<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-14-011162.txt : 20140305
<SEC-HEADER>0001140361-14-011162.hdr.sgml : 20140305
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140305143959
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-14-011162
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140305
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140305

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000099614
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				135441850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			White Todd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001567363

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-00266
		FILM NUMBER:		14668715

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50606 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 5
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>1</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000099614</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001567363</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>White Todd</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>10230 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55474</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>Managing Dir of Issuer's IA</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Tri-Continental Corporation (TY)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>3</transactionFormType>
            </transactionCoding>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>19000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>A late Form 3 was filed for Mr. White on January 18, 2013 (the Form 3 Filing Date), which, as a technical matter, should have been filed on Form 5. This Form 5 serves to replace, as a technical matter, that Form 3 filing, with the date of the event requiring the Form 3 filing being May 1, 2010 (the Event Date). As of the date of this filing, Mr. White owned 19,000 shares of the issuer's common stock, the purchases of which were disclosed in 2013 on two timely filed Form 4's. Mr. White did not own issuer securities during the period from the Event Date through the Form 3 Filing Date.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph D'Alessandro, Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-03-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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