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ALPS Advisors, Inc.: Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund February 2009 Monthly Update

^{Published on 2009-03-09 11:38:34, Last Modified on 2009-03-09 11:39:22 - Market Wire}
 

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - March 9, 2009) - Below is the February 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: [ USA ])

 February 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ------- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.78 $3.12 17.5% Distributions - - End of month value $3.39 $2.60 23.3% Performance for month (10.3%) (16.7%) Performance year-to-date (17.3%) (22.9%) For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $606.2 Equities $613.9 Preferred Stocks & Convertible Bonds $0.9 Percent Invested 101.4% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (27.2% of portfolio) ------------------------------------------------ (Rank from previous month) 1 Gilead Sciences, Inc.(1) 2.2% 11 QUALCOMM, Inc.(17) 1.2% 2 Dell, Inc.(5) 1.9% 12 Genentech, Inc.(13) 1.2% 3 Annaly Capital 13 JPMorgan Chase & Co.(12) 1.2% Management, Inc.(2) 1.8% 14 International Business 4 Genzyme Corp. (3) 1.7% Machines Corp.(28) 1.2% 5 Visa, Inc., Class A(15) 1.6% 15 Magna International, 6 Chesapeake Energy Corp.(7) 1.5% Inc., Class A(18) 1.1% 7 Teva Pharmaceutical 16 Monsanto Co.(24) 1.1% Industries Ltd.(16) 1.3% 17 J.C. Penney 8 Google, Inc., Class A(10) 1.3% Co., Inc.(23) 1.1% 9 Microsoft Corp.(8) 1.3% 18 Arch Coal, Inc.(19) 1.1% 10 Amazon.com, Inc.(21) 1.2% 19 Morgan Stanley(22) 1.1% 20 CA, Inc.(14) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio) * New Holdings -------------------------------- ------------ Information Technology 24.8% Apache Corp. Health Care 18.8% Becton, Dickinson and Co. Consumer Discretionary 15.2% Continental Airlines, Inc. Financials 14.6% (Convertible) Energy 9.9% Corning, Inc. Industrials 6.4% Deere & Co. Consumer Staples 5.3% EMC Corp. Materials 2.8% Forest Oil Corp. Utilities 2.2% The Hartford Financial Services ----- Group, Inc. 100.0% Mastercard, Inc., Class A Oracle Corp. Quest Diagnostics, Inc. St. Jude Medical, Inc. The Walt Disney Co. Holdings Liquidated ------------------- 3M Co. Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Class A General Electric Co. Huntington Bancshares, Inc. Lowe's Cos., Inc. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Time Warner, Inc. Unum Group Visteon Corp. * Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is a closed-end fund and does not continuously offer shares.