BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Oct 20, 2011) - Below is the September 2011 Monthly Update for
the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (
September 2011 Monthly Update
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $5.12 $4.63 9.6%
Distributions - -
End of Month Value $4.58 $4.10 10.5%
Performance for month -10.55% -11.45%
Performance year-to-date -15.75% -12.30%
For daily data visit the Fund's website at www.all-starfunds.com or call 1-
800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol
XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results.
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Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
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Total $836.3
Equities $828.0
Convertible Corporate Bond $0.1
Percent Invested 99.0%
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (29.8% of equity portfolio)
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(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 3.4% 11 Amazon.com, Inc. (16) 1.2%
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) 2.1% 12 BP PLC (15) 1.2%
3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) 2.0% 13 PNC Financial Services
4 Cisco Systems, Inc. (5) 1.9% Group, Inc. (14) 1.2%
5 Wells Fargo & Co. (4) 1.9% 14 Staples, Inc. (13) 1.2%
6 ACE Ltd. (6) 1.8% 15 Baidu, Inc. (9) 1.1%
7 Dell, Inc. (8) 1.6% 16 The Western Union Co. (18) 1.1%
8 Google, Inc., Class A (7) 1.6% 17 American Tower Corp.,
9 The Allstate Corp. (11) 1.2% Class A (23) 1.1%
10 Visa, Inc., Class A (12) 1.2% 18 Microsoft Corp. (20) 1.0%
19 Rockwell Automation, Inc. (26) 1.0%
20 Cerner Corp. (27) 1.0%
Holdings are subject to change
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Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio)* New Holdings
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Information Technology 25.6% Express Scripts, Inc.
Financials 18.6% Hess Corp.
Energy 13.3% Intel Corp.
Consumer Discretionary 11.2%
Health Care 9.0% Holdings Liquidated
Industrials 8.3% -------------------
Consumer Staples 6.2% Aflac, Inc.
Materials 3.7% Celgene Corp.
Utilities 2.6% Goodrich Corp.
Telecommunication Services 1.5% Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
International Business Machines Corp.
------ MGIC Investment Corp.
100.0% Pentair, Inc.
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*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification
Standard (GICS).
The Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. 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