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Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund April 2010 Monthly Update

^{Published on 2010-05-13 06:20:46 - Market Wire}
 

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2010) - Below is the April 2010 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: [ USA ])

 April 2010 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $5.44 $4.74 12.9% Distributions - - End of month value $5.54 $4.91 11.4% Performance for month 1.84% 3.59% Performance year-to-date 7.58% 15.29% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $1,012.7 Equities $988.3 Percent Invested 97.6% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (29.0% of portfolio) ------------------------------------------------ (Rank from previous month) 1 Apple, Inc.(2) 2.7% 11 The Allstate Corp. (9) 1.3% 2 Bank of America Corp.(1) 2.6% 12 Chesapeake Energy Corp.(11) 1.2% 3 Dell, Inc. (3) 2.2% 13 Hewlett-Packard Co. (12) 1.2% 4 QUALCOMM, Inc. (4) 1.8% 14 Monsanto Co. (10) 1.1% 5 PNC Financial Services 15 Magna International, Group, Inc. (5) 1.7% Inc., Class A (15) 1.1% 6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (16) 1.6% 16 Wells Fargo & Co. (20) 1.1% 7 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (6) 1.3% 17 Microsoft Corp. (13) 1.1% 8 Arch Coal, Inc. (17) 1.3% 18 Amazon.com, Inc. (19) 1.1% 9 The Western Union Co.(8) 1.3% 19 The Boeing Co. (14) 1.0% 10 Tyco Electronics Ltd.(18) 1.3% 20 State Street Corp. (24) 1.0% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio) * New Holdings -------------------------------- ------------ Information Technology 22.5% Broadcom Corp., Class A Financials 21.4% Diageo Plc Energy 12.5% Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 12.0% Fortune Brands, Inc. Health Care 10.4% Goodrich Corp. Industrials 10.0% Lowe's Cos., Inc. Consumer Staples 5.5% UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Utilities 3.2% Materials 2.2% Holdings Liquidated Telecommunication Services 0.3% ------------------- ----- Alliant Techsystems, Inc. 100.0% Boston Scientific Corp. Pulte Group, Inc. Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A United States Steel Corp. Yahoo!, 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.