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Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund November 2009 Monthly Update

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  Published in Business and Finance on Friday, December 11th 2009 at 11:57 GMT by Market Wire
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BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - December 11, 2009) - Below is the November 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: [ USA ])

 November 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $4.91 $4.05 17.5% Distributions - - End of month value $5.15 $4.17 19.0% Performance for month 4.89% 2.96% Performance year-to-date 29.45% 27.84% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $940.0 Equities $922.2 Preferred Stocks $0.7 Percent Invested 98.2% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (29.6% of portfolio) ------------------------------------------------ (Rank from previous month) 1 Microsoft Corp. (1) 2.2% 11 Amazon.com, Inc. (12) 1.3% 2 Google, Inc., Class A (3) 2.2% 12 The Allstate Corp. (11) 1.2% 3 Bank of America Corp. (4) 2.1% 13 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (15) 1.2% 4 Dell, Inc. (2) 2.1% 14 Magna International, Inc., Class A (19) 1.1% 5 Apple, Inc. (6) 2.0% 15 Arch Coal, Inc. (13) 1.1% 6 Visa, Inc., Class A (5) 1.9% 16 Forest Oil Corp. (14) 1.1% 7 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (8) 1.6% 17 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (25) 1.1% 8 eBay, Inc. (10) 1.4% 18 The Boeing Co. (18) 1.1% 9 Chesapeake Energy Corp. (7) 1.4% 19 QUALCOMM, Inc. (20) 1.1% 10 Walgreen Co. (9) 1.3% 20 Morgan Stanley (16) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio) * New Holdings -------------------------------- ------------ Information Technology 26.0% America Movil SAB de C.V. Financials 18.6% Express Scripts, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 13.4% St. Jude Medical, Inc. Health Care 11.5% Energy 11.4% Holdings Liquidated Industrials 7.6% ------------------- Consumer Staples 5.9% AmerisourceBergen Corp. Materials 2.8% Cephalon, Inc. Utilities 2.4% Cytec Industries, Inc. Telecommunication Fiserv, Inc. Services 0.4% General Electric Co. ------ Joy Global, Inc. 100.0% * 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.