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

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, July 9th 2009 at 13:49 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-07-09 13:50:02 by Market Wire}  

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - July 9, 2009) -

Below is the June 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: [ USA ])

 June 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- --- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $4.40 $3.46 21.4% Distributions - - End of month value $4.36 $3.46 20.6% Performance for month (0.9%) 0.0% Performance year-to-date 8.0% 4.4% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ----------------------------------- Total $796.4 Equities $780.0 Preferred Stocks $3.1 Percent Invested 98.3% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (28.2% of portfolio) ------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Dell, Inc. (1) 2.6% 11 The Allstate Corp. (9) 1.3% 2 QUALCOMM, Inc. (2) 2.0% 12 Microsoft Corp. (8) 1.2% 3 Bank of America 13 Walgreen Co. (12) 1.2% Corp. (3) 2.0% 14 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (10) 1.2% 4 Cisco Systems, Inc. (6) 1.6% 15 J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (26) 1.1% 5 Chesapeake Energy 16 Morgan Stanley (14) 1.1% Corp. (5) 1.5% 17 The Walt Disney Co. (17) 1.1% 6 Visa, Inc., Class A (7) 1.5% 18 Research In Motion 7 Magna International, Ltd. (23) 1.1% Inc., Class A (22) 1.4% 19 Google, Inc., Class A (13) 1.1% 8 Annaly Capital 20 Schlumberger Ltd. (20) 1.1% Management, Inc. (11) 1.4% 9 Apple, Inc. (4) 1.4% 10 Corning, Inc. (16) 1.3% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio) * New Holdings ----------------------------------- ------------ Information Technology 27.3% Fluor Corp. Financials 15.9% Rockwell Automation, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 14.7% Energy 12.5% Health Care 11.7% Holdings Liquidated Industrials 7.1% ------------------- Consumer Staples 5.7% AutoZone, Inc. Materials 2.7% iShares Russell 1000 Value Utilities 2.4% Index Fund ---------- SYSCO Corp. 100.0% VeriSign, Inc. * 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.