TRI-CONTINENTALCORPORATION (NYSE:TY) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Registrant is furnishing as Exhibit 99.1 the attached Press Release dated March 10, 2017 for Tri-Continental Corporation.

SECTION 9 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 — Press Release dated March 10, 2017 for Tri-Continental Corporation.

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About TRI-CONTINENTAL CORPORATION (NYSE:TY)

Tri-Continental Corporation (the Fund) is a United States-based diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s objective is to produce future growth of both capital and income while providing reasonable current incomes. The Fund’s permissible investments include preferred and common stocks, convertible securities, including convertible preferred stocks and convertible bonds, debt securities, repurchase agreements, derivatives, including options, futures contracts and equity-linked notes, illiquid securities and securities of foreign issuers, including emerging markets issuers. The Fund invests in various sectors, which include consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities. The Fund’s manager is Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.

TRI-CONTINENTAL CORPORATION (NYSE:TY) Recent Trading Information

TRI-CONTINENTAL CORPORATION (NYSE:TY) closed its last trading session up +0.10 at 23.26 with 78,707 shares trading hands.