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

^{Published on 2009-10-09 06:58:24 - Market Wire}
 

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

 September 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- --- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $4.87 $3.87 20.5% Distributions - - End of month value $5.10 $4.23 17.1% Performance for month 4.7% 9.3% Performance year-to-date 28.2% 29.7% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) Total $930.9 Equities $910.4 Preferred Stocks $0.7 Percent Invested 97.9% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (27.8% of portfolio) (Rank from previous month) 1 Bank of America Corp.(2) 2.3% 11 Arch Coal, Inc.(16) 1.2% 2 Dell, Inc.(1) 2.3% 12 Forest Oil Corp.(14) 1.2% 3 Microsoft Corp.(3) 2.1% 13 RRI Energy, Inc.(13) 1.2% 4 Chesapeake Energy Corp.(5) 1.6% 14 Corning, Inc.(12) 1.1% 5 Visa, Inc., Class A(6) 1.6% 15 The Boeing Co.(17) 1.1% 6 eBay, Inc.(24) 1.4% 16 J.C. Penney 7 PNC Financial Services Co., Inc.(18) 1.1% Group, Inc.(23) 1.4% 17 Apple, Inc.(20) 1.1% 8 The Allstate Corp.(8) 1.3% 18 Magna International, 9 Research In Motion Ltd.(10) 1.3% Inc., Class A (11) 1.1% 10 JPMorgan Chase & Co.(9) 1.2% 19 QUALCOMM, Inc.(4) 1.1% 20 Google, Inc., Class A(19) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio) * New Holdings ------------------------------ Information Technology 26.2% Accenture PLC, Class A Financials 17.0% Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. Consumer Discretionary 13.2% CareFusion Corp. Energy 12.8% Danaher Corp. Health Care 11.5% The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Industrials 8.8% Exxon Mobil Corp. Consumer Staples 4.9% Hewlett-Packard Co. Materials 2.9% Massey Energy Co. Utilities 2.4% Smithfield Foods, Inc. Telecommunication Services 0.3% UnitedHealth Group, Inc. ------ Vodafone Group PLC 100.0% Holdings Liquidated ------------------------------ CME Group, Inc. Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. * 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.