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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100603
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20100603

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000099614
		IRS NUMBER:				135441850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-104669
		FILM NUMBER:		10874529

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50606 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		STREET 2:		H27/5228
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474
		BUSINESS PHONE:		612-671-4321

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50606 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		STREET 2:		H27/5228
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRI CONTINENTAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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                      PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT -- JUNE 3, 2010

FUND (PROSPECTUS EFFECTIVE DATE)                                 MATERIAL NUMBER
Tri-Continental Corporation (May 1, 2010)                           SL-9912-99 A

Effective July 3, 2010, the following changes are hereby made to the Fund's
prospectus:

The description of the portfolio managers responsible for the Fund's day-to-day
portfolio management, as described under the caption "Portfolio Managers" in the
Management of the Corporation section is superseded and replaced with the
following:

Portfolio Manager. The portfolio manager responsible for the Corporation's
day-to-day management is:

Brian M. Condon, Portfolio Manager

- -    Managed the Fund since May 2010.

- -    Joined the investment manager in May 2010 when it acquired the long-term
     asset management business of Columbia Management Group, where he worked as
     an investment professional since 1999.

- -    Began investment career in 1993.

- -    BA from Bryant College and MS in finance from Bentley College.

The rest of the section remains unchanged.

                                                              SL-9912-5 A (6/10)

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