Below is the July 2010 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (
July 2010 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $4.60 $3.98 13.5% Distributions - - End of month value $4.95 $4.28 13.5% Performance for month 7.61% 7.54% Performance year-to-date -2.32% 2.33% For daily data visit the Fund's website at www.all-starfunds.com or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ----------------------------------- Total $ 904.0 Equities $ 892.1 Convertible Bonds $ 1.5 Percent Invested 98.9% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (27.5% of portfolio) ------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Apple, Inc. (1) 2.7% 11 Tyco Electronics Ltd.(11) 1.2% 2 JPMorgan Chase & Co.(3) 2.4% 12 Hewlett-Packard Co.(23) 1.1% 3 Dell, Inc.(4) 2.1% 13 C.H. Robinson 4 Bank of America Corp.(2) 1.9% Worldwide, Inc.(18) 1.1% 5 QUALCOMM, Inc.(5) 1.6% 14 State Street Corp.(17) 1.1% 6 Cisco Systems, Inc.(9) 1.3% 15 Wells Fargo & Co.(16) 1.1% 7 Arch Coal, Inc.(12) 1.3% 16 The Boeing Co.(14) 1.0% 8 The Western Union Co.(10) 1.2% 17 Google, Inc., Class A(19) 1.0% 9 PNC Financial Services 18 Microsoft Corp.(20) 1.0% Group, Inc.(8) 1.2% 19 Morgan Stanley(24) 1.0% 10 The Allstate Corp.(6) 1.2% 20 Amazon.com, Inc.(15) 1.0% Holdings are subject to change -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio) * New Holdings -------------------------------- ------------ Information Technology 24.4% VistaPrint Ltd. Financials 19.9% Energy 12.4% Health Care 10.9% Consumer Discretionary 10.6% Industrials 10.5% Consumer Staples 5.4% Materials 2.8% Utilities 2.5% Telecommunication Services 0.6% ------ 100.0% Holdings Liquidated - None * 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.
Contact Information: Contact Information: Liberty All-Star Equity Fund 1-800-241-1850 www.all-starfunds.com