Tri-Continental Corporation (TY) revised its prospectus and SAI disclosures on custody and portfolio valuation. State Street Bank and Trust Company serves as custodian, maintains accounting records under the Investment Manager’s general supervision, and determines the Fund’s NAV. The Board designated the Investment Manager as valuation designee; its valuation committee is authorized to make fair-value determinations and perform related supervisory functions under the Valuation Policy. The SAI glossary now identifies State Street as custodian and removes references to JPMorgan and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
TRI-CONTINENTAL Corp (TY) announced a third quarter ordinary income distribution on its common and preferred shares. The board declared a $0.2962 per share ordinary income distribution on Common Stock and $0.6250 per share on Preferred Stock.
Common Stock distributions will be paid on September 22, 2026 to stockholders of record on September 14, 2026. Preferred Stock dividends will be paid on October 1, 2026 to holders of record on September 14, 2026, which is also the ex-dividend date for both classes. The common distribution is stated to be in accordance with the company’s distribution policy, and the company notes it has paid dividends on its common stock for 82 consecutive years.
The company states that current distributions are estimated to be from its earnings and profits, with no portion treated as a return of capital. The disclosure also reiterates typical closed-end fund risks, including market risk, net asset value discounts, fixed-income risks, and the additional risk from the use of leverage.
Tri-Continental Corporation filed an 8-K to share a press release about its 96th Annual Meeting of Stockholders held in Minneapolis. Stockholders elected Nancy T. Lukitsh, Catherine James Paglia, Brian J. Gallagher, and Ryan C. Larrenaga as directors, each serving until the 2029 Annual Meeting and until successors are elected and qualify.
Stockholders also ratified the Board’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. The release reiterates that the Corporation is managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC and highlights standard investment risk disclosures.
TRI-CONTINENTAL Corp portfolio manager Jin Yan reported an open-market sale of 2,500 shares of Tri-Continental Corporation Common Stock at $34.87 per share. After this transaction, Yan directly holds 12,919 shares of the company’s common stock.
Tri-Continental Corporation is declaring second quarter 2026 distributions for its closed-end fund shares. Common stockholders will receive an ordinary income distribution of $0.2852 per share and a total capital gain distribution of $0.5442 per share, made up of $0.1032 short-term and $0.4410 long-term gains. Preferred stockholders will receive an ordinary income distribution of $0.6250 per share.
Distributions on common stock will be paid on June 25, 2026 to holders of record on June 16, 2026, while preferred dividends will be paid on July 1, 2026 to holders of record on June 16, 2026; the ex-dividend date for both classes is June 16, 2026. The capital gain distribution is a special distribution that will be paid in stock by default, though stockholders of record may elect varying combinations of stock and cash. The company notes these distributions are currently estimated to come from earnings and profits, with no return of capital, and highlights that it has paid dividends on its common stock for 82 consecutive years.
Tri-Continental Corporation is calling its 96th Annual Meeting of Stockholders for June 16, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis. Stockholders will vote to elect four directors to terms ending in 2029 and to ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026. The record date is April 21, 2026, when 752,740 preferred shares (two votes each) and 53,233,385.6570 common shares (one vote each) were outstanding. The Board, led by an independent chair, uses multiple committees for oversight and unanimously recommends voting FOR all director nominees and auditor ratification. Independent directors received an aggregate $63,377 in fees from the Corporation in 2025 and may defer compensation into Columbia funds under a deferred plan.
TRI-CONTINENTAL Corp filed an initial Form 3 for Vice President Wiley Christie M. This filing serves as the first statement of the officer’s beneficial ownership status in the company’s securities and does not report any purchases, sales, or other transactions.
Tri-Continental Corporation is informing investors about its upcoming 96th Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The meeting will be held on June 16, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Board set April 21, 2026 as the record date to determine which stockholders are entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the meeting. Stockholders will be asked to elect four directors—Brian J. Gallagher, Ryan C. Larrenaga, Nancy T. Lukitsh, and Catherine James Paglia—to serve until the 2029 annual meeting, and to vote on ratifying the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. Additional details, including how to access the meeting, will be provided in a notice and proxy statement that the company plans to file with the SEC.
TY filed an N-CEN annual report providing its registrant template responses for a fund's annual reporting requirements. The filing lists aggregate brokerage commissions of 255,644.07 and itemized broker commissions and principal transaction values for multiple counterparties, with principal trades showing values such as 117,015,024.49, 100,518,202.88, and other line items.
The report is presented as the standard N-CEN form with many fields left as template placeholders (registrant name, CIK, addresses, directors, and several itemized disclosures). Where numeric detail is provided, it is limited to brokerage commissions and principal transaction totals; other items remain blank in the provided excerpt.
Tri-Continental Corporation filed its certified annual stockholder report for the period ended December 31, 2025, reporting net assets of $1,982,803,354 and a closing market price of $32.66 versus an NAV of $36.35 on December 31, 2025. The Fund lists asset mix as 67.8% common stocks, 18.7% corporate bonds & notes, 6.6% convertible bonds and 5.3% convertible preferred stocks.
The report discloses 1‑year market price return of 16.14 and NAV return of 15.45, top equity holdings including NVIDIA, Alphabet, Apple, and leverage via 752,740 preferred shares with a $2.50 annual dividend. Portfolio concentration, derivatives use, and extensive principal risk disclosures are included.