST; | o to ABSTAIN votes for all Funds; | or vote separately by Fund below. |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | o | o | o | Growth | o | o | o | International Stock | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Special | o | o | o | Small Cap | o | o | o | Real Estate Equity | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Balanced | o | o | o | Daily Income Company | o | o | o | Short Term Bond | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Fixed Income Securities | o | o | o | High Yield | o | o | o | Technology | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Strategic Value | o | o | o |
| 3c. | To eliminate the investment restriction regarding the purchase of securities of other investment companies. |
| o to vote all Funds FOR; | o to vote all Funds AGAINST; | o to ABSTAIN votes for all Funds; | or vote separately by Fund below. |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | o | o | o | Growth | o | o | o | International Stock | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Special | o | o | o | Small Cap | o | o | o | Real Estate Equity | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Balanced | o | o | o | Daily Income Company | o | o | o | Short Term Bond | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Fixed Income Securities | o | o | o | Oregon Muni Bond | o | o | o | High Yield | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| National Muni Bond | o | o | o | Technology | o | o | o | Strategic Value | o | o | o |
| 3d. | To reclassify certain fundamental investment restrictions as non-fundamental. |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
| Daily Income Company | o | o | o |
| 3e. | To eliminate the investment restriction on investing more than 5% of a Fund's assets in securities of any one issuer. |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
| Growth | o | o | o |
| 4. | Independent Accountants. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent accountants for each of the Funds. |
| o to vote all Funds FOR; | o to vote all Funds AGAINST; | o to ABSTAIN votes for all Funds; | or vote separately by Fund below. |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | o | o | o | Growth | o | o | o | International Stock | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Special | o | o | o | Small Cap | o | o | o | Real Estate Equity | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Balanced | o | o | o | Daily Income Company | o | o | o | Short Term Bond | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| Fixed Income Securities | o | o | o | Oregon Muni Bond | o | o | o | High Yield | o | o | o | |||||||||||
| National Muni Bond | o | o | o | Technology | o | o | o | Strategic Value | o | o | o |
Joint Proxy for the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held July 31, 2002