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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-005692
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210301
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210305
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210305

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Tannuzzo Gene R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001849197

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-00266
		FILM NUMBER:		21716738

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN ST.
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110

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:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		612-671-4321

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRI CONTINENTAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tri-Continental</FONT> Corporation, and any other <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> investment company for which Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC now or hereafter serves as investment adviser, the undersigned hereby appoints Paul B. Goucher, Christopher O. Petersen, Joseph L.
D&#146;Alessandro, Ryan C. Larrenaga or Megan E. Garcy <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for in name and stead, to sign and
file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership, and Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities (respectively) promulgated under Section&nbsp;16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), or further amendments thereto, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) pertaining thereto, including, but not limited to, such
applications as may be necessary to file electronically with the SEC, with full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done on the premises. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated the 25 day of February, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Gene R. Tannuzzo</P></TD></TR>
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