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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-08-006405.txt : 20080201
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-08-006405
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	PRE 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080423
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080201
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080201

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000799195
		IRS NUMBER:				042935840
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		PRE 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04809
		FILM NUMBER:		08566723

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 328
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80201-0328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303.623.2577

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 328
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80201-0328
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<TYPE>PRE 14A
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  Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of<br>
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed by the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">x</font></p>
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  Registrant</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font></p>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></p>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidential, for
  Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></b></p>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Soliciting Material Pursuant to
  &#167;240.14a-12</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIBERTY
  ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name
  of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS
  FUND SERVICES, INC.<br>
  Attn:&nbsp; Tane Tyler<br>
  1290 Broadway, Suite 1100<br>
  Denver, Colorado 80203</font></p>
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  of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the
  appropriate box):</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font></p>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No fee required.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee computed on table below per
  Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title of each class of securities to
  which transaction applies:</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aggregate number of securities to
  which transaction applies:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Per unit price or other underlying
  value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth
  the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
  determined):</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposed maximum aggregate value of
  transaction:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total fee paid:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check box if any part of the fee is
  offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing
  for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous
  filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date
  of its filing.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form, Schedule or Registration
  Statement No.:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND (&#147;Equity
Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND,
INC. (&#147;Growth Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(collectively, the &#147;Funds&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Denver, Colorado 80203<br>
(303) 623-2577</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS OF
SHAREHOLDERS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">April&nbsp;23, 2008</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To
the Shareholders of the Funds:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2008 Annual Meetings of Shareholders of the Funds will
be held at <b>99 High Street, Suite&nbsp;303, Boston,
Massachusetts,</b> on April&nbsp;23, 2008 at 9:00&nbsp;a.m. Boston time
(Equity Fund) and 10:00&nbsp;a.m. Boston time (Growth Fund). The purpose of the
Meetings is to consider and act upon the following matters:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To elect two Trustees of the Equity Fund;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To elect two Directors of the Growth Fund;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To approve a Portfolio Management Agreement
for the Growth Fund; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To transact such other business as may
properly come before the Meetings or any adjournments thereof.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Boards of Trustees/Directors have fixed the close of business on February&nbsp;15,
2008 as the record date for the determination of the shareholders of the Funds
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meetings and any adjournments
thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES/DIRECTORS
RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR ALL THE </font></b><b>PROPOSALS.</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By
order of the Board of Trustees of the Equity Fund and the Board of Directors of
the Growth Fund</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Tan&#233; T. Tyler</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary
of the Funds</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT - PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY PROMPTLY.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">You are cordially invited to attend the Meetings. We urge
you, whether or not you expect to attend the <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Meetings
in person, to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy, date and
sign it, and return it in the envelope provided, which needs no postage if
mailed in the United States. We ask your cooperation </font>in mailing your
proxy promptly.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;29,
2008</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND (&#147;Equity
Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND,
INC. (&#147;Growth Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(collectively, the &#147;Funds&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY STATEMENT<br>
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APRIL 23, 2008</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies on
behalf of the Boards of Trustees/Directors of the Funds to be used at the
Annual Meetings of Shareholders of the Funds to be held at <b>99 High
Street, Suite&nbsp;303, Boston, Massachusetts,</b> at 9:00&nbsp;a.m.
Boston time (Equity Fund) and 10:00&nbsp;a.m. Boston time (Growth Fund) and at
any adjournments thereof (such meetings and any adjournments being referred to
as the &#147;Meeting&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
solicitation of proxies for use at the Meeting is being made primarily by the
Funds by the mailing on or about February&nbsp;29, 2008 of the Notice of Annual
Meetings of Shareholders, this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy.
Supplementary solicitations may be made by mail, telephone or personal
interview by officers and Trustees/Directors of the Funds and officers,
employees and agents of the Funds&#146; investment adviser, ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc.
(&#147;AAI&#148; or the &#147;Fund Manager&#148;), and/or its affiliates. Authorization to execute
proxies may be obtained from shareholders through instructions transmitted by
telephone, facsimile or other electronic means. The expenses in connection with
preparing this Proxy Statement and of the solicitation of proxies for the
Meeting will be paid by the Funds. The Funds will reimburse brokerage firms and
others for their expenses in forwarding solicitation material to the beneficial
owners of shares.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Meeting is being held to vote on the matters
described below:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROPOSAL 1 and 2. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES <font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">OR DIRECTORS</font></font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Introduction</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Boards that oversee each Fund provide broad
supervision over the affairs of each Fund. AAI is</font> responsible for the investment management of
each Fund&#146;s assets and AAI&#146;s affiliate, ALPS Fund Services,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;AFS&#148;)
provides a variety of other administrative services to each Fund. The officers
of each Fund are responsible for its operations.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
Fund&#146;s Board of Trustees/Directors is divided into three classes, each of which
serves for three years. The term of office of one of the classes expires at the
final adjournment of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (or special meeting in
lieu thereof) each year or such later date as his successor shall have been
elected and shall have qualified.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shares
of the Funds represented by duly executed proxies will be voted as instructed
on the proxy. If no instructions are given when the enclosed proxy is executed
and returned, the enclosed proxy will be voted for the election of the
following persons to hold office until final adjournment of the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders of the applicable Fund for the year set forth below (or special
meeting in lieu thereof):</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Equity
Fund</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nominee</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tenure</font></b></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas
  W. Brock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee
  since 2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">End
  of Tenure 2011</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George
  R. Gaspari</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee
  since 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">End
  of Tenure 2011</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Growth
Fund</font></b></p>

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  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nominee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tenure</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="21%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  A. Benning</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director
  since 2002</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">End
  of Tenure 2011</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="21%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  C. Rantzow</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director
  since 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">End
  of Tenure 2011</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.2pt;">If elected, each of the above-named Trustees and Directors
has consented to serve as Trustee or Director following the Meeting and each is
expected to be able to do so. If any of them are unable or unwilling to do so
at the time of the Meeting, proxies will be voted for such substitute as the
applicable Board may recommend (unless authority to vote for the election of
Trustees or Directors, as the case may be, has been withheld).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.2pt;">Trustees/Directors and Officers</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.2pt;">The table below sets forth the names, addresses and age of
the Trustees/Directors and principal officers of the Funds, the year each was
first elected or appointed to office, their term of office (which will end on
the final adjournment of the annual meeting (or special meeting in lieu
thereof) held in the year set forth in the table), their principal business
occupations during at least the last five years, the number of portfolios
overseen by each Trustee/Director in the Fund Complex and their other
directorships of public companies.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NAME (AGE) <br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AND ADDRESS*</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.56%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POSITION WITH<br>
  EQUITY FUND,<br>
  TERM OF OFFICE<br>
  AND LENGTH OF<br>
  SERVICE</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POSITION WITH <br>
  GROWTH FUND,<br> &nbsp;TERM OF OFFICE<br> &nbsp;AND LENGTH OF <br>
  SERVICE</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PRINCIPAL<br>
  OCCUPATION(S)<br> &nbsp;DURING PAST <br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FIVE YEARS</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NUMBER OF<br>
  PORTFOLIOS IN<br> &nbsp;FUND<br>
  COMPLEX OVERSEEN<br> &nbsp;</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BY
  DIRECTOR**</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  A. Benning<br>
  (Age 73)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Truste<br>
  Since 2002,</font><br>
  Term expires 2009</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 2002; Term expires 2008</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retired since December, 1999; Senior Vice President, General Counsel
  and Secretary, Liberty Financial Companies Inc. (July, 1985 to December,
  1999);</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas
  W. Brock<br>
  (Age 60)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee</font><br>
  </font>Since 2005,</p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 2005; Term</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer, Stone</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Columbia Management</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Term expires 2008</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Expires 2009</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harbor
  Investment Partners LP (since April&nbsp;2006); Adjunct Professor, Columbia
  University Graduate School of Business (since 1998)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Multi-</font>Strategy
  Fund LLC; Manager, BACAP Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund LLC</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George R. Gaspari<br>
  (Age 67)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee<br>
  </font><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2006, Term<br>
  Expires 2008</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 2006,<br>
  Term Expires<br>
  2007</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Financial
  Services Consultant (since 1996)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee and Chairman, The Select Sector SPDR Trust (since
  1999)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard W. Lowry<br>
  (Age 71)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee
  Since<br>
  1986<br>
  </font><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Term expires 2007<br>
  Chairman</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Director Since<br>
  1994; Term<br>
  Expires 2007<br>
  Chairman</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Private
  Investor since August&nbsp;1987</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee, Columbia Fund Complex (81 portfolios)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  J. Neuhauser<br>
  (Age 64)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee</font><br>
  </font>Since 1998,<br> Term Expires 2007</p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 1998; Term<br>
  Expires 2009</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">University Professor since December 2005, Boston College (formerly
  Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculties, from August&nbsp;1999 to
  December&nbsp;2005, Boston College)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee, Columbia Fund Complex (81 portfolios)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard C. Rantzow<br>
  (Age 69)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee</font><br>
  </font>Since 2006,<br> Term expires 2007</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font><br>
  </font>Since 2006,<br> Term expires 2008</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman
  of the Board of First Funds (from 1992 to July&nbsp;2006)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee, Clough Global Allocation Fund (since 2004), Clough Global
  Equity Fund (since 2005) and Clough Global Opportunities Fund (since 2006)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edmund J. Burke (Age
  46)***</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee<br>
  Since 2006,<br>
  </font><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Term expires 2009</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 2006,<br>
  Term expires 2009</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">President
  and a Director of: ALPS Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. (since 2005), ALPS Advisers
  (since 2001), ALPS Distributors,&nbsp;Inc. (since 2000) and ALPS Fund
  Services,&nbsp;Inc., (since 2000); President and a Director of ALPS Financial
  Services,&nbsp;Inc. (1991-2005)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">President,
  Financial Investors Trust (since 2001); President, Reaves Utility Income Fund
  (since 2004); President, Financial Investors Variable Insurance Trust;
  Trustee and President, Clough Global Allocation Fund (Trustee since 2006,
  President since 2004); Trustee and President, Clough Global Equity Fund
  (Trustee since 2006, President since 2005); Trustee </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and President Clough Global Opportunities Fund (since 2006)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="center" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left"></div>

<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">*The address for all Trustees/Directors
is:&#160; c/o ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc., 1290
Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100; Denver, CO&#160;
80203</font></i></p>

<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">**As of December&nbsp;31, 2007, the Fund
Complex of ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc., consisted of eight funds.</font></i></p>

<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">***Mr.&nbsp;Burke is an &#147;interested person&#148;
of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act, because he is an officer
of AFS and ALPS Advisers.</font></i></p>

<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">All
the Trustees/Directors are members of each Fund&#146;s Audit Committee except for Mr.&nbsp;Burke.</font></p>

<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Ages
are shown as of February&nbsp;15, 2008.</font></p>

<p style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">Principal Officers</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
person listed below serves as an officer of the Funds. The Board elects the
Funds&#146; officers each year. Each Fund officer holds office until his or her
successor <font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">is </font>duly elected by the Board
and qualified, or his or her removal, resignation or death. Each Fund officer
serves at the pleasure of the Board. The following table provides basic
information about the officers of the Funds as <font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">of </font>the date <font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">of </font>this Proxy
Statement, including their principal occupations during the past five years,
although their specific titles may have varied over that period.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name (Age) and Address*</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Position with Funds</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Year First Elected or<br>
  Appointed to Office</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Occupation(s)&nbsp;During<br>
  Past Five Years</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William R. Parmentier,&nbsp;Jr.<br>
  (Age 55)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Investment Officer, ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc. (since 2006);
  President of the Liberty All-Star Funds (since April&nbsp;1999); Senior Vice
  President (2005-2006), Banc of America Investment Advisors,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edmund J. Burke</font>  <br>
  </font>(Age 46)</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice
  President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and a Director of ALPS (since 2005), President and a
  Director of ALPS Advisers (since 2001), President and a Director of ALPS
  Financial Services,&nbsp;Inc. and ALPS Distributors,&nbsp;Inc. (1991-2005).
  See above for other Directorships held</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mark T. Haley, CFA</font>  <br>
  </font>(Age 43)</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior
  Vice President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice President of the Liberty All-Star Funds (since
  January&nbsp;1999); Vice President, ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc. (since 2006).
  Vice President, Banc of America Investment Advisors (1999-2006)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeremy O. May</font>  <br>
  </font>(Age 37)</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Treasurer</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;May&nbsp;is a Managing Director of ALPS.
  Mr.&nbsp;May&nbsp;joined ALPS in 1995. Because of his position with ALPS,
  Mr.&nbsp;May&nbsp;is deemed an affiliate of the Fund as defined under the
  1940 Act. Mr.&nbsp;May&nbsp;is currently the Treasurer of Reaves Utility
  Income Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund, Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough
  Global Opportunities Fund, Financial Investors Trust, and Financial Investors
  Variable Insurance Trust. Mr.&nbsp;May&nbsp;is also on the Board of Directors
  and is Chairman of the Audit Committee of the University of Colorado
  Foundation.</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kimberly
  R. Storms</font>  <br>
  </font>(Age 35)</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assistant Treasurer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ms.&nbsp;Storms
  is Director of Fund Administration and Vice- President of</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS.
  Ms.&nbsp;Storms joined ALPS in 1998 as Assistant Controller. Because of her
  position with ALPS, Ms.&nbsp;Storms is deemed an affiliate of the Fund as
  defined under the 1940 Act. Ms.&nbsp;Storms is also Assistant Treasurer of
  the Clough Global Equity Fund, Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global
  Opportunities Fund, Reaves Utility Income Fund and Financial Investors Trust
  and Assistant Secretary of Ameristock Mutual Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Phil
  Perrone</font>  <br>
  </font>(Age 49)</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Compliance Officer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2007</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Perrone
  is Deputy Compliance Officer (CCO) with ALPS since April&nbsp;2007. Prior to
  joining ALPS, Mr.&nbsp;Perrone was a Vice President and CCO for Dividend
  Capital Realty Income Fund and Dividend Capital Investments, LLC from
  January&nbsp;2004 though March&nbsp;2007. Prior to that, Mr.&nbsp;Perrone was
  a Compliance Manger with OppenheimerFunds,&nbsp;Inc., from 1998-2004.
  Mr.&nbsp;Perrone serves as CCO for TDAX Independence Funds, since 2007;
  Realty Funds, since 2007; Stone Harbor Local Markets Income Funds, since
  2007; Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund, since 2007.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tan&#233;
  T. Tyler</font>  <br>
  </font>(Age 43)</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="22%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">General
  Counsel, Secretary, ALPS Funds Services,&nbsp;Inc. and ALPS
  Distributors,&nbsp;Inc. since September&nbsp;2004; General Counsel,
  Secretary, ALPS Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. since August&nbsp;2005; General Counsel,
  Secretary, ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc., since August&nbsp;2006; Secretary,
  Reaves Utility Income Fund from December&nbsp;2004-2007; Secretary, Westcore
  Funds from February&nbsp;2005 - 2007; Secretary, First Funds from
  November&nbsp;2004 to January&nbsp;2007; Secretary, Financial Investors
  Variable Insurance Trust from December&nbsp;2004 &#150; December&nbsp;2006; Vice
  President and Associate Counsel, Oppenheimer Funds from January&nbsp;2004 to
  August&nbsp;2004; Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, INVESCO Funds
  from September&nbsp; 1991 to December&nbsp; 2003</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*The
address of each officer is: c/o ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc., 1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100;
Denver, CO 80203</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.2pt;">During 2007, the Board of Trustees/Directors of the Funds
held four meetings, and the Audit Committee held four meetings. Each of these
Board and Committee meetings was held jointly. All sitting Trustees/Directors
were present at all meetings except for Mr.&nbsp;Brock who was unavoidably
absent from the August&nbsp;6, 2007 meeting.&#160;
The Funds do not have a formal policy on Trustee/Director attendance at
annual meetings of shareholders. None of the Trustees/Directors attended the
Funds&#146; 2007 annual shareholder meetings.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.2pt;">Shareholders may communicate with the Trustees/Directors
as a group or individually. Any such communications should be sent to a Fund&#146;s
Board or an individual Trustee/Director in writing, c/o the Secretary of the
Liberty All-Star Funds, 1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100, Denver, CO 80203. The
Secretary may determine not to forward any letter to the Board or a
Trustee/Director that does not relate to the business of a Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.2pt;">Audit Committee</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.2pt;">Messrs.&nbsp;Benning, Brock, Gaspari, Lowry, Neuhauser and
Rantzow (Committee Chairman) are members of the Audit Committee of each Fund.
Each Fund&#146;s Audit Committee is comprised only of members who are &#147;Independent </font>Trustees/Directors<sup>&#148;</sup> (as defined in
the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Listing Standards for trustees/directors of
closed-end investment companies) of the Funds and who are also not &#147;interested
persons&#148; (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Fund. Each Board of
Trustees/Directors has determined, in accordance with NYSE Listing Standards,
that each member of the Audit Committees is financially literate and that one
of its members has prior accounting experience or related financial management
expertise.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
Audit Committee has adopted a written Audit Committee charter that sets forth
the Audit Committee&#146;s structure, duties and powers, and methods of
operation.&#160; The principal functions of
each Audit Committee are to assist Board oversight of: (1)&nbsp;the integrity
of the Fund&#146;s financial statements, (2)&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s compliance with legal
and regulatory requirements, (3)&nbsp;the qualifications and independence of
the independent registered public accounting firm (also referred to herein as
the independent accountants), (4)&nbsp;the performance of AAI&#146;s internal audit
function, and (5)&nbsp;the performance of the independent accountants. Each Audit
Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention
and oversight of the work of the independent accountants (including the
resolution of disagreements between management and the independent accountants
regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit
report or performing other review or attest services for the Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Audit Committee Report</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .45in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .45in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Audit Committee of each Fund has submitted the following report:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At
a meeting of the Audit Committees on [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; ], 2008, the Audit
Committees: (i)&nbsp;reviewed and discussed with management the Funds&#146; audited
financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year; (ii)&nbsp;discussed
with Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche (&#147;D&amp;T&#148;) the Funds&#146; independent registered <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">public accountants, the matters required to be
discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No.&nbsp;61; and</font> (iii)&nbsp;obtained
from D&amp;T a formal written statement consistent with Independence Standards
Board Standard No.&nbsp;1, &#147;Independence Discussions with Audit Committees,&#148;
describing all relationships between D&amp;T and the Funds that might bear on
D&amp;T&#146;s independence and discussed with D&amp;T any relationships that may
impact D&amp;T&#146;s objectivity and independence and satisfied itself as to
D&amp;T&#146;s <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">independence. Based on its review
and discussion, the Audit Committees recommended to the Boards of</font>
Trustees/Directors that the audited financial statements for each Fund be
included in that Fund&#146;s Annual Report to shareholders.</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.5in;width:92.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  A. Benning<br>
  Thomas W. Brock<br>
  George R. Gaspari</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  W. Lowry<br>
  John J. Neuhauser<br>
  Richard C. Rantzow</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nomination Information</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Neither Fund has a nominating or compensation
committee. The Fund Boards do not believe that a <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">nominating committee is necessary because there has been minimal turnover
in the Trustees/Directors serving on</font> the Board of each Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">When necessary or appropriate, the Disinterested Trustees/Directors of
each Fund serve as an <i>ad</i></font><i>  </i><i>hoc </i>committee for the consideration of
Trustee/Director nominations. No <i>ad</i><i>  </i><i>hoc </i>nominating committee of either Fund has
adopted a charter. Disinterested Trustees/Directors are nominated only by an <i>ad hoc </i>nominating committee. Each Fund&#146;s
Disinterested Trustees/Directors are &#147;independent&#148; under NYSE Listing
Standards, and are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund under the Investment
Company Act.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Disinterested Trustees/Directors consider
prospective Trustee/Director candidates from any <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">reasonable source, including current Disinterested Trustees/Directors,
Fund management, Fund shareholders and</font> other persons or entities.
Although the Funds do not have a formal policy, shareholders of a Fund who wish
to nominate a candidate to a Fund&#146;s Board may send information regarding
prospective candidates to the Funds&#146; Secretary at 1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100,
Denver, CO 80203. The information should include evidence of the shareholders&#146;
Fund ownership, a full listing of the proposed candidate&#146;s education,
experience, current employment, date of birth, names and addresses of at least
three professional references, information as to whether the candidate is not
an &#147;interested person&#148; under the Investment Company Act and &#147;independent&#148; under
NYSE Listing Standards in relation to the Fund, and such other information as may
be helpful to the Disinterested Trustees/Directors in evaluating the candidate.
All satisfactorily completed information packages regarding a candidate will be
forwarded to a Disinterested Trustee/Director for consideration.
Recommendations for candidates will be evaluated in light of whether the number
of Trustees/Directors of a Fund is expected to be increased and in light of
anticipated vacancies. All nominations <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">from
Fund shareholders will be acknowledged. During periods when the Disinterested
Trustees/Directors are not</font> recruiting new Board members, nominations
will be maintained on file pending the active recruitment of
Trustees/Directors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Disinterested Trustees/Directors have no formal list of qualifications for
Trustee/Director nominees. However, the Disinterested Trustees/Directors may
consider, among other things, whether prospective nominees <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">have distinguished records in their primary
careers, unimpeachable integrity, and substantive knowledge in areas</font>
important to the Board&#146;s operations, such as background or education in
finance, auditing, securities law, the workings of the securities markets, or
investment advice. For candidates to serve as Disinterested Trustees/Directors,
independence from the Funds&#146; investment adviser, its affiliates and other
principal service providers is critical, as is an independent and questioning
mind-set. In each case, the Disinterested Trustees/Directors will evaluate
whether a candidate is an &#147;interested person&#148; under the Investment Company Act
and &#147;independent&#148; under NYSE Listing Standards. The Disinterested
Trustees/Directors also consider whether a prospective candidate&#146;s workload
should allow him or her to attend the vast majority of Board <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">meetings, be available for service on Board
committees, and devote the additional time and effort necessary to</font> stay
apprised of Board matters and the rapidly changing regulatory environment in
which the Funds operate. Different substantive areas may assume greater or
lesser significance at particular times, in light of a Board&#146;s present
composition and its perceptions about future issues and needs.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Disinterested Trustees/Directors initially evaluate prospective candidates on
the basis of their <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">resumes, considered in
light of the criteria discussed above. Those prospective candidates that appear
likely to be</font> able to fill a significant need of the Boards would be
contacted by a Disinterested Trustee/Director by telephone to discuss the
position; if there appeared to be sufficient interest, an in-person meeting
with one or more Disinterested Trustees/Directors would be arranged. If the
Disinterested Trustees/Directors, based on the results of these contacts,
believed it had identified a viable candidate, it would air the matter with the
full group of Disinterested Trustees/Directors for input. Any request by Fund
management to meet with the prospective candidate would be given appropriate
consideration. The Funds have not paid a fee to third parties to assist in
finding nominees.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Compensation</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table shows, for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, the
compensation received from each Fund by the Trustees/Directors, and the
aggregate compensation paid to the Trustees/Directors for service on the Boards
of funds within the Fund Complex. Neither Fund has a bonus, profit sharing or
retirement plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="89%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:89.34%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate<br>
  Compensation<br>
  from the <br>
  Equity Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate<br>
  Compensation<br>
  from the <br>
  Growth Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Total <br>
  Compensation <br>
  from the <br>
  <font style="letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Fund Complex(1)</font></font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Disinterested Trustees/Directors</font></i> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">John A. Benning</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas
  W. Brock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George
  R. Gaspari</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Richard C. Rantzow</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of December&nbsp;18,
2006, the Funds became part of the ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc., fund complex (&#147;ALPS
Fund Complex&#148;).&#160; The ALPS Fund Complex
consists of eight investment companies.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Share Ownership</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table shows the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned
by each Trustee/Director as of December&nbsp;31, 2007 (i)&nbsp;in each of the
Funds, and (ii)&nbsp;in all funds overseen by the Trustee/Director in the Fund
Complex.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name of<br>
  Trustee/Director</font></b></p>
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  Equity Securities<br>
  Owned in the<br>
  Equity Fund</font></b></p>
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  Equity Securities<br>
  Owned in the<br>
  Growth Fund</font></b></p>
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  Range of Equity<br>
  Securities Owned<br>
  in All Funds<br>
  Overseen by<br>
  Trustee/Director in<br>
  Family of Investment<br>
  Companies*</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  A. Benning</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas
  W. Brock</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George
  R. Gaspari</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  W. Lowry</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  J. Neuhauser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.3pt;">Richard C. Rantzow</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">Interested Trustee/Director</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.3pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
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  <td width="36%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edmund
  J. Burke</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left"></div>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*The
Funds&#146; Family of Investment Companies is comprised of the Equity Fund and the
Growth Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the past five calendar years, Mr.&nbsp;Lowry
has had a material interest in a trust (approximately $4,881,000 as of December&nbsp;31,
2007) which owns units of a limited partnership whose investments are managed
by M.A. Weatherbie&nbsp;&amp; Co.,&nbsp;Inc., a portfolio manager of the Growth
Fund, and whose general partner is Weatherbie Limited Partnership. Mr.&nbsp;Benning
also has had a material interest in that trust (approximately $1,486,050 as of December&nbsp;31,
2007).&#160; Messrs.&nbsp;Lowry and Benning
also have a material interest ($2,900,000 and $358,786 respectively) in Cheetah
Investment Partnership, LP, managed by Arnold Schneider, President and Chief
Investment Officer of Schneider Capital Management Corp, portfolio manager to
the Equity Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Required Vote</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Only shareholders of record of a Fund on February&nbsp;15,
2008 may vote. The election of the Trustees of the Equity Fund is by a
plurality of the shares voting at the Meeting. Since two Trustees of the Equity
Fund are to be elected, the two persons who receive the highest number of votes
cast at the Meeting will be elected. The election of the Directors of the
Growth Fund is by a majority vote of the shares represented in person or by
proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote. Since two Directors of the Growth
Fund are to be elected, the two Directors who receive a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast at the Meeting will be elected.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
BOARDS RECOMMEND THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF EACH FUND VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; PROPOSAL 1 and 2.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROPOSAL
3.&#160; APPROVAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT (GROWTH FUND ONLY).</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholders
of the Growth Fund are being asked to approve a new Portfolio Management
Agreement (Exhibit&nbsp;A) among Growth Fund, ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc. and
Chase Investment Counsel Corporation (&#147;Chase&#148; or &#147;Portfolio Manager&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The
Multi-Manager Methodology</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Fund allocates its portfolio assets among a number of independent investment
management firms (Portfolio Managers) recommended by the Fund Manager and
approved by the Board, currently three for the Growth Fund.&#160; Each Portfolio Manager employs a different
investment style and/or strategy, and from time to time the Fund Manager
rebalances the Fund&#146;s portfolio among the Portfolio Managers.&#160; The Fund&#146;s multi-manager methodology is based
on the premise that most investment management firms consistently employ a
distinct investment style which causes them to emphasize stocks with particular
characteristics, and that, because of changing investor preferences, any given
investment style will move into and out of market favor and will result in
better performance under certain market conditions but poorer market
performance under other conditions.&#160; The
Fund&#146;s multi-manager methodology seeks to achieve more consistent and less
volatile performance over the long term than if a single Portfolio Manager was
employed.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Portfolio Managers recommended by AAI represent a
blending of different styles which, in AAI&#146;s opinion, is appropriate for the
Growth Fund&#146;s investment objective and which is sufficiently broad that at
least one of such styles can reasonably be expected to be in relative market
favor in all reasonably foreseeable market conditions.&#160; AAI continuously analyzes and evaluates the
investment performance and portfolios of the Growth Fund&#146;s Portfolio Managers
and from time to time recommends changes in the Portfolio Managers.&#160; Such recommendations could be based on
factors such as a change in a Portfolio Manager&#146;s investment style or a
Portfolio Manager&#146;s divergence from the investment style for which it was
selected, changes deemed by AAI to be potentially adverse in a Portfolio
Manager&#146;s personnel or ownership or other structural or organizational changes
affecting the Portfolio Manager, or a deterioration in a Portfolio Manager&#146;s
investment performance when compared to that of other investment management
firms employing similar investment styles.&#160;
Portfolio Manager changes may also be made to change the mix of
investment styles employed by the Growth Fund&#146;s Portfolio Managers.&#160; Portfolio Manager changes, as well as the
rebalancing of the Growth Fund&#146;s assets among the Portfolio Managers, may
result in portfolio turnover in excess of what would otherwise be the
case.&#160; Increased portfolio turnover
results in increased brokerage commission and transaction costs, and may result
in the recognition of additional capital gains.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the terms of an exemptive order issued to the
Growth Fund and ALPS Advisers by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;),
the Growth Fund may enter into a portfolio management agreement with a new or
additional Portfolio Manager recommended by ALPS Advisers in advance of
shareholder approval, provided that the new agreement is at a fee no higher
than that provided in, and is on other terms and conditions substantially
similar to, the Growth Fund&#146;s agreements with its other Portfolio Managers, and
that its continuance is subject to approval by shareholders at the Growth Fund&#146;s
regularly scheduled annual meeting next following the date of the portfolio
management agreement with the new or additional Portfolio Manager.&#160; Accordingly, the Portfolio Management
Agreement (&#147;New Agreement&#148;) among the Fund, AAI and Chase Investment Counsel
Corporation (&#147;Chase&#148;) is being submitted for shareholder approval at the
Meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">New Portfolio Management Agreement with Chase</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AAI continuously monitors and evaluates each Portfolio
Manager on a quantitative and qualitative basis.&#160; The evaluation process focuses on, but is not
limited to, the firm&#146;s philosophy, investment process, personnel and
performance.&#160; After evaluation based on
these criteria, AAI deemed it in the best interest of the Growth Fund to
terminate William Blair&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC (&#147;William Blair&#148;), a portfolio
manager of the Growth Fund since March&nbsp;1, 1997, and to replace William
Blair with Chase because AAI believes that Chase&#146;s investment philosophy and
management style would be more compatible with the philosophies of the Growth
Fund&#146;s other Portfolio Managers.&#160; AAI
also believes that Chase&#146;s investment management process and performance record
would benefit the Growth Fund.&#160; Based
upon these factors and Chase&#146;s generally favorable performance record, AAI
recommended that the Board approve a Portfolio Management Agreement among the
Growth Fund, AAI and Chase.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based upon the foregoing and on AAI&#146;s quantitative and
qualitative analyses, AAI recommended, and the Growth Fund&#146;s Board of Directors
approved on December&nbsp;10, 2007, the termination of the Growth Fund&#146;s
portfolio management agreement with William Blair and its replacement with
Chase, effective January&nbsp;2, 2008.&#160;
The Portfolio Management Agreement (&#147;Old Agreement&#148;) dated December&nbsp;15,
2006 among William Blair, AAI and the Growth Fund had been approved most
recently by shareholders on November&nbsp;21, 2006 in connection with the sale
by Banc of America Investment Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;BAIA&#148;) to AAI and ALPS
Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. of certain assets relating to BAIA&#146;s business of providing
investment advisory and certain administrative services to the Funds.&#160; For the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2007, AAI paid William Blair advisory fees equal to $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Differences between the Old and New Portfolio
Management Agreements</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
form of the Portfolio Management Agreement with Chase is set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;A
to this proxy statement.&#160; The terms of
the New Agreement with Chase are the same as the terms of the Old Agreement
with William Blair.&#160; The fees paid to
Chase under the New Agreement are the same as the fees paid to William Blair
under the Old Agreement.&#160; In both cases,
the sub-advisory fee is paid by AAI, not the Growth Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Services Provided by the Portfolio Manager</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
New Agreement with Chase essentially provides that Chase, under the Board&#146;s and
AAI&#146;s supervision and subject to the Growth Fund&#146;s registration statement,
will: (1)&nbsp;formulate and implement an investment program for the Fund&#146;s
assets assigned to Chase; (2)&nbsp;decide what securities to buy and sell for
the Fund&#146;s portfolio (or the portion of the Fund&#146;s portfolio managed by Chase);
(3)&nbsp;select brokers and dealers to carry out portfolio transactions for the
Fund (or the portion of the Fund&#146;s portfolio managed by Chase); and (4)&nbsp;report
results to the Board of the Growth Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Term of the New Agreement</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
New Agreement with Chase provides that it will continue in effect for an
initial period beginning on January&nbsp;2, 2008 and ending on the second
anniversary of that date. After that, it will continue in effect from year to
year as long as the continuation is approved at least annually (i)&nbsp;by the
Growth Fund&#146;s Board or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Growth Fund, and (ii)&nbsp;by vote of a majority of the
Growth Fund&#146;s Disinterested Directors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Compensation
under the New Agreement</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For
services provided to the Growth Fund, AAI will pay to Chase, on or before the
10<sup>th</sup> day of each calendar month, a fee calculated and accrued daily
and payable monthly by AAI for the previous calendar month at the annual rate
of:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;0</font>.40% of the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage (&#147;Portfolio
Manager&#146;s Percentage&#148; means the percentage
obtained by dividing the average daily
net assets in the Portfolio
Manager Account by the Fund&#146;s average daily net assets) of the average daily net
assets of the Fund up to and including $300 million; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;0.36% of the
Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage of the
average daily net assets of
the Fund exceeding $300 million.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Termination of the New Agreement</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
New Agreement for the Growth Fund may be terminated without penalty (i)&nbsp;by
vote of the Fund&#146;s Board or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, on thirty days&#146; written notice to the Portfolio
Manager, (ii)&nbsp;by the Fund Manager upon thirty days&#146; written notice to the
Portfolio Manager, or (iii)&nbsp;by the Portfolio Manager upon ninety days&#146;
written notice to the Fund Manager and the Fund, and the New Portfolio
Management Agreements terminate automatically in the event of their &#147;assignment,&#148;
as described above, or upon termination of the New Fund Management Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Liability of the Portfolio Manager</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
New Agreement provides that the Chase will not be liable to AAI, the Growth
Fund or its shareholders, except for liability arising from the Portfolio
Manager&#146;s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or violation of the
standard of care established by and applicable to Chase in its actions under
the New Agreement or breach of its duty or obligations under the New Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Board Evaluation and
Recommendation</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At
its meeting on December&nbsp;10, 2007, the Growth Fund&#146;s Board of Directors,
including all of the Disinterested Directors, approved the New Agreement.&#160; Before approving the New Agreement, the
Directors considered management&#146;s recommendations as to the approval of the New
Agreement. &#160;As part of the Board&#146;s
approval process, legal counsel to the Disinterested Directors requested
certain information from Chase and the Directors received reports from Chase
that addressed specific factors to be considered by the Board.&#160; The Board&#146;s counsel also provided the
Directors with a memorandum regarding their responsibilities in connection with
the approval of the Agreement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
voting to approve the New Agreement, the Board considered the overall fairness
of the Agreement and the factors it deemed relevant with respect to the Growth
Fund including, but not limited to: (1)&nbsp;the nature, extent and quality of
the services to be provided to the Growth Fund under the New Agreement; (2)&nbsp;Chase&#146;s
investment performance for comparably managed accounts; (3)&nbsp;the fees paid
by the Fund and the fees charged by Chase to other clients, as applicable; and (4)&nbsp;the
effect of changes in the Growth Fund&#146;s asset levels on the fee paid to Chase by
AAI and overall expense ratios (economies of scale).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Board did not consider any single factor or particular information that was
most relevant to its consideration to approve the New Agreement and each
Director may have afforded different weight to the various factors.&#160; The Board noted that the Directors have
considered various reports and information about Chase provided throughout the
year at their regular Board meetings in connection with Chase&#146;s management of a
portion of the Equity Fund&#146;s investment portfolio.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nature,
Extent and Quality of Services</font></u><font face="Times New Roman">.&#160;
The Board considered Chase&#146;s experience in serving as a sub-adviser for
the Equity Fund and in managing other large cap growth accounts.&#160; The Board also considered information
regarding Chase&#146;s investment philosophy and process.&#160; In addition, the Board reviewed the
background and experience of the personnel who would be responsible for
managing the large cap growth portion of the Growth Fund&#146;s portfolio.&#160; The Board also considered Chase&#146;s compliance
program and compliance records.&#160; The
Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be
provided by Chase were consistent with the terms of the New Agreement and that
the Growth Fund was likely to benefit from services provided by Chase under the
New Agreement.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investment
Performance</font></u><font face="Times New Roman">.&#160;
The Board considered the Chase&#146;s large cap investment performance
relative to the Russell 1000 Growth Index and the Lipper Large-Cap Growth Funds
Universe rankings.&#160; The Board considered
that Chase&#146;s large cap investment accounts outperformed the Russell 1000 Growth
Index for the quarter, the year-to-date, the three year, seven-year and ten
year period ended September&nbsp;30, 2007.&#160;
The Board also considered that Chase&#146;s large cap investment performance
ranked in or close to the top quartile of the relevant Lipper Large Cap Funds
Universe for the quarter, year-to-date, seven year and ten year periods.&#160; The Board noted that the only period in which
Chase underperformed the Russell 1000 Growth Index was the five-year period
ended September&nbsp;30, 2007, when Chase&#146;s investment performance ranked in
the last quartile of the relevant Lipper Funds Universe.&#160; The Board concluded that Chase&#146;s large cap
investment performance has been reasonable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fees
and Expenses</font></u><font face="Times New Roman">.&#160;
The Board considered that the fee to be paid to Chase under the New
Agreement is the same as the fee paid to William Blair.&#160; The Boards noted that the fee is less than
the fee that Chase charges for managing a comparably-sized institutional
separate account.&#160; The Board also noted
that the fee schedule for the New Agreement has breakpoints at which the fee
rate declines as the Growth Fund&#146;s assets increase above the breakpoint.&#160; The Board concluded that the fees payable to
Chase under the New Agreement were reasonable in relation to the nature and
quality for the services expected to be provided, taking into account the fees
Chase charges to other clients.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Profitability
and Costs of Services</font></u><font face="Times New Roman">.&#160;
The Board considered that the fee rate to be paid to Chase for managing
the Growth Fund would be the lowest rate that Chase offers for comparable clients
and that the amount of the fee would decline as the Growth Fund increases in
size.&#160; The Board considered that the fee
under the New Agreement would be paid to Chase by AAI, not the Fund.
Accordingly, the Board determined that AAI&#146;s costs and profitability in
providing services to the Growth Fund were generally more relevant to the Board&#146;s
evaluation of the fees and expenses paid by the Growth Fund than Chase&#146;s costs
and profitability.&#160; The Board noted that
it would be considering AAI&#146;s costs and profitability in connection with its
review of the Growth Fund&#146;s Management Agreement in 2008<b>.</b></font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Economies
of Scale</font></u><font face="Times New Roman">.&#160; The Board also
considered the potential &#147;fall-out&#148; benefits (including the receipt of research
products and services from unaffiliated brokers) that Chase might receive in
connection with its association with the Fund.&#160;
In addition, the Board acknowledged that Chase&#146;s well-established
stand-alone management relationships independent of the Growth Fund and</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the
regulatory risks Chase would assume in connection with the management of the
Fund.&#160; The Board concluded that the fee
schedule reflects economies of scale that may be realize by Chase as the Growth
Fund&#146;s assets increase.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on its evaluation, the Board unanimously
concluded that the terms of the New Agreement were reasonable and fair and that
the approval of the New Agreement was in the best interests of the Growth Fund
and its shareholders.&#160; The Board unanimously
voted to approve and recommend to the shareholders of the Growth Fund that they
approve the New Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">General Information regarding Chase Investment Counsel
Corporation (&#147;Chase&#148;)</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Executive Officers and Directors</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following are the principal executive officer, certain other officers and
directors of Chase:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name&nbsp;and&nbsp;Address&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jennifer
  L. King</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank
  P. Wilton</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retired.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stansfield
  Turner</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retired</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James
  B. Hoover</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principal,
  SB Hoover&nbsp;&amp; Co.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stuart
  F. Chase</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Private
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gordan
  M. Marchand</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principal,
  Sustainable Growth Advisers</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stephen
  D. Gresham</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exec
  VP and Chief Sales&nbsp;&amp; Marketing Officer, Phoenix Investment Partners&#146;
  Private Client Group</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edwin
  T. Burton</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Visiting
  Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia.</font></p>
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address of each officer and director is 300 Preston Avenue, Suite&nbsp;403,
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Beneficial Owners</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chase
is 100% employee owned.&#160; The following
are the 10% or more beneficial owners of voting shares of Chase:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name&nbsp;and&nbsp;Address&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Position&nbsp;with&nbsp;Chase</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Ownership<br>
  Percentage</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Derwood S. Chase,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President,
  Director and Chief Investment Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David B. Scott</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice
  President, Director and Senior Portfolio Manager</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.9</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;The
address of each officer and director is 300 Preston Avenue, Suite&nbsp;403,
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-5091.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Other Funds Managed by Chase</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
addition to the management services provided by Chase to the Growth Fund, Chase
also provides management services to other investment companies including the
Equity Fund. Information with respect to the assets of and management fees
payable to Chase by those funds having investment objectives similar to those
of the Growth Fund is set forth below:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name&nbsp;of&nbsp;Fund</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Total&nbsp;Net&nbsp;Assets&nbsp;managed<br>
  by&nbsp;Chase&nbsp;at<br>
  December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007&nbsp;(in<br>
  millions)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual&nbsp;Management&nbsp;Fee<br>
  as&nbsp;a&nbsp;%&nbsp;of&nbsp;Average<br>
  Daily&nbsp;Net&nbsp;Assets</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Waivers,&nbsp;Reductions&nbsp;or<br>
  Agreements&nbsp;to&nbsp;Waive<br>
  or&nbsp;Reduce&nbsp;Management<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.88%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chase Growth Fund</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.00</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Liberty All-Star </font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="21%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Equity Fund</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="21%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.0%;">
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No
advisory fees were paid to Chase during the last fiscal year since it became a
Portfolio Manager on January&nbsp;2, 2008.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Required Vote</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Approval
of the New Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a &#147;majority of the
outstanding voting securities&#148; of Growth Fund, which, under the Investment
Company Act, means the affirmative vote of the lesser of (a)&nbsp;67% or more
of the shares of the Growth Fund present at the Meeting or represented by proxy
if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present or
represented by proxy, or (b)&nbsp;more than 50% of the outstanding shares.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that the shareholders of the Growth Fund
fail to approve the New Agreement with Chase, the New Agreement will terminate
and AAI will cause the portfolio assets under management by Chase to be
reallocated to one or more of the other Portfolio Managers or invested in money
market instruments or cash equivalent holdings pending the appointment of Chase
or a new Portfolio Manager.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE GROWTH FUND
VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; PROPOSAL 3.</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OTHER BUSINESS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .1in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Boards of Trustees/Directors know of no other
business to be brought before the Meeting. However,</font> if any other matters properly come before
the Meeting, it is the intention of the Boards that proxies that do not contain
specific instructions to the contrary will be voted on such matters in
accordance with the judgment of the persons designated therein as proxies.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MANAGEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc. (AAI), 1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100,
Denver, CO 80203, is the Funds&#146; investment adviser. Pursuant to its Fund
Management Agreements with the Funds, AAI implements and operates the Funds&#146;
multi-manager methodology and has overall supervisory responsibility for the
general management and investment of the Funds&#146; assets, subject to the Funds&#146;
investment objectives and policies and any directions of the Trustees/Directors.
AAI recommends to the Boards of Trustees/Directors the investment management
firms (currently five for the Equity Fund and currently three for the Growth
Fund) for appointment as Portfolio Managers of the Funds.</font> &#160;</font>ALPS
Fund Services,&nbsp;Inc. (AFS), 1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100, Denver,
Colorado, 80203, an affiliate of AAI, provides administrative services to the
Funds under an Administration, Bookkeeping and Pricing Services Agreement with
each Fund.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
names and addresses of the Funds&#146; current Portfolio Managers are as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Equity Fund</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.9in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Chase Investment Counsel Corporation</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.9in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">300 Preston Avenue, Suite&nbsp;403</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.9in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Charlottesville, VA&#160;
22902-5091</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.9in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.8in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Matrix Asset Advisors,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.8in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">747
Third Avenue</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New
York, NY 10017</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.25in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Pzena Investment Management, LLC</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.25in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">120
West 45th Street</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New
York, NY 10036</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 3.85in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Schneider Capital Management Corporation</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 3.85in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">460
East Swedesford Road</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wayne,
PA 19087</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">TCW Investment Management Company</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">865
South Figueroa Street</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Los
Angeles, CA 90017</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Growth Fund</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">M.A.
Weatherbie&nbsp;&amp; Co.,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">265
Franklin Street</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Boston,
MA 02110</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">TCW Investment Management Company</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 4.05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">865
South Figueroa Street</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Los
Angeles, CA 90017</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.9in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Chase Investment Counsel Corporation</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.9in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">300 Preston Avenue, Suite&nbsp;403</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.9in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Charlottesville, VA&#160;
22902-5091</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each of the Funds&#146; Portfolio Managers has discretion
to select brokers and dealers to execute portfolio transactions initiated by
that Portfolio Manager for the portion of a Fund&#146;s portfolio assets allocated
to it, and to select the markets in which such transactions are to be executed.
The portfolio management agreements with the <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Funds
provide, in substance, that in executing portfolio transactions and selecting
brokers or dealers, the primary</font> responsibility of the Portfolio Manager
is to seek to obtain best net price and execution for the Funds.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Portfolio Managers are authorized to cause the Funds to pay a commission to a
broker or dealer who provides research products and services to the Portfolio
Manager for executing a portfolio transaction which is in excess of the </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">amount
of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting the
same transaction. The Portfolio Managers must determine in good faith, however,
that such commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the research
products and services provided to them, viewed in terms of that particular
transaction or in terms of all the client accounts (including the Fund) over
which the Portfolio Manager exercises investment discretion. It is possible
that certain of the services received by a Portfolio Manager attributable to a
particular transaction will primarily benefit one or more other accounts for
which investment discretion is exercised by the Portfolio Manager.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
addition, under their portfolio management agreements with the Funds and AAI
the Portfolio Managers, in selecting brokers or dealers to execute portfolio
transactions for the Funds, are authorized to consider (and AAI may request
them to consider) brokers or dealers that provide to AAI, directly or through
third parties, research products or services such as research reports;
portfolio analyses; compilations of securities prices, earnings, dividends and
other data; computer software, and services of one or more consultants. The
commissions paid on such transactions may exceed the amount of commission
another broker would have charged for effecting that transaction. Research
products and services made available to AAI include performance and other
qualitative and quantitative data relating to investment managers in general
and the Portfolio Managers in particular; data relating to the historic
performance of categories of securities associated with particular investment
styles; mutual fund portfolio and performance data; data relating to portfolio
manager changes by pension plan fiduciaries; and related computer software, all
of which are used by AAI in connection with its selection and monitoring of
Portfolio Managers, the assembly of an appropriate mix of investment styles, and
the determination of overall portfolio strategies.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AAI from time to time reaches understandings with
each of the Funds&#146; Portfolio Managers as to the amounts of the Funds&#146; portfolio
transactions initiated by such Portfolio Manager that are to be directed to
brokers and dealers which provide or make available research products and
services to AAI and the <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">commissions to be
charged to the Funds in connection therewith. These amounts may differ among
the Portfolio</font> Managers based on the nature of the market for the types
of securities managed by them and other factors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although
the Funds do not permit a Portfolio Manager to act or to have a broker-dealer
affiliate act as broker for Fund portfolio transactions initiated by it, the
Portfolio Managers are permitted to place Fund <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">portfolio transactions initiated by them with another Portfolio Manager
or its broker-dealer affiliate for execution</font> on an agency basis,
provided that the commission does not exceed the usual and customary broker&#146;s
commission being paid to other brokers for comparable transactions and is
otherwise in accordance with the Funds&#146; procedures adopted pursuant to Rule&nbsp;17e-1
under the Investment Company Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the fiscal ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, the
Growth Fund paid aggregate commissions of $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
to affiliated brokers, representing &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of
the aggregate brokerage commissions paid by the Growth Fund in the past year.&#160; The Growth Fund&#146;s affiliated brokers are
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]
and
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;].&#160; [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]
is an affiliated broker of the Growth Fund because
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;].&#160;
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]
is an affiliated broker of the Growth Fund because
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;].</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On February&nbsp;15, 2000, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) issued the Funds exemptive relief from Sections
10(f), 17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;17e-1 under the Investment
Company Act to permit (1)&nbsp;broker-dealers which are, or are affiliated
with, Portfolio Managers of the Funds to engage in principal transactions with,
and provide brokerage services to, portion(s)&nbsp;of the Funds advised by
another <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Portfolio Manager, and (2)&nbsp;the
Funds to purchase securities either directly from a principal underwriter which
is</font> an affiliate of a Portfolio Manager or from an underwriting syndicate
of which a principal underwriter is affiliated with a Portfolio Manager of the
Funds.&#160; The Funds now rely on Rule&nbsp;17a-10
under the Investment Company Act rather than this exemptive relief.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Boards of Trustees/Directors of the Funds have
selected Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP (&#147;D&amp;T&#148;) as independent registered
public accountants for fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007.&#160; Financial statements for the Funds&#146; fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(PwC).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D&amp;T serves as the independent registered public
accounting firm (&#147;independent accountants&#148;) for each Fund and provides audit
services, audit-related services, tax services and/or other services to the
Funds.&#160; <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Representatives
of D&amp;T are not expected to be present at the Meeting but have been given
the opportunity</font> to make a statement if they so desire and will be
available should any matter arise requiring their presence.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From September, 1999 to August&nbsp;6, 2007, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (&#147;PwC&#148;) served as the Funds&#146; independent registered public accounting
firm.&#160; During the two most recent fiscal
years, PwC&#146;s audit reports contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of
opinion; nor were its reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit
scope, or accounting principles.&#160;
Further, in connection with its audits for the two most recent fiscal
years and through August&nbsp;6, 2007, there were no disagreements between the
Funds&#146; and PwC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to
the satisfaction of PwC, would have caused it to make reference to the subject
matter of the disagreement in its report on the financial statements for such
years.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .2in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Fund&#146;s Audit Committee is required to
pre-approve the engagement of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants to provide
audit and non-audit services to the Fund and non-audit services to AAI or any
entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with AAI that
provides ongoing services to the Fund (&#147;AAI Affiliates&#148;), if the engagement
relates directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund,
including the fees and other compensation to be paid to the independent
accountants.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .2in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Funds&#146; Audit Committees have adopted a Policy for Engagement of Independent
Accountants for Audit and Non-Audit Services (&#147;Policy&#148;). The Policy sets forth
the understanding of the Audit Committees regarding the engagement of the Fund&#146;s
independent accountants to provide: (i)&nbsp;audit and permissible
audit-related, tax and other services to the Funds; (ii)&nbsp;non-audit
services to AAI and AAI Affiliates, if the engagement relates directly to the
operations or financial reporting of a Fund; and (iii)&nbsp;other audit and
non-audit <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">services to AAI and AAI
Affiliates. Unless a type of service receives general pre-approval under the
Policy, it</font> requires specific pre-approval by the Audit Committees if it
is to be provided by the independent accountants. Pre-approval of non-audit
services to the Funds, AAI or AAI Affiliates may be waived provided that the &#147;de
minimis&#148; requirements set forth in the SEC&#146;s rules&nbsp;relating to
pre-approval of non-audit services are met.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under
the Policy, the Audit Committees may delegate pre-approval authority to any
pre-designated member or members who are Independent Trustees/Directors. The
member(s)&nbsp;to whom such authority is delegated must report, for
informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee
at its next regular meeting. The Audit Committee&#146;s responsibilities with
respect to the pre-approval of services performed by the independent
accountants may not be delegated to management.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Policy requires the Fund Treasurer and/or Director of Board Administration to
submit to the Audit Committee, on an annual basis, a schedule of the types of
services that are subject to general pre-approval. The schedule(s)&nbsp;provide
a description of each type of service that is subject to general pre-approval
and, where possible, will provide estimated fee caps for each instance of
providing each service. The Audit Committees will review and approve the types
of services and review the projected fees for the next fiscal year and may add
to, or subtract from, the list of general pre-approved services from time to
time based on subsequent determinations. That approval acknowledges that each
Fund&#146;s Audit Committee is in agreement with the specific types of services that
the independent accountants will be permitted to perform.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following table sets forth for each Fund the
aggregate fees billed by PwC for the Fund&#146;s 2006 fiscal year and through August&nbsp;6,
2007, and by D&amp;T from August&nbsp;7, 2007 through December&nbsp;31, 2007
for professional services rendered for (a)&nbsp;all audit and non-audit
services provided directly to the Fund and (b)&nbsp;those non-audit services
provided to AAI and AAI Affiliates that relate directly to the Fund&#146;s operations
and financial reporting under the following captions:</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.3in;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.9in;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Audit Fees -
  fees related to the audit and review of the financial statements included in
  annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are
  normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or
  engagements.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.3in;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.9in;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.3in;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.9in;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Audit-Related
  Fees - fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably
  related to the <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">performance of the audit or
  review of financial statements, but not reported under &#147;Audit Fees</font>.&#148;
  The audit related</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="95%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.25in;width:95.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:496.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">services provided by PwC
  related to agreed-upon procedures for each Fund&#146;s semi-annual report.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:496.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:496.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tax Fees - fees associated with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning,
  including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or
  local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews,
  and reviews of calculations of required distributions to avoid excise tax.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:496.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="662" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:496.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
  Other Fees - fees for products and services provided to the Fund by PwC other
  than those reported <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">under &#147;Audit Fees,&#148;
  &#147;Audit-Related Fees&#148; and &#147;Tax Fees.&#148; For each Fund&#146;s last two fiscal years,
  no fees</font> were billed by PwC for 2006 and through August&nbsp;6, 2007
  and
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  were billed by D&amp;T from August&nbsp;7, 2007 through December&nbsp;31,
  2007 that would be disclosed under the caption &#147;All Other Fees&#148; to either
  Fund or to AAI or any AAI Affiliates.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.35in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During
the Funds&#146; fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 and 2076, no services
described under &#147;Audit-Related Fees,&#148; &#147;Tax Fees&#148; or &#147;All Other Fees&#148; were
approved pursuant to the de <font style="letter-spacing:1.95pt;">minimis</font>
exception set forth in <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C)&nbsp;of
Rule&nbsp;2-01 of Regulation S-X. All of the audit fees, audit-related fees and
tax fees billed by</font>  <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">PwC for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 and through August&nbsp;6, 2007 and by
D&amp;T from August&nbsp;7, 2007 through December&nbsp;31, 2007 were
pre-approved by each Fund&#146;s Audit Committee.</font></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fiscal&nbsp;Year</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Audit&nbsp;Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Audit-&nbsp;Related<br>
  Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tax&nbsp;Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">All&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.12%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.12%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.36%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Equity
  Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38,400</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,400</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,200</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">01/01/2007 &#150;
  08/06/2007</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">08/07/2007 &#150;
  12/31/2007</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  Fund</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,350</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,400</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.82%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,200</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">01/01/2007 &#150;
  08/06/2007</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AAI&nbsp;&amp;
  AAI Affiliates (relating directly to the operating financial reporting of the
  Growth Fund)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">01/01/2007 &#150;
  08/06/2007</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.36%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">08/07/2007 &#150;
  12/31/2007</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.36%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2006 for services rendered to: (a)&nbsp;the Equity Fund and AAI and AAI
Affiliates (providing ongoing services to the Equity Fund) were $9,600; and (b)&nbsp;the
Growth Fund and AAI and AAI Affiliates (providing ongoing services to the
Growth Fund) were and $9,600.&#160; The
aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC from January&nbsp;1, 2007 through August&nbsp;6,
2007 for services rendered to: (a)&nbsp;the Equity Fund and AAI and AAI
Affiliates (rendering ongoing services to the Equity Fund) were
$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;; and (b)&nbsp;the
Growth Fund and AAI and AAI Affiliates (rendering ongoing services to the
Growth Fund) were
$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.&#160; The aggregate non-audit fees billed by
D&amp;T for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 for services rendered
to: (a)&nbsp;the Equity Fund and AAI and AAI affiliates (providing ongoing
services to the Equity Fund) were
$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;; and (b)&nbsp;the
Growth Fund and AAI and AAI Affiliates (providing ongoing services to the
Growth Fund) were
$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Fund&#146;s Audit Committee has determined that the
provision by D&amp;T of non-audit services to AAI and/or AAI Affiliates that
were not pre-approved by the Committee (because such services did not relate
directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund) was compatible
with maintaining the independence of PwC or D&amp;T as the Fund&#146;s independent
accountants. All services provided by PwC or by D&amp;T to a Fund for 2006 and
2007 that were required to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee were
pre-approved.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
proxy solicited by the Boards of Trustees/Directors which is properly executed
and returned in time to be voted at the Meeting will be voted at the Meeting in
accordance with the instructions on the proxy. If no specification is made on a
proxy, it will be voted FOR the election as Trustees/Directors of the Funds of
the nominees named under Proposal 1. Any proxy may be revoked at any time prior
to its use by written notification received by the Funds&#146; Secretary, by the
execution and delivery of a later-dated proxy, or by attending the Meeting and
voting in person.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For
each Fund, a majority of the shares outstanding on the record date and entitled
to vote, present and in person or represented by proxy, constitutes a quorum
for the transaction of business by the shareholders of that Fund at the
Meeting.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .1in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Only shareholders of record of a Fund on February&nbsp;15,
2008 may vote. The election of the Trustees of the Equity Fund is by a
plurality of the shares voting at the Meeting. Since three Trustees of the
Equity Fund are to be elected, the three persons who receive the highest number
of votes cast at the Meeting will be elected. The election of the Directors of
the Growth Fund is by a majority vote of the shares represented in person or by
proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote. Since two Directors of the Growth
Fund are to be elected, the two Directors who receive a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast at the Meeting will be elected.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Abstentions
and broker non-votes will be counted as present for purposes of determining
whether a quorum is present. If a proposal must be approved by a percentage of
votes cast on the proposal, which is the case for the election of Trustees of the
Equity Fund, abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as &#147;votes
cast&#148; on the proposal and will have no effect on the result of the vote.
However, if a proposal must be approved by a percentage of shares present at
the Meeting and entitled to be cast, which is the case for the election of
Directors of the Growth Fund, the effect of an abstention or broker non-vote
will be the same as a vote against the proposal because an absolute percentage
of affirmative votes is required, regardless of the number of votes cast, and
neither an abstention nor a broker non-vote is an affirmative vote. &#147;Broker
non-votes&#148; occur where: (i)&nbsp;shares are held by brokers or nominees,
typically in &#147;street name&#148;; (ii)&nbsp;instructions have not been received from
the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote the shares; and (iii)&nbsp;the
broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular
matter.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
the event a quorum is present at the Meeting, but sufficient votes to approve a
proposal have not been received or in the discretion of such persons, the
persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to
permit further solicitation of proxies. A shareholder vote may be taken on one
or more of the proposals referred to above prior to such adjournment if
sufficient votes have been received and it is otherwise appropriate. Any such
adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of those shares
present at the Meeting (including abstentions and broker non-votes) in person
or by proxy. If a quorum is present, the persons named as proxies will vote
those proxies that they are entitled to vote FOR any such proposal in favor of
such adjournment and will vote those proxies required to be voted for rejection
of such proposal against any such adjournment. In the event of an adjournment,
no notice is required other than, in the case of the Growth Fund, an
announcement at the meeting at which adjournment is taken.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
shareholders of record of a Fund on February&nbsp;15, 2008 are entitled to one
vote for each share held. As of the record date, there were 178,677,459
outstanding shares of beneficial interest of Equity Fund and&#160; 28,486,607 outstanding shares of common stock
of Growth Fund. To the knowledge of the Funds, on the record date for the
Meeting, no shareholder owned beneficially, as defined by Rule&nbsp;13d-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, more than 5% of the outstanding shares of
either Fund. As of February&nbsp;15, 2008 the following persons were known to
own more than 5% of the outstanding securities of the Funds:</font></p>

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  of&nbsp;Owner</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">#&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Owned</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">%&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Owned</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Record&nbsp;or<br>
  Beneficial</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name&nbsp;and&nbsp;Address<br>
  of&nbsp;Owner</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">#&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Owned</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">%&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Owned</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Record&nbsp;or<br>
  Beneficial</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .3in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">In addition, the Trustees, Directors and officers
of each Fund, in the aggregate, owned less than 1% of</font> each Fund&#146;s outstanding shares as of the
record date.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING
COMPLIANCE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .05in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires
the Funds&#146; Trustees/Directors and officers and persons who own more than ten
percent of the Funds&#146; outstanding shares and certain officers and directors of
the Funds&#146; investment advisers (collectively, &#147;Section&nbsp;16 reporting
persons&#148;) to file with the SEC initial reports of beneficial ownership and
reports of changes in beneficial ownership of Fund shares. Section&nbsp;16
reporting persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Funds with
copies of all Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;forms they file. To the Funds&#146; knowledge,
based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to the Funds
and on representations made, all Section&nbsp;16 reporting persons complied
with all Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;filing requirements applicable to them for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OTHER INFORMATION</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .05in .0001pt .1in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.35in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The 2007 Annual Report for each
Fund accompanied this proxy statement. You may obtain an additional copy of the
report and the semi-annual report for each Fund dated June&nbsp;30, 2007, free
of charge, by writing to the Fund c/o</font></b><b> ALPS Fund Services,&nbsp;Inc.,
1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100, Denver, CO 80203, or by calling 1-800-241-1850.</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.4in;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .1in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.35in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the SEC&#146;s proxy rules, shareholder proposals
meeting tests contained in those rules&nbsp;may, under certain conditions, be
included in the Funds&#146; proxy material for a particular annual shareholders
meeting. Under the foregoing proxy rules, proposals submitted for inclusion in
the proxy material for the 2009 Annual Meeting must be received by the Funds on
or before November&nbsp;1, 2008. The fact that the Funds receive a shareholder
proposal in a timely manner does not ensure its inclusion in its proxy
material, since there are other requirements in the proxy rules&nbsp;relating
to such inclusion. You may submit shareholder proposals to the Secretary of the
Funds, 1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100, Denver, Colorado 80203.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .1in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.35in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .05in .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.45in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Shareholders who wish to make a
proposal at a Fund&#146;s 2009 Annual Meeting that will not be included in</font> the Funds&#146; proxy materials must notify the
Fund on or before January&nbsp;15, 2009. If a shareholder who wishes to submit
a proposal fails to timely notify the Fund, the proxies solicited for the
meeting will have discretionary authority to vote on the shareholder&#146;s proposal
if it is properly brought before the meeting. If a shareholder makes a timely
notification, the proxies may still exercise discretionary voting authority
under circumstances consistent with the SEC&#146;s proxy rules.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;A</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January&nbsp;2, 2008</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:&#160; <u>Portfolio Management Agreement</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies
and Gentlemen:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Liberty
All-Star Growth Fund,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) is a diversified closed-end
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended&#160; (the &#147;Act&#148;), and is subject to
the rules&nbsp;and regulations promulgated thereunder.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS
Advisers,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Fund Manager&#148;) evaluates and recommends portfolio managers
for the assets of the Fund, and the Fund Manager or an affiliate of the Fund
Manager is responsible for the day-to-day Fund administration of the Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Employment as a Portfolio Manager.</u>&#160; The Fund, being duly authorized, hereby
employs CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORPORATION (&#147;Portfolio Manager&#148;) as a
discretionary portfolio manager, on the terms and conditions set forth herein,
of that portion of the Fund&#146;s assets which the Fund Manager determines to
assign to the Portfolio Manager (those assets being referred to as the &#147;Portfolio
Manager Account&#148;). <b>&#160;</b>The Fund Manager may, from time to
time, allocate and reallocate the Fund&#146;s assets among the Portfolio Manager and
the other portfolio managers of the Fund&#146;s assets.&#160; The Portfolio Manager will be an independent
contractor and will have no authority to act for or represent the Fund or the
Fund Manager in any way or otherwise be deemed to be an agent of the Fund or
the Fund Manager except as expressly authorized in this Agreement or in another
writing by the Fund Manager and the Portfolio Manager.&#160; The Portfolio Manager&#146;s responsibilities for
providing portfolio management services to the Fund shall be limited to the
Portfolio Manager Account.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Acceptance of Employment; Standard of
Performance.</u>&#160; The Portfolio Manager
accepts its employment as a discretionary portfolio manager and agrees to use
its best professional judgment to make timely investment decisions for the
Portfolio Manager Account in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Portfolio Management Services of
Portfolio Manager.</u></font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In providing portfolio management services to
the Portfolio Manager Account, the Portfolio Manager shall be subject to the
Fund&#146;s Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, as amended from time to time,
investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund as set forth in
its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, as the same may be
modified from time to time (together, the &#147;Prospectus&#148;), the investment
objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund as determined from time to
time by the Board of Directors, and the investment and other restrictions set
forth in the Act and the rules&nbsp;and regulations thereunder, to the
supervision and control of the Board of Directors of the Fund, and to instructions
from the Fund Manager. The Portfolio Manager shall not, without the prior
approval of the Fund or the Fund Manager, effect any transactions that would
cause the Portfolio Manager Account, treated as a separate fund, to be out of
compliance with any of such restrictions or policies.&#160; The Portfolio Manager shall not consult with
any other portfolio manager of the Fund concerning transactions for the Fund in
securities or other assets.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>As part of the services it will provide
hereunder, the Portfolio Manager will:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>formulate and implement a continuous
investment program for the Portfolio Manager Account;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>take whatever steps are necessary to
implement the investment program for the Portfolio Manager Account by arranging
for the purchase and sale of securities and other investments;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>keep the Fund Manager and the Board of
Directors of the Fund fully informed in writing on an ongoing basis, as agreed
by the Fund Manager and the Portfolio Manager, of all material facts concerning
the investment and reinvestment of the assets in the Portfolio Manager Account,
the Portfolio Manager and its key investment personnel and operations; make
regular and periodic special written reports of such additional information
concerning the same as may reasonably be requested from time to time by the
Fund Manager or the Directors of the Fund; attend meetings with the Fund
Manager and/or Directors, as reasonably requested, to discuss the foregoing and
such other matters as may be requested by the Fund Manager or Directors;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>in
accordance with procedures and methods established by the Directors of the
Fund, which may be amended from time to time, provide assistance in determining
the fair value of all securities and other investments/assets in the Portfolio
Manager Account, as necessary, and use reasonable efforts to arrange for the
provision of valuation information or a price(s)&nbsp;from a party(ies)
independent of the Portfolio Manager for each security or other
investment/asset in the Portfolio Manager Account for which market prices are
not readily available; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>cooperate
with and provide reasonable assistance to the Fund Manager, the Fund&#146;s
administrator, custodian, transfer agent and pricing agents and all other
agents and representatives of the Fund and the Fund Manager; keep all such
persons fully informed as to such matters as they may reasonably deem necessary
to the performance of their obligations to the Fund and the Fund Manager;
provide prompt responses to reasonable requests made by such persons; and
maintain any appropriate interfaces with each so as to promote the efficient
exchange of information.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4. <u>Transaction Procedures.</u>&#160;
All portfolio transactions for the Portfolio Manager Account will be
consummated by payment to or delivery by the custodian of the Fund (the &#147;Custodian&#148;),
or such depositories or agents as may be designated by the Custodian in
writing, as custodian for the Fund, of all cash and/or securities due to or
from the Portfolio Manager Account, and the Portfolio Manager shall not have
possession or custody thereof or any responsibility or liability with respect
to such custody. The Portfolio Manager shall advise and confirm in writing to
the Custodian all investment orders for the Portfolio Manager Account placed by
it with brokers and dealers at the time and in the manner set forth in Schedule
A hereto (as amended from time to time by the Fund Manager). The Fund shall
issue to the Custodian such instructions as may be appropriate in connection
with the settlement of any transaction initiated by the Portfolio Manager. The
Fund shall be responsible for all custodial arrangements and the payment of all
custodial charges and fees, and, upon giving proper instructions to the Custodian,
the Portfolio Manager shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to
custodial arrangements or the acts, omissions or other conduct of the
Custodian.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5. <u>Allocation of Brokerage.</u>&#160;
The Portfolio Manager shall have authority and discretion to select
brokers and dealers to execute portfolio transactions initiated by the
Portfolio Manager for the Portfolio Manager Account, and to select the markets
on or in which the transaction will be executed.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A. In doing so, the Portfolio Manager&#146;s primary responsibility shall be
to seek to obtain best net price and execution for the Fund. However, this
responsibility shall not obligate the Portfolio Manager to solicit competitive
bids for each transaction or to seek the lowest available commission cost to
the Fund, so long as the Portfolio Manager reasonably believes that the broker
or dealer selected by it can be expected to obtain a &#147;best execution&#148; market
price on the particular transaction and determines in good faith that the
commission cost is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and
research services (as defined in Section&nbsp;28(e)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) provided by such broker or dealer to the Portfolio
Manager viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or of the
Portfolio Manager&#146;s overall responsibilities with respect to its clients,
including the Fund, as to which the Portfolio Manager exercises investment
discretion, notwithstanding that the Fund may not be the direct or exclusive
beneficiary of any such services or that another broker may be willing to
charge the Fund a lower commission on the particular transaction.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B. Subject to the requirements of paragraph A above, the Fund Manager
shall have the right to request that transactions giving rise to brokerage
commissions, in an amount to be agreed upon by the Fund Manager and the </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Portfolio Manager, shall be executed by brokers and dealers that
provide brokerage or research services to the Fund Manager, or as to which an
on-going relationship will be of value to the Fund in the management of its
assets, which services and relationship may, but need not, be of direct benefit
to the Portfolio Manager Account. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
the Portfolio Manager shall not be responsible under paragraph A above with
respect to transactions executed through any such broker or dealer.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C. The Portfolio Manager shall not execute any portfolio transactions
for the Portfolio Manager Account with a broker or dealer which is an &#147;affiliated
person&#148; (as defined in the Act) of the Fund, the Portfolio Manager or any other
portfolio manager of the Fund without the prior written approval of the Fund.
The Fund Manager will provide the Portfolio Manager with a list of brokers and
dealers which are &#147;affiliated persons&#148; of the Fund or its portfolio managers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6. <u>Proxies.</u>&#160; The Fund
Manager will vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of
securities in which assets of the Portfolio Manager Account may be invested
from time to time in accordance with such policies as shall be determined by
the Fund Manager, and reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors.&#160; Upon the written request of the Fund Manager,
the Portfolio Manager will vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the
issuers of securities in which assets of the Portfolio Manager Account may be
invested from time to time in accordance with such policies as shall be
determined by the Fund Manager, and reviewed and approved by the Board of
Directors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7. <u>Fees for Services.</u> &#160;The
compensation of the Portfolio Manager for its services under this Agreement
shall be calculated and paid by the Fund Manager in accordance with the
attached Schedule C. Pursuant to the Fund Management Agreement between the Fund
and the Fund Manager, the Fund Manager is solely responsible for the payment of
fees to the Portfolio Manager, and the Portfolio Manager agrees to seek payment
of its fees solely from the Fund Manager.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8. <u>Other Investment Activities of Portfolio Manager.</u> &#160;The Fund acknowledges that the Portfolio
Manager or one or more of its affiliates has investment responsibilities,
renders investment advice to and performs other investment advisory services
for other individuals or entities (&#147;Client Accounts&#148;), and that the Portfolio
Manager, its affiliates or any of its or their directors, officers, agents or
employees may buy, sell or trade in any securities for its or their respective
accounts (&#147;Affiliated Accounts&#148;). Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2
hereof, the Fund agrees that the Portfolio Manager or its affiliates may give
advice or exercise investment responsibility and take such other action with
respect to other Client Accounts and Affiliated Accounts which may differ from the
advice given or the timing or nature of action taken with respect to the
Portfolio Manager Account, provided that the Portfolio Manager acts in good
faith, and provided further, that it is the Portfolio Manager&#146;s policy to
allocate, within its reasonable discretion, investment opportunities to the
Portfolio Manager Account over a period of time on a fair and equitable basis
relative to the Client Accounts and the Affiliated Accounts, taking into
account the cash position and the investment objectives and policies of the
Fund and any specific investment restrictions applicable thereto. The Fund
acknowledges that one or more Client Accounts and Affiliated Accounts may at
any time hold, acquire, increase, decrease, dispose of or otherwise deal with
positions in investments in which the Portfolio Manager Account may have an
interest from time to time, whether in transactions which involve the Portfolio
Manager Account or otherwise. The Portfolio Manager shall have no obligation to
acquire for the Portfolio Manager Account a position in any investment which
any Client Account or Affiliated Account may acquire, and the Fund shall have
no first refusal, co-investment or other rights in respect of any such
investment, either for the Portfolio Manager Account or otherwise.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9. <u>Limitation of Liability.</u>&#160;
The Portfolio Manager shall not be liable for any action taken, omitted
or suffered to be taken by it in its reasonable judgment, in good faith and
reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights
or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement, or in accordance with (or in the
absence of) specific directions or instructions from the Fund, provided,
however, that such acts or omissions shall not have resulted from the Portfolio
Manager&#146;s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence, a violation of
the standard of care established by and applicable to the Portfolio Manager in
its actions under this Agreement or breach of its duty or of its obligations
hereunder (provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to
protect the Portfolio Manager from liability in violation of Section&nbsp;17(i)&nbsp;of
the Act).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10. <u>Confidentiality.</u>&#160;
Subject to the duty of the Portfolio Manager, the Fund Manager and the
Fund to comply with applicable law, including any demand of any regulatory or
taxing authority having jurisdiction, the parties hereto shall treat as
confidential all information pertaining to the Portfolio Manager Account and
the actions of the Portfolio Manager and the Fund in respect thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11. <u>Assignment.</u>&#160; This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment, as that
term is defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(4)&nbsp;of the Act. The Portfolio Manager
shall notify the Fund in writing sufficiently in advance of any proposed change
of control, as defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(9)&nbsp;of the Act, as will enable
the Fund to consider whether an assignment as </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">defined
in Section&nbsp;2(a)(4)&nbsp;of the Act will occur, and whether to take the
steps necessary to enter into a new contract with the Portfolio Manager.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.
<u>Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Fund.</u>&#160; The Fund represents, warrants and agrees
that:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A. The Portfolio Manager has been duly appointed to
provide investment services to the Portfolio Manager Account as contemplated
hereby.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B. The Fund will
deliver to the Portfolio Manager a true and complete copy of its then current
Prospectus as effective from time to time and such other documents governing
the investment of the Portfolio Manager Account and such other information as
is necessary for the Portfolio Manager to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.
<u>Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Portfolio Manager.</u>&#160; The Portfolio Manager represents, warrants
and agrees that:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A. It is registered as an &#147;investment adviser&#148; under
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (&#147;Advisers Act&#148;) and will
continue to be so registered for as long as this Agreement remains in effect.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B. It will maintain, keep current and preserve on
behalf of the Fund, in the manner required or permitted by the Act and the rules&nbsp;and
regulations thereunder, the records required to be so kept by an investment
adviser of the Fund in accordance with applicable law, including without
limitation those identified in Schedule B (as Schedule B may be amended from
time to time by the Fund Manager). The Portfolio Manager agrees that such
records are the property of the Fund, and will be surrendered to the Fund
promptly upon request.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C. It has adopted
a written code of ethics complying with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;204A-1
under the Advisers Act and Rule&nbsp;17j-1 under the Act and will provide the
Fund Manager and the Board of Directors with a copy of its code of ethics and
evidence of its adoption. Within 45 days of the end of each year while this
Agreement is in effect, or at any other time requested by the Fund Manager, an
officer, director or general partner of the Portfolio Manager shall certify to
the Fund that the Portfolio Manager has complied with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;17j-1
and Rule&nbsp;204A-1 during the previous year and that there has been no
material violation of its code of ethics or, if such a violation has occurred,
that appropriate action was taken in response to such violation.&#160; It will promptly notify the Fund Manager of
any material change to its code of ethics or material violation of its code of
ethics.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D. Upon request, the Portfolio Manager will promptly
supply the Fund with any information concerning the Portfolio Manager and its
stockholders, partners, employees and affiliates that the Fund may reasonably
request in connection with the preparation of its registration statement (as
amended from time to time), prospectus and statement of additional information
(as supplemented and modified from time to time), proxy material, reports and
other documents required to be filed under the Act, the Securities Act of 1933,
or other applicable securities laws.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">E. The Portfolio Manager shall maintain and
implement compliance procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure its
compliance with Rule&nbsp;206(4)-7 of the Advisers Act and to prevent
violations of the Federal Securities Laws (as defined in Rule&nbsp;38a-1 under
the Act).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">F. The Portfolio Manager will: (i)&nbsp;on the cover page&nbsp;of each Form&nbsp;13F
that the Portfolio Manager files with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;SEC&#148;), check the &#147;13F Combination Report&#148; box and on the Form&nbsp;13F
Summary Page&nbsp;identify &#147;ALPS Advisers,&nbsp;Inc.&#148; as another manager for
which the Portfolio Manager is filing the Form&nbsp;13F report; (ii)&nbsp;within
60 days after the end of each calendar year, provide the Fund Manager with a
certification that the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Form&nbsp;13F was filed with the SEC
on a timely basis and included all of the securities required to be reported by
the SEC; (iii)&nbsp;within 60 days after the end of each calendar year, provide
to the Fund Manager a copy of each Form&nbsp;13F, or amendment to a Form&nbsp;13F
filed by it during the prior four quarters; and (iv)&nbsp;promptly notify the
Fund Manager in the event the Portfolio Manager determines that it has failed
to comply with Section&nbsp;13(f)&nbsp;in a material respect, or receives a
comment letter from the SEC raising a question with respect to compliance.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">G. The Portfolio Manager has
adopted written compliance policies and procedures reasonably designed to
prevent violations of the Advisers Act and the rules&nbsp;promulgated
thereunder and the Portfolio Manager agrees to provide: (a)&nbsp;from time to
time, a copy and/or summary of such compliance policies and procedures and an
accompanying </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">certification certifying that the Portfolio Manager&#146;s compliance
policies and procedures comply with the Advisers Act; (b)&nbsp;a report of the
annual review determining the adequacy and effectiveness of the Portfolio
Manager&#146;s compliance policies and procedures; and (c)&nbsp;the name of the
Portfolio Manager&#146;s Chief Compliance Officer to act as a liaison for compliance
matters that may arise between the Fund and the Portfolio Manager.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">H. The Portfolio Manager
will notify the Fund and the Fund Manager of any assignment of this Agreement
or change of control of the Portfolio Manager, as applicable, and any changes
in the key personnel who are either the portfolio manager(s)&nbsp;of the
Portfolio Manager Account or senior management of the Portfolio Manager, in
each case prior to or promptly after, such change.&#160; The Portfolio Manager agrees to bear all
reasonable expenses of the Fund, if any, arising out of an assignment or change
in control.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I. The Portfolio Manager
agrees to maintain an appropriate level of errors and omissions or professional
liability insurance coverage.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14. <u>Amendment.</u>&#160; This
Agreement may be amended at any time, but only by written agreement among the
Portfolio Manager, the Fund Manager and the Fund, which amendment, other than
amendments to Schedules A, B and C, is subject to the approval of the Board of
Directors and the shareholders of the Fund as and to the extent required by the
Act, the rules&nbsp;thereunder or exemptive relief granted by the SEC, provided
that Schedules A and B may be amended by the Fund Manager without the written
agreement of the Fund or the Portfolio Manager.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">15. <u>Effective Date; Term.</u>&#160;
This Agreement shall become effective on the date first above written,
provided that this Agreement shall not take effect unless it has first been
approved:&#160; (1)&nbsp;by a vote of a
majority of the Directors who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; (as defined in the
Act) of any party to this Agreement (&#147;Independent Directors&#148;), cast in person
at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii)&nbsp;by
vote of &#147;a majority of the outstanding voting securities&#148; (as defined in the
Act) of the Fund.&#160; This Agreement shall
continue </font>for two years from the date of this Agreement</font> and from year to year thereafter provided
such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i)&nbsp;the
Fund&#146;s Board of Directors or (ii)&nbsp;a vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund, provided that in either event such continuance
is also approved by a majority of the Independent Directors, by vote cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.&#160; If the SEC issues an order to the Fund and
the Fund Manager for an exemption from Section&nbsp;15(a)&nbsp;of the Act,
then, in accordance with the application of the Fund and the Fund Manager, the
continuance of this Agreement after initial approval by the Directors as set
forth above, shall be subject to approval by a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund at the regularly scheduled annual meeting of the
Fund&#146;s shareholders next following the date of this Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16. <u>Termination.</u>&#160; This
Agreement may be terminated at any time by any party, without penalty,
immediately upon written notice to the other parties in the event of a breach
of any provision thereof by a party so notified, or otherwise upon not less
than thirty (30) days&#146; written notice to the Portfolio Manager in the case of
termination by the Fund or the Fund Manager, or ninety (90) days&#146; written notice
to the Fund and the Fund Manager in the case of termination by the Portfolio
Manager, but any such termination shall not affect the status, obligations or
liabilities of any party hereto to the other parties.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17. <u>Applicable Law.</u>&#160; To
the extent that state law is not preempted by the provisions of any law of the
United States heretofore or hereafter enacted, as the same may be amended from
time to time, this Agreement shall be administered, construed and enforced
according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18. <u>Severability; Counterparts.</u>&#160;
If any term or condition of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable to any extent or in any application, then the remainder of this
Agreement, and such term or condition except to such extent or in such
application, shall not be affected thereby, and each and every term and
condition of this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent
and in the broadest application permitted by law.&#160; This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will be
deemed to be one and the same agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:13.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">19. <u>Use of Name</u>.&#160; The
Portfolio Manager agrees and acknowledges that the Fund Manager is the sole
owner of the names and marks &#147;Liberty All-Star&#148; and &#147;All-Star&#148;, and that all
use of any designation comprised in whole or in part of these names and marks
shall inure to the benefit of the Fund Manager.&#160;
Except as used to identify the Fund to third parties as a client, the
use by the Portfolio Manager on its own behalf of such marks in any
advertisement or sales literature or </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">other
materials promoting the Portfolio Manager shall be with the prior written
consent of the Fund Manager.&#160; The Portfolio
Manager shall not, without the consent of the Fund Manager, make
representations regarding the Fund or the Fund Manager in any disclosure
document, advertisement or sales literature or other materials promoting the
Portfolio Manager.&#160; Consent by the Fund
Manager shall not be unreasonably withheld.&#160;
Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Portfolio Manager
shall cease any and all use of these marks as soon as reasonably practicable.</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIBERTY
  ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS
  ADVISERS, INC.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ACCEPTED:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CHASE
  INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORPORATION</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="43%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="56%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:56.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="21" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="162" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="23" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="118" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="175" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="249" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SCHEDULES:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operational
  Procedures</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Records
  To Be Maintained By The Portfolio Manager</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Portfolio
  Manager Fee</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND,
INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT<br>
</font></b><b style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">SCHEDULE A</b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
order to minimize operational problems, the following represents a standard
flow of information requirements. The Portfolio Manager must furnish State
Street Corporation (accounting agent) with daily information as to executed
trades, no later than 12:00&nbsp;p.m. (EST) on trade date plus one day to ensure
the information is processed in time for pricing. If there are no trades, a
report must be sent to State Street stating there were no trades for that day.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
necessary information must be transmitted via facsimile machine to Max King at
State Street at 617-662-2342 and contain an authorized signature.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Liberty All-Star Growth Fund trade reporting requirements:</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Name of Fund&nbsp;&amp;
Portfolio Manager</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Trade date</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Settlement
date</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Purchase or
sale</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Security
name/description</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Cusip /
sedol / or other numeric identifier</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Purchase/sale
price per share or unit</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Interest
purchased/sold (if applicable)</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Aggregate
commission amount</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Indication
as to whether or not commission amounts are ALPS Directed.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Executing
broker and clearing bank (if applicable)</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Total net
amount of the transaction</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Sale lot
disposition method, if different from the established policy of Lowest Cost.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.45pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-19.45pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Confirmation
of DTC trades; please advise brokers to use the custodian&#146;s DTC ID system
number to facilitate the receipt of information by the custodian.&#160; The Portfolio Manager will affirm trades to
the custodian.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Commission Reporting</font></b></p>

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correct broker for all direct-commission trades on the trade tickets. As a
follow-up procedure, The Fund Manager will summarize the accounting records and
forward to the Portfolio Manager monthly.&#160;
The Portfolio Manager is responsible for comparing their records to the
accounting records and contacting the Fund Manager regarding discrepancies.</font></p>

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Exception Processing</font></b></p>

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cancelled trades: the Portfolio Manager is responsible for notifying State
Street Fund Accounting of revisions and/or cancellations on a timely basis. In
addition, the Portfolio Manager is responsible for notifying State Street if
the revised or cancelled trade pertains to a next day or current day
settlement.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">In the
event, trades are sent after the 12:00 EST deadline, the Portfolio Manager is
responsible for notifying the appropriate contact at State Street. If trades
are received after 4:00 PM EST, State Street Fund Accounting will book trades
on a &#147;best efforts&#148; basis.</font></p>

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Trust Company (DTC)</font></p>

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# 0997</font></p>

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Bank# 20997</font></p>

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C7S1</font></p>

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York Window</font></p>

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Water Street</font></p>

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York, NY 10041</font></p>

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Robert Mendes</font></p>

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Fund C7S1</font></p>

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Federal Reserve Bank</font></p>

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011000028</font></p>

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ST BOS/SPEC/C7S1</font></p>

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Street Bank</font></p>

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# 011000028</font></p>

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<b>Liberty All-Star Growth Fund</b></font></p>

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Number: C7S1</font></p>

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# 40601767</font></p>

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Availability: State Street will supply the portfolio manager with a cash
availability report by 11:00 AM EST on a daily basis. This will be done by fax
so that the Portfolio Manager will know the amount available for investment
purposes.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">State
Street will be responsible for notifying the Portfolio Manager of all voluntary
corporate actions. The Portfolio Manager will fax instructions back to State
Street to the fax number indicated on the corporate action notice.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
trades must be transmitted to the custodian bank, State Street, via signed
facsimile to 617-662-2342.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
the event there are no trades on a given day State Street needs to receive a signed
fax indicating this.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">State Street will need an authorized
signature list from the Portfolio Manager.</font></p>

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Street will need the daily contacts for corporate actions and trading from the
Portfolio Manager (please notify SSC of any future changes).</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND,
INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT<br>
</font></b><b style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">SCHEDULE B</b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.2pt;">RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE
PORTFOLIO MANAGER</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">(Rule&nbsp;31a-1(b)(5)&nbsp;and (6)) A record of
each brokerage order, and all other portfolio purchases and sales, given by the
Portfolio Manager on behalf of the Fund for, or in connection with, the
purchase or sale of securities, whether executed or unexecuted. Such records
shall include:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The name of the broker;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The terms and conditions of the order and of any
modifications or cancellation thereof;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The time of entry or cancellation;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">D.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The price at which executed;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">E.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The time of receipt of a report of execution; and</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">F.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The name of the person who placed the order on behalf
of the Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(Rule&nbsp;31a-1(b)(9)) A record for each
fiscal quarter, completed within ten (10)&nbsp;days after the end of the
quarter, showing specifically<font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> the basis or
bases upon which the allocation of orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio securities to named brokers or dealers was effected, and the division
of brokerage commissions or other compensation on such purchase and sale
orders. Such record:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">A. Shall
include the consideration given to:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160; The
sale of shares of the Fund by brokers or dealers.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160; The
supplying of services or benefits by brokers or dealers to:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The Fund;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The Fund Manager;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">The Portfolio Manager; and</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">Any person other than the foregoing.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .45in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160; Any
other consideration other than the technical qualifications of the brokers and
dealers as such.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">B. Shall
show the nature of the services or benefits made available.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">C. Shall describe in detail the application of any general
or specific formula or other determinant used in arriving at such allocation of
purchase and sale orders and such division of brokerage commissions or other
compensation.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">D. The name of the person responsible for making the
determination of such allocation and such division of brokerage commissions or
other compensation.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">(Rule&nbsp;31a-1(b)(10)) A record in the form of an
appropriate memorandum identifying the person or persons, committees or groups
authorizing the purchase or sale of portfolio securities. Where an
authorization is made by a committee or group, a record shall be kept of the names
of its members who participate in the authorization. There shall be retained as
part of this record: any memorandum, recommendation or instruction supporting
or authorizing the purchase or sale of portfolio securities and such other
information as is appropriate to support the </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt .2in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">authorization.(1)</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">(Rule&nbsp;31a-1(f)) Such
accounts, books and other documents as are required to be maintained by
registered investment advisers by rule&nbsp;adopted under Section&nbsp;204 of
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, to the extent such records are necessary
or appropriate to record the Portfolio Manager&#146;s transactions with the Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;">(1)&nbsp;Such information might include: the current Form&nbsp;10-K,
annual and quarterly reports, press releases, reports by analysts and from
brokerage firms (including their recommendation: i.e., buy, sell, hold) or any
internal reports or portfolio manager reviews.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT<br>
</font></b><b style="letter-spacing:.1pt;">SCHEDULE C</b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.1pt;">PORTFOLIO MANAGER FEE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For
services provided to the Portfolio Manager Account, the Fund Manager will pay
to the Portfolio Manager, on or before the 10<sup>th</sup> day of each calendar
month, a fee calculated and accrued daily and payable monthly by the Fund
Manager for the previous calendar month at the annual rate of</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>0.40% of the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage
(as defined below) of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to and
including $300 million; and</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .1in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>0.36%
of the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage
of the average daily net assets of
the Fund exceeding $300 million.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each monthly payment set forth above shall be based on the average
daily net assets during such previous calendar month. The fee for the period from
the date this Agreement becomes effective to the end of the calendar month in
which such effective date occurs will be prorated according to the proportion
that such period bears to the full monthly period. Upon any termination of this
Agreement before the end of a calendar month, the fee for the part of that
calendar month during which this Agreement was in effect shall be prorated
according to the proportion that such period bears to the full monthly period
and will be payable upon the date of termination of this Agreement. For the
purpose of determining fees payable to the Portfolio Manager, the value of the
Fund&#146;s net assets will be computed at
the times and in the manner specified in the Registration
Statement as from time to time in effect.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Portfolio
Manager&#146;s Percentage&#148; means the percentage
obtained by dividing the average daily
net assets in the Portfolio
Manager Account by the Fund&#146;s average daily net assets.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND<br>
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned hereby appoints William R. Parmentier and Mark T. Haley, and each
of them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with full powers of
substitution and revocation, to represent the undersigned and to vote on behalf
of the undersigned all shares of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (the &#147;Fund&#148;)
which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of the Fund to be held at the offices of the Fund, 99 High Street, Suite&nbsp;303,
Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, April&nbsp;23, 2008 at 9:00&nbsp;a.m., and
at any adjournments thereof.&#160; The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and Proxy
Statement and hereby instructs said attorneys and proxies to vote said shares
as indicated herein. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote
upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
majority of the proxies present and acting at the Meeting in person or by
substitute (or, if only one shall be so present, then that one) shall have and
may exercise all of the power and authority of said proxies hereunder.&#160; The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy
previously given.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
proxy, if properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed by the
undersigned shareholder.&#160; If no direction
is made, this proxy will be voted FOR Proposal No.&nbsp;1 in the discretion of
the proxy holder as to any other matter that may properly come before the
Meeting.&#160; Please refer to the Proxy
Statement for a discussion of Proposal No.&nbsp;1.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PLEASE
VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON REVERSE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PLEASE
MARK YOUR VOTE WITH AN &#147;X&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposal
No.&nbsp;1 &#150; The Board of Trustees recommends a vote <u>FOR</u> all the nominees
listed.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To Elect (2)&nbsp;Trustees of the Fund:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;George R. Gaspari</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposals
2 and 3 Not Applicable to the Equity Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIBERTY
ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Authorized
Signatures &#150; This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. &#150; Date
and Sign Below</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please
sign this proxy exactly as your name(s)&nbsp;appear(s)&nbsp;in the records of
the Fund. If joint owners, either may sign.&#160;
Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which
they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a
corporation, this signature should be that of an authorized officer who should
state his or her title.</font></p>

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